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to design, build and test a hovercraft.

It is rich area of research, which encompasses both the theory and practice of engineering, ranging from developing new science, mathematics and technology to understanding the environmental, economic and societal impact

Strategic themes. Energy, transport and urban infrastructure. System-level design and optimisation of new transport solutions that balance environmental, economic and social factors.

The experiment aims to test the possibilities of printing graphene inks in space. ... During its short flight, the MASER rocket experiences microgravity for six minutes, during which time the researchers carry out the tests of graphene’s properties.

charging systems to aid electric vehicle operations; the economic and infrastructural challenges of charge-on-the-move systems.

It’s quite a privilege to be able to use these sorts of facilities to test our ideas. ... Instead, there’s an opportunity to get creative and come up with your own theories and ideas, then test them in world class facilities.

Published. 04 Feb 2019. Image. Field tests of 'Vegebot' the automated Lettuce Harvesting Robot developed by the Bio-Inspired Robotics Lab.

01 Dec 2022. The Cambridge Graphene Centre (CGC) is part of a joint effort to test graphene on the Moon.

Simple numerical studies have highlighted many 3D flow phenomena and a test facility is being built to confirm the physical mechanisms.

The tests were part of ongoing work, first started in 1906, to complete St John's Cathedral in Brisbane. ... Hugh was flown out to conduct tests to see if the newly-completed central tower would be suitable for ringing bells.

Previously, she held EPSRC and ESRC Fellowships. She holds a PhD in Economics, an M.Sc.

The challenge now is to test if and how these businesses can be scaled up and what additional benefits or risks they may generate once at scale.

Human Lab at IfM) successfully facilitated a public live session at the recent World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. ... The session was part of the Augmented Workforce Initiative. With his team Thomas Bohné co-founded and is co-leading the

Dr Catherine Richards. A review of the potential benefits of using Digital Twins (virtual replicas) alongside AI, smart sensors and other embedded systems, has found techno-economic limitations, as well as

PULSAR Hybrid Rocket Test. Although many members of the team are studying engineering, others in the society come from a wide range of backgrounds, for example business studies.

The four-day programme incorporates lectures, practicals, supervisions and a team design-build-test project plus social activities. ... It was fabulous to see families using some basic engineering principles to design, build and test a rocket car - and

A combination of computational fluid dynamics and experimental measurements on low-speed test facilities are used to improve understanding of such designs and inform future designs of gas turbine.

He holds a MSc from ETH Zürich in Management, Technology, and Economics during which he spent time in the Supply Chain AI Lab to research reinforcement learning approaches for combinatorial optimization

The aim is to reduce barriers and offer opportunities to those who are female, minority ethnic, or from a lower socio-economic background.

Cambridge. Volunteers from over 200 countries took the typing test, which is freely available online. ... Many informal tests allow users to practice the sentences, resulting in unrealistically high performance.”.

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With funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), he has been studying the potential impact of 3D printing on companies ... According to Dr López-Gómez, priorities for

On the origin of (robot) species. Researchers have observed the process of evolution by natural selection at work in robots, by constructing a ‘mother’ robot that can design, build and test ... The disadvantage is that it takes time: each child took

environment. Manufacturing, design and materials. Research is highly collaborative, working with industrial partners to develop and test methods.

In particular, research projects are distinguished by efforts to more carefully characterize the technologies, application systems and industrial structures involved in the journey from research to economic wealth.

The articles, introduced by Professor Andy Neely, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Business Relations at the University, explore topics relating to public health, climate, inequality, innovation, manufacturing, economics, food and

electronic health records (blood and glucose tests) and audiovisual data – and from different sources, such as (for their current work with cancer patients) radiology, epidemiology and inflammology. ... He says: “At the moment, we definitely can’t

By contrast, community members who had not been victims of flooding were more likely to consider the economic aspects of the scheme. ... Most industry participants primarily defined social value in economic terms, such as a positive effect on employment

Children have the opportunity to use equipment not normally found in school, such as wind tunnels and test tanks.

From jar tops that would test the iron grip of the world’s strongest man, to touch-screen mobile phones that can only be operated by the nimblest of fingers, there

Thailand uses a staggering amount of single-use plastics every day, but its waste management system lags far behind its economic advances,” she explains.

During her doctoral dissertation, she researched the environmental, economic, and social impacts of deep and large-scale open-pit mines, with a focus on copper mines.

This network provides us with a UK facility where we can test ideas that until now have been research-based, and to get users used to the concepts behind quantum communications

21 Dec 2020. Researchers have developed a way to use a simple home aroma diffuser to test whether N95 and other types of sealing masks, are properly fitted.

I’m planning to use this funding to bring the robot platforms out of the lab and test their feasibility on the farms we collaborate with. ... Published. 14 Jul 2017. Image. Initial field test of vegetable harvesting robots gets underway.

Greening education, economics, and engineering. Other Cambridge attendees at COP28 include Cambridge Press and Assessment (CUP&A), where Global Director of Climate Education Christine Özden will be leading a workshop

The vehicle is being converted into a full-size experimental test rig, by radically modifying the suspension systems to include active anti-roll bars and 'semi-active' shock absorbers. ... monitored. The vehicle will be tested on the DERA test track in

novel water tank test facility. ... part of a programme to encourage road haulage operators in the UK to buy and test low carbon commercial vehicles.

The problem was how to test this hypothesis. This is where the skills of the engineers allowed an advance that could not be achieved using biological techniques alone.

19 Jan 2024. The University of Cambridge and Imperial College London are to launch a new joint venture to deliver admissions tests for science, engineering and mathematics-based degree courses.

While it's becoming easier to collect and store all kinds of data, there are very few people trained in the statistical and machine learning methods required to test hypotheses, make ... trained in the statistical and machine learning methods required to

Participants attend courses in a particular subject area (Biology, Economics, Engineering, Physics, English, Law or Mathematics) to gain a taste of first year university level study.

It was fabulous to see families using some basic engineering principles to design, build and test a rocket car - and also have lots of fun. ... Summing up the Rocket Car Derby Joy said, "It was fabulous to see families using some basic engineering

15 Sep 2011. Preparations are underway for a unique test of engineering technology that could open up new ways to reduce atmospheric temperatures caused by climate change.

It's great to see students throwing their mobile phones in the air after the lecture to test the law of conservation of angular momentum," he says.

Quicklinks. Search form. Search this site. Latest news. Department of Engineering. Latest news. 25 Aug 2011. A group of four Manufacturing Engineering students have come up with a new design for an extreme sports device which could save lives. 10

We explore and help postgraduate students develop their skills in a wide range of functional attributes from technical aspects, to aesthetic, economic, social, psychological, emergent and latent,” explained Peter Childs, head ... It showed how

The research team have recently received a donation by Instron of a universal testing machine, which will be used to assist with these tests.

Flight tests using the existing Lazair airframe will continue, to characterise and develop the electric propulsion system, although substantial increases in the flight duration and range can only be achieved through

15 Feb 2023. Three PhD students from the Institute for Manufacturing, successfully facilitated a public live session at the recent World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.