Digital Design Network Plus

Digital Design Network Plus is a 3 year EPSRC TERC funded project to create a vibrant design community, drawing from academia, end users, RTOs and solution providers from both within and beyond engineering.

Led by Queen’s University Belfast partnering with University of Bristol, University of Sheffield and University of Strathclyde we will be a network of networks! Learning together by doing together.

To reach net zero by 2050 we need step changes in the efficiency and sustainability of key systems including energy, transport and manufacturing. This needs new systems and technologies, and this cannot be done without design!

But complex systems are difficult to design so to achieve this we must design better and faster.  Design better for more efficient solutions, design faster to find more solutions and get them into action quicker. 

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is one of nine research Councils within the UK RI which was launched in April 2018 as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). EPSRC itself is the main funding body for engineering and physical sciences research in the UK. The diverse portfolio ranges from digital technologies to clean energy, manufacturing to mathematics, advanced materials to chemistry.

EPSRC invests in world-leading research and skills to advance knowledge and deliver a sustainable, resilient and prosperous UK. It supports new ideas and transformative technologies which are the foundations of innovations that improve our economy, environment and society. In partnership and co-investing with industry, EPSRC works to deliver both national and global priorities.

In November 2024, EPSRC as our funding body awarded the D2N+ Programme a major grant towards the total cost of the Programme. 

Project Code: UKRI394

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