Multiscale Engineering covering: life science engineering, molecular and interface engineering, multiphase process engineering, offshore oil and gas processing, particle technology, and catalytic reaction engineering.

see also: chemical, engineering

The Edinburgh Research Partnership Joint Research Institute on Civil and Environmental Engineering conducts research into the conventional areas of quality of life, public health and welfare as well as the emerging key goal of UK government policy: sustainable development. Areas of interest include: Intelligent, Smart and Innovative Infrastructure, Remote Sensing and Health Monitoring in Infrastructure Applications, Contaminant Containment and Subsoil Environments, Transport, Water Management, Particulate and Granular Solids and Soils, Fire Safety and Structural Engineering, and Timber Engineering and Wood Science.

see also: civil, engineering, environmental

The principal areas of research within civil engineering are: Water Management (including flood inundation modelling, modelling of sediment and solute transport, water resources supply and distribution, sustainable urban drainage, non-linear waves and instrumentation); Materials and GeoMechanics (including cementitious materials, sensor technology and railway engineering); and Structural Engineering (including elastic wave propagation, fire modelling, corrosion damage and measurement in concrete structures, bond and anchorage of reinforcement and life cycle management of infrastructure).

see also: civil, engineering

The interests of this research group include the development of number concepts, social intelligence and imitation, and the application of these to mainstream and special needs education.

see also: cognitive, development, education, psychology

Any postgraduate student wishing to transfer to another research degree course should complete the Course Transfer Application and return it to the appropriate School or Institute Office for processing.

see also: courses, transfer

Research is focused on the storage, retrieval, presentation and use of data, information and knowledge.

see also: computer, database, science

The Dependable Systems Group's research aims are to improve the reliability and predictability of computer systems through the development and application of rigorous design, implementation and verification techniques.

see also: computer, dependable, science, systems

Integration of both practice-led design research in textiles, garments and related materials, and functional product design using textiles (such as carried out in the Biomedical Textiles Research Centre). The research is wide ranging, encompassing features of the design process and its concepts through to fibre-based product innovation by design.

see also: btrc, design, fashion, textiles

This group carries out research in mechanical engineering design, manufacture and materials, forming key components of the Scottish Manufacturing Institute (SMI), the Edinburgh Research Partnership (ERP) Institute of Integrated Systems and the University's strategic alliances with AWE and Renishaw. The work splits into two main themes: (i) digital tools, engineering knowledge capture and robotics and (ii) Micromechanics.

see also: design, engineering, manufacture, mechanical, robotics

This research includes the RIFleX intiative and covers leads a diverse range of collaborative international multidisciplinary research programmes. These include the development of novel leading edge textile and colour-related technologies that aim at innovative design applications through exploitation of new technologies.

see also: design, textiles