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Developing reliable renewable energy

BU’s Professor Khan has discovered a clean, sustainable and renewable way of meeting our future energy needs.

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Innovative Port Ecosystems (Project SPEED)

The Smart Ports Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development (SPEED) project aims to improve ports in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK by using new advances in technology and data science.

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ADDISONIC - Advanced Manufacturing Ultrasonic Fatigue Prediction & Life Extension

ADDISONIC is finding new ways of fatigue-testing materials to more accurately predict and extend their lifespan, reducing the amount that ends up in landfill. 

Enhancement of ‘Upstream’ Software Development Methods

Enhancement of ‘Upstream’ Software Development Methods

BU’s software engineering research has focused on the improvement of software development methods with a particular emphasis on the ‘upstream’ or requirements phases.

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Fair Access Research and Practice (FAR)

Fair access – or widening participation (WP) – is an area of considerable interest in the UK’s higher education sector. Its impetus is on breaking down barriers that prevent people from diverse backgrounds from entering higher education, and flourishing when they do.

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FoodMAPP: Local Food supply communicated through a transactional searchable MAP based APPlication

The FoodMAPP project will enable local providers to supply and sell produce directly to consumers, reducing waste and food miles. 

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Green tribology – The sustainable design of lifeboat launch systems

Green tribology provides answers to friction and wear problems within an ecological and environmentally sound context. 

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Modelling Natural Capital in Dorset

Developing a suite of modelling tools to support economic forecasting.

Practice development: Facilitating positive cultural change in health and social care organisations

Practice development: Facilitating positive cultural change in health and social care organisations

BU researchers developed practice development approaches that would work across a wide variety of health and social care settings.

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UK-China Health and Economy Partnership

The UK-China Health and Economy Partnership is a novel knowledge transfer partnership that will promote long-term collaboration between Bournemouth University, the University of York, the University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds.

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