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Novel Digital Toolset for Supporting Community engagement to strengthen disaster resilience in Salford

The University of Salford's THINKlab is delighted to be working with the Greater Manchester Resilience Forum (GMRF) to explore new ways of using technology to engage practitioners and the public in understanding climate-induced disaster risks in Greater Manchester.

THINKlab to pilot advanced digital solutions as part of Program for Asia Resilience to Climate Change 

The University of Salford's THINKlab is working in the Kalutara District, Sri Lanka to pilot the MOBILISE digital platform and help to build climate resilience and community-based early warnings systems.

THINKlab and the School of Health develop a new high-tech project to help patients with dysfunctional breathing

THINKlab is working with the School of Health on a new high-tech project called OptiMuscle, which will help treat patients with dysfunctional breathing.

THINKlab recognized with Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games

The University of Salford’sa THINKlab has received a prestigious Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games to develop their innovative UE4-powered 4D simulation product for rail track renewal programmes.

How THINKlab aligns with Cop 26: Day 9, Adaptation, Loss and Damage.

As part of the COP26 programme of events, the Director of THINKlab, Professor Terrence Fernando, talks about some of the current projects which support Monday 8 November and the theme: Adaptation, Loss and Damage.

THINKlab support RSPB and Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to build resilient habitats and deliver a nature-based solution for a local community at risk of flooding

The THINKlab is working with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the Arnside and Silverdale AONB on the Warton Mires Partnership project to help provide a nature-based solution, build resilience for a local community and reverse the fortunes of declining wildlife.

THINKlab supporting City Information Modelling for Al Baqa’a Refugee Camp, Jordan

THINKlab is part of a new project which is supporting the application of digital technologies which are helping to achieve sustainable management in refugee camps around the world with research being conducted at Al Baqa’a Refugee Camp. Project partners are engaging with local stakeholders and residents in the Al Baqa’a Refugee Camp which is situated

THINKlab takes part in the UKRI Launch Event for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26)

The THINKlab is delighted to have been asked to take part in the UK Research and Investment (UKRI) Adaptation and Resilience Series Launch Event which will take place on 3rd June 2021. The Director of the THINKlab, Professor Terrence Fernando, will deliver a short presentation on the MOBILISE and TRANSCEND projects which focus on climate adaptation

Smart city technology for disaster resilience

Professor Terrence Fernando, Director, and Dulcidio Coelho, Technical Director, THINKlab, University of Salford, talk to Abigail Tomkins at the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) NATURAL disasters are occurring more frequently in South Asia. Floods, earthquakes, landslides and droughts can wipe out many years of development progress in a single catastrophic event. Alongside response

New digital platform helps THINKlab’s partners integrate more effectively

The University of Salford’s THINKlab has developed a digital platform which allows a range of heterogenous sensor networks to be integrated so project partners can effectively monitor rising rivers and rainfall which can lead to floods and landslides. The digital platform will be used in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Pakistan, three low-middle income countries whose

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    • Novel Digital Toolset for Supporting Community engagement to strengthen disaster resilience in Salford
    • THINKlab to pilot advanced digital solutions as part of Program for Asia Resilience to Climate Change 
    • THINKlab and the School of Health develop a new high-tech project to help patients with dysfunctional breathing
    • THINKlab recognized with Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games
    • How THINKlab aligns with Cop 26: Day 9, Adaptation, Loss and Damage.

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