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www.strath.ac.uk/engineering @StrathEng Engineering Issue 25, Student Success & Outreach Edition, Summer 2018 02 Medal Wins for Talented Engineering Students at Commonwealth Games 03 Outreach Activities Encourage More School Children in STEM 13 Faculty Students Continue to Impress with Award Wins 1 Discover more about Contents the Faculty of Engineering ■ Largest Faculty of Engineering in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK 02 Double Medal Success at ■ Seven subjects ranked in the top 10 in the UK in Commonwealth Games from the Complete University Guide 2019 Talented Engineering Students ■ Over 40 undergraduate programmes on offer 03 Outreach and over 40 postgraduate programmes on offer 13 Student Success ■ Research portfolio of £100 million and growing ■ Over 5,500 engineering students of over 29 Successful Alumnus 100 nationalities ■ State-of-the-art laboratory and research facilities Faculty Office Contacts Marketing & Events Coordinator Annabel Anderson Faculty Manager [email protected] Dr Gayle Wilson Administrator [email protected] Mary Cunningham [email protected] Head of International Development & Professor Atilla Incecik Recruitment Assistant Faculty Officer Stuart Shorthouse Associate Principal and [email protected] Craig McMurray Executive Dean [email protected] Faculty of Engineering Faculty Officer (Academic) Administrator Stephanie McNulty [email protected] Samantha Meechan [email protected] Faculty of Engineering University of Strathclyde Faculty Officer (Engagement & Outreach) Dean’s Executive Assistant Room 603 Natalie McNee James Weir Building [email protected] Chelsea Coulter [email protected] 75 Montrose Street Glasgow, G1 1XJ Faculty Officer (International) Modern Apprentice Robert Graham t: +44 (0)141 548 2749 [email protected] Holly Innes e: [email protected] [email protected] Faculty Officer (Research & Knowledge twitter: @StrathEng Modern Apprentice Exchange) Web: www.strath.ac.uk/engineering Carol Brady Chloe Irvine [email protected] [email protected] The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263. Advisor, Strathclyde Engineering for Development Christine Donald [email protected] engineering insight [ Student Success & Outreach Edition - Issue 25 ] 2 Double Medal Success at Commonwealth Games from Talented Engineering Students Several Strathclyde students competed in the Commonwealth Games, pictured left to right are Holly McArthur, Rob Harwood, Bethan Goodwin, David Weir and David McBeth, with Professor Sir Jim McDonald wo talented students from the started to pull it out after that. It’s been medal after an impressive performance Faculty of Engineering, who are absolutely incredible. If I couldn’t go to alongside his colleagues Frank Baines, T also part of Strathclyde’s Elite Glasgow (in 2014), I wanted to come here Kelvin Cham, Daniel Purvis and Hamish Athletes programme, had success in to Australia.” Carter. competing in the Commonwealth Games. David is ranked 10th in the world for The medal is the highlight of a Civil & Environmental Engineering the double trap discipline. He won the successful career for David, which saw student David McMath triumphed in the double trap Scottish Championship him win six medals at the 2017 Scottish double trap shooting event, winning in 2017 and also finished strongly in Championships. the gold medal with a score of 74 out of the same year’s English Open and a possible 80. He finished five points British Open, coming second and third Anne-Marie Hughes, Assistant Head ahead of the silver medallist, and world respectively. He was also champion in of Strathclyde’s Centre for Sport and record holder, Tim Kneale from the Isle the 2015 British Junior Open. Recreation, said: “Our Elite Athletes of Man. programme is designed to support our Another medal winner was Chemical most talented sportsmen and women in David’s gold medal was Team Scotland’s & Process Engineering student David achieving at the highest level in sports 30th of the 2018 games, creating a Weir, who won a bronze medal as a and studies. We have produced many new national record for an overseas member of Team Scotland’s five-man successful athletes in recent years. Commonwealth Games. The previous Artistic Gymnastics squad. record was 29 in Melbourne in 2006. “I would also like to say a huge thanks David Weir was a member of Scotland’s to the academics who have worked very David told the BBC: “After the first few five-man team in the Artistic hard to ensure that our Elite Athletes pairs, I was a bit on the back foot but I Gymnastics event. He secured the get the support they need.” Double Medal Success at Commonwealth Games from Talented Engineering Students 3 Outreach 100 School Pupils Spend the Week with NASA Guests at the Scottish Space School The NASA guests judged the pupils rocket designs, with one group basing their design on a Tunnock’s Teacake his year’s