February 2010

IeMRC Smart Microsystems Flagship Research Consortium

EPSRC recently awarded the IIS £1.5M to undertake R&D with 14 industrial partners to develop smart microsystems. The formation of this Smart Microsystems cluster is based upon integrating novel materials and process and provides the UK with the opportunity to create the critical mass to form an agile globally competitive manufacturing capacity to support innovation. This IeMRC Flagship research project will focus on the creation of innovative electronic based systems through integration of microelectronics with novel material and manufacturing technologies. This will involve adapting Micro and Nano Technology(MNT) to integrate electronic ICs with additional components, materials and technologies on single substrates, thereby providing increased device functionality. This IIS Smart Microsystems cluster provides great flexibility in both substrate size (from 200mm wafers down to millimetre scale chips) and substrate material (such as Si, SiC, glass, sapphire and flexible polymers). The resulting microsystems will address a myriad of application areas, including chemical, biological, optical, mechanical, electromagnetic and fluidic technologies.

February 2010

CEE members Peter Woodward (HWU) and Mike Forde (UoE) have won approval for funding of their proposal ”Development of Design Guidelines for High Speed Railway Track" by the EPSRC Process Environment & Sustainability Panel. The total award is £469,779.

February 2010

SIAM student chapter is founded jointly between the ECOSSE and Maxwell JRIs (inaugural meeting on March 31). Read More.

January 2010

Successful ERPem Advisory Group Visit

The fourth and final annual ERPem Advisory Group visit took place on the 21st and 22nd of January 2010. Members travelled from the UK and Europe to spend time in each JRI before reporting on progress over the last year. The reports this year were extremely positive, with the group congratulating the ERPem on its huge achievements over the past four years.

January 2010

Edinburgh Lecture

ECOSSE Director Dorrik Stow gives Edinburgh Lecture on "An energy-hungry world: What role for Scotland?". Read more.