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June 06 2019

Bath launches Centre for Doctoral Training to develop next generation of automotive engineers

The CDT in Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems has received £5 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and will produce graduates who will bring together the many technical disciplines and skills needed to allow propulsion systems to transition to a more sustainable future

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Completing an Academic Secondment During My PhD

Earlier this year, I was pleased to be awarded an AAPS CDT International Tr…

September 08 2024
Sustainability Crash Course: a visit to the Centre for Alternative Technology

Back in April, 10 students from the AAPS CDT made a weekend visit to the Ce…

August 16 2024
June RI 2024: Digitalisation in Propulsion System Manufacturing

A summary of the rollercoaster that is organising an RI on Digitalisation i…

August 14 2024
From research to policy: my internship with POST

At the end of 2023 I undertook an internship at the Parliamentary Office fo…

August 09 2024
UKRI Policy Internship at the Climate Change Committee: Insights, Experiences, and Application Guide

During the final year of my PhD, I embarked on an exciting three-month UKRI…

July 31 2024
A research visit to the Polytechnic of Turin in Italy

Collaborating with a leading automotive research group to implement my rese…

July 16 2024
Doctoral Recognition Awards 2024 

Congratulations to our AAPS CDT Team, Jesse Wise and Lucia Burtnik, who won…

June 17 2024
Lois Player and policy engagement 

Throughout her PhD, Lois has been involved in numerous policy discussions a…

May 24 2024
Research Incubator: Batteries for Propulsion

A blog outlining the events of our AAPS Batteries for Propulsion Research I…

March 11 2024
My Secondment with the UK Government’s Climate Advisors

During the second year of my PhD, I came across UKRI’s policy internship sc…

February 28 2024
The Bicycle Mayor of Bath: Pete Dyson 

Bath's Bicycle Mayor, Pete Dyson, an AAPS Cohort 4 student. The voluntary r…

January 18 2024
Introduction to Venture Capital: a workshop for PhD students

November 29 2023
Bath University Deep Racer Cup

A fun and easy introduction to practical ML with the help of Amazon Web Ser…

November 13 2023
A collaboration with the Argüelles Lab at Penn State for ultrasound NDE li-ion battery characterisation

In recent years ultrasound NDE has gained attention as a method for estimat…

November 01 2023
Santander Research Experience: Trisha Shetty

Trisha Shetty writes about her time as part of the Research Experience sche…

October 06 2023
Under Pressure: A Kistler Masterclass at IAAPS

Sensors are a big deal in automotive testbed research, and who better to le…

September 18 2023
To wrinkle or not to wrinkle? That is the question...

Over the summer I paused my studies to take on a Research Assistant role wi…

September 18 2023
Golden Gateways to Discovery: Materials Research Society Conference - San Francisco, California, April 2023

Attending the Materials Research Society Conference in San Francisco in Apr…

September 04 2023
Innovations in Chemistry: Reflections on the University of Leicester School of Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium 2023

On the 28th of June 2023, I had the pleasure of presenting a poster in the…

August 28 2023
Climate Ambassador event held at Bath 

AAPS CDT students take part in Climate Ambassadors workshop for local schoo…

August 18 2023
My experience at the 26th BMVA CVSS

In July, Gengqian Yang attended the 26th Computer Vision Summer School (CVS…

July 27 2023
Research Incubator - Mobility as a Service

Dive into the world of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and the fascinating cha…

June 23 2023
Doctoral Recognition Awards 2023 

Congratulations to our Cohort 2 student, Lois Player, who won a student awa…

June 21 2023
Laura and Jesse's trip to UCL’s PEARL Lab

Check out Living LAPT's work on the interaction between humans and autonomo…

April 28 2023
What's in it for me?

With a background in International Relations and Political Science, how can…

April 19 2023
New hydrogen-powered electric aircraft research set for take-off 

Bath researcher awarded £1.4 million grant to investigate zero-emissions ai…

April 04 2023
Research Trip to KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Alex Young and Kacper Kaczmarczyk visited King Abdullah University of Scien…

March 20 2023
Research and Policy Internship at the ITF

Blog post on my 6-month internship at the International Transport Forum (IT…

March 03 2023
Jaguar Land Rover Masterclass

A team of Technical Specialists from Jaguar Land Rover delivered a 2-day ma…

February 23 2023
Professor Chris Brace discusses need for multidisciplinary engineering skills in ‘Future Vehicle’ article 

Co-Director Professor Chris Brace has been featured in the January/February…

February 21 2023
Photo of Research Incubator with TVIAM representative.
Collaborative research for hydrogen mobility research incubator

The Research Incubator (RI) is a unique opportunity for researchers, indust…

February 20 2023
Santander Undergraduate Research Experience 2023 

For women and people of under-represented gender identities who are UGs at…

February 10 2023
Celebrating climate action pioneers this International Day of Women and Girls in Science 

Cohort 2 student, Lois Player, featured in the University of Baths Women in…

February 10 2023
Open-Source Software In Mobility

I spent a weekend at the start of February attending the open access confer…

February 04 2023
Park and Pedal

How might more sustainable transport behaviours emerge if cars integrated…

January 20 2023
Research trip to Germany - Fuel Cells and the Holy Roman Empire

A short trip to Aachen Germany where I explore the surrounding area and car…

January 18 2023
Research Trip to Sweden – Batteries in the cold!

