Innovative construction materials
Our research in this area is designed to enable us to advise on waste reuse, extra durability and extended life of resources and innovation
Robotic Evolutionary Self-Programming and Self-Assembling Organisms
The REPLICATOR project started in March 2008 under the European Union's 7th framework programme, in the theme of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Energy recovery
The amount of energy available in waste heat is vast, and it presents an opportunity for great enhancements in process efficiency
Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
The Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is a mandatory energy assessment scheme for large organisations in the UK.
Low-cost thin film solar cell
A research opportunity for postgraduate students providing training and experience in a wide range of topics related to the development of solar cells. They will also carry out this research in their home universities and start to replicate 'solar villages' in their own countries after completion of their PhD programme
Environmentally friendly catalysts for the conversion of renewable limonene feedstocks
Paula Castilho and Cesar Fernandes from the Chemistry Department at the University of Madeira identified and collected a useful, high surface area clay from Serra de Dentro which had a high structural iron content
Sustainable Materials, Sustainable Buildings
The Materials and Engineering Research Institute is offering numerous PhD/MPhil research opportunities for postgraduate students interested in the field of sustainable construction
Visual Control
Visual controls are a key lean manufacturing principle. Visual displays and controls help keep things running as efficiently as they were designed to run and sharing information through visual tools helps keep production running smoothly and safely
Polymer formulation
There are a large number of commercially available additives that enable polymers to perform important functions over a wide range of conditions