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KMI: The Early Years
It is hard to recall – still less to imagine, if you weren’t there – the ferment of innovation between the late ’80s and the mid-’90s....
Korea Institute of Materials Science
In May 2025, Dr. Ho Kyeom Kim and Dr. Richard Moat from the School of Engineering & Innovation (E&I) visited the Korea Institute of...
OU researchers find Saturn’s radiation can form molecules for life on its icy moon
Scientists from the OU have helped find that organic molecules found in plumes from Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus could be formed by radiation on...
Rare Earth – Series 6
On Friday 22nd August 2025 the OU/BBC radio series, Rare Earth, returns with a sixth series. Academics from the OU STEM Faculty, including the...
Materials, Minerals & Mining for People, Places, Planet (M3P3)
The School of Engineering and Innovation is sponsoring the new flagship event from the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals (IOM3) -...
World Design Congress 2025
This September, the World Design Congress 2025 is being held at the Barbican Centre, London. The theme of the event is Design For Planet. The...
Flood Resilience, Community Voices, and a Panoramic Perspective
The Open University's Research Image of the Month for June 2025 highlighted the research of PhD student Claude Nsobya, based in the School of...
Durability and Innovation
School of Engineering and Innovation researcher Professor Claudia Eckert was recently invited to deliver a keynote talk at the International...
Sustainable Garment Mending
Ismay Mummery is a final year PhD student in the School of Engineering and Innovation. Her research considers how to increase garment mending by...
Engineering Applications of Honeycombs
Honeycombs have long been known to offer interesting properties, such as low mass-weight ratio, energy absorption, and mechanical and acoustic...
Co-production and Community Involvement in Flood Risk Management
Over recent decades, flood risk management has often involved communities adopting decentralised and people-centred approaches. This includes...
Transport Innovation, Complexity, and Resilience
Work by researchers in the School of Engineering and Innovation has informed recent horizon scans on Transport Innovations and Transport System...