Press Releases
Drug-producing bacteria possible with synthetic biology breakthrough
Bacteria could be programmed to efficiently produce drugs, thanks to breakthrough research into synthetic biology using engineering principles, from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV and the University of Surrey.
£5.6m Vehicle-2-Grid project develops charging technology in real world
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure on UK roads is to be advanced, thanks to a new £5.6 million project – funded by Innovate UK – to develop Vehicle-2-Grid (V2G) technologies, involving WMG at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV.
New sensor tech for commercial Lithium-ion batteries finds they can be charged 5 times faster
Researchers at WMG at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV have developed a new direct, precise test of Lithium-ion batteries’ internal temperatures and the electrodes potentials and found that the batteries can be safely charged up to five times faster than the current recommended charging limits.
WMG graduates who worked while studying already promoted
Gordon Harris from Solihull has worked in engineering for almost thirty years, and has just gained long-wished-for academic qualifications – boosting his career – after graduating with the first cohort from the Applied Engineering Programme (AEP) at WMG, University of ÌÇÐÄTV.
WMG joins 2 new Faraday battery research projects: part of a £42 million UK initiative
Today, Tuesday January 23rd 2018, the Faraday Institution announced up to £42 million in new government funding to four UK consortia to conduct research aimed at overcoming battery challenges to accelerate the electric vehicle revolution, and WMG at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV will be partners in two of those four new consortia.
Electric vehicle experts to answer public’s questions at ÌÇÐÄTV
Get your questions about electric cars and the future of British transport answered by leading experts in academia and industry at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV next week.