A short look over the my life during a 3-month research trip to Chalmers Un…

January 09 2023
Early career researchers: Our world, our challenges, our future 

Cohort 1 student, Catherine Naughtie, joins a team of Guest Editors to intr…

January 05 2023
Host of new appointments bolsters IAAPS senior leadership team 

IAAPS has implemented a series of new appointments to its senior leadership…

January 05 2023
The First PhD Trip! Swiss hills, cow bells, and LCA's

One of the most exciting aspects of the PhD for me was the opportunity to t…

December 14 2022
My First Conference: A Low Carbon Adventure

The plan was simple, to put out the work I had completed during my MRes sum…

November 30 2022
Waltzing around Vienna

At the end of August I had the incredible opportunity to visit Vienna for t…

October 13 2022
BA2 Magazine: Energy innovators, how Bath research is helping to power a cleaner greener planet 

The latest edition of the BA2 magazine highlights 3 AAPS students PhD proje…

October 06 2022
Matt Smith attends his first international conference, Thiesel 2022 Conference at Universitat Politecnica de Valencia

On 19th September I returned from a trip to Valencia, where I attended the…

September 29 2022
Climate anxiety an important driver for climate action – new study 

Lois Player, AAPS CDT student, co-authors a study that finds that whilst cl…

September 02 2022
Organising the Inaugural AAPS CDT Summer Conference

On the 12th and 13th July 2022, the Inaugural AAPS CDT Conference took plac…

September 02 2022
Model Based Development Summer Masterclass with AVL

Next generation vehicles are becoming increasingly complex, meaning the dev…

August 25 2022
AAPS Integrative Think Tank 6 with Shell

A recount of the week-long Think Tank which developed some of the most pres…

August 09 2022
Attending my first academic conference, H2FC Supergen Conference at the University of St Andrews in Scotland

This was my first academic conference. The sense of adventure was heightene…

July 13 2022
Jobs that make a difference: Centre Manager for CDT in Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems 

Yvonne Ascott is the Centre Manager for Bath's EPSRC CDT in Advanced Automo…

June 22 2022
“Newsday” Postgraduate Leadership Event

Jac McCluskey blogs about his experience of a unique Leadership and Teamwor…

April 25 2022
Koenigsegg's Tiny-Friendly-Giant (TFG): How Freevalve is re-Shaping the Industry's Perception of Internal Combustion Engines

Koenigsegg's Tiny-Friendly-Giant (TFG): How Freevalve is re-Shaping the Ind…

April 22 2022
Bath to lead new research into UK take-up of greener hydrogen-based fuels 

New research into hydrogen and alternative low-carbon fuels set to begin in…

March 31 2022
Professor Sam Akehurst discusses hydrogen combustion and fuel cells in Engine & Powertrain Technology International 

Theme Lead for AAPS Professor Sam Akehurst has been prominently featured in…

March 24 2022
World Engineering Day 2022

To celebrate World Engineering Day 2022, we asked the AAPS community some q…

March 04 2022
Matt Smith Presenting at ITT5
AAPS Integrative Think Tank 5 with Lotus Cars

A recount of the week-long Think Tank which developed some of the most pres…

February 21 2022
National Battery Day 2022

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February 18 2022
Women in Science Day 2022

What better way to mark #WomenInScienceDay 2022, than celebrating some wome…

February 11 2022
EPSRC – Tomorrow's Engineering Research Challenges initiative

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January 27 2022
MBE in New Year’s Honours for Leading Climate Scientist Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh 

AAPS Transport, Behaviour and Society Theme Lead, Director of CAST and Univ…

January 01 2022
Bath Beacon Sustainable Transport Workshop

Five of the AAPS CDT students participated in the Bath Beacon Sustainable T…

December 21 2021
AAPS researchers first trip to AVL in Austria

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December 14 2021
The first few weeks as an AAPS student

As we approach the end of cohort 3’s first semester in the MRes programme,…

December 06 2021
The day Cohort 3 went to Bristol

One week into the AAPS MRes and our first group assignment was set. The cha…

November 24 2021
Professor Chris Brace among winners of 2021 FISITA Academy of Technical Leadership Award 

Professor Chris Brace among winners of 2021 FISITA Academy of Technical Lea…

November 11 2021
Alex Young working in study room
Optimizing Opposed-Piston Engines for Thermal Efficiency

In his PhD research, Alex Young, investigates a novel pressure-balanced fre…

November 02 2021
The AAPS Application Journey

The process of applying to the AAPS CDT, a students perspective.

