Event Archive

Data and AI: What it means for education, research and society

Join us for a fascinating online discussion on data and artificial intelligence.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Open Afternoon

Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) is fundamental to modern society, encompassing everything from advanced computer systems and digital circuits to photonics and cutting-edge technologies like automated cars, robotics, medical equipment, and the next generation of mobile data transmission.

Postgraduate Applicant Information Session

Join us online for a Q&A with academics and find out more about our postgraduate programmes starting in January 2024 and September 2024.

TEDxAberdeen Climate Salon: Aberdeen's Role in the Energy Transition

TEDxAberdeen will host a TEDxSalon event exploring Aberdeen's role in the energy transition. Partnering with The University of Aberdeen, the Salon will be hosted at the Science Teaching Hub on Friday 10 November.

Introduction to Offshore Decommissioning

This event was cancelled

#UoADecomIntro

Explorathon

Celebrate research with a range of fun activities,workshops and more!

6th International Workshop on Offshore Geologic CO2 Storage

This workshop explores global developments in offshore geologic CO2 storage and shares expertise and learning on projects.

School of Engineering 100 Year Anniversary Reception at Offshore Europe

We are delighted to invite alumni, partners and supporters attending Offshore Europe to join us on Thursday 7 September from 4.30pm-5.30pm to mark our centenary.

Offshore Europe, P&J Live

The biennial Offshore Europe conference and exhibition returns to the P&J Live in September.

Introduction to Offshore Decommissioning

#UoADecomIntro

Explorathon @ Aberdeen Science Centre

Researchers from the University be at Aberdeen's Science Centre to inspire you about research

Reflections on COP27

Representatives from the University of Aberdeen attended the United Nations Conference of the Parties, COP27, that took place in Eqypt from 6-18 November.

UNI-Versal: Exploring Robotics - Afternoon tour

Researcher led tour with hands-on demonstrations and activities.

UNI-Versal: Exploring Robotics - Morning tour

Researcher led tour with hands-on demonstrations and activities.

UNI-Versal - RV Jones Lecture: Net Zero - Critical But Not Enough

APOLOGIES THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY TO THE START OF THIS EVENT DUE TO TRAVEL ISSUES WITH THE SPEAKER. WE HOPE TO START AT 6.45PM OR SOONER. WE ARE VERY SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

Seminar - CCS and its role in decarbonising Scottish Industry

(Ronnie Quinn, CEO - NECCUS, an alliance of industry, government and experts.)

Introduction to Offshore Decommissioning

3-4 week online course with live sessions with our academic team.

Cop26: Sustainable Futures

A series of expert-led online panel discussions exploring topics such as renewable energy, transport, climate change and net-zero.

Introduction to Offshore Decommissioning

3-4 week online course with live sessions with our academic team.

Marine Simulator Launch

Join us online as we mark the launch of the new Marine Simulator and see how this new cutting-edge facility is set to transform decommissioning operations and energy transition projects for our industry partners in the North Sea and beyond.

Offshore Energy System Integration: Challenges and Opportunities in the North Sea

A panel discussion with Q&A brought to you by the Centre for Energy Transition

New Technologies for Achieving Low Carbon Economies: Opportunities for Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland

To celebrate the official launch of the Centre for Energy Transition, the University of Aberdeen is delighted to host this online panel discussion on the opportunities that energy transition present for Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland.

*RESCHEDULED* Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference 2020 plus 1

This virtual conference explores all aspects of public communication of science and technology; and brings together scientists, researchers and practitioners in the field.

Introduction to Robotics and Automation for Boosting Productivity

Open to all levels and experience, come and discover the potential of robotics and automation for increasing productivity in industry.

Introduction to Offshore Decommissioning

Online Course

Biomechanical modelling in movement and rehabilitation

This seminar is a part of School of Engineering's inaugural seminar series showcasing work and research direction of new appointees as a part of University's Strategic Investment in Academic Growth

RV Jones Lecture: Energy Systems for the 21st Century - The Drive for Net Zero

This lecture from Professor Sir Jim McDonald - Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde, will contextualise the drive for low carbon energy systems.

