Wed
06
Nov
2019
Belfast School of Architecture & the Be
Room 04D09, 2-24 York Street, Belfast, BT15 1AP,
Built Environment Research
Head of Belfast School of Architecture & the Built Environment
Professor Neil Hewitt
Overview
Neil J Hewitt was appointed Professor of Energy in 2008 and is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Technologies from 2008 until present. He is a Chartered Physicist and Chartered Engineer and is a member of the Institute of Physics, Institute of Refrigeration and the Energy Institute.
Professor Hewitt has initiated and worked on numerous significant European and UK Research Council funded research projects that have engaged academia, public and private bodies.
Professor Hewitt is an acknowledged expert in the field of heat pumps, both in their development and in their end-use, especially with energy storage in the emerging sector of demand side management. He has over 100 publications and is a regular invited conference speaker both nationally and abroad.
Professor Hewitt, in addition to membership of a number of editorial boards, is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Ambient Energy and is a UK representative of the International Institute of Refrigeration Commission B2 Refrigerating Machinery
Research Opportunities
| Title | Closing Date |
|---|---|
| Implementation Digital twins technology to building energy management with Heat Pump Funded PhD Opportunity Funded PhD Opportunity | Monday 27 February 2023 |
| 2050 Single Electricity Market model development Funded PhD Opportunity Funded PhD Opportunity | Monday 27 February 2023 |
| Wastewater sludge to hydrogen via direct biogenic electrolysis Funded PhD Opportunity Funded PhD Opportunity | Monday 27 February 2023 |
| Theoretical Development of Supersonic Compressors for High Efficiency Industrial Heat Pumps Funded PhD Opportunity Funded PhD Opportunity | Monday 27 February 2023 |