Our case studies showcase academic research from across the Department that has had an impact on the world or local community, and feature some of our current academics, research staff, Alumni and students.
Understanding and preparing buildings for a changing climate
Energy
How can Building Energy Simulation Tools Help us Understand and Prepare Buildings for a Changing Climate? Third year DPhil student Laurence Peinturier recently presented her research at the ASHRAE Conference 2026 in Las Vegas
Using ultrasound to tackle biofilm infections
Biomedical
Oxford researcher and AURApeutics CEO Dr Victor Choi shares his work developing ultrasound technology to treat chronic wound infections, and his recent collaboration with the IOI Knowledge Exchange grant.
Speeding Up the Future of AI
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is advancing at extraordinary speed. But behind every breakthrough — from facial recognition on smartphones to tools that summarise documents in seconds — lies an intensive and expensive process: training. Before an AI model can recognise an image or generate useful responses, it must be trained on vast amounts of data. For today’s largest systems, that training can take weeks or even months using highly specialised and costly hardware.
A long-term Engineering and Clinical Collaboration
Biomedical Engineering
How the Institute of Biomedical Engineering helped shape two decades of progress in Oxford’s Focused Ultrasound Programme, leading to the University of Oxford being named a Focused Ultrasound Foundation Centre of Excellence in 2023.