Scottish Space School @ Strathclyde summer school was T held at the University from 10-15 June with 100 S5 pupils from schools across Scotland attending the week- long residential programme. With over 540 applications received for this year’s programme, the pupils selected enjoyed an action-packed week of activities delivered by staff and researchers from across the Faculty of Engineering including designing something to enhance an astronaut’s life on the International Space Station, launching rockets at Bellahouston Park, and viewing space debris via visual reality headsets. The pupils also enjoyed a busy social programme including an open mic night, where they entertained the staff and guests from NASA, and a ceilidh. During the week, the pupils were split into teams of 10, working on the different activities and competing for Team of the Week. A number of undergraduate students from within the Faculty of Engineering, all of whom are Space School alumni, acted as team mentors and supported staff with delivery of the summer school. During the week, the pupils were joined by three inspirational guests from NASA, Astronaut Suni Williams, NASA Flight Surgeon Rick Scheuring, and Deputy been listed as an entrant for the 2007 and secondary schools, as well as Program Manager of the International Boston Marathon and running the race delivering the annual ‘Evening with Space Station Program, Joel Montalbano. whilst on board the International Space NASA’ public lecture. Throughout all of A veteran of 2 space flights (Expedition Station! Since returning back to the USA their presentations during the week, the 14/15 and Expedition 32/33), the pupils since the Space School week Suni has NASA guests stressed that nothing is were delighted to hear from Suni and been announced as one of the astronauts impossible and with dedication and hard learn of her experiences aboard the who has been picked to launch on the first work, everyone can achieve their dreams. International Space Station. In addition long duration flight on the Boeing Starliner to spending a total of 322 days in space, in 2019. During the week, the students were she has, until recently, held the record for assessed on their performance, attitude the total cumulative spacewalk time by a In addition to spending much of their and skills, and at the end of the week female astronaut. She was also the first time with the Space School pupils, staff and mentors selected over 30 person to run a marathon in space having the NASA guests visited local primary students to attend the Houston selection engineering insight [ Student Success & Outreach Edition - Issue 25 ] 4 Astronaut Suni Williams helped the pupils with their rocket designs workshop which was held at the University the week following Space School. Following the workshop, 10 pupils were selected for this year’s Learning Journey to Houston which will take place from 19-28 October and which will include a visit to the Johnson Space Center. With over 1500 pupils having attended the Scottish Space School @ Strathclyde summer school since 2004, the programme continues to grow in popularity and has been instrumental in inspiring pupils from all across Scotland to consider careers in Science, Technology, Engineeering and Maths. Outreach 5 Outreach Faculty’s Outreach Programmes Win Top Prize at Inaugural Game Changer Awards trathclyders scooped a trio of awards One of the most successful programmes is the recently launched the new Young WEIR- at a ceremony to celebrate innovation, Faculty’s Scottish Space School, an annual WISE: Discovering Engineering with S2 Girls Swith one of the prizes being awarded week-long residential course for S5 pupils programme, which welcomed 52 S2 girls to for the Faculty of Engineering’s work to which offers lectures, labs and workshops the Faculty for a two day programme. The influence school pupils into a career in from a range of Departments in the Faculty programme is run in partnership with the Engineering. and regularly features appearances by NASA Weir Group. astronauts and engineers. The inaugural Global Game Changers As well as taking the Innovation in STEM Awards, presented by The Herald, in Since its inception more than a decade Education/Training award, Dr Holly Butler, partnership with Innovators Magazine, ago, the Space School has been attended a Research Associate in Strathclyde’s took place in the Glasgow Science Centre. by well over 1500 pupils, more than half of Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, The awards are made to organisations whom have gone on to work in engineering, won the Women in Innovation award and and individuals which recognise and science and technology. the Circular Breakthrough prize went to support innovation, cultural change and 3f bio, a spinout company involved in the sustainability and are designed to promote Following the programme running in June sustainable production of food protein.