Research

Deep technologies that give us access to functionality or performance previously considered unattainable will equip us with the tools we will need to tackle the most ambitious global societal challenges that are facing us.

The huge amounts of data we now have access to only have value by extracting the knowledge and insights that come from it. Finding ways that enable machines to extract this knowledge and insight without need for human intervention opens up whole new avenues of data exploration.

An interdisciplinary topic and a major growth industry. Data science is crucial to modern life, from systems that recommend what film you should watch next to modelling the spread of COVID.

Using methods such as robotics, cloud computing and data science to transform how molecules and materials are designed and discovered.

In the face of major climate change and depletion of resources, development of sustainable, affordable and non-polluting engineering and energy solutions are vital to the future of global economic growth and our society as a whole.

We are part of a university-wide programme of work addressing the UK’s transition to ‘Net Zero’ greenhouse gas emissions, with a particular focus on energy (production, distribution, storage and reduced use). We are also members of the GW4 Climate Alliance with the universities of Bath, Cardiff and Exeter.

Maintaining good health and feeling fulfilled is important for our quality of life, community resilience and our productivity so we focus on enhancing well-being, supporting creativity and helping people to manage their own health and wellbeing better to ensure their happiness, independence and longevity.

Our need for physical goods and infrastructure remains unabated, but the urgent need to increase sustainability and to markedly reduce our use of natural resources means ongoing innovation in the materials we use and the ways in which we make things is critical.

Connection and communication are core to human experience. Networks and security are pivotal in enabling us to engage productively with our rapidly transforming digital and data rich world using trustworthy systems.

Including life cycle analysis to understand impact on the environment in production and after use.

The use of robotic technologies in place of, or in partnership with, direct human involvement in extreme, manufacturing, medical and everyday environments can have myriad applications.

Fast, safe, clean and affordable transportation of people and goods along with resilient, sustainable and effective infrastructure has an undeniable impact on the quality of modern life and underpins our current global economy.