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EPSRC Support by Research Area in Engineering Design

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. All the grants listed below have some relevance to this research area. The value of the investment is the total awarded by EPSRC and does not reflect the proportion assigned to this research area.

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Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
21st Century Prototyping: Improving product prototyping through the integration of physical and digital workflowSnider, Dr CUniversity of BristolMechanical Engineering 344,003
A hybrid precision manufacturing platform for next-generation of nanoscale productsLuo, Professor XUniversity of StrathclydeDesign Manufacture and Engineering Man 766,513
A Multiscale Digital Twin-Driven Smart Manufacturing System for High Value-Added ProductsLuo, Professor XUniversity of StrathclydeDesign Manufacture and Engineering Man 2,805,908
ADOPT - Advancing optimisation technologies through international collaborationChachuat, Professor BImperial College LondonChemical Engineering 1,344,649
AFM-based nano-machining: developing and validating a novel modelling approach for effective process implementation in nanotechnology applicationsBrousseau, Professor EBCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 692,656
AIM3: Additive and intelligent manufacturing of multi-functional membranesTokay, Dr BUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 1,008,679
Algorithms for Industrial Demand-Side Management Under UncertaintyTsay, Dr CImperial College LondonComputing 350,543
Brush seal Resistance to Inlet Swirl and Transient Loading Effects (BRISTLE)Pekris, Dr MJUniversity of SurreyMechanical Engineering Sciences 335,363
Centre of Excellence for Hybrid Thermal Propulsion SystemsDavy, Dr MUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 4,793,982
Circular Economy for Small Medical DevicesRahimifard, Professor SLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 1,546,200
Closed Loop Digitalised Data Analytics and Analysis Platform (DAAP) for Intelligent Design and Manufacturing of Power Electronic ModulesHu, Dr YUniversity of YorkElectronics 271,495
Closed Loop Digitalised Data Analytics and Analysis Platform (DAAP) for Intelligent Design and Manufacturing of Power Electronic ModulesStoyanov, Dr SUniversity of GreenwichMathematical Sciences, FACH 321,061
Closed Loop Digitalised Data Analytics and Analysis Platform (DAAP) for Intelligent Design and Manufacturing of Power Electronic ModulesShen, Professor YUniversity of LiverpoolElectrical Engineering and Electronics 137,864
CMMI-EPSRC - Right First Time Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals (RiFTMaP)Litster, Professor JDUniversity of SheffieldChemical & Biological Engineering 1,543,633
Cognitive Chemical ManufacturingBourne, Professor RAUniversity of LeedsChemical and Process Engineering 2,007,487
Connected Everything II: Accelerating Digital Manufacturing Research Collaboration and InnovationSharples, Professor SUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 1,415,659
Crystallographically-Architected Mechanical Metamaterials (CrystArMM)Sareh, Dr PUniversity of LiverpoolMech, Materials & Aerospace Engineering 383,324
Design and direct metal laser sintering of replacement heart valvesBressloff, Professor NWUniversity of LeedsMechanical Engineering 73,608
Design and green manufacturing of functional nanomaterialsPatwardhan, Professor SVUniversity of SheffieldChemical & Biological Engineering 1,011,132
Designing the Future: Resilient Trans-Disciplinary Design EngineersNewnes, Professor LBUniversity of BathMechanical Engineering 1,787,703
Development and Demonstration of an Effective Optimisation Approach for Large-scale Chemical Production SchedulingLI, Dr JUniversity of Manchester, TheChem Eng and Analytical Science 245,055
DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE LEARNING-ASSISTED DIGITAL TWIN PLATFORM FOR REAL-TIME OPTIMISATION OF REACTION SYSTEMS UNDER UNCERTAINTYGalvanin, Dr FUCLChemical Engineering 714,355
Digital Circular Electrochemical Economy (DCEE)Shah, Professor NImperial College LondonChemical Engineering 964,621
Digital twins for improved dynamic designWagg, Professor DJUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 5,112,624
Diode-pumped Ti:sapphire lasers: a manufacturable platform for precision photonicsKemp, Professor AJUniversity of StrathclydeInst of Photonics 935,452
Elastic Manufacturing systems - a platform for dynamic, resilient and cost-effective manufacturing servicesRatchev, Professor SMUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 2,803,659
Embedded Integrated Intelligent Systems for ManufacturingWest, Professor AALoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 1,608,257
Enabling Next Generation Additive ManufacturingHague, Professor RJUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 5,852,466
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Propulsion and PowerPullan, Professor GUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 7,417,109
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Machining ScienceMarshall, Professor MBJUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 2,750,322
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Next Generation Computational ModellingRichardson, Dr ESUniversity of SouthamptonFaculty of Engineering & the Environment 3,992,775
EPSRC NetworkPlus In Digitalised Surface Manufacturing: Towards "World's Best" ProcessesMatthews, Professor AUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 1,015,120
