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With London already having broken annual European air quality rules in the first month of 2016, it’s clear that urgent action is needed to avert a major health crisis caused by air pollution.


learn more about the impact of the changing cityscape on air quality and temperature,’ she says, ‘and to find out how we can optimise the location of green and blue spaces – trees, ponds, green roofs and green walls – in our cities.’ The project, which has received £4.1 million


ENGINEERING Cleaner air by design


Dr Elsa Aristodemou, a senior lecturer in the School of Engineering, is part of a new research consortium exploring how pollutants are transported around the buildings we live in and the air we breathe. With London already having broken annual


European air quality rules in the first month of 2016, it’s clear that urgent action is needed to avert a major health crisis caused by air pollution. The team – which includes partners from Imperial College London, the University of Cambridge and the University of Surrey – will be looking at the flow of pollutants in air with the aim of helping city planners and building designers create healthier urban environments. Dr Aristodemou will be a visiting co-


investigator, providing expertise in 3D modelling and dispersal of air pollution within the urban environment. ‘We want to


in funding from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, will also look at how ‘unseen’ urban power plants and generators contribute to poor air quality and at how tall buildings can trap pollutants, making the problem worse. The research also has applications in counter-terrorism, where it can help to inform emergency responses to chemical attacks. Researchers are now gathering data


from outdoor and indoor sensors around London, including in Marylebone and at the ‘Walkie-Talkie’ skyscraper at 20 Fenchurch Street, where complex simulation work has already been carried out. This will be used to generate 3D animations that will enable designers to see how modifying existing urban and building design can improve air quality in our cities.


BUSINESS


LSBU’s Knowledge Voucher Exchange Scheme is offering postgraduate students bursaries worth £4000 to work on commercial projects with businesses or non-profits. Find out more at tinyurl.com/j4hzsrs


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STUDENTS & ALUMNI Dr Sue Black (PhD Computer Science, 2001) was made an OBE Kelly Meaden (BSc Diagnostic Radiography, 2015) won the Fuji and Analysis) won silver and bronze for the GB Para Table Tennis Team in Costa Rica Mildred Tsindi (BA Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality, 2015) won the


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Sweet success for Bakery School student


National Bakery School student Zara Snell has beaten more than 25 professional chocolatiers to win the Great British Spiced Chocolate Challenge at the Salon du Chocolat Chocolate Show – the annual celebration of all- things-cocoa related. Judges including food writer Joanna Simon and chocolatier Paul A. Young described Zara’s Moroccan Rose creation – an exotic fresh cream ganache flavoured with rose and infused with spices, then covered in a dark chocolate shell – as ‘absolutely delicious’. Her prize is a trip to the ‘spice island’ of Grenada for its 2016 chocolate festival and the opportunity to have her creations stocked in the Food Hall at Selfridges. ‘I’ve found it really inspirational to work with the spices for this year’s competition,’ says Zara. ‘I can’t wait to try them out in Grenada and meet the farmers themselves.’


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