On 6th of June 2021, Bangor University’s KESS 2 PhD student Nawaf Aldabashi presented his innovative honeybee monitoring radar device at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium, hosted virtually from Atlanta in the US. The event was a hybrid of both online and in-person attendance and Nawaf was given the opportunity to remotely demonstrate the design… Read more »
Researchers from the Schools of Natural Sciences (SNS) and Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) at Bangor University, in collaboration with Ymgynghoriaeth Gwynedd Consultancy (YGC), have developed a new decision support toolkit, Land Use Change SWAT+ Toolkit (LUCST), to enhance the planning and management of flood alleviation schemes in Gwynedd county. Land Use Land Cover… Read more »
Bangor University KESS 2 PhD candidate Michael Ridgill has published his first paper in the International Journal Renewable Energy (Impact Factor 6.274). Michael’s research is focused on hydrokinetic energy conversion and the article describes the first iteration of a developing method for assessing the potential of this resource in the rivers of the world. Hydrokinetic… Read more »
Congratulations to Dr Ewan Hoyle, a KESS 2 PhD student at University of Wales Trinity Saint David who has successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled “Virtual Source Aperture Ultrasonic Imaging for Non-destructive Testing” and is now a Project Leader at TWI Technology Centre (Wales), in Port Talbot. Ewan joined TWI Ltd and UWTSD to pursue his… Read more »
On Sunday 26th August 2018, a Bangor University KESS 2 project researching bee tracking was featured on BBC One’s topical programme Countryfile. Academic supervisor Dr Paul Cross and PhD candidate Jake Shearwood spoke to Matt Baker about the research and development of technology for tracking bees by the means of revolutionary miniature electronic devices, or… Read more »
A University of South Wales PhD student has developed a new algorithm which has the potential to change the way patients with severe neuromusculoskeletal conditions are assessed and treated. Working in collaboration with the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Sebastian Haigh is currently in his second year of his KESS 2 funded scholarship, entitled… Read more »
Bangor University’s Schools of Ocean Sciences, Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, working in collaboration with company partner Tidal Lagoon Power, are looking for a computer science student to help them build an autonomous vehicle that will answer questions that have bugged ecologists and fisheries scientists for years – how and where do fish swim? The new project… Read more »
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