IEF
Funder: Brunel Research Interdisciplinary Lab (BRIL)
Duration: October 2021 - March 2022
This project brings together experts in several disciplines: solar energy, economics, health, and law and ethics, whilst also ambitiously looks towards solving a real-life issue (lack of energy) through rating negative carbon energy technologies to enable the consumers to make informed decision in choosing one(s) that best suit them without burdening them with loans and recurring costs such as battery replacement . The project novelty lies in providing unbiased opportunities to consumers to choose their source of energy, thus converting currently deprived households into empowered entities. This work will be truly interdependent, and not just a sum of separate components. The outcome will advance each of these fields, by evaluating a basket of renewable energy technologies, applying a novel legal and ethical framework in combination with economic analysis, and investigating the direct effect of the use of new technology on health and standards of living. This work will lead to further research in the bottom-up approach to sustainable development; for example, emphasizing the role of clean energy unit in delivering Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) especially SDG 7 (clean energy) and its concomitant effects on SDG 3 (health), SDG 6 (water), SDG 8 (economic growth) and SDG 12 (food). The significance of this project is in its focus on world development and net negative carbon energy via demonstrating direct impact on livelihood of local communities. The merit of our approach is in its top-quality research and integration of fundamental and applied academic research and engineering design, which is the distinct feature of Brunel. Our ambition is to lead by example in delivering a state-of-art methodology to evaluate and understand the comparative and collective role of renewable energy technologies to improve health and wellbeing of impoverished communities in a holistic manner via direct interaction with end-users, local producers and local governments. In addition to the health and environmental benefits, opportunities to transfer technology knowledge and skills to local manufacturers will catalyse a sustainable economic revolution. Embedded in the project will be strong commitment and compliance with international laws such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) as well as the local/national regulatory effectiveness and procedural legitimacy with regards to ethical, legal, and social implications of new and emerging technologies. We intend to formulate a toolkit as a comprehensive and pilot guideline to make the most of the New Negative Carbon Energy by realistically quantifying full benefits for target communities. Whilst these would initially earmark the three locales of interest – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, we foresee that this may subsequently be expanded to other countries in the region. The implementation will additionally employ the framework of adaptive governance incorporated from the management and governance of socio-ecological systems, using non-doctrinal legal approaches and non-top-down methods. The comprehensive evaluation of the benefits and costs of the new energy will be carried out using the advanced methods of economic modelling and data analysis.
Funder: Brunel University London
Duration: October 2021 - July 2022
Funder: Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy
Duration: October 2021 - March 2023
Funder: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
Duration: October 2021 - September 2025
Funder: London Mathematical Society
Duration: September 2021 - September 2021
Visit to U of Liverpool
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: September 2021 - March 2022
Funder: Research England and Office for Students
Duration: September 2021 -
Funder: Druze Heritage Foundation, London
Duration: May 2021 - July 2024
The Syrian population of the Golan Heights is considered one of the world’s most vulnerable peoples as they are internationally recognized to be ‘stateless’ since the Israeli occupation of their lands in 1967, and its illegal unilateral annexation in 1981. This project aims to collect the life stories and narratives of those currently living in the occupied Golan Heights as well as refugees from the Golan Heights who now live in Europe. What is belonging to them? How do they reflect on the movement of borders, and on their own movements between different countries and different states? Do they still resist occupation, and how?
Funder: Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy
Duration: April 2021 - December 2021
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: April 2021 - March 2024
EPSRC Doctoral Mobility Pilot
Funder: British Council
Duration: February 2021 - February 2023
The aim of this project is to increase welfare of low-income population in Southeast Turkey by achieving savings in the distribution network that serves them. This will come from digitalizing the energy systems and decreasing power losses. It will allow more renewable energy installations, leading to long term economic benefits.
Funder: Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy
Duration: February 2021 - February 2022
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering
Duration: February 2021 - January 2024
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: February 2021 - July 2021
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: February 2021 - January 2024
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: January 2021 - December 2023
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: January 2021 - December 2023
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: January 2021 - June 2026
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: January 2021 - December 2023
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: January 2021 - December 2023
Funder: European Commission
Duration: January 2021 - December 2023
Funder: European Commission
Duration: December 2020 - November 2024
Funder: European Commission
Duration: December 2020 - May 2024
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: November 2020 - February 2021
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: November 2020 - April 2021
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: October 2020 - September 2025
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: October 2020 - September 2025
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: October 2020 - March 2021
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: October 2020 - October 2025
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering
Duration: October 2020 - July 2023
Funder: European Commission
Duration: October 2020 - March 2024
Funder: Shandong East Engineering Tools Ltd
Duration: October 2020 - September 2023
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: October 2020 - September 2024
Funder: British Heart Foundation
Duration: October 2020 - September 2023
Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Duration: October 2020 - September 2027
Training Grants
Funder: Brunel University London Research Seminar Series Awards 2020-21
Duration: September 2020 - August 2021
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: September 2020 - February 2022
Funder: European Commission
Duration: September 2020 - August 2024
Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Duration: September 2020 - September 2028
Funder: Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc
Duration: July 2020 - September 2020
Funder: British Council
Duration: June 2020 - September 2022
The 24-month collaborative project, funded under the Newton Fund Institutional Links route with Turkey, will bring together research teams from the UK and Turkey to extend new knowledge, specifically in the field of additive manufacturing and rheological optimisation of raw materials that are tailored for 3D printing. The project ambition is to develop an understanding of material science to manufacture complex microarchitectures that will be produced using Material Extrusion as an Additive Manufacturing process. Calcium phosphate cement will be utilised and its physical properties will be engineered.
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: June 2020 - May 2021
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: June 2020 - November 2020
Funder: Aeroflex
Duration: May 2020 - May 2023
Funder: Brunel Research Initiative and Enterprise Fund (BRIEF)
Duration: May 2020 - October 2021