Bristol joins Intel Parallel Computing Center Program to collaborate on parallel computing
Modern computer systems are becoming increasingly parallel, which can make them much more challenging to use efficiently.
Faculty of Engineering
Bristol academic honoured with Seismological Society of America’s Richter Early Career Award
Dr Katsu Goda, Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol, is to receive the 2012 Charles F. Richter Early Career Award, given by the Seismological Society of America (SSA).
€3 million to solve the long-distance quantum communication problem
The University of Bristol’s Quantum Photonics group have been awarded grants of over €3 million to solve the problem of sending information in single quantum particles over global distances.
Record-breaking research collaboration targets 21st century challenges
The University of Bristol has welcomed a record-breaking 90 academic delegates from a leading Japanese university as it forges a pioneering international research collaboration. A high-powered contingent from Kyoto University travelled to Bristol this week [9 to 11 January] to discuss how the latest thinking and technologies could solve some of the planet’s biggest challenges.
Grant to revolutionise the semiconductor laser
Dr Martin Cryan, Senior Lecturer in the University's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has been awarded a grant by the EPSRC to develop a new type of nanoscale lens technology.
An environmentally friendly robot
Dr Jonathan Rossiter, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Mathematic and a member of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), has secured a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant for his project ‘A robot that decomposes: towards biodegradable robotic organisms’.
Aerospace engineer on BBC Radio 4's Frontiers programme
Paul Weaver, Professor in Lightweight Structures in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, will feature on BBC Radio's 4 Frontiers programme about the future of civil air travel.
How Oscar-winning visual effects engineer brings fantasy to life
A leading visual effects engineer, who won an Oscar for his work on The Golden Compass, will be visiting the city next week [6 March 2012] to give a free public lecture on the very latest in cutting-edge techniques in the film industry. The event is hosted by the University of Bristol's Faculty of Engineering and sponsored by The Society of Merchant Venturers.
Demystifying robotics
Six groups of computer science students from the University of Bristol hope to demystify robotics when they present their prototypes to companies at an event today [Thursday 26 January].
Bringing engineering to women
A student-led organisation that aims to increase the number of young women studying engineering, science and technology at university will come together this weekend for an international conference.