Bringing research to life. University of Southampton Roadshow

2016 Roadshow Awards

Every year we celebrate the roadshow with an event for everyone who took part in the tour.

Find out more about the 2016 Roadshow Awards, including the winners of each category.

Roadshow blog

Read our blog post reflecting on last year's tour to find out about what we got up to.

Research featured in 2016

 

• Stem Cell Pinball: harnessing the potential of stem cells to repair our bodies
• Lightwaves
• Acoustic levitation
• Transport research
• Electrochemistry, energy and art
• Engineering materials
• Eco hair products
• Oceanography
• Generating biogas
• Metal recycling
• Astronomy
• Hearing and balance research
• Using 3D printing for anti-microbial resistance
• Theoretical chemistry
• Lungs
• Psychology: visual illusions and nostalgia
• National Infrastructure Lab model wind tunnel
• Administrative data research
• Microbe Masquerade

 

Research featured in 2015

Last year we covered a wide range of topics, including:

• Stem Cell Pinball: harnessing the potential of stem cells to repair our bodies
• Human Vision: more than a camera on legs
• Metal Fatigue - blog "When atoms get hot, tired and stressed"
• Energy Harvesting
• Vehicle-to-Grid Electric Power Management
• Eco hair products
• Hearing: how much you need it and what happens if it is lost
• Intelligent and Sustainable Transport Sytems
• Erica the Cyber Rhino
  
• Blood Flow
• Medieval Cities
• Knee Surgery Outcomes
• Acoustic Levitation
• Plesiosaurs
• Data Access: Guess Who Trumps
• Haptic sound
• Optoelectronics
• Astronomy
• Theoretical Chemistry

Research featured in 2014

• Catalysing the Future
• Metal Fatigue - read the blog "When atoms get hot, tired and stressed?"
• Transport Research Group
• V2G: Electric Vehicles and the Grid
• DNA Research into Childhood Diseases
• Killer T-Cells [video]
• Optoelectronics
• Bioenergy
• Food Resources
• Waves in Structures
• Nostalgia Research
• Plesiosaurs
• 3D Colour Printing
• Lungs research

Get involved

If you are a researcher at the University of Southampton looking to showcase your project on future Roadshows, please see our information for Researchers.

If you would like to be part of the 2017 Roadshow tour, please contact us at roadshow@soton.ac.uk. We are looking for:

• General helpers
• Research communicators
• Science buskers
• Undergraduate Student Ambassadors

If you would like the Roadshow to visit your event/venue, please contact us at roadshow@soton.ac.uk.