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 is working with the School of Health on a new high-tech project called OptiMuscle, which will help treat patients with dysfunctional breathing.
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.
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.
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 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
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
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
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
The THINKlab has developed a new digital drone visualisation platform which has the potential for changing the way users can respond to disasters more effectively and for supporting post disaster reconstruction efforts. The digital drone visualisation platform will mean that stakeholders are able to interpret data more quickly which will strengthen their decision-making and increase
