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Dr Beatrice Smyth

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr Beatrice Smyth

Dr Beatrice Smyth

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Beatrice’s research is focused on the production and use of bioenergy. Specific areas of work include analysis and optimisation of energy pathways, bioresource quantification and mapping, energy and environmental/carbon life cycle analyses, and economic assessment. The interplay between systems is another area of interest, with topics such as the use of energy crops for alleviating water pollution currently under investigation. Other recent and ongoing research includes heat mapping for a local energy system and alternative packaging from agri-food waste.

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  • beatrice.smyth@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 4318

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • Sustainable energy and environmental systems
  • The circular economy for energy and materials
  • Biogas, biomass and biofuels
  • Energy, carbon and environmental life cycle assessment

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Circular economy systems for hydrogen generation, distribution and use, with a focus on off-road applications
  • Circular economy systems for hydrogen generation, distribution and use, with a focus on off-road applications

Public outreach & key achievements

Grass4Gas - Is Ireland about to finally embrace anaerobic digestion? Eco Eye, RTE 1, 5 March 2019

Member of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance 2019 

The DNA of Innovation: Volume IV: Our Global Impact on Society

Science for Environment Policy: DG Environment News Alert Service, European Commission 

Member of Editorial Board of Energies


Research students

 

PhD area Renewable Energy Crops for Reducing Agricultural Run-Off and Improving Water Quality
Name Joe Livingstone
Years of study 2018-ongoing
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD area Nutrient Management of Digestate and Slurry combined with Energy Recovery
Name Ashley Cathcart
Years of study 2018-ongoing
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD area Whole Life Cycle Modelling of Alternative Driveline Technologies
Name Andrew Harris
Years of study 2016-ongoing
Country N Ireland
   
PhD area Grassland Management and its Impact on Carbon Fluxes
Name Jonathan Blair
Years of study 2015-ongoing
Country Northern Ireland
   
PhD  Development of Novel Bio-polymer Functional Additives from Poultry Waste Streams
Name Thomas McGauran
Years of study 2016-ongoing
Country Ireland


 

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Applications of Biogas in Chemical Energy and Liquid Fuel Production
Name Rawan Hakawati
Years of study 2014-2017
Country Lebanon
Current Position Postdoctoral Research Fellow, American University of Sharjah, UAE
   
PhD area Micro-reforming of Biogas for Micro-combined Heat and Power Generation
Name Fabio de Rosa
Years of study 2014-2018
Country Italy
Current Position Technical Consultant, AspenTech, Reading, UK

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