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Newsletter Issue 8 | Summer 2009 Department of Engineering NeWsletter Issue 8 | Summer 2009 Department of Engineering In this issue 2 Student numbers up 2 Engineers develop their entrepreneurial skills 3 Dr Julian Allwood awarded EPSRC Leadership Fellowship 3 Control your TV simply by waving your arm 4 Students win the Award for Innovation in Systems Engineering at Autonomous Underwater Vehicle competition 4 Project Pebble 5 New international nanomaterials research programme launched 5 New reasearch collaboration for health announced 6 A paper about pile jacking has netted Engineering PhD student Andrew Jackson more than £2000 6 Oliver racing towards a bright future after gaining first motor sport blue 7 Happold Brilliant Award 8 Teds in space – one small step for bears, a giant leap for Cambridge outreach Picture entitled ‘Moth’ by Dr Ingrid Graz, won second prize in last year’s Photography competition 9 Design of a timber framed multi-storey and has been used extensively in the University 800th Anniversary celebrations car park 9 Yak Yak Best Engineering Research in UK 10 The future is 3D liquid crystals 11 PowerSi Technologies wins prizes The Department of Engineering has come top of the rankings for 11 Strictly Come Cambridge General Engineering according to the national Research Assessment 12 Enhancing CAPE-abilities in photonics and electronics Exercise. 13 New home for Institute for Manufacturing The results Were published in December transferring research skills to industrY and, 14 The Chancellor, His Royal Highness Prince 2008 and shoW a superb outcome placing for some of them, becoming the neXt Philip visits the Department of Engineering Cambridge far ahead of other institutions generation of engineering academics. The 15 A new centre will generate the scientists in its class. 90% of the research scale and qualitY of the Department needed for Britain’s future submission bY the Department Was judged enables it to secure the best support staff 16 EDC graduates participated in the 48-Hour Inclusive Design Challenge in Tokyo to be either internationallY eXcellent or and facilities. Scale and qualitY also make it World-leading in terms of originalitY, easier for the Department to build long- 16 Why materials crack significance and rigour. RemarkablY, the term relationships With other academic 17 Alumni feature: from Cambridge to Kabul breakdoWn shoWs that 45% of the disciplines, other institutions, companies 18 New British entry to the World Solar submission achieVed the World-leading and the entrepreneurial communitY. These Challenge status; this far eXceeds the result for anY connections for undertaking collaboratiVe 19 The Intelligent Airport other submission in General Engineering research are also Vital for transferring 20 Clockwork plants and is not surpassed bY anY institution in outputs to haVe material benefits for 21 To Centre Court: Paul McIlroy anY other engineering or scientific societY. All of these factors reinforce each 22 Cracking the code of a killer discipline. other in a Virtuous circle bY attracting the The result represents not onlY the 23 Liquid crystal lasers promise cheaper, high best academics, students and colour resolution laser television eXcellence of indiViduals comprising the collaborators. 24 “What’s going on underground? Tunnelling Department’s 132-strong facultY, but also into the future” shoWs the poWer of uniting these The result of the Research Assessment academics in a single integrated EXercise is a tremendous endorsement of department. TheY span a remarkablY Wide the Department’s staff and strategY, but range of engineering disciplines and, ambitious plans and continual change are An integrated engineering department Within this one department, can easilY essential if the Department is to keep its founded on core strengths spanning all team up to address the World’s most World-leading position. engineering disciplines and also cross- pressing challenges. Their eXpertise and connected by three strategic themes: capacitY for research is augmented bY 195 • Cognitive Systems Engineering contract research staff and research For more information on research • Engineering for Life Sciences felloWs. 573 research students also plaY a collaborations please contact Philip • Sustainable Development. keY role in undertaking research, Guildford: www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~pg28/ www.eng.cam.ac.uk Student Engineers deVelop their numbers up Entrepreneurial skills Another success for the Department is the Six students from the Department have been awarded the number of students starting the “Certificate in Enterprise” after attending the highly successful undergraduate Engineering course Which Enterprise Tuesday series. has seen a substantial increase on preVious Years. 