Energy systems analysis for the energy transition: key research challenges and (some) solutions

Abstract of the talk: Wide scientific consensus reflects the need to decarbonize the global energy system, which is responsible for over 90\% of greenhouse gas emissions. This requires drastic reductions in energy demand, across sectors, energy vectors and energy services, combined with a shift to much more sustainable energy supply systems....

Graduate Apprenticeships Information Session

This information session is aimed at employers and staff interested in learning more about the BEng Civil Engineering Graduate Apprenticeships programme, as well as teachers and advisors.

Innovation, Engineering and Value

Abstract of the talk: This presentation will be very different to the more conventional engineering core subject teaching that you receive as part of your academic studies. It will introduce how engineers can consider where innovation, value and engineering come together. To do this the concept of a ‘value curve’ will...

Current thermometry research directions

The talk will fall into two parts: 1. In the post kelvin redefinition era instead of the simple choice of temperature traceability being achieved through the calibration of sensors to the defined temperature scales the user is presented with a more nuanced traceability choice through the mise en pratique for...

The wave energy converter M4

Linear diffraction modelling and ocean basin tests giving capture width, response, mooring forces and energy yield for several sites

Women in Engineering Conference 2019

For girls aged 15-17

Understanding and control of particle formation processes: from nucleation fundamentals to continuous manufacturing

Abstract of the talk: Particle formation processes play key role in numerous environmental, biological and industrial processes. Particles can form through phase transitions, often involving nucleation processes, or by aggregation and assembly of molecular or particulate precursors. We focus on understanding of fundamentals of particle formation processes to enable design...

Applications and Modelling of VoDCa

Vortex based Devices for Cavitation

How do planets maintain their magnetic fields?

Abstract: Despite over 70 years of concerted research, we still do not understand the detailed mechanism by which the planets maintain their magnetic fields. While all agree that such fields are examples of fluid dynamos, driven by strongly turbulent convection within the planet's interior, there is still no agreement as to...

Uncertainty and Chaos in Shallow Flows

Abstract: Uncertainty (1350–1400 Middle English uncerteynte) involves a state of limited knowledge where it is impossible exactly to describe the present state and future outcome(s). Chaos (from the ancient Greek, Χαος or Khaos – the first of the gods) has several meanings. One, a state of disorder and confusion. Another, a...

Business Breakfast - Long Term Liability in Decommissioning

Receive a certificate for one hour of continuing professional development (CPD) with no cost to attend.

Women in Engineering Conference 2018

For girls aged 15-17   Flyer Book Now Girls aged 15-17 from schools across the UK are invited to apply for a fully funded place at this unique residential conference hosted by the University of Aberdeen. The conference, which is being run in partnership with St Margaret’s School for Girls and is generously sponsored...

Global Warming: An Engineering Perspective

Global warming has been characterized as THE challenge of the 21st century, yet individual perspectives vary:  Global warming is not happening Global warming is happening, but humans are not responsible Global warming is caused by humans, but the impacts are negligible or beneficial Global warming is caused by humans, the impacts are detrimental, but...

The 31 st Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting

This year's Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting will be held at the University of Aberdeen on Tuesday the 29 th of May. This lively and informal meeting will showcase any and all aspects of fluid mechanics from across Scotland. We will have posters, as well as talks, in order to give...

The hidden causes of volatile behaviour around non-smooth events

Abstract: There are three things vital to a good understanding of a system: analysis, simulation, and experiment. Finding agreement between these three might be difficult if a system is very large and complex, if it is very noisy, or if it contains nonsmooth events (like impact, switches, or discontinuous parameters). Obviously a large complex system might...

The 9th Engineering Postgraduate Research Symposium

The annual Engineering Postgraduate Research Symposium presents a snapshot of the work of Postgraduate Research students within the School of Engineering, spanning the diverse fields of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering.

