Sarah Eliot
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Sarah EliotMay 11, 2015
Water research inspires composers
This month sees the premiere of two new pieces, created through collaboration between scientists at the Universities of Bath and Bristol, and composers from the South West. These compositions were brought about by a new project, lab notes, which convenes...
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Sarah EliotApril 22, 2015
Can you write for Water Active?
The University’s press team has secured an opportunity for Bath’s water researchers to contribute a monthly article to Water Active. This is a fantastic opportunity for us to share news of the wide variety of water research across all disciplines...
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Sarah EliotApril 21, 2015
Bath researchers in Water Active magazine
Two of Bath’s researchers have been featured in this month’s edition of Water Active magazine. Dr Davide Mattia and Dr Darrell Patterson, both from our Department of Chemical Engineering, recently secured £1m from the EPSRC to research novel membranes. One...
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Sarah EliotMarch 27, 2015
Safeguarding the UK’s Water, Energy and Food Resources
EPSRC is investing £4.5 million to safeguard the UK’s water, energy and food security. With the world’s population due to grow to eight billion by 2030, humanity is facing a crisis with predictions of increasing demand and shortages of water,...
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Sarah EliotMarch 19, 2015
Funding secured to develop next generation membranes
Researchers from our University have been awarded a £1m Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant to research and develop the next generation of long lasting ‘immortal membranes’ that will be able to separate water from problematic particles such...
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Sarah EliotMarch 16, 2015
How Bath research could reduce water scarcity in Middle East
A Jordanian PhD student has come to Bath to investigate how our algae research could help clean wastewater in her country. As one of the most water-poor countries in the world, Jordan’s current water resources fall significantly below the global...
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Sarah EliotMarch 4, 2015
New Chair appointed to lead Bath water research
The University of Bath has appointed Professor Jan Hofman to lead its new Water Innovation & Research Centre: WIRC@Bath. A chemical engineer with 25 years of experience working in the water sector, Professor Hofman joins the University in March 2015...
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Sarah EliotFebruary 23, 2015
Climate change is talking
Here at Bath our water research is truely multidisplinary. In today’s blog we explore how underwater listening technologies can be used to track the changes in icebergs as they melt. What happens to a glacier when no one is around?...
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Sarah EliotDecember 5, 2014
Researchers to use algae to clean up mine water
We can announce today that our researchers are part of a ground breaking GW4 research project that aims to clean up water from a Cornish tin mine, using algae to harvest the precious heavy metals and produce biofuel at the...
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Sarah EliotNovember 21, 2014
New Water Innovation and Research Centre Approved
The Board of Studies of the Faculty of Engineering & Design has approved the establishment of a Water Innovation and Research Centre at the University: WIRC @ Bath. The new Centre will provide a unique environment in which research into...