Unprecedented £225M investment to create UK’s most powerful supercomputer in Bristol aligns with the UK-ARC ambition to exploit the potential of AI. Aerospace applications are a potential heavy users of the AI capability in aero design and optimisation, so the investment last November is good news for academics contributions to aerospace advancement. The National Composites […]
Imperial College London’s Brahmal Institute has launched the Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Aviation, which will support 10 students a year on projects that advance our understanding of the effects of aviation on the environment, work towards an equitable net-zero aviation sector, and/or address industrially relevant challenges that would need Imperial’s unique strengths. For further details […]
Swansea University will be launching a brand-new taught MSc programme in Sustainable Aviation inSeptember 2024. The degree programme will be open to students with a background in aerospace/aeronautical engineering, physics or maths and more information on the course, including details on how to apply, can be found at: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/coming-soon/
The UK-Metamaterials Network kicked off its second phase with a 3-day conference in May to set out plans and share research developments. The programme – found here – show the exciting potential of metamaterials. Several UK-ARC university academics presented research and we engaged in panel discussions in view of the connection with the UK-ARC Material […]
A new turbojet engine test rig, funded by a University of Manchester capital expenditure grant, was delivered to the Engineering Building, and successfully commissioned in June 2024. The rig houses mini turbojet engines that produce up to 250 N of static thrust and comes initially with three identical instrumented engines that can be easily swapped […]
The University of Southampton has been awarded a new grant of £2M to construct a refractive index-matched facility that will help carry out flow measurements of complex aerodynamic flows. The facility allows access to near-surface and near-wall information that is crucial to understanding and predicting the drag and noise characteristics of flow over aerodynamic surfaces. […]
Imperial’s Department of Aeronautics biannual research showcase will take place on . The event is free to attend. For further details, please go to https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/178346/aeronautics-research-showcase-2024/ The event will include: Poster exhibition including poster competition Keynote speech Expert panels, exploring the latest sector advances and technologies Keynote Sue Partridge, Head of the Wing of Tomorrow Programme and […]
Professor Mark Price from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast has been awarded a prestigious 5-year Fellowship by EPSRC. The Open Plus Fellowship is called “DECIDE for Net Zero” Supported by Rolls-Royce and Spirit Aerosystems its core focus is Engineering Design and aims to put theoretical underpinning to how […]
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovation for Sustainable Composites Engineering Led by the University of Bristol with the University of Nottingham will provide a means of achieving environmental neutrality for composite products through production, service, and reuse. With strong sector support, the CDT’s research topics include the pursuit of more sustainable composite materials, which […]
AMIC – Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre Queen University Belfast is a key player in the new Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre being established in Northern Ireland. This exciting project is seeing a direct investment of almost £100M in a state-of-the-art Factory of the Future facility being constructed just outside Belfast. AMIC is the foundation for a […]