Sumit Roy

While we have become a global university group, we respect our history. A College of Design in 1843, we became a polytechnic through the amalgamation of Lanchester College of Technology with Rugby College of Engineering Technology in 1970, and then, in 1992, Coventry University. Our origins in the industrial city of Coventry serve as a reminder that our offer must reflect the needs and aspirations of our students, learners, and employers. Our research should also meet societal and economic needs and address real-world challenges; and our engagement with business and the community should support development, local growth and regeneration. The Group has flourished in Coventry and we have directly expanded our role as a civic university in new locations, including Scarborough, London and Wrocław in Poland , working in partnership with local and regional organisations and developing links to local employers. Our clean energy work is profiled here https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/curie/clean-growth/ and includes our work around: (i) the Centre for E-Mobility and Clean Growth which carries out research based around lithium batteries, power electronics and electric drives, supercapacitors, and fuel cells with core applications in transport. (ii) Lithium-Ion Batteries research focusing on battery thermal management systems to remove heat during battery charge and discharge and maintain the temperature of the cells above a minimum threshold for safe operation in cold environments. (iii) Smart Cells Research As we move towards a carbon neutral world, battery cell development and design will continue to evolve and focusing on our knowledge, facilities, and software to support battery producers with the research, design, and rapid prototyping of new smart cells. (iv) Hydrogen Energy Research as a path to zero-emission transport. (v)The Centre for Manufacturing and Materials (CMM) focuses on delivering improvements to the whole life-cycle of materials, products and processes. We are further developing an offer around nuclear skills, training and education. Underpinning our clean energy work is our work with the Coventry University Research Centre for Peace and Security (CPS)which includes its thematic focus on governance at local, national and transnational levels and how these are shaped by leadership and trust. It also includes its peace and conflict research theme which aims to understand the political, social, economic, and environmental drivers of conflict and pathways to peace across time and space. A further theme looks at preparedness, decision making and response to key security challenges on land and at sea. CPS is home to our twinning relationship with two Ukrainian universities who would also be keen to work with you - Alfred Nobel University in Dnipro and Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture.