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PhD Openings
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1. Sustainable Electro-Synthesis of Commodity Chemicals (Students Worldwide) 2. Integrated Carbon Capture and Utilization for Net Zero Systems (Students Worldwide) This studentship offers annual stipend payment of at least £17,668 per year and cover tuition fees for 3.5 years. Closing Date: 31st March 2023. All successful candidates must commence studies by 1st October 2023. To … Continued
PrISMa researcher receives award to strengthen collaborations within the ACT programme
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PrISMa researcher, Dr Charithea Charalambous, who is the PrISMa Technical lead for the Process modelling activities at Heriot-Watt University, was awarded an Early Career Researcher Collaboration Fund Award by the UKCCSRC (UK Carbon Capture and Storage Centre). The funded study was conducted by Dr Charalambous at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and aimed to collect … Continued
RCCS at Climate Science Showcase at Edinburgh Dynamic Earth
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As world leaders meeting in Glasgow at COP26, to celebrate the globally important climate conference, Dynamic Earth was hosting a Climate Science Showcase on Saturday 6th November. As we believe that engaging people with climate science couldn’t be more important, we shared our work to families and community groups. 1400 visitors attended the event across … Continued
Heriot-Watt researchers provide new insights and benchmark CO2 removal technology
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In an article published in Energy and Environmental Science, researchers from Heriot-Watt University benchmarked the performance of a carbon removal technology known as Direct Air Capture (DAC) via temperature vacuum swing adsorption in one of the most thorough studies on the topic to date. A considerable amount of data was collected to assess the effect … Continued
Postgraduate Heriot-Watt RCCS students scoop data science prize
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Postgraduate students from the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS), Fergus Mcilwaine and John Young, were awarded the DeepNote prize for their application of machine learning techniques to COVID-19 vaccination data. The competition, hosted by DeepNote, requested that participants use data science techniques to build a story focussing on COVID-19 vaccinations, and present an analysis in a creative … Continued
Dr. Susana García López wins the SRUK/CERU Emerging Talent Award 2020
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Dr. Susana Garcia has been awarded The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU) and Banco Santander Foundation the fifth edition Emerging Talent Award 2020. A total of 24 nominations competed for the award this year, all of them of the highest level. The applications were reviewed by a committee made up of internationally … Continued
Shima Ghanaatian won two awards at the 2020 Young Persons’ Lecture Competition (YPLC)
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Our PhD student Shima Ghanaatian, was selected as the Scotland’s finalist (1st place) in the Young Persons’ Lecture Competition (YPLC)-2020 Local Heat held on 28th February at University of St Andrews. She also won 3rd place in the UK national final which was held virtual on 23rd of September. YPLC is an annual competition to … Continued
Project Green Fuse
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Summary: Funder: Patrick Collison (via philanthropic gift to Heriot-Watt) Reference Number: Grant: Duration: 1 Aug 2020 – 1 Aug 2022 Project Partners: the University of Hull and the University of Southampton Description Adding olivine to coastal environments is a proposed negative emissions technology. However, there is uncertainty around how quickly the olivine will dissolve in dynamic … Continued
New synthesis approach to fabricate complex solar fuel photocatalyst
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Researchers at the Heriot-Watt University and Murdoch University in Australia demonstrated the versatile synthesis approach to fabricate a complex nanostructured photocatalyst for solar fuels. The researchers designed and fabricated the raspberry-like microspheres with core-shell nanostructure, aiming to capture CO2 and convert CO2 into CH4, which can be as fuel. The raspberry-like structure offered a porous … Continued