324 first Year students started their Mash-Hud has also benefited from the Engineering degree this academic Year series. He eXplained, “From attending most compared to 301 the Year before. of the Enterprise TuesdaY lectures I learned a TWo hugelY successful projects that great deal about hoW to deVelop mY Without doubt haVe helped the entrepreneurial skills. All of the keY-note Department to achieVe such an increase speakers demonstrated a huge amount of are the Headstart summer schools and our motiVation and proVided Valuable Engineering Outreach programme. suggestions that could be helpful to Young Dr Geoff Parks is inVolVed in organising entrepreneurs. Being motiVated, belieVing in Headstart courses open to students in Year Yourself, being determined and persistent 12 (or equiValent) Who are interested in are the keY issues to start With. After that knoWing more about Working in the World comes understanding the business structure, of science, engineering and technologY. knoWing the market and customer needs, Dr Parks said: “Headstart proVides a and seeking help from eXperienced keY- fantastic opportunitY to discoVer What it is plaYers. FinallY, in order to actualise an idea like to be an undergraduate at Cambridge Shakir Mohamed, awarded the Certificate one needs to raise funds, conVince inVestors, and to learn more about the scope and in Enterprise with distinction hire eXperienced people, and understand importance of Engineering in the modern hoW boards of directors and business To receiVe the prestigious certificate partners Work. Learning these eXciting World. It is VerY gratifYing to see manY candidates had to prepare a portfolio Which aspects of entrepreneurship has enabled me students Whom I first met on our addressed eight of the tWelVe themes to think constructiVelY about the WaY to Headstart course going on to great things discussed at the Enterprise TuesdaY lectures. materialise mY research ideas into a as undergraduates, and indeed In total, fiftY-nine people Were aWarded commercial product.” postgraduates, at Cambridge.” the Certificate in Enterprise and of the The Enterprise TuesdaY programme, The Headstart Engineering summer eleVen gaining distinctions for the qualitY of managed and deliVered bY the Centre for school at Cambridge giVes participants a their assignments, tWo Were from the Entrepreneurial Learning, is a free eVening taste of the Cambridge stYle of teaching Department: PhD students Shakir Mohamed programme open to the local business and the broad scope of the Engineering and Mash-Hud Iqbal. communitY and all the staff and students of course. Shakir’s portfolio addresses issues in the UniVersitY of Cambridge. It is proVing Participants liVe in Jesus College to giVe entrepreneurship such as hoW to recognise eVer more popular With the number of them a taste of collegiate life. The four- business opportunities, the WaYs in Which candidates submitting portfolios doubling, a daY programme incorporates lectures, resources can be gathered, and hoW to 38% increase in registered attendance on practicals, superVisions and a team design- aVoid mistakes in setting up a neW business. the 06/07 series and an aVerage of around build-test project plus social actiVities. Shakir said, “I thought the programme 300 people attending each of the tWelVe Through these, theY haVe the chance to Was Well structured and included a Wide lectures. During the last Year, people haVe meet and talk With current Cambridge range of speakers Whose knoWledge, traVelled from Cranfield, London, undergraduates, graduates and teaching eXperience and passion for each of their Manchester, Wales and eVen from Finland to staff. businesses came through in their attend lectures. The qualitY and eXpertise of Dr JoY Warde is the Department's presentations. I find that entrepreneurial speakers such as Karren BradY of Outreach Officer Who runs the skills are particularlY useful for an engineer Birmingham FC, Lord Karan Bilimoria of Department's Engineering Outreach Whether one chooses to engage in a neW Cobra Beer and Duncan Goose of One programme. Staff and students from the business Venture or not. These skills alloW Water, is clearlY a draW and kept people Department are inVolVed With manY You to think about the impact of engaged throughout the entire programme. actiVities to promote Engineering in both engineering Work in the conteXt of OVer a quarter of the registered attendees the local Cambridge area and nationallY. generating profit and usefulness to the are from the local business communitY The outreach undertaken bY the consumer, and also giVes an additional Which is around a fiVe per cent increase on Department engages children, families and VieWpoint from Which to be objectiVe about last Year. One of the main benefits of the Young people in the challenge of hands- an engineering product, Whether it
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