Diffusion and adsorption- Fundamentals and transient measurement methods

Abstract of the talk: Diffusion and adsorption of gases on solid surfaces are two important, highly correlated process steps which occur in numerous applications such as heterogeneous catalysis, gas storage processes, e.g. in shales, gas separation processes in chemical industry, host-guest systems, e.g. gas hydrates or MOF's, membrane processes, adsorption processes,...

ABE - A method to achieving low Internet latency and high throughput

Recently proposed active queue management mechanisms can minimise the time packets spend enqueued at a network bottleneck by deploying shallow buffers with short-term burst tolerance. However, this shallow buffering causes noticeable performance degradation in the throughput for a path delay is higher above typical intra-country levels. Using a less-aggressive backoff...

A few snapshots of Environmental Fluid Mechanics: turbulence, sediments, and flow-biota interactions

Environmental Fluid Mechanics (EFM) has emerged at the interfaces of fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology, oceanography, and meteorology to deal with multiple problems involving environmental fluid flows. The talk will briefly introduce EFM and outline the typical problems addressed by this fairly new discipline. Then, a few ‘snapshots’ of EFM will...

External Hazard Factors: a new challenge for Safety Science

by Professor Valerio Cozzani, University of Bologna, Italy

Dynamics & Control of Rotors via Active Fluid Film Bearings - An Overview

Seminar talk by Ilmar Ferreira Santos, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

RV Jones Lecture - Space resources: engineering beyond planetary boundaries

Launching material into orbit is a hugely expensive business. But rather than lifting material from the bottom of the Earth's deep gravity well, perhaps we can use material that's already out there.

AFBE-UK Scotland's Real Projects seminar

A group that promotes engineering as a career choice for young people is hosting a key seminar at the University of Aberdeen later this month.

Grazing induced bifurcations: Innocent or Sinister

In this lecture I will examine nature of subtle phenomenon such grazing bifurcations occurring in non-smooth systems. I will start with linear oscillators undergoing impacts with secondary elastic supports, which have been studied experimentally and analytically for near-grazing conditions [1]. We discovered a narrow band of chaos close to the...

Aerodynamic Problems of Offshore Wind Farm Control

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs) are increasingly being deployed in large wind farms, the largest being in many cases offshore. This seminar will discuss the aerodynamic modelling of wind flow through large wind farms and how turbine operation may be controlled in order to maximise energy capture while minimising fatigue...

School of Engineering seminar: Controlling selectivity over heterogeneous catalysts

Approximately 90% of everything we use involves a catalytic process at some part of its life cycle and more than 80% of current industrial processes established since 1980 in the chemical, petrochemical and biochemical industries, as well as in the production of polymers and in environmental protection, use catalysts. Of...

Fundamental formulation for residual stress and inhomogeneous inclusion problems

Part of Lunchtime School of Engineering Seminar Series

Multiscale Mechanics of Deformation and Failure in Materials Symposium

The EPSRC sponsored one-day symposium on "Multiscale Mechanics of Deformation and Failure in Materials" will take place on 23rd November 2016 at University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

RV Jones Distinguished Lecture Series: The Invention of New Materials

Given by Prof. Norman Fleck FREng FRS, Cambridge University Engineering Dept.

LRF Lecture 2016 - Risk-Informed Integrity Management of Offshore Structures and Facilities

This event was fully booked

Given by Professor Michael Havbro Faber, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark.

RV_Jones Lecture: Can Computers Change their Minds?

Presentation by Professor Alan Bundy (CBE), University of Edinburgh

Global Subsea University Alliance Workshop

The first Global Subsea University Alliance (http://www.subsea-alliance.org/) workshop will be held in the University of Aberdeen on 2nd February 2016,  12 noon - 5 pm. The workshop is aligned with the Subsea Expo event (http://www.subseaexpo.com/) which will be run in Aberdeen on 3-5 February. The programme of the event is given...

RV Jones Lecture: Nature's Optics and our Understanding of Light

Given by Professor Sir Michael Victor Berry, FRS, Melville Wills Professor of Physics (Emeritus), University of Bristol.

The 2015 LRF Distinguished Lecture in Safety & Reliability Engineering

Breaking ice - the challenge of building structures in ice-infested waters

MSc Welcome Reception with Guest Speaker

'Step 1, degree; Step 2, 2nd degree; Step 3, ....?'

