Undergraduate – Research Placements & Opportunities
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Research Experience Placements
NERC Research Experience Placements
Applications for Summer 2023 are now closed.
Previous Projects
2023_01_A new generation of ice-sheet fracture models to predict iceberg calving and sea-level rise
Project Description: A new generation of ice-sheet fracture models to predict iceberg calving and sea-level rise (PDF)
Supervisor: Dr Emilio Martinez-Paneda
Department/Institution: Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023_02_Innovative recycling technique for achieving zero pollution wind power
Project Description: Innovative recycling technique for achieving zero pollution wind power (PDF)
Supervisor: Dr Chao Wu
Department/Institution: Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023_03 _Predicting the effect of anthropogenic activity on insect biodiversity change
Project Description: Predicting the effect of anthropogenic activity on insect biodiversity change (PDF)
Supervisor: Joe Millard
Department/Institution: Natural History Museum
2023_04_Planetary helical motion in the ocean
Project Description:Planetary helical motion in the ocean (PDF)
Supervisor: Dr Arnaud Czaja
Department/Institution: Physics
2023_05_NowWaves: Real time prediction of coastal waves
Project Description: NowWaves: Real time prediction of coastal (PDF)
Supervisor: Dr Ioannis Karmpadakis
Department/Institution: Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023_06_Generating an energy-mass-information equivalence simulator for waste-to-energy non-classical bioprocessing optimisation
Project Description: Generating an energy-mass-information equivalence simulator for waste-to-energy non-classical bioprocessing optimisation (PDF)
Supervisor: Dr Henry-Po Lee
Department/Institution: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Previous Projects
These are some of the projects students worked on in previous years:
| Project Title | Department/Organisation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem responses to drought intensification | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Next-generation ice-sheet fracture models to quantitatively predict iceberg calving and sea-level rise | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Modifying spatial reproductions of natural soundscapes to evaluate ecoacoustic analysis algorithms | Dyson School of Design Engineering |
| Quantum linear regression for anaerobic digestion unprecedented forecasting and optimisation | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Novel chemistry for a circular economy for bauxite residue | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Pathway to providing environmentally friendly lubrication solutions - replacing silicone oils with bio-acceptable alternatives | Mechanical Engineering |
| Towards nature-positive businesses: Meta-meta-analysis on the impacts of agriculture on biodiversity | Natural History Museum |
| Machine learning analysis of micro-scale industrial energy systems | Center for Environmental Policy |
| Phytophthora communities in UK nurseries: understanding the role of traits, biotic interactions and nursery management in pathogen invasions | UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
| Investigating shoreline changes using freely available archives of satellite image data | Earth Science and Engineering |
| Do habitat and distributional traits predict which European mosquito species vector important viruses? | UK Centre for Ecoloyg and Hydrology |
| EcoBuilder: an ecosystem dynamics game | Life Sciences |
| Tackling xenobiotic reistance in agriculture: implications for carbon emissions | Institute of Zoology |
| Risk analysis of nanomaterials in the environment | Materials |
| Machine learning analysis of energy storage data | Dyson School of Design |
| Is the geomagnetic field dipolar at high-latitudes | Earth Sciene & Engineering |
| Low-cost wireless sensor networks for river flow monitoring | Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| Techno-economic analysis of biorefineries fuelled by sugar beet pulp | Chemical Engineering |
| Where are the missing grasses? | Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew |
| Developing a Bayesian framework for modelling repetitive element evolution | Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew |
| Biogas conversion in oxygen separation membranes | Earth Science & Engineering |
| Plate reconstructions in the South Atlantic | Earth Science & Engineering |
| Probabilistic assessment of tsunami hazard to the UK | Earth Science & Engineering |
| Uncertainty quantification and parameter estimation in environmental fluid dynamics | Earth Science & Engineering |
| An investigation of the characteristics of visits to National Trails | Natural England |