Case studies and videos

Valuable materials extracted from industrial waste
LWEC: Why use dwindling supplies of valuable raw materials when an EPSRC-funded project shows that they can be recovered simply and cheaply from the waste materials of another industrial process?
Issued: 18 October 2010

Mercedes Maroto-Valer - Tackling climate change through innovation
LWEC: By pioneering innovative technology, Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer is helping the world tackle climate change.
Issued: 15 March 2010

Saving the bricks and artwork
LWEC: EPSRC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have initiated an £8m Science and Heritage programme to help protect Britain’s cultural legacy for future generations.
Issued: 30 September 2009

Building sustainable cities and a brighter future
LWEC: Birmingham Eastside is an exciting redevelopment project, creating a learning and technology quarter for Birmingham. EPSRC-supported researchers are helping make this project – and others like it – more sustainable.
Issued: 29 September 2009

Building a clearer picture of climate change
LWEC: More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in prospect thanks to a breakthrough by electrical engineers at Queen’s University Belfast.
Issued: 14 August 2009

A burning issue
LWEC: Mathematical approaches to help fire fighters predict and control bushfires.
Issued: 02 May 2007

Counting on better conservation management
LWEC: Accurate models of wild animal populations.
Issued: 02 May 2007

A question of trust
LWEC: Techniques to manage uncertainty in complex models.
Issued: 02 May 2007

Cultivating crops in arid regions
LWEC: Development of the design of the Seawater Greenhouse enabled by an industry fellowship.
Issued: 29 March 2007

COAST goes to Denmark
LWEC: An exhibition of contemporary art aimed at raising awareness of coastal pollution and erosion.
Issued: 30 January 2007