Alasdair McDonald

Chair of Renewable Energy Technology at Edinburgh University. Loves turning offshore wind into electricity.

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

This week, I have been too early for a thing by exactly one month. In my mind we are already in September.

[Scottish Renewables @ScotRenew]

Our first #YPGEA24 award goes to Yabin Liu from @EdinburghUni. He takes home the Academic Award, sponsored by @ETPScotland, for his research of the noise and power production impact of vortexes created by hydropower, tidal and wind turbine blades.

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

Climate change: 'Godfathers of wind' share engineering's QEPrize - BBC News https://t.co/SX5Y83hyOh

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@DavidWindOps Even managed to mess up the aspect ratio of the figures when copying them 😟

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

When printer designers are standing at the pearly gates, and St Peter says they need to print out their entry card. Black and white will do and there's a printer over there. But printer stops them from printing because the magenta cartridge is empty...

[College of Science and Engineering, Edinburgh Uni @ColSciEng]

Round 2 of @EdinburghUni Chancellor's Fellowship Scheme is now open - 30 new 5-year fellowships available for early career researchers aimed at fostering cutting-edge interdisciplinary research & innovation.
Closes 28 Aug.
More and apply:
https://t.co/4CqJZ6DcdK

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@AoifeMFoley 😳

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

Music to mark by. What do others listen to? For me the BBC 6 Music Focus Beats is a bit of mind saver... https://t.co/LelAYWQkfY

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@AJunyentFerre Agree. Maybe it's got worse? I used to happily do lots of work on my old Edinburgh-Glasgow commute, generally with a solid WiFi connection. Last few times I've struggled to even connect

[College of Science and Engineering, Edinburgh Uni @ColSciEng]

A gentle reminder on these fantastic fellowship opportunities @ColSciEng for returning academics. Please spread the word to reach those who we need to reach! @EdinburghChem @EdinburghUni
Deadlines are approaching!

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@DavidWindOps I can't believe that there isn't already some handy AI system that automatically links up receipt/ticket scans, dates, calendar, project names, internal project/budget codes and interfaces with (probably) unwieldy finance system. That would get the best REF impact score ever...

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@_iiBus @on_lothianbuses Thank you @_iiBus . Do they do anything special when a bus service retires? Give it a guard of honour when the last one rolls into the depot / arrives at the terminal stop?

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@on_lothianbuses Tell me it's not true! You're not getting rid of the number 41 bus? The friend of scientists and engineers at Kings Buildings and folk across the North West of Edinburgh? #savethe41

[Scottish Renewables @ScotRenew]

Our first #YPGEA23 award goes to Dr Desen Kirli from @EdinburghUni. Desen takes home the Academic Award, sponsored by @ETPScotland, for her research into a variety of renewable energy-related topics which has been acclaimed at international conferences & presented to the UK Gov.

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@mediascot @EdSciFest @ghiblicontents @EdinburghUni Great to see this last night. Well done to all the colleagues @FloWaveOcean who helped make this happen, so cool!

[Katherine Dunn @kdunnresearch]

Are you currently looking for a postdoc position in Scotland? Are you keen to make a contribution to the development of a new syn bio technology that could revolutionise electricity generation and energy storage?
If so, please check out this new vacancy: https://t.co/AGSs8AjJoe

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@DavidWindOps Thanks David. Last lecture yesterday - felt like I was running on fumes. And then a bit of feedback from a student... "I've just got a job with a wind company because I talked about the assignment for this course". Now ready to go again!

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@OtherProfGreen I'm pre-nostalgic for Je-S already...

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

Wow, no wonder it takes so much longer now for ATAS approval for researchers coming to the UK... 1,100 scientists and students barred from UK amid China crackdown https://t.co/fhdRtgMTBC

[Alasdair McDonald @ProfASMcDonald]

@Bboop259 @StuartG10036342 @YorkshireTea And there are just some days when you need to reach for the malty biscuit brew...