Energy research development manager at Imperial College London (Linked to EP/E011705)

应对全球变暖的需要，加上对能源供应的可用性和安全性的担忧，使得政府和工业界重新对能源研究产生了兴趣，包括将能源作为EPSRC战略计划中的一个关键主题的认识，以及跨学科工作的需要。帝国理工学院在应对跨学科能源研究的挑战方面具有独特的能力。它将世界领先的科学和工程研究机构与国际知名的商学院和医学院结合在一起，所有这些都基于一个紧凑的校园，位于世界上最具创新性的大都市区之一，靠近政府，国际金融和一些世界上最大的能源公司。学院拥有许多关键能源技术的专业中心，包括碳氢化合物、碳封存、核能、燃料电池、生物能源、光伏、核聚变等，并吸引了国际上最优秀的员工和学生。作为英国能源研究中心总部的所在地，它在帮助制定国家能源议程方面处于关键地位，同时也通过从中国到美国的全球研究合作保持广泛的国际联系。帝国理工学院最近发起了一项跨学院的综合计划——能源期货实验室。其目标是制定新的跨学科研究方案，以应对全球能源挑战，并促进向可持续能源未来的过渡。该实验室将使帝国理工学院能够将其在技术开发方面的现有优势与创新和创业方面的良好记录结合起来，并将与能源领域的其他组织合作，如英国能源研究中心、碳信托基金、研究委员会、工业、欧盟项目和英国政府。为了实现这些目标，本提案寻求EPSRC支持一名能源研究经理，他将支持管理团队，并在实施实验室的使命中发挥关键作用。

The need to address global warming, combined with concern about availability and security of energy supplies, has led to renewed interest in energy research from governments and industry, including the recognition of energy as a key theme within the EPSRC strategic plan, along with the need for interdisciplinary working. Imperial College has unique capabilities to deploy in meeting the challenges of interdisciplinary energy research. It offers the combination of one of the world's leading science and engineering research organisations together with internationally renowned business and medical schools, all based on a compact campus located in one of the world's most innovative metropolitan areas close to government, international finance and some of the worlds largest energy companies. The College houses centres of expertise in many key energy technologies, including hydrocarbons, carbon sequestration, nuclear energy, fuel cells, bioenergy, photovoltaics, fusion, and others, and it attracts the most able staff and students internationally. As the host for the UK Energy Research Centre headquarters it is in a pivotal position to help develop the national energy agenda, while also maintaining broad international links through research collaborations across the globe from China to the USA. Imperial College has recently launched a major integrated cross-College initiative, the Energy Futures Lab. Its goal is to develop new inter-disciplinary research programmes that will meet global energy challenges and facilitate the transition to a sustainable energy future. The Lab will enable Imperial to bring together its existing strengths in technology development with its proven track record in innovation and entrepreneurship, and will work in collaboration with other organisations in the energy sector, e.g. UKERC, Carbon Trust, Research Councils, industry, EU programmes and UK Government. To realise these goals, this proposal seeks EPSRC support for an energy research manager who will support the management team and play a key role in implementing the Lab's mission.