Join us for our upcoming Climate Crisis Webinar Series which begins on Monday 29th November. In this webinar series, we will explore topics such as forest fires, sustainable batteries, climate change and the current energy crisis.
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https://www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/climate-crisis-webinar-series/Monday 29th November, 5pm-6pm (GMT)
Climate change and the global ‘wildfire crisis’ – unravelling myths from realities with Professor Stefan Doer.
This lecture introduces the complexities of the causes, trends and impacts of wildfires, and aims to unravel the myths from the realities in the ‘wildfire hotspots’ of our flammable planet.
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Monday 29th November, 5pm-6pm (GMT)
The role of the Materials Engineer in solving the worlds energy crisis with Professor Trystan Watson and Professor David Penney.
In this talk we will explore the role that the materials engineer has to play in the urgent development of the next generation of renewable technologies including batteries, solar cells, thermo-electrics and heat storage.
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Tuesday 30th November, 5pm-6pm (GMT)
Sustainable Batteries to support renewables and electric vehicles
with Dr Jenny Baker.
This talk will show the different chemistries used in batteries for cars, buses and to support the electricity grid. We will look at some of the problems due to mining and how work at Swansea University is helping solve this.
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Wednesday 1st December, 5pm-6pm (GMT)
The role of chemical engineers in tackling global challenges with Dr Francesco Del Giudice.
Are you concerned about climate change and want to do something about it? If the answer is yes, then come to our Chemical Engineering testing session and find out how Chemical Engineers are changing the world.
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Thursday 2nd December, 5pm-6pm (GMT)
Environmental change impacts on Ecosystems with Dr Miguel Lurgi.
In this lecture, we will introduce the concepts of climate warming and habitat loss as main environmental drivers of change on natural communities, with a particular focus on how they impact species interaction networks.