C-DICE Sprint Winners Announced
C-DICE Early Career Researcher Networking Sprints Winners: Following on from the success of the C-DICE sandpits, we introduced C-DICE Early Career Researcher Networking Sprints – a two-day intense workshop to support early career researchers in developing networks, collaborations, and research proposals. We recently organised three new sprints including a new addition to our programme – international sprints.
The UK sprint explored scenario-based systems approaches to advance net zero. Leveraging the extensive network of the Modern Energy Cooking Services programme, we also held sprints in Nepal and Rwanda. The Nepal sprint focussed on networks to support energy efficient and less polluting cooking methods, while the Rwanda sprint looked at networks to support energy storage where supply is intermittent..
In essence, the C-DICE Networking Sprint functions like a mini sandpit. It’s a great way for postdocs and early career researcher to create networks and collaborate. To support this, each sprint has a prize fund of £5,000 to help the winning team develop their network. We are delighted to announce the winners of the sprints:
UK Sprint 10 – 11 February 2025
Winning network title: Net Zero Digital Twin Alliance
Winning team members: Dr. Seif Allah El Mesloul Nasri (Aston University), Dr. Sahar Mirzaie (Heriot-watt University), Dr. Grace Elisha Mwesigwa (Cranfield University).
Nepal Sprint 4 – 5 March 2025
Winning network title: Partnership for Developing and Demonstrating a Cooking Model within the Ring-Road of Kathmandu, and bio gas utilisation in rural areas in Godaita
Winning team members: Dr. Deblina Majumder (Newcastle University) PI, Dr. Nawraj Bhattarai (Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University), Dr. Lixu Liu (University of Birmingham), Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari (Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University), Ms. Timila Bajracharya (Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University).
Rwanda Sprint 20 – 21 March 2025
Winning network title: Self-Sustaining Community Networks for Clean Cooking in Off-Grid Rwanda: A Feasibility Study
Winning team members: Dr. Shivangi Sharma, PI, University of Birmingham, Dr. Swathi Mukundan, Loughborough University, Dr. Isaac Ntihinyuzwa and Dr. Nsengimana Cyprien, University of Rwanda
Many thanks to all the people who have helped us with the sprints, especially those in Nepal (Professor Dr. Sushil B. Bajracharya (Dean, Institute of Engineering), Dr. Ajay Kumar Jha (Director, Center for Pollution Studies, Tribhuvan University), Dr. Hari Darlami (Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University), Dr. Sanjaya Uprety (Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University) Kshitiz Ghimire (Tribhuvan University) and Rili Pradhan (Dean’s office, Tribhuvan University) and Rwanda (Dr. Jean Marie Vianney Bikorimana (Associate Professor, University of Rwanda), Dr. Emmanuel Ufiteyezu (Director of African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development (ACEESD), University of Rwanda) and Dr. Maxime Binama (Senior Lecturer, University of Rwanda), and for all the researchers who joined us.