Energy Innovation, MSc by Research

Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July. Providing a sustainable, affordable and secure energy future through the discovery and implementation of new technology and innovation is a key challenge for the 21st Century. With more people requiring energy, effective solutions need to come from a wide range of sources.

For the near term various energy innovations are needed and will be the key to global energy solutions. The Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) is a leading centre of excellence for the development of advanced technologies in energy resources, and can host many of these students. ESRI's research areas, broadly speaking, fit into the following categories: Hydrocarbon : Oil and gas production and processing; downstream issues relating to efficient fuel refining; additives and fuel composition/performance chemistry.

Hydrogen : technologies for the efficient generation of hydrogen from wasted energy generation; photocatalysis for hydrogen generation; hydrogen as an energy vector, solar energy harvesting. CO 2 : technologies for the efficient removal of carbon dioxide from fuel feedstocks; use of carbon dioxide as a fuel source. Biofuel : methods for developing the process streams enabling integration of biofuel production with the chemistry industry supply chain.

Energy transmission: Smart grids and carbon nanotube conductors. Wave and ocean technologies: Computer modelling: Energy related fields such as oil wells and energy grids. Other projects involving energy and innovation: We are not limited by supervisor or by topic so if you have ideas of a specific topic yourself or are a company wishing to sponsor a student o investigate a specific energy related topic them please contact us.

We are ranked: Top 201-250 in the World for Chemical Engineering (QS World University Rankings 2025)