Engineering at the University of Edinburgh

1. Engineeringat the University of Edinburgh Steve McLaughlin

2. Agenda • History • Structure and Basic Data • Knowledge Exchange • Research Themes • Research Priorities School of Engineering

3. Eng@UoE : History • 1868 Regius Chair of Engineering • c1900 Department of Engineering • 1955-98 Separate departments, variously:- • Chemical Engineering • Civil Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Fire Safety Engineering • 2002- School of Engineering and Electronics • Fully-integrated school • 2009- School of Engineering School of Engineering

4. Director of Research Heads of Institute Heads of Institute Digital Communications Materials andProcesses EnergySystems Infrastructure/Environment Micro/NanoSystems Bio- Engineering Eng@UoE : What are we? Research Institutes Chemical Engineers Mechanical Engineers Electrical/Electronic Engineers Civil/Environmental Engineers Scientists Mathematicians School of Engineering

5. Eng@UoE : Income Total Recurrent £22.1M (2008-2009) School of Engineering

6. Our ERP Collaborators Eng@UoE : Research Assessment, 2008 • 3rd in the UK, 1st in Scotland • 55% world-leading/internationally excellent • all internationally recognised School of Engineering

7. Knowledge Exchange (KE) • Proven track record • Industrial links  Knowledge Transfer and • Industrial links  commercialisation • Consultancy • Engineering = most active School in the College • >£1.217M income for 07/08 out of UoE total of £3.638M • Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs ) • c20 KTPs to Engineering over past 10 years • KTP with Powerwall = top Scottish KTP for 2008 • Two major SEEKIT awards* • Scottish Environmental Technology Network • Contaminated land assessment & remediation advice to SME’s • RenewNet • Renewable Energy advice for SMEs • (*) Scottish Executive Expertise Knowledge & Innovation Transfer School of Engineering

8. Company formation( Spin-out and Start-up) • > 13 primary Spin-outs • Wolfson Microelectronics in 1985 … NGENTEC in 2009 • > 9 secondary Spin-outs • eg Indigo Vision (1994), Pelamis Wave Power (1998) • 6 recent student Start-ups • eg Critical Blue Ltd (2001), Renewable Devices (2002) • Scottish Enterprise PoC* activity • Since the inception of PoC funding • 11 PoC projects completed, 2 new PoCs(2009) • Patents … • all 5 Research Institutes proactive • > 35 patents applied for in recent years • (*) Scottish Executive Expertise Proof-of-Concept projects School of Engineering

9. KT : Strong Industrial Funding IMNS: Senju, ST Microelectronics,National Semi-Conductors, MED IES: ETI, Cummins Engines,Converteam, EDF IMP: Schlumberger, UOP, Shell Michelin, IIE: BRE, DEM Solutions, Corus, Ove Arup, FM Global IDCoM: Lloyds TSB, SELEX, EADS,Toshiba, Mobile VCE, DoCoMo, Agilent School of Engineering

10. Engineering Research at Edinburgh Obvious, “traditional” Engineering And less obvious Engineering School of Engineering

11. Research Activities • 5 Institutes • Digital Communications • Materials and Processes • Infrastructure and Environment • Energy Systems • Integrated Micro and Nanosystems School of Engineering

12. Digital Communication • Signal Processing • Sparse signal processing • Sensing – distributed and biologically inspired • Biomedical • Algorithms to hardware • Communications Systems • Energy Efficient Communications • Information Forensics • UK lead via Communications Network • Smart Grids • Centre for Communication Interface Research • Maintain and enhance links with Lloyds TSB School of Engineering

13. Materials and Processes • Biomedical Engineering • CARS • Synthetic Biology • Carbon Capture and Clean Energy • Materials and Processes • Connections to Storage • Scalability • Design and Performance of Materials • Modelling and simulation • Conservation science • Materials fundamentals • Multiphase and complex flows • Heat transfer and micro-cooling • Particle transport • Modelling and simulation School of Engineering

14. Infrastructure and Environment • Structures • Particulate mechanics • Extreme Loading and fire • Novel construction materials • Geotechnical Engineering • NDT • Environment • International development • Clean water • Pollutant control • Fire • Structural behaviour • Large scale fires • Environmental School of Engineering

15. Energy systems • Marine renewable • Power systems • Energy and Climate • Machines and Power Electronics • Smart Grids • Innovation and Policy School of Engineering

16. Integrated Micro and Nano Systems • IC Design/System-Level Integration • Systems Level integration • Mixed Mode design • CMOS Sensors and Systems • Neural and Neuromorphic Computation • Micro and Nano fabrication • MEMS • Biosensing • Technology integration • Microfluidics • Carbon nanotubes • Silicon carbide • MEMS School of Engineering

17. Thematic Areas • Technology for Medicine • Sensors • Devices • Non invasive • Information processing • Energy and Environment • Renewable Energy • CCS • Pollutant control • Clean water • Energy Efficient communications • Knowledge Exchange School of Engineering

18. Research Activities : Collaboration Within the University of Edinburgh • Centres • CCIR - Communications Interface Research • CECS - Environmental Change and Sustainability • CSEC – Science at Extreme Conditions • SCCS – Carbon Capture and Storage • Projects • Biology On Smart Silicon (BoSS) • FIREGRID • and with Medicine … • Bone studies & replacements • Blood flow analysis & artery dynamics • Micro-fluidics • CARS • Biosignal & imaging analysis School of Engineering

19. Research Activities : Collaboration Edinburgh Research Partnership • Scottish Funding Council funding • 5 Year award to build new research links • 4 new chairs in 2006/7 • 4 lecturers in 2006/7 • Infrastructure & electronic classrooms • 4 Joint Research Institutes • Signal and Image Processing (IDCom) • Integrated Electronic Systems (IMNS) • Energy Systems (IES) • Civil/Environmental Engineering (IIE) • Includes part of Napier University School of Engineering

20. Strategic Priorities • Scottish Microelectronics Centre • “Post-processing” for (eg) biomedical electronics • Links to medicine/chemistry/physics/biology • Technology Innovation Centre • Mixed-Mode Design and Devices • Application in biosensing • Synthetic Biology • Links to biology/chemistry • Circular Wave Tank • Sensing • Devices to algorithms • CCS Labs • Links to Geosciences/Chemistry • ERP – Joint REF • Incorporate areas not within ERP • Raise standards • ECA? • Engineering Design School of Engineering