School of Engineering seminar: Guided wave propagation in diagnostics of structures

Early detection of potential defects and identication of their location are necessary to ensure safe, reliable and long-term use of engineering structures. The guided wave-based damage detection methods have been dynamically developed over last years because of their ability to inspect large areas during a single measurement with a small number of...

RV Jones Distinguished Lecture Series: Some New Approaches to Sound Production

Given by Prof. Philip Nelson, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at the University of Southampton.

School of Engineering seminar: Studying the fracture process zone in a heterogeneous brittle material (polygranular nuclear graphite) by sychrotron X-ray diffraction, computed tomography and image correlation

Nuclear graphite is treated as a linear elastic material in engineering design; Graphite is, however, a heterogeneous quasi-brittle material, with non-linear mechanical behaviour, a rising fracture resistance curve with crack propagation (J-R curve), and also the development of a micro-cracked fracture process zone.  The fracture process zone is a key factor in the size effect of strength.   Small test...

School of Engineering seminar: Network-layer Fairness for Adaptive Video Streaming

Netflix, iPlayer, YouTube, and the like, are now the dominant sources of traffic on the Internet. Recent studies observe that competing adaptive video streaming applications generate flows that lead to instability, under-utilization, and unfairness in bottleneck link sharing within the network. Additional measurements suggest there may also be a negative...

School of Engineering seminar: Multiscale modelling of deformation and failure process

This presentation will focus on current state of the art in the modelling of conventional and uncon-ventional deformation and failure processes at dierent length scales. Presentation will comprise ofthree parts as follow.First part will focus on ultrasonic consolidation process. Ultrasonic consolidation is a class of a rapidprototyping process in which...

School of Engineering seminar: Novel manufacturing routes for bio-based products

Industrial (White) Biotechnology, the application of biological substances, such as microorganisms,to the industrial production of bio-based chemicals and energy, is critical to the global transition toa low-carbon economy. Realising the market potential for bio-based products and exploiting theirassociated benets requires extensive research and process development, particularly in the areas offermentation...

School of Engineering seminar: Gold catalysts for sustainable chemical processing

Sustainability is a crucial issue facing the chemical sector, where the application of catalysis to reduce energy requirements and achieve high selectivities is key to the application of “green chemistry”. Chemical reaction engineering in the twenty first century should address achieving maximum selectivity to high value products in order to...

School of Engineering seminar: On the fluid dynamics of America's Cup Yachts and similarities with other (renewable) applications

The America’s Cup is the most competitive yacht race in the world. The direct and indirect financial impacts of the America’s Cup on the hosting region are only 20% lower than the impact of the FIFA World Cup. Since the 1990s, the most competitive sailing teams have invested about £20 million each year....

School of Engineering seminar: Deformation Strain and Flow

Significant proportion of the energy consumed worldwide is derived from combustion of fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources, efficient usage of fossil fuels and the development of fuel cells are expected to play an important role in the future. However, in the medium term, the world will continue to be dependent on utilisation of...

Remembrance Sunday Service

The University Chapel leading an Act of Remembrance

RV Jones Lecture Series: How Advances in Science are Made

Professor Osheroff reveals how he became a Nobel Prize Winner, and what fascinates him about science and nature.

Cafe Scientifique Explorathon Special

Hear from our researchers about their favourite scientists of all time and have your say!

European Corner at Union Square

Science busking throughout the day and exhibition stalls from 3pm.

Immense Scale

MSc Welcome Reception with Guest Speaker

Student vs. Alumni Sports Day

We are inviting alumni to take part in the inaugural Student vs. Alumni Sports Day.

Cafe Scientifique - Family Day Special

Get the whole family together for an afternoon of fascinating, hands-on science.

Workshop: Integrated approaches to X-Ray tomographic image processing

This is a workshop and networking event to discuss the processing and image-based simulation of volumetric data, with a focus on X-Ray datasets.

