The members of PESRI would like to welcome Dr Meihong Wang Reader in Process/Energy Systems Engineering & Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in the School of Engineering at the University of Hull. Dr Wang joined the University of Hull in 2012 as Reader in Process and Energy Systems Engineering & CCS after 6 years with […]
Hull University School of Engineering
Major Hull University Engineering research project into energy storage technology
Engineers at the University of Hull are part of a £6M Centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage with the University of Birmingham. The project will revolutionise how energy is stored, ensuring that power is always available when it is needed. The grant was announced by Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, as part of a […]
Successful Engineering Faculties make Successful Universities
I recently took a look at whether my preconceptions as an engineer were justified, namely that to have a successful University you need a successful and sizeable Engineering Faculty. Taking the 2014 Times Good University Guide I examined the relationship between overall University performance and the performance of individual Engineering Departments in the UK. In […]
PESRI end of year report
Well, this year has marked an end of an era. After founding the new School of Engineering at the University of Lincoln, both Jill and I, plus other PESRI members have left for pastures new. I’ve joined the University of Hull to develop and expand the current provision of Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Jill […]
ENERGY PARK DECISION ‘WILL TRANSFORM FUTURE OF THE HUMBER’ SAYS ABLE CHIEF
The news that Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has today approved plans to create a world-class centre for the renewable energy industries on the south bank of the Humber has been described as ‘massively important for the region and the whole of the UK economy.’ That was the reaction of Able founder and Executive Chairman Peter […]