ESTEEM: Energy efficient and Safe out-of-oven manufacTuring for compositE materials with intEgrated MultifunctionalitiesZhang, Dr HQueen Mary University of LondonSchool of Engineering & Materials Scienc 395,947
Fast, efficient and reliable: digital qualification of ultrasonic inspection for safety-critical componentsHuthwaite, Dr PImperial College LondonMechanical Engineering 1,008,847
Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing HubJewell, Professor GUniversity of SheffieldElectronic and Electrical Engineering 10,735,962
Greener Aviation with Advanced Propulsion Systems (GAAPS)Filippone, Professor AUniversity of Manchester, TheMechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng 1,750,240
Improving the product development process through integrated revision control and twinning of digital-physical models during prototypingHicks, Professor BJUniversity of BristolMechanical Engineering 1,653,338
Inline virtual qualification from 3D X-ray imaging for high-value manufacturingEvans, Dr LSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 1,025,110
LightForm: Embedding Materials Engineering in Manufacturing with Light AlloysQuinta da Fonseca, Professor JUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 4,827,337
Machining metre-sized gratings with nanometre accuracyBuscher, Professor DFUniversity of CambridgePhysics 758,973
Made Smarter Innovation - Research Centre for Connected FactoriesRatchev, Professor SMUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 5,091,837
Made Smarter Innovation - Research Centre for Smart, Collaborative Industrial RoboticsLohse, Professor NLoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 4,821,585
Manufacturing Bio-inspired "Artificial Wood" from (Low-Cost) Ionic LiquidsLee, Professor KImperial College LondonAeronautics 252,776
Multi-scale, circular economic potential of non-residential building stockDensley Tingley, Dr DUniversity of SheffieldCivil and Structural Engineering 381,024
Nature-inspired bio-Syngas Technologies for Olefins SynthesisMaterazzi, Dr MUCLChemical Engineering 1,168,549
New Wire Additive Manufacturing (NEWAM)Williams, Professor SWCranfield UniversitySch of Aerospace, Transport & Manufact 5,886,209
Powders by design for additive manufacture through multi-scale simulationsHaeri, Dr SUniversity of EdinburghSch of Engineering 370,418
Predictive Modelling for Incremental Cold Flow Forming: An integrated framework for fundamental understanding and process optimisationPearce, Professor CUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Engineering 1,232,185
Production engineering research for the manufacture of novel electronically functional yarns for multifunctional smart textilesHughes-Riley, Dr TNottingham Trent UniversitySch of Art and Design 1,322,905
Prosperity Partnership Call 3 Strategic Students-Eli Lilly and Imperial College LondonAdjiman, Professor CSImperial College LondonChemical Engineering 657,409
Prosperity Partnership Call 3 Strategic Students-JLR and University of OxfordDavy, Dr MUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 90,344
Re-Imagining Engineering Design: Growing Radical Cyber-Physical-Socio PhenotypesPrice, Professor MQueen's University of BelfastSch Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 7,355,902
Responsive Manufacturing: Maximising Value Through LifeNewnes, Professor LBUniversity of BathMechanical Engineering 523,467
Rotational Vibration Assisted Increment Sheet Forming by Novel Tooling (RV-ISF)Long, Professor HUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 1,016,188
STOP fibrous microplastic pollution from textiles by elucidating fibre damage and manufacturing novel textilesTausif, Dr MUniversity of LeedsSch of Design 624,583
STOP fibrous microplastic pollution from textiles by elucidating fibre damage and manufacturing novel textilesYang, Dr DUniversity of EdinburghSch of Engineering 25,678
Temporal Design for Additive Manufacture: GrowCADThomas-Seale, Dr LUniversity of BirminghamMechanical Engineering 237,591
The Centre in Advanced Fluid Engineering for Digital Manufacturing (CAFE4DM)Hardacre, Professor CUniversity of Manchester, TheChem Eng and Analytical Science 3,097,928
The UK Catalysis Hub - 'Science': 2 Catalysis at the Water-Energy NexusHardacre, Professor CUniversity of Manchester, TheChem Eng and Analytical Science 4,010,674
Transforming synthetic drug manufacturing: novel processes, methods and toolsAdjiman, Professor CSImperial College LondonChemical Engineering 4,182,441
Twinning for Decarbonising Transport (TransiT)Greening, Professor PKHeriot-Watt UniversitySch of Social Sciences 499,034
UK FIRES: Locating Resource Efficiency at the heart of Future Industrial Strategy in the UKAllwood, Professor JMUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 5,176,328
UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals (TechMet)Wall, Professor FUniversity of ExeterCamborne School of Mines 4,436,180
UKRI National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy HubCharnley, Professor FUniversity of ExeterScience, Innov, Tech & Entrepreneurship 3,673,166
UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Governance and RegulationRamamoorthy, Professor SUniversity of EdinburghSch of Informatics 2,671,812
Ultrasonically enabled supportless 3D printing (Sonobeamer)Neale, Dr SLUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Engineering 1,015,143
Vera: A new paradigm to enable efficient design of VERy large Aircraft structures - the key for innovative aircraft design conceptsPinho, Professor STImperial College LondonAeronautics 1,825,217
What happens when you cross LEGO and a Star Trek Replicator?Pope, Dr S AUniversity of SheffieldAutomatic Control and Systems Eng 237,248

Total Number of Grants: 68
Total Value of Grants: £140,392,853

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).