Research Projects

This is Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project funded by Innovate UK to develop an integrated Energy Digital Twin (EDT) model for Switch2's community heat network that can support reliable and efficient system operations and maintenance. The model will be able to support future system designs, upgrades and optimisation via 'hardware-in-the-loop' testing and development of realistic use case validation. 

Project Partner: Switch2 Energy UK

This project, funded by the British Council, aims to create a platform for research and educational collaboration in clean energy technologies, supporting Vietnam in training the next generation of technical personnel for the energy transition towards net-zero. The ultimate goal is to establish an institutional partnership that fosters transnational training programmes, strengthens staff capacity and promotes exchanges among students and researchers in the sustainable energy sector. 

Using Engineering as a subject platform, the project will deliver three activities: (1) research activities focusing on marine renewable energy, offshore wind energy and tidal stream energy; urban flooding prediction, water pipeline leakage, and river flows. (2) workshops exploring China's unique geographical advantages in developing and utilising offshore renewable energy; and debating the sustainability goals in engineering - United Nations Goals & Sustainability concepts. (3) a study abroad and exchange good practices handbook on cultural awareness, equality, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability. 

The scope of SAFI is to design, develop, and market instructional products and services (courses, workshops, demos, etc.) for industry. SAFI is committed to high-quality instructional and educational training, and provides a core deliverable of programmes, courses, and learning objects for the distance education, distributed learning, and e-learning markets.