Guest Editor Prof. Dr. K.T. Chau Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Website: http://www.eee.hku.hk/people/ktchau.html E-Mail: ktchau@eee.hku.hk Interests: electric and hybrid vehicles; machines and drives; renewable and clean energies; power electronics Special Issue Website http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/advances-hybrid-vehicles Dear Colleagues, Among various types of electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs)—or as […]
November 2013
About Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020, the new EC 2014-2010 program for research and innovation, is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe’s global competitiveness by creating an innovation friendly environment that makes easier for innovative ideas to be turned into products and services positively impacting on Europe growth and […]
Integrated approach to SMEs in EU Horizon 2020 funding
As in previous EU calls under FP6 and FP7, members of PESRI will be looking to collaborate with and support SME involvement in the Horizon 2020 calls starting in 2014. Horizon 2020 takes an integrated approach to SMEs. Through this approach, it is expected that around 20% of the total combined budget for all societal […]
Prof Jill Stewart reviews engineering textbooks for THE
In the current edition of the Times Higher Education, Professor Jill Stewart @Prof_J_Stewart reviews a selection of currently available core engineering textbooks. The online article is available at: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.aspx?storyCode=2008664 The print version is available in the THE 7th November 2013 edition Jill Stewart Is Professor and Founding Head of Engineering at the University of Chester
Call for papers: e-conference. ‘Whither Energy Conversion? Present Trends, Current Problems and Realistic Future Solutions’
Call for Papers: 1st International e-Conference on Energies Whither Energy Conversion? Present Trends, Current Problems and Realistic Future Solutions It is with great pleasure that we announce the 1st International e-Conference on Energies, chaired by Prof. Enrico Sciubba from University of Roma Sapienza. The conference will address research topics concerned with “present trends, current problems […]