Professor Trystan Watson has won a student-nominated award for excellence in teaching and learning. The Excellence in Learning and Teaching Awards are celebrated annually to members of staff who… Read More »Prof Trystan Watson wins teaching excellence award
In 2011, SPECIFIC was one of six UK Innovation and Knowledge Centres (IKCs) created by the UK Government. Nine years on, and countless projects and… Read More »£6m EU investment in SPECIFIC Innovation & Knowledge Centre recognises project’s success
The national St David Awards scheme recognises and celebrates the exceptional achievements of people from all walks of life in Wales. Dave’s contribution to Wales… Read More »Professor Dave Worsley Wins Government Award
Dr Matthew Burton is part of our Thermoelectrics Group, working on energy capture research to allow the widespread use of thermoelectric materials to harness waste… Read More »Turning Waste Heat into Electricity
Frontline housing workers, homelessness support services and the people they look after, many of whom are vulnerable, are the latest groups to be using hand… Read More »Care Home and Frontline Housing Teams Now Using University-Made Hand Sanitiser
Swansea University has successfully won funding to reduce the time it takes to sanitise ambulances after carrying a suspected Covid-19 positive patient. Students from the… Read More »Funding for Team to Test Speed Clean of Ambulances Carrying Covid-19 Patients
Four sessions have been designed with a Sustainable Engineering theme in order to motivate young people to get involved with designing tomorrow’s solutions. The topics… Read More »Virtual Sustainable Technology Workshops Target Future Engineers
SPECIFIC’s most recent Active Building demonstration is a rail-approved platform waiting shelter. The shelter has been installed at the Solar Heat Energy Demonstrator (SHED) site and is… Read More »Transforming Transport: the UK’s first Active Rail Shelter
A solar tech lab at Swansea University has temporarily switched to producing 5000 litres of hand sanitiser a week, to help the NHS fight the Coronavirus outbreak.
Making solar modules is not like making single solar cells. When working on single cells, the main parameters that should be optimised include the power… Read More »Novel scribing method for carbon perovskite solar modules