News from the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Heriot-Watt academics elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering

Two Heriot-Watt academics have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, among 60 new Fellows announced at the…
Botox proteins could hold cure for diabetes

Scientists believe the proteins that are targeted by cosmetic surgery treatment Botox could hold the secret to treating and even curing…
Partnership secures £6 million funding for robotics research

Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh have jointly secured the largest investment of any Scottish universities and the…
Universe's secrets closer thanks to ultrafast lasers

Research from the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences at Heriot-Watt has the potential to revolutionise how we observe the…
Heriot-Watt F1 students support University Go Edinburgh bid

Heriot-Watt mechanical engineering students unveiled their improved F1-style racing car to compete in the Formula Student event at…
Father and daughter graduate together

Graeme Collie and his daughter Morven both graduated this year. Graeme's grandfather also gained a diploma from Heriot-Watt College in…

From crocheted cactuses to stand-up comedy...

Public engagement enthusiasts across the four Edinburgh Universities recently met at the Beltane annual gathering
Tumour monitoring: Breakthrough in making cancer detection portable

New ultrasound imaging technology that measures the blood flow through a tumour may hold the key to more tailored care for cancer…
Funding for joint project to help lung patients

Scientists at Heriot-Watt are part of a team working to develop a probe to help intensive care patients on breathing support.
Heriot-Watt rises again in Guardian league table

Heriot-Watt has risen again in the latest Guardian league table, and is now ranked 18th out of 119 institutions in the UK, up from 20th…
Mechanical Engineering students to attend entrepreneurship programme at…

A student team which aims to bring sustainable manufacturing solutions to emerging countries has been invited to join MIT's Global…
Staff recognised at the Learning and Teaching Oscars

This year's Learning and Teaching Oscars recognised Heriot-Watt staff for their excellent teaching and support.

EPS researchers named Emerging Investigators 2013

Three researchers from the Institute of Chemical Sciences have been featured in the Emerging Investigators 2013 special issue published…
Heriot-Watt to lead new Erasmus Mundus programme

The School of Engineering and Physical Sciences has received funding from the EU Commission under the Erasmus Mundus scheme for a new…
EPS professor appointed to lead two robotics groups

Professor David Lane has been elected Director of euRobotics and Chair of the UK Special Interest Group in Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
EU Marie Curie fund backs research into underwater robotics

The Ocean Systems Laboratory will be part of a new training and research network supported by the European Union's Marie Curie Initial…
New Royal Society Industry Fellowships connect academia and industry

Professor Yvan Petillot, from the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, has been appointed as one of the Royal Society's new…
Research team avoids information overload by a hair’s breadth

Researchers from Scotland and India are working together to develop a platform for optical communications to meet the ever-increasing…

Funding for non-intrusive sensors for the food industry

Heriot-Watt is part of collaborative project that could improve the production economics of Ultra High Temperature (UHT) processing…
Scottish SMEs stand to benefit from free research and development

Scottish companies too small to have their own research and development (R&D) departments can now get free help from engineering design…
New camera system creates high-resolution 3-D images

A team of Heriot-Watt physicists has advanced laser technology so that high-resolution, 3-D images precise to the millimetre can be…
£5 million funding for pill that carries ultrasound technology

A project involving researchers from Heriot-Watt, Dundee and Glasgow Universities has been awarded £5M funding. The researchers will…
Heriot-Watt scientists at the Dunbar Science Festival

Researchers from across Heriot-Watt brought some exciting interactive science to the annual Dunbar Science Festival, which took place…
Funding for ultrasound imaging system

The EPSRC has awarded a grant to a UK collaborative project that could reduce risks during brain surgery by creating ultrasound devices…

When rugby and mechanical science collide

The rugby maul can sometimes look like the most unscientific of game techniques, but players are now benefitting from a new technical…
Global team aim for game-changing clean fuel made from CO2

An international team of scientists is to develop a new reactor that can produce fuel using sunlight and carbon dioxide, paving the way…
SUPA meeting held at Heriot-Watt

Heriot-Watt University’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering hosted a meeting of over 100 Scottish…
Heriot-Watt leads new national centre

Heriot-Watt leads new national centre to 'double the use of lasers in UK manufacturing in next five years'
New Energy Conversion Laboratory Opens

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened a new Energy…
Investigating the molecular causes of disease in living cells

A new research centre which will help Scottish scientists to investigate the causes of disease at molecular level is to be established…

New funded postgraduate places at Heriot-Watt

Heriot-Watt University is pleased to announce a major new funding opportunity for postgraduate students domiciled in Scotland to study…
Printed human organs for testing and transplantation

A specialised 3D printing process, using human stem cells, could pave the way to purpose-built replacement organs for patients,…
Heriot-Watt degrees for Azerbaijan

