Application deadline: Monday September 28th at 23:59
Teams notified: Wednesday September 30th
Course dates: Monday evenings from October 5th, final presentations on Thursday December 10th
- Location: Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) – West Cambridge site, Zoom links also available
- Sessions run from 7pm-10pm with pizza from 6.30pm
Have you ever wondered how Cambridge ideas can help accelerate a resilient and sustainable future? If so, then our Climate i-Teams programme is for you!
Based on the globally-renowned i-Teams programme, Climate i-Teams focuses on new technologies designed to increase sustainability and address the challenge of creating a zero carbon world.
By joining a Climate i-Team, you will work with students from across the University and a dedicated industry mentor. You will investigate the best market approach for developing a new technology, and ask the key questions of whether it addresses a real market need, and whether there is a route to funding.
Past i-Teams projects which address net zero topics include ApRES (measuring the water table), Colorifix (sustainable fabric dyeing), Conservation Evidence (making the latest conservation research available to developers), CosySense (reducing the energy usage of buildings) and Solar Plexus (encouraging the uptake of solar energy).
Projects for this course are:
- Transforming light wavelengths to increase agricultural and solar energy efficiency, with Dr Monica Saavedra & Dr Boris Breiner of Lambda agri
- Developing a solution for long-duration seasonal heat storage, with Luc Liedtke, Juan-Luis Pinón Ramírez, Collin Smith & Laura Torrente-Murciano, Chemical Engineering
- A new zero-waste recycling technology for Li-ion batteries, with Esther Gray, Dr Javier Rubio Garcia & Professor Manish Chhowalla, Materials Science & Metallurgy
Climate i-Teams is open to any post-graduate student (includes year 4+ undergraduates), post-doctoral researcher or member of staff at the University of Cambridge, Babraham and Sanger Institutes or the British Antarctic Survey, as well as any member of Cambridge Zero.
The programme includes weekly lectures from industry experts, team meetings and individual work. i-Teams present their final recommendations to a business and academic audience at the end of the term. The full syllabus is available here.
Past i-Teams estimate that their projects needed about 4 hours a week of individual effort in addition to the weekly sessions. As part of the projects, team members will need to contact external industry experts by phone and email – some calls and meetings may need to take place during office hours.