Sensors, Signals and Systems
The ever-changing modern world has, in no doubt, been accelerated by the information revolution.
Infrastructure and Environment
ERPE research on infrastructure and environment is internationally recognised as delivering cutting-edge innovation advancing the civil engineering industry while using technological advances to inform government policy.
Energy and Resource Management
The breadth of research developed through ERPE research institutes places us in a unique position encompassing all aspects of the energy cycle.
Manufacturing and Materials
ERPE research in Manufacturing and Materials provides material solutions for global challenges in the manufacturing and healthcare industries to benefit society at large and the UK economy.
The research undertaken delivered within the ERPE has had a significant impact in addressing the global challenges that exists today. The breadth of experitise from researchers in both the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University has facilitated world leading knowledge transfer from academia into the society, improving lives and the surrounding environment.
Challenges
- Responding to the climate emergency by developing technology and informing policy to accelerate the transition to a lower carbon future
- Synthesising and applying next-generation materials and processes to healthcare and manufacture for healthier living
- Creating a smarter, safer world using data- and communications-driven innovation and by increasing the autonomy of robotic and artificially intelligent systems
- Making the urban and rural infrastructure and environment safer and healthier