Current research funding in the Division of Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Design
£1,617,065
£1,617,065
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Design
Research Projects
The following are current funded research projects taking place within the research division:
Eversion and Growing Robots: Pipe Navigation, Inspection and CharacterisationPrincipal Investigator: Kaspar ALTHOEFER Funding source: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Start: 01-07-2021 / End: 30-06-2025 Amount: £116,296 |
Using machine learning techniques to optimise the motion performance of soft robots physically interacting with their environmentPrincipal Investigator: Kaspar ALTHOEFER Funding source: Defence Science and Technology Lab.-GOV UK Start: 04-10-2021 / End: 03-10-2024 Amount: £99,076 |
CELLCOMP: Data-driven Mechanistic Modelling of Scalable Cellular Composites for Crash Energy AbsorptionPrincipal Investigator: Wei TAN Funding source: EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Start: 01-07-2021 / End: 30-06-2024 Amount: £392,388 The project funded by EPSRC will create an intelligent data-driven virtual testing tool to assess an emerging type of lightweight materials, known as synthetic cellular composites (CCs). |
System-level Co-design and Control of Large Capacity Wave Energy Converters with Multiple PTOsPrincipal Investigator: Guang LI Funding source: EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Start: 01-05-2021 / End: 30-04-2024 Amount: £522,970 |
Graphene Flagship Core Project 3Principal Investigator: James BUSFIELD Co-investigator(s): Nick DUGGAN, Yang HAO, Emiliano BILOTTI, Dimitrios PAPAGEORGIOU, Wei TAN, Colin CRICK, Han ZHANG, Himadri GUPTA and Nicola PUGNO Funding source: EU Commission - Horizon 2020 Start: 01-04-2020 / End: 31-03-2023 Amount: £376,501 This grant will cofund the establishing of a mini-CDT with 5 PhD studentships in Graphene materials at QMUL. |
STREAM - Snake robotics for on-engine advanced thermal mappingPrincipal Investigator: Kaspar ALTHOEFER Funding source: Innovate UK Start: 01-05-2021 / End: 31-10-2022 Amount: £89,835 |
Improve performance of onshore wave energy converters by control system designPrincipal Investigator: Guang LI Funding source: British Council Start: 01-09-2021 / End: 31-08-2022 Amount: £20,000 |