Welcome
The Energy & Resources Research Institute (ERRI) - a centre of excellence helping to create a cleaner, greener, sustainable future for us all.
Our vision is "To be recognised for internationally leading research in the sustainable development of natural resources, the sustainable use of fossil fuels and the development of renewable and future fuels."
Research focuses on:
- environmentally-acceptable utilisation of fossil fuels
- development of renewable sources, in particular biomass, waste, hydrogen and fuel cells, from fundamental experimental to pilot scale studies
- major applications such as air and ground transportation
- supporting the above with advanced computational, mathematical and chemical models.
Current activities are organised within 3 main areas.
- Advanced Combustion Science and Engineering incorporating:
- Environmental Pollution Control, Monitoring and Modelling incorporating:
- Renewable Energy Systems, Future Fuels and Other Aspects of Energy incorporating:
Institute members also lead the Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD Centre) and the Inter-Faculty Institute for Earth, Energy and Environment (E3) .
A dedicated Continuing Professional Development (CPD) unit services industry in the form of masters degrees and short courses.
ERRI is one of three institutes within SPEME; a research oriented School with a high '5' rating from the RAE 2001 research review, and rated 3rd after Oxford and Cambridge with a GPA of 3.00 in the RAE 2008 review.
Activity indicators:
- £10.5m research expenditure
- 19 Academic staff
- 17 Post-doctoral Research Assistants
- 13 Visting Professors & Fellows
- Over 60 Research students (click for a full list of Research Student Profiles)
- Click for a full list of ERRI Research Publications 2001-2007
- Click for a list of thesis titles 2001-2007
We believe that the 'cleaner, greener future' is both an admirable and achievable aim; we know that our research is helping in the achievement of that global vision.