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Dr Beatrice Smyth

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Beatrice Smyth

Dr Beatrice Smyth

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Beatrice’s research is focused on environmental impacts and sustainable systems for energy, water and materials. Specific areas of work include analysis and optimisation of energy pathways, investigation of microplastics in drinking water systems, 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.

Contact info

  • beatrice.smyth@qub.ac.uk
  • 00 44 28 9097 4318

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • Sustainable energy and environmental systems
  • Microplastics in drinking water 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

  • Time-dependent climate impact of ruminant livestock farming and associated supply chains
  • Time-dependent climate impact of ruminant livestock farming and associated supply chains

Public outreach & key achievements

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

Member of  on Sustainable Finance 2019 

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

: DG Environment News Alert Service, European Commission 


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 Investigation of Microplastics in Drinking Water Systems
Name Alice Liddell
Years of Study 2019-ongoing
Country Northern Ireland

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Whole Life Cycle Modelling of Alternative Driveline Technologies
Name Andrew Harris
Years of study 2016-2020
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position 2016-2020
   
PhD area Grassland Management and its Impact on Carbon Fluxes
Name Jonathan Blair
Years of study 2015-2020
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Staff Officer in Green Growth and Climate Action Division, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)
   
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 Solution Consultant, Veeva Systems

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