Research projects

Our research includes renewables, access, infrastructure, modelling and emissions.
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Renewable Energy in Saudi Arabia

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy
Research interests
  • Renewable energy,  (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Energy access/energy for development,
  • Energy, cities and infrastructure,
Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Patrick James BSc PhD FCIBSE CEng SFHEA FRSA

Professor of Energy & Buildings
Research interests
  • His work looks at energy across scales from the dwelling, to the neighbourhood, city or regio…
Connect with Patrick

Email: P.A.James@soton.ac.uk

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Low Carbon Comfort Centre

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Stephanie Gauthier MSc PhD FHEA

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Energy demand;
  • Built environment;
  • Behaviour change;
Connect with Stephanie

Email: S.Gauthier@soton.ac.uk

Professor Christina Vanderwel BSc, MASc, PhD

Professor
Research interests
  • Experimental Fluid Mechanics
  • Turbulence Measurements and Modelling
  • Building Aerodynamics and Urban Air Pollution
Connect with Christina

Email: C.M.Vanderwel@soton.ac.uk

Professor Sebastian Stein

Professor
Research interests
  • Citizen-Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems
  • Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering in Multi-Agent Systems
  • Applications of AI in smart energy, transportation, electric vehicle charging and disaster re…
Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Photovoltaics (PV) Shading

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy
Research interests
  • Renewable energy,  (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Energy access/energy for development,
  • Energy, cities and infrastructure,
Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

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Reducing the costs of Marine Renewables via Advanced Structural Materials (ReC-ASM)

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy
Research interests
  • Renewable energy,  (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Energy access/energy for development,
  • Energy, cities and infrastructure,
Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Robert Wood

Professor of Surface Engineering & Tribology
Research interests
  • the application of lubrication, wear and friction science
  • current and next generation critical machine components (bearings, transmissions, turbines, p…
  • renewable energy systems
Connect with Robert

Email: r.wood@soton.ac.uk

Professor Julian Wharton

Professor
Connect with Julian

Email: J.A.Wharton@soton.ac.uk

Dr Luke Myers PhD

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Tidal turbines
  • Micro -renewables
  • Experimental testing and field work
Connect with Luke

Email: L.E.MYERS@soton.ac.uk

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International Centre for Infrastructure Futures (ICIF)

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy
Research interests
  • Renewable energy,  (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Energy access/energy for development,
  • Energy, cities and infrastructure,
Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor David Richards BEng MSt PhD CEng FICE

Professor of Ground Engineering
Connect with David

Email: djr@soton.ac.uk

Professor Gopal Ramchurn

Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Connect with Gopal

Email: sdr1@soton.ac.uk

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Abubakr Bahaj - Belgium Government

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy
Research interests
  • Renewable energy,  (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Energy access/energy for development,
  • Energy, cities and infrastructure,
Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

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Design feasibility study for a low velocity tidal stream turbine

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy
Research interests
  • Renewable energy,  (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Energy access/energy for development,
  • Energy, cities and infrastructure,
Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Luke Myers PhD

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Tidal turbines
  • Micro -renewables
  • Experimental testing and field work
Connect with Luke

Email: L.E.MYERS@soton.ac.uk

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EVERESST DC

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor AbuBakr Bahaj

Professor of Sustainable Energy
Research interests
  • Renewable energy,  (Solar photovoltaics, Marine energy, Wind energy)
  • Energy access/energy for development,
  • Energy, cities and infrastructure,
Connect with AbuBakr

Email: A.S.Bahaj@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Patrick James BSc PhD FCIBSE CEng SFHEA FRSA

Professor of Energy & Buildings
Research interests
  • His work looks at energy across scales from the dwelling, to the neighbourhood, city or regio…
Connect with Patrick

Email: P.A.James@soton.ac.uk

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Adaptation and Resillience of Coastal Energy Supply

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Nicholls PhD

Professor of Coastal Engineering
Research interests
  • long-term coastal engineering and management
  • the issues of coastal impacts and adaptation to climate change, with an emphasis on sea-level…
  • the assessment of the future of deltaic areas, which are the most threatened coastal setting …
Connect with Robert

Email: R.J.Nicholls@soton.ac.uk

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An assessment of the ecosystem service and livelihood implications of government development proposals in coastal Bangladesh

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Nicholls PhD

Professor of Coastal Engineering
Research interests
  • long-term coastal engineering and management
  • the issues of coastal impacts and adaptation to climate change, with an emphasis on sea-level…
  • the assessment of the future of deltaic areas, which are the most threatened coastal setting …
Connect with Robert

Email: R.J.Nicholls@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Craig Hutton

Director (Supply Chain & Management Science)
Connect with Craig

Email: cwh@geodata.soton.ac.uk