A collaborative agreement has been signed between the University and the newly launched Baku Higher Oil School.
Heriot-Watt students recognised by Baker Hughes

Three Heriot-Watt mechanical engineering students were awarded prizes for their outstanding performance in a project by Baker Hughes.
F1 Senior Performance Engineer visits Dubai Campus

Jock Clear, Senior Performance Race Engineer and team member of the Formula 1 Mercedes team and a Heriot-Watt graduate, visited the…
Scottish-based research to help tackle e-crime

Physicists at Heriot-Watt University and University of Strathclyde have worked with tiny particles of light to create a new way of…

Heriot-Watt scientists secure 3 million euros for new frontier research

Researchers will mimic black holes and create quantum information in laboratories.
Heriot-Watt students revved up for Silverstone success with prototype…

Students from Heriot-Watt University unveiled their bespoke F1-style racing car at a special event on Friday 6 July as they prepare to…
New Scottish-Californian stem cell research announced

Scientists from Heriot-Watt together with their counterparts in St Andrews and Stanford universities are to work together on new…
Heriot-Watt researchers investigate a new carbon capture method

Professor Raffaella Ocone from Heriot-Watt University is leading an international team which has been awarded funding to investigate a…
Research projects demonstrate interdisciplinary innovation

The first six collaborative research projects to be funded from the new Heriot-Watt Crucible Interdisciplinary Project Fund were…
Pandoras Box holds key to fully autonomous underwater robots

The Ocean Systems Laboratory (OSL) team at Heriot-Watt University is designing a new approach to independently motivated Autonomous…

Secretary of State for Scotland visits Heriot-Watt

Michael Moore, the Secretary of State for Scotland, visiting Heriot-Watt for a briefing on the University's Green Energy research, was…
Heriot-Watt Crucible scores another success

The second Heriot-Watt Crucible programme for 'research leaders of the future' concluded with a research collaboration event at the…
Funding for new device to detect prostate cancer

A mechanical device that could have a major impact on the diagnosis, assessment and surveillance of prostate cancer is being developed…
Heriot-Watt University Honorary Graduates, November 2011

Politicians, the Team Principal of the Mercedes GP PETRONAS Formula One team, and the Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Chamber of…
Alex Salmond opens Heriot-Watt's new purpose-built Dubai Campus

Heriot-Watt’s new £35m (ED200m) purpose-built campus has been opened by First Minister Alex Salmond at Dubai International Academic City.
'Baking with sound' research receives government funding

Heriot-Watt University is part of a group which has secured £500,000 funding to investigate the use of sound waves in the food industry.

Chevron invests £182,000 into University’s pipeline to employment

£182,500 worth of scholarships, course books and funding was presented to Heriot-Watt by leading global energy company Chevron.
Nature plays dice with at least 11 faces

Researchers have shown that nature plays dice with at least 11 faces, using light that looks like pasta spirals!
Best poster prize for student

PhD student Alan Faulkner won the prize for best poster at the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) sponsored INSPIRE meeting.
Student shortlisted for award

Doak Ross, MEng Robotic & Cybertronics student, has been shortlisted in the 2011 SET Awards in the category of Mechanical Engineering.
Heriot-Watt staff selected for new RSE Young Academy

Three Heriot-Watt staff have been selected as member of the Royal Society of Young Academy of Scotland.
Student wins prize at International Physics Conference

A fourth year Heriot-Watt Physics was awarded the Best Presentation prize at the International Physics Conference held in Budapest.

Professor Des Smith awarded Royal Medal by the Royal Society of…

Professor Des Smith, who set up Heriot-Watt's Department of Physics, has been presented with a prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh…
Stanford University Fellowships for Heriot-Watt researchers

Two Heriot-Watt researchers have been awarded entrepreneurial fellowships to spend one year at Stanford University in California, USA.
Students race to Silverstone

Students from the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences have built a car that will compete at the Formula Student competition.
Heriot-Watt students secure prestigious international internships

Heriot-Watt students are among those from across Scotland embarking on outstanding, fully funded internships with world-leading companies.
2011 graduations at Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University's week-long celebration of 2011 graduations came to an end on Friday 24 June.
Academics go back to school to get serious about gaming

Heriot-Watt University hosts first pan-European Serious Gaming Week

New Head of School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Professor Steve McLaughlin has been announced as the new Head of the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University.
Heriot-Watt's Chemistry and Economics programmes rated top in Scotland

Heriot-Watt’s Chemistry and Economics degrees have been ranked top in Scotland by the Guardian newspaper university league table.
Heriot-Watt Reader wins Emerging Investigator Lectureship

Dr Scott Dalgarno, a Reader at the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, won the inaugural ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship.
Centre to revolutionise chemical manufacture is open for business

An EPSRC Centre for revolutionising the way pharmaceuticals and other chemicals are made has been officially launched.
Engineering & Physical Sciences student wins Parliamentary award

A Heriot-Watt student has won an award for outstanding Early Stage Research from the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee in Westminster.
Student scoops Young Laser Engineer prize

Norbert Lorenz, a PhD student at Heriot-Watt's School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, has won the Young Laser Engineer's Prize 2011.

Heriot-Watt to research industrially generated blood

Heriot-Watt is one of 4 universities to receive £2.5m funding to research the development of industrially-generated blood.
Heriot-Watt University professor appointed RSE Fellow

Heriot-Watt University Professor Kenneth McKendrick has been appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
Students develop unique prototype to reduce spread of MRSA

A revolutionary hand-sanitizing prototype developed by students at Heriot-Watt University could significantly reduce the spread of MRSA.
Principal congratulates leadership award winners

Heriot-Watt University Principal, Professor Steve Chapman, was guest speaker at a major leadership development event.
Heriot-Watt helps develop smart label for food

A Heriot-Watt University supported invention that tells when food is going off has been short-listed for a John Logie Baird Award.
Optoscribe celebrates spinning out

Optoscribe, the specialist in novel laser micro-manufacturing technology, has officially ‘spun out’ of Heriot-Watt University.

Student receives Mott MacDonald bursary

Alex Hay has been awarded a Mott MacDonald Charitable Trust Bursary of £1,500 to support him through his electrical engineering degree.
Heriot-Watt University students excel at Commonwealth Games

Students from Heriot-Watt University took part in the recent Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India.
Students' initiative boosts employment opportunities

Mechanical engineering students are boosting their chances of gaining employment through a new, practical, skills-based initiative.
Chevron scholarships awarded to Heriot-Watt students

Ten Heriot-Watt students have been awarded Chevron Scholarships under the Chevron University Partnership Program (UPP).
Chemistry student wins Microsoft Research Award

Heriot-Watt student Therese Bergendahl has been awarded the Microsoft Research Award for the Best Computational Science Student
Nobel Prize winner tours Heriot-Watt/SUPA nanoscience facility

Nobel Physics Laureate Professor Klaus von Klitzing toured a new a state-of-the-art electron beam lithography system at Heriot-Watt.

Converge Challenge winner recognised at awards ceremony

A lecturer at Heriot-Watt University has been awarded a £16,500 prize after winning a major competition aimed at entrepreneurial…
Heriot-Watt representative attends leadership forum in Shanghai

A Heriot-Watt representative recently attended a leadership forum in Shanghai to discuss efficient energy use strategies.
Heriot-Watt researcher awarded £1.1m grant

Dr Martin Paterson, Lecturer in Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, has been awarded a £1.1m grant from the European Research Council.
Physics summer school celebrates 50th anniversary at Heriot-Watt…

An internationally renowned summer school in physics has returned to Heriot-Watt this month.
Could urine be a source of renewable energy?

A research team at Heriot-Watt University is investigating whether urine could be used to create energy via new, low-cost fuel cells.
Converge Challenge Elevator Pitch winner announced

A PhD student has won the Converge Challenge Elevator Pitch for his business plan idea on Smart Biosensors for Personalised Medicine.

Leverhulme Trust awards £100,000 grant for chemistry research

Heriot-Watt University has been awarded a grant of £100,000 from the Leverhulme Trust.
Heriot-Watt partnership engineers future maritime success

BAE Systems signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Heriot-Watt University, and builds new partnerships in the maritime engineering field.
Seed of life wins photographic competition

Images of a transgenic plant, bacterial colonies and polarised light were the winners in Heriot-Watt University's annual photo competition.
Making an IMPACT

Heriot-Watt University is taking part in IMPACT, an exhibition that explores the impact of pioneering science and engineering.
Heriot-Watt KTP is an award-winning partnership

Heriot-Watt and Caledonian Aerotech Ltd were recognised for their 'Award-winning Partnership' at the Knowledge Transfer Partnership Awards.
Heriot-Watt student rolls into California to take on world

California will be a field of dreams this summer for a Heriot-Watt student who is taking part in the Junior Olympics.

Caterham Cars boss comes to Heriot-Watt University

Ansar Ali, Managing Director of Caterham Cars, gave the Inaugural Leadership Lecture at Heriot-Watt.
Heriot-Watt knowledge transfer project boosts firm profits

Postgraduate student Andreas Holter's web-based transport management system wins top prize at the Knowledge Transfer Partnership Awards.
New Royal Society Fellows announced

Heriot-Watt University academics are among the new Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows.
Heriot-Watt to lead Astrochemistry consortium

Heriot-Watt University is to lead a European-wide consortium to help early-stage astrochemistry researchers embark on their research…
Heriot-Watt scientists deliver NPL quantum detector system

Heriot-Watt University scientists produce state-of-the-art single photon detector system for UK National Physical Laboratory.

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