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Collaboration between RCCS and the CATMAT group at Ca’ Foscari University (Venice, Italy) was strengthened through a joint project that aims to understand the effects of mixed metal oxides on silica supports for CO2 photoreduction. Two weeks of experimental work was carried out by CATMAT members: Alberto Olivo, Alberto Palazzi, Denny Zanardo and from RCCS: … Continued

 Prof. Kenji Kano.   Dr. Jeannie Tan attended the Innovation in Materials Characterisation: UK–Japan Studies on Energy–related Materials Using Synchrotron Radiation workshop organised EPSRC-JSPS (Japanese Society for Promotion of Science) on the 22nd February 2018 in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. In the one–day workshop, a total of nine talks were presented. All of the talks have … Continued

   We are pleased to announce that Jorge I. Apan Ortiz is visiting RCCS for six months under the supervision of Dr. Eva Sanchez Fernandez. Here is a short introduction to Jorge: Jorge is an MSc Eng. student of the Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico (CCADET) at UNAM Mexico. He studied mechanical engineering in the Engineering … Continued

On this very special time of the year… we would like to express our sincerest appreciation for your interests and supports to RCCS. Thank you very much and, Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a happy new year!  

  Dr Jin Xuan, the Associate Director (Carbon Utilisation Theme) of the Heriot-Watt Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS) was recently awarded the Kan Tong Po International Fellowship from the Royal Society to support his international collaborative research and establish a long-term academic collaboration between Heriot-Watt University (HWU) and the Hong Kong University of Science … Continued

Prof. Berend Smit with the RCCS members The RCCS team is pleased to welcome Prof. Berend Smit, the director of the Energy Center at EPFL to present his talk on “Carbon Capture and Storage: the good, the bad and the ugly” at the Heriot-Watt Edinburgh Campus on 24th November 2017. The talk was conducted in the recently refurbished … Continued

Congratulations to our PhD Students who have won the annual postgraduate prizes within the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University. The winners are:  1. Montserrat Recasens – prize winner of 5th annual IMPEE conference Montserrat Recasens, a PhD student at RCCS, has been awarded £500 for her oral presentation on her work … Continued

Muhammad Farooq, Research Scholar of Mechanical Engineering, sailed through his PhD viva on 3rd October 2017 with an accomplishing flair.  His research project was focused on “In-situ Regeneration of Adsorbent for the Biogas clean-up system” at Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK. He has carried out ground-breaking research, which is reflected in his 6 peer-reviewed papers he … Continued

Meeting Attendees: (From Left) Li Anne Cheah(HWU), Dr. Jonathan McDonough(NU), Dr. Amir Jahanbakhsh(HWU), Phebe Bonilla(UoS), Dr. Matthew Aneke(UoS), Dr. Manohara Gudiyor Veerabhadrappa(HWU), Dr. Susana Garcia Lopez(HWU), Prof. Mercedes Maroto-Valer(HWU), Prof. Graeme White(HWU), Dr. Vladimir Zivkovic(NU) and Prof. MeiHong Wang(UoS). Absence in the picture: Prof. David Reay(NU)   The University of Sheffield hosted the second project meeting for the … Continued