All Projects (578)

Improving Science-Informed Crab Fisheries Management in Brazil Jul 1, 2020 - Oct 31, 2021
The project offers a unique opportunity to engage with, actively contribute to and learn from a UK-Brazilian applied research project investigating the reproductive rhythmicity of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus, to underpin and improve the managem... Read More about Improving Science-Informed Crab Fisheries Management in Brazil.

Personal wellbeing through machine learning Nov 17, 2020 - May 31, 2021
Third Platform Technologies proposes a mental health mobile app that uses data and personal insights to empower people to lead more conscious, fulfilled and purposeful lives, on a global basis. A personal dataset for each user will be built up over t... Read More about Personal wellbeing through machine learning.

Productivity and Sustainability Management in the Responsive Factory Oct 18, 2021 - Apr 17, 2025
The ambition of this project is to use a mix of factory activity data to optimise industrial operations, and to identify opportunities and deliver improvements in efficiency, productivity and sustainability.
The rapid advance of digital sensing tech... Read More about Productivity and Sustainability Management in the Responsive Factory.

Memcrypt (HGSP) Sep 15, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021
Memcrypt focuses on new ways of detecting the usage encryption keys, and has a focus on addressing ransomware.

Prestressed Bamboo-Timber Composite - Phase Two Aug 31, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020
The main objectives of this project include: 1) completion of the full-scale pre-stressed Bamboo-Timber Composite Beam prototype with the support of manufacturing expertise and capacity from the industry; 2) convert the novel and effective structural... Read More about Prestressed Bamboo-Timber Composite - Phase Two.

MEMCRYPT CyberASAP Phase 2 Sep 23, 2020 - Feb 28, 2021
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that blocks user access to data by encrypting files. A user is then required to pay the attacker a sum of money to receive the encryption artefacts and start recovering the data. MEMCRYPT has developed new t... Read More about MEMCRYPT CyberASAP Phase 2.

An Innovative Method for Producing Ultra-High Elastic Piezoelectric Nanofibrous Composites Layers using Solution-Blowing Technique Dec 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2021
The project has an ambitious aim to develop an innovative semi-industrial system based on a solution-blowing spinning (SBS) technique to produce ultra-high elastic piezoelectric (UHEP) nano-structures. These structures have diverse applications such... Read More about An Innovative Method for Producing Ultra-High Elastic Piezoelectric Nanofibrous Composites Layers using Solution-Blowing Technique.

Let's Play Wester Hailes: Community Produced Video Games of Edinburgh May 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2022
This project aims to engage children and young people with the computer games industry. Working with WHALE Arts we will build games and upload them onto bespoke arcade machines. The games created will be displayed at numerous events that aim to bri... Read More about Let's Play Wester Hailes: Community Produced Video Games of Edinburgh.

Homegrown Bio-Offsite Manufactured (Bio-OSM) Accelerator Oct 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2020
The UK has the renewable natural resource, internationally recognised expertise, and technical capabilities necessary to be at the forefront of a new approach to delivering a sustainable and resilient built environment in response to the COVID-19 rec... Read More about Homegrown Bio-Offsite Manufactured (Bio-OSM) Accelerator.

Increase total physical activity time through active travel - Year 2 Dec 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2021
A major element of the project is to help increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population. Research interests include:
- translational research to ensure the evidence–base on transport, the built environment and hea... Read More about Increase total physical activity time through active travel - Year 2.

Development of net-zero homes using a digital twinned building performance analysis Mar 1, 2021 - Feb 28, 2025
Edinburgh Napier University is developing together with other consortium members the Edinburgh Home Programme that will demonstrate a new business model based on collaborative procurement, whole-life costings, development pipeline and greater standar... Read More about Development of net-zero homes using a digital twinned building performance analysis.

How machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) Oct 1, 2021 - Dec 16, 2025
The success of Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) for forecasting is predicated on accurate, reliable, robust, and accessible data that underpins the decision-making process. Developing, processing and maintaining vast quantities of often unstructured... Read More about How machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance Labour Market Intelligence (LMI).

Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships Oct 1, 2022 - Oct 31, 2025
The aim is to understand the myriad sources of gender stereotyping that impact on young people’s choices around apprenticeships and work-based learning (WBL). First, by a policy and literature review around occupational segregation in apprenticeships... Read More about Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships.

Phase I: Innovation and commercialisation of homegrown wood fibre insulation Jan 18, 2021 - May 31, 2022
A project that seeks to outline the innovation and commercial use of natural fibre insulation products in the UK. It will be based on a gap analysis of products that are currently available from natural fibre materials but are non-UK produced. Addit... Read More about Phase I: Innovation and commercialisation of homegrown wood fibre insulation.

Care Home Data - Governance, Ethics, Access Demonstration Project Feb 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2021
A scoping and exemplar project on routes to accessing care home individual resident data for use in research and innovation

Smart City Transitions in South East Scotland: Accelerating Digital Twin Technology Deployment in Urban Transformation Processes Mar 1, 2021 - Feb 28, 2025
Smart city development exposes the coevolutionary nature of technology and society, as well as the systemic character of innovation. Bringing new technologies into society is not sufficient to improve the sustainability of urban functions. For this g... Read More about Smart City Transitions in South East Scotland: Accelerating Digital Twin Technology Deployment in Urban Transformation Processes.

Gender Imbalance in Digital Technology Feb 12, 2021 - May 31, 2021
This project will examine what tertiary education institutions are doing to help tackle the gender imbalance in their Digital Technology courses. It will focus on the area of positive female role models and their use to raise awareness, aspirations a... Read More about Gender Imbalance in Digital Technology.

Marine Soundscapes and eDNA for Assessing Biodiversity and Functioning of Re-establishing European Flat Oyster Reefs, Ostrea edulis Sep 27, 2021 - Mar 26, 2025
Marine Soundscapes and eDNA for Assessing Biodiversity and Functioning of Re-establishing European Flat Oyster Reefs, Ostrea edulis’

Stoane Lighting KTP Jan 17, 2022 - Jan 16, 2024
The overall aim of this project is to develop a world-first Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) approach focused on the lighting industry
Within the Lighting sector there is a growing focus around the key themes of circular economy and product environmental... Read More about Stoane Lighting KTP.

Building Standards - Research Apr 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
The aim of the study is to investigate and assess the potential of remote verification inspection (RVI) techniques – specifically ‘live video feed’ - to satisfy reasonable enquiries in line with the requirements of Building Standards legislation... Read More about Building Standards - Research.