MRI from Medicine to Chemical Engineering

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) found its first applications in medical physics, imaging the human body's internal structure and blood flow. Like the human body, chemical processes are optically opaque and MRI is one of the few imaging techniques available that can produce images of the fundamental processes at work. The...

"See the World - Stretch Your Brain"

As an engineer working in the oil and gas industry, I have been lucky enough to travel the world. I have been asked to confront issues and dilemmas that as an engineer, I never thought would come across my desk. My talk begins on the North Slope of Alaska, moves...

Social innovation: developing and maintaining relationships between the University and the Third Sector

We are delighted to invite you to a workshop focusing on social innovation throughout the Third Sector.

The RV Jones Lecture Series: Tidal Power: Opportunities for the UK

The UK is surrounded by waters with some of the highest tidal velocities and tidal ranges worldwide, and this places us in an exceptionally favourable position to exploit the tides for the generation of electricity. The lecture will explore some of the ways that we can understand the tides and...

Energy Industries Overview

The University of Aberdeen is once more proud to host the annual Energy Industries Overview, now in its 20th year. With a proven track record, this first class training event provides a valuable business opportunity for those wishing to gain a greater understanding of the issues and activities of the...

It is All About the Money, or is it? Exploring Entrepreneurship as Value Creation

For professional women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) new to or who have attended ABZWISE; this two day programme will work upon individual's capacities in personal effectiveness and entrepreneurship.

UKBA - Why YOU should care

Points-based immigration and UK Border Agency requirements for universities. All staff, students and members of the public welcome. This seminar will provide you with the opportunity to hear from those directly affected and ask them questions about their experiences.

Best available techniques to prevent and minimise emissions from cement plants

Dr Harald Schonbergers background is in environmental engineering and science. He has been working in the field of industrial pollution prevention and control for almost 30 years, as a permit writer and inspector for large industrial installations, a regulator at National and European levels and as an independent international consultant.

Dynamics of unidirectionally coupled Duffing oscillators

Dr P. Perlikowski, Technical University of Lodz, Poland

One-dimensional turbulence in a system with a dry friction

Sergey Kryzhevich, University of Aveiro, Portugal, speakking on One-dimensional turbulence

Transformerless and 10kV-class Medium Voltage (MV) Drives

Professor Bin Wu of Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada will give a two part seminar.

900V, 30kW, DC Grid Laboratory Demonstration

Demonstration of Aberdeen Power System Group DC grid.

I Want My Internet TV

Dr Colin Perkins from University of Glasgow will give a presentation titled I Want My Internet TV - Understanding IPTV Performance in Residential Broadband Environments

Thermally-Enhanced Nanofluids

The School Seminars give introductions and overviews of research areas rather than a discussion of technical details. Therefore they are interesting for an audience across the disciplines. MEng students in their final year are welcome to attend as well.

Cafe Controversial

Grappling with the Geopolitics of Green Energy

Exploitation of nonlinear damping for structural systems vibration control

Seminar from Dr. Zi-Qiang Lang, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield

ABZWISE: An Event For Female Researchers In Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics (STEM)

This event is for PhD students, post graduate researchers, early career researchers and academics. There will be active workshops spanning over two weekends; 6th-7th and 27th-28th of October 2012.

On consistent theories of isotropic and anisotropic plates

Professor Reinhold Kienzler (University of Bremen, Germany is a renowned expert in elasticity theory and Editor-in-Chief of the Archive of Applied Mechanics.

Advances in digital holography being made at TSU

Seminar by Prof Victor Dyomin, Dean of Radiophysics at Tomsk State University.

Aspects of the microstructure characterisation, modeling and optimisation.

Seminar on Aspects of the microstructure characterisation, modeling and optimisation on the example of CFCs and MMCs from Dr. Romana Piat, Heisenberg Fellowship, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Nonlinear impact systems in the game of hurling. Analyses, numerics and experiments

High-speed mechanical impacts between non-linear materials are particularly difficult to model due to the rapidly time-varying behaviour of the non-linear materials during impact. This is particularly the case where one or both of materials involved in the impact are natural in origin and therefore subject to the variations in material...