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December 2024
Repairs and Renovation of the RRS Discovery
Joint meeting with RINA This talk will be given by Ali Gellatly, Ship and Facilities Director, Dundee HeritageTrust. Details will be announced soon.
Find out more »January 2025
The role of floating wind turbines
Joint meeting with IMarEST Atilla will describe how clean energy is generated from offshore wind turbines; the challenges in their design, installation, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning; discuss whether the turbines should be fixed or floating? He will question whether the Government’s subsidies are sufficient for offshore wind, given the technical difficulties, to meet the 2030 target for 50GW. Professor Atilla Incecik is Professor of Offshore Engineering, since from 2007 at Strathclyde University. He served as the Head of Department…
Find out more »February 2025
Has Covid made our buildings less healthy?
Joint Lecture with CIBSE What is the legacy of preventative measures introduced during Covid? This lecture will look at the longterm effects particularly with more hybrid working and lower occupancy rates. Chris will explain the possible ways in which the emergency measures taken to ensure occupant health during Covid (e.g. very high ventilation rates, etc) might have had long term adverse effect on both buildings, energy use and their occupants health What are the lessons for the future? What are…
Find out more »March 2025
The future of satellite communication
In today’s world, everywhere you look people are using smartphones to stay connected: while at home, commuting or travelling to other countries. However, there are places where its not possible to connect to the internet including remote areas, and underdeveloped countries. The vision is for everyone, no matter where they are, to be connected all the time to the internet via satellites directly to smartphones. This means that the number of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites must dramatically increase along…
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