October 25 2021
Solid-state batteries in automotive technology 

Dr Chris Vagg, and Ryan Hughes, AAPS CDT student, looked into the role oper…

October 05 2021
IAAPS showcases expertise and technical capabilities at Low Carbon Vehicle Show 

Students from the AAPS CDT had a presence on the IAAPS stand and gave a fir…

September 28 2021
Access to AVL simulation software proves invaluable tool in student research project

Access to AVL simulation software proves invaluable tool in student researc…

September 24 2021
Summer Masterclasses 2021

I think one of the major things that the masterclasses have enlightened me…

September 09 2021
Sheffield SIAM-IMA Conference 2021

Sheffield SIAM-IMA Conference 2021 was a conference to showcase the efforts…

August 25 2021
Responsible Research and Innovation Workshop with SEP CDT

On the 30th of July 2021, Cohort 1 students joined the Sustainable Electric…

August 18 2021
AVL Virtual International Simulation Conference 2021

The 10th AVL Virtual International Simulation Conference took place earlier…

August 11 2021
ITT4 - our first hybrid event!

ITT4 took place in partnership with National Express between 7th - 11th Jun…

August 04 2021
AAPS CDT Debating Chamber

During the AAPS CDT MRes course, I took the opportunity to become a student…

July 28 2021
Transforming the Vehicle Development Process with AVL: Part 2

In this blog I will cover how these challenges relate to some of those the…

July 20 2021
Design of the Novus: A journey through the Evaluation and Innovation modules

As part of the MRes phase of the CDT, Cohorts 1 & 2 were asked to evaluate,…

July 16 2021
From Linear to Circular: The Practical Sustainability Revolution

Living at the beginning of our climate disaster, I’ve scrambled to figure o…

July 13 2021
Virtual Socials for a Virtual Cohort

The COVID-19 pandemic was always going to pose additional challenges to the…

July 08 2021
Research in 3D: how online methods can transform experimental behavioural science

Having been thrust centre stage during the COVID-19 pandemic, online method…

July 05 2021
Transforming the Vehicle Development Process with AVL: Part 1

Over the next two blogs I will provide a closer insight into first how Dr.…

July 01 2021
Digital Twins for Academic Conferences

Digital Twins for Academic Conferences

June 28 2021
IAAPS to collaborate with AVL on engine systems research to help steer responsive low-carbon future path for car industry 

The partnership will also support another of IAAPS’ key objectives of train…

June 14 2021
A reflection of ITT2, whilst preparing for ITT4!

The second AAPS CDT Integrative Think Tank (ITT2) took place in partnership…

June 01 2021
Enhancing the Future of Transport and Urban Infrastructure : A collaborative workshop about the cities of the future

Enhancing the Future of Transport and Urban Infrastructure : A collaborativ…

May 24 2021
Motorsport and Sustainability. An Oxymoron?

Motorsport and Sustainability. An Oxymoron?

May 17 2021
Sustainable Technologies in Motorsport, The Teaser

Sustainable Technologies in Motorsport, The Teaser

May 05 2021
Battery Recycling: A Sustainability Conundrum?

Batteries! This word either excites or infuriates you; it depends on whethe…

April 19 2021
Reflections from my time as a student research consultant: Let’s make research relevant

Reflections from my time as a student research consultant: Let’s make resea…

March 29 2021
Neurodiversity: A Competitive Advantage

This week is Neurodiversity Celebration Week, and I wanted to take the oppo…

March 21 2021
ITT3 – Diary of a transdisciplinary week sponsored by industry experts, academics, and PhD students

The third AAPS CDT Integrative Think Tank (ITT3) took place from the 18th t…

February 22 2021
AAPS Summer School - Thermal Modelling Techniques

Earlier this year the AAPS CDT hosted a number of Summer School Masterclass…

September 16 2020
AAPS Goes Remote

During the Covid-19 pandemic many of us have had to adapt to an entirely ne…

July 06 2020
AAPS CDT students take part in horizon-scanning workshop with industry experts

The ITT is an intensive five-day research formulation workshop in an inclus…

June 18 2020
AAPS Showcase Day, Come and join the CDT

On 19th March hosted our first virtual event, an internal AAPS CDT Showcase…

March 31 2020
AAPS students experience their first ITT

The 20th of January marked the start of the first Integrative Think Tank (I…

March 09 2020
Diamond Light Source Experiment

Rob and I went to Diamond Lightsource to help with an experiment using tomo…

February 25 2020
CDT students on the Rolling Road!

This semester, the AAPS cohort have been working on a group project to eval…

December 17 2019
AAPS Students Swedish Travels

Rob and I travelled to Sweden to visit Chalmers University of Technology an…

December 17 2019
Catapult Training Session

CDT Students explore catapult results and data analysis

November 26 2019
CDT AAPS – Training Future Leaders Today

The Centre for Doctoral Training is well underway, training a cohort of 9 m…

November 18 2019
An in-depth look at members of Cohort 1

This week Subani Gurung, from the communications team of IAAPS, met with 3…

October 25 2019
Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (AAPS) Launch Event

Academics, industry partners and students have come together to celebrate t…

July 26 2019
Bath launches Centre for Doctoral Training to develop next generation of automotive engineers

The CDT in Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems has received £5 million f…

June 06 2019

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