by Vance Tan | Jul 18, 2020 | Research highlights
The UK Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) landmark report addresses how infrastructure helps meet sustainable development goals. Launched at the prestigious Global Engineering Congress in...
by Vance Tan | Jul 18, 2020 | Research highlights
Space weather events that frequently occur on the surface or the corona of the Sun, also known as solar storms, can cause severe disruption to essential national infrastructure such as power grids, aviation and satellite communications. These events involve sudden...
by Vance Tan | Jul 18, 2020 | Research highlights
ITRC Researcher Dr Elco Koks has been awarded a prestigious Veni grant, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The Veni is a 250,000 Euro research grant, targeted at outstanding researchers who have recently obtained their PhD. Over the next four years, Elco will...
by Vance Tan | Jul 18, 2020 | Research highlights
Infrastructure networks have been designed and evolved as sector-specific entities: electricity, gas, road, rail, digital communications and so on. They inevitably have interdependencies between each other, but these have not, until relatively recently, attracted a...
by Vance Tan | Jul 18, 2020 | Research highlights
Abstract Any civilisation depends upon infrastructure systems including water, energy and transportation. Mature economies have to cope with ageing infrastructure assets, whilst emerging economies are adding to their stock of infrastructure assets at a remarkable...
by Vance Tan | Jul 18, 2020 | Research highlights
Dr Edward Oughton gives an insight into ITRC research which will allow the telecoms industry and governments to make better investment decisions around 5G Why is 5G so important for consumers and businesses? 5G technologies are set to transform all areas of our lives,...
