Department of Mechanical Engineering

Authors: Katie Barraclough, Jamie Bayliss, Sammee Bhatti, Tom Binks and Andy Brooker (first year mechanical engineering students) - Our departmental competition winning video: What is Engineering? Watch the video on Vimeo. The competition brief We were asked to create a...

Daniel talks us through how he developed a walking device for toddlers. His product monitors and adjusts its speed to aid a child’s mobility and development.   Watch Daniel's student project video on Vimeo.

Rasjad talks us through how he developed a door mechanism to help those with reduced mobility to use their cars.

Author: Nick Doughty - What is the first thing that comes to ones' mind when you think of going to the moon? Reminiscent memories of the monstrous Saturn 5 rockets used to take the Apollo astronauts to our closest celestial...

Author: Franco Botes -  When people ask what I do, I say that I’m an engineer, completing the second year of my PhD. I work on control systems and simulation, and I want to go into the automotive industry. But...

Fay talks us through how she developed a machine that combines pills into a single dose to help patients take the correct medication and reduce hospital visits.  

Author: Lewis Rawlinson, leader of our Bath University Man Powered AirCraft (BUMPAC) team - In February 2015 seven Aerospace Engineering students were tasked to design a Human Powered Aircraft from scratch. The BUMPAC team designed an innovative aircraft with rigid...

Author: Oscar Rovira (2nd year