Recent Stories
- Geography student sets up film company
- Eco-innovation businesses invited to attend pioneering project launch
- First Science and Technology Business Partnerships and Enterprise Annual Report 2011-2012 available to download now
- Lancaster University Coffeemat Challenge won by Science and Technology student Seb
- Competition finalists to present at the House of Commons
- Free talks from Lancaster University statisticians
- Doctoral Scholarships in Computer Science and Communication Systems
- Soil expert seeks effective management of revolutionary land use changes
- International Collaboration Prize for First Unified EU-Russia Flight Analysis Project
- 'Making Sense of Microposts' Workshop Accepted for WWW2013
Lancaster Professor on UK delegation to the World Summit on Micro and Nano Technology
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Professor Richardson with His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr al Qasimi
Professor Andrew Richardson from the Department of Engineering has been selected as one of five UK delegates for the annual World Micromachine Summit held on the 26th and 27th April 2011. The other delegates were from Imperial College London, Southampton University and Birmingham University.
This year's event was hosted by His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr al Qasimi, ruler of Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates and focused on applications in renewable energy. 22 countries sent delegations this year with Germany, Italy, China, Switzerland and South America in particular reporting major investments and growth. Of specific interest was a proposal to extract electrochemical energy from the mixing of sea and fresh water (so-called "blue energy") through the use of electro-chemical films based on nanotechnology.
Professor Buismann from Wageningen University reported on the potential to extract 2.4KJoules of energy from 1litre of fresh water when mixed with sea water. It was suggested that in Europe alone up to 90GW could be generated from 767 rivers. Professor Buismann demonstrated that electrochemical electrodes based on nanomaterials including activated carbon and polyvinylidene fluoride could have great potential in increasing the efficiency of the conversion process.
Other areas of specific interest were micro energy harvesting for low power applications, photovoltaics, fuel cells and micro combustion.
Thu 05 May 2011
Associated Links
Latest News
Geography student sets up film company
It is well known that Geography graduates are highly employable and use their degrees in many different ways. One of the more unusual we have heard about recently is Lancaster geographer Greg Tomaszewicz who has set up his own Video Production Company - Lanor Productions.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Fri 22 February 2013
Eco-innovation businesses invited to attend pioneering project launch
Ambitious North West SMEs keen to drive forward eco-innovative ideas and products are invited to a major event in Manchester on March 4.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Thu 21 February 2013
First Science and Technology Business Partnerships and Enterprise Annual Report 2011-2012 available to download now
2011-2012 saw the development of a new theme-based strategy for Business Partnerships and Enterprise in Science and Technology. The seven interdisciplinary themes are: Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, Environment, Health and Human Development, Information and Communication Technologies, Quantum Technology and Security. Each theme has dedicated professional staff to work with businesses and source the expertise they need.
Tue 19 February 2013
Lancaster University Coffeemat Challenge won by Science and Technology student Seb
The concept of a new university website, complete with mobile application, to capture the campus social scene at a glance, earned an enterprising student an iPad.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Tue 19 February 2013