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18.10.06: UKERC Doubles Interdisciplinary Studentship Awards


The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) has awarded nine prestigious studentship awards, enabling successful applicants to carry out interdisciplinary energy PhDs over the next three years. 

The number of awards is more than twice the number granted in 2005, and represents the increased number of proposals successfully crossing scientific, engineering and socio-economic boundaries.

A cross disciplinary panel evaluated 37 proposals, most of which contained at least some element of all three broad scientific areas: engineering and physical science; environmental and biological sciences; and social science and economics. 

“UKERC is concerned with tackling the energy system as a whole; the studentships are intended to contribute to this approach. Most applicants really grasped this principle.  The panel was particularly gratified to see the wide spread of disciplines – and combinations of disciplines - represented in the proposals” said Professor Jim Skea, UKERC’s Research Director.

Studentships were awarded to:

  • James Verdon, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol - Seismic Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Sequestration in Underground Reservoirs
  • Thomas Richardson, School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, University of Exeter - Managing a Multifunctional Bio-Energy Sector
  • Jennifer Spinks, Department of Marine Science and Technology, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - Impact of Acoustic Noise from Renewable Energy Sources on Marine Mammals and Fish
  • Susan O’Mahony, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia -Biodiesel: A Model of Production and Best Use from Fields to Fuel
  • Jennifer Rogers, School of Natural Sciences, University of Central Lancashire - Land-based Renewables as a Foundation for Sustainable “Rural Energy Communities”
  • Alfred Gathorne-Hardy, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Imperial College London - A Holistic Approach to Generating Rural Energy, Wildlife and Socio-Economic Gain
  • Hannah Chalmers, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London - Flexibility of Fossil-Fired Power Plants with Carbon Capture
  • John Broderick, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester - Emissions Offset Scenarios for UK Air Transport in a Carbon Constrained Future
  • William Mezullo, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath - Bioenergy in the Southwest: Interdisciplinary Study, Resources and Environment





 

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