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RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPNORTHERN

NORTHERN RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP

Governing BoardGoverning BoardAdvisoryCommittee

AdvisoryCommittee

StrategicManagement

Board

StrategicManagement

Board

Graduate School

Graduate School

Civil EngineeringDr Rod Jones

Civil EngineeringDr Rod Jones

• Environmental FluidMechanics

• Construction Materials

• Geotechnical & Geo-EnvironmentalEngineering

• Construction Management and Transportation

ComputationalSystems

Prof Patrik Holt

ComputationalSystems

Prof Patrik Holt

• Mobile, Distributed & Networked Systems

• Human-Computer Interaction

• Intelligent Systems

Energy & CleanTechnologies

Prof Paul Mitchell

Energy & CleanTechnologies

Prof Paul Mitchell

• New and Renewable Energy Technologies

• Oil and Gas Technologies

• Clean Energy Technologies

MedicalTechnologies

Prof Andreas Melzer

MedicalTechnologies

Prof Andreas Melzer

• Biomaterials, Bioengineering & Biomechanics

• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

• Innovative Surgical Techniques

• Theory of dynamical systems

• Mathematical modelling and analysis

• Technological and scientific applications

Non-Linear & Complex SystemsProf Celso Grebogi

Joint Research Institutes

TELFORD THEMEProf Peter Davies

COMMUNICATIONS ENERGY BIOMEDICAL


Composition at Bid Submission

Academic FTE

Research FTE

PhD FTE

New Posts

Civil Engineering 39 32 98 4C & 1L

Computational Systems 28 29 59 2C & 1L

Energy & Clean Technologies 29 28 57 2C & 2L

Medical Technologies 29 62 57 2C & 2L

Non-Linear & Complex Systems 10 9 15 1C & 1L

135 160 286 11C & 7L


NRP Investment

UoA, UoD, RGU Strategic Investment

SFC Investment

£52M (86%)

£8.16M (14%)

Total: £60.16M(over 5 yrs)


Graduate School

Joint Induction Programme

Joint Generic Skills Training

Utilisation of the Access Grid for Seminars

Joint Supervision Across Institutions

Allocation & Administration of NRP Studentships

Nonlinear & Complex Systems GroupNonlinear & Complex Systems GroupUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN & DUNDEEUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN & DUNDEE


Nonlinear & Complex Systems


Controlling Chaos in Engineering & Medical Systems

Understanding and Controlling the Nonlinear Features of Physical and Biological Systems and their Complicated and Intricate Features of Order and Randomness Can Significantly Enhance System Performance.

Significant investment in mathematical modelling of engineering processes within Partnership (Centre for Applied Dynamics Research CADR).

Recent appointments include Celso Grebogi who established that chaos can be controlled and developed the OGY Method to control it (over 4,000 citations in this topic alone).

Nonlinear & Complex Systems


Energy & Clean Technologies - Wind & Wave offshore electricitygenerating platforms

Computational Systems - Distributed asynchronous computer systems

Medical Technologies - Imaging in bioengineering

Telford Institute - Mixing processes in ecosystems

Applications

Turbulence Complex Communication Networks Hybrid Computer/Control Systems Signal Processing

Cardio-Vascular Systems Laser Systems Optical Solitons Granular Materials


Energy & Clean TechnologiesEnergy & Clean TechnologiesUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN, DUNDEE & ROBERT GORDONUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN, DUNDEE & ROBERT GORDON

Energy & Clean Technologies


Strengths of the Partnership

Aberdeen UniversityInstitute of Energy Technologies

Centre for Research Excellence in Sedimentology & Stratigraphy

Petroleum Geology

Seismic Applications: Limitations & Developments

Scottish Offshore Materials Centre (SOMC)

Catalysis and Fuel Cell Research Group

Joint Chair in Energy Futures

Energy & Clean Technologies


Strengths of the Partnership

Robert Gordon UniversityCentre for Research in Energy & Environment

Centre of Process Integration & Membrane Technology

Renewable Energy Power Systems Group

Well Engineering Research Group

Dundee UniversityAmorphous Materials Research Group

Centre for Remote Sensing & Environmental Modelling

Computational SystemsComputational SystemsUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN, DUNDEE & ROBERT GORDONUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN, DUNDEE & ROBERT GORDON


Computational Systems


Complementary strengths at the three institutions to be brought together to establish a centre of excellence in computational science and informatics in the North East of Scotland.

Recent Investment & Grants Queen Mother Building (Dundee) £4M+ Computing Technologies Centre (RGU) £1.1M Research Development Initiative (RGU) £1.3M Academic Staff Expansion (Aberdeen) £2.8M NLG Platform Grant (Aberdeen) £6M

Background

Computational Systems


Mobile, Distributed &Networked Systems

A strong track record in the key areas of mobile applications, distributed systems and networks for extreme environments.

Team for International Technology Alliance in Network Centric Systems $5.3M over 10 years (2006 - 2016)

RCUK/DTI eScience Funding £1M since 2002

Space Systems Research £2.9M since 2001

EU FP6 AmbieSense Consortium

Spin-outs - Calico Jack Ltd & STAR

Medical TechnologiesMedical TechnologiesUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN, DUNDEE & ROBERT GORDONUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN, DUNDEE & ROBERT GORDON


Medical Technologies


JRI membership Academic staff: 29Research staff: 62Research students: 57

Direct collaboration with clinicians and surgeons at Ninewells Hospital Dundee & Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in: Surgery; Radiology; Cardiology; Immunology & Oncology

3 Research Themes:

Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine Innovative Surgical Techniques Biomaterials, Bioengineering & Biomechanics

(SULSA/Imaging/SUPA Cross Linkages)

Background

Civil EngineeringCivil EngineeringUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN & DUNDEEUNIVERSITIES OF ABERDEEN & DUNDEE

RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPNORTHERN TELFORD

Institute

Civil Engineering

NORTHERN RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPTELFORD

Institute

Background

JRI involves Aberdeen & Dundee Universities

Academic staff: 39

Research staff: 32

Research students: 98

Research Groups – corresponding to the Pan-Scotland Telford Institute groupings:

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Construction Materials

Construction Management & Transportation

Geotechnical & Geo-Environmental Engineering

Civil Engineering


Institute


Exemplar Projects: Coastal processes – an experimental and analytical approach

Effect of waves and current on the transport of estuarine and coastal sediments

Beach and coastline geomorphology

Contaminant and nutrient fluxes in sediments

Wave and boundary effects on marine wastewater disposal and water quality

Exemplar Theme: To Understand Sediment & Pollutant Transport in Near Shore & Coastal Zone

Civil Engineering


Institute


Civil Engineering


Institute

Construction Materials

Exemplar Projects: Application of nano-engineering to infrastructure materials – an experimental and analytical approach

Observation of material structure at atomic level

Passivation of reinforcement and corrosion

Nano-fibre and nano-particle applications

Exemplar Theme: To Develop New Materials Based on Improved Understanding

Civil Engineering


Institute

Construction Management& Transportation

Exemplar Theme: To Understand Relationship Between Transport Infrastructure Programmes & Policy Goals

Exemplar Projects: Measuring the Whole Life Sustainability of Transport Infrastructure - a multi-disciplinary team approach

Whole Life Sustainability

Transport Policy Analysis

Develop Models, Metrics and Toolkits

Civil Engineering


Institute

Geotechnical & GeoEnvironmental Engineering

Exemplar Theme: To improve understanding of the seismic behaviour of foundations and slopes

Exemplar Projects: Earthquake Engineering – an experimental and analytical approach

Fault-rupture interaction with foundations

Slope stability

Performance of geotechnical systems under seismically induced dynamic loads

Civil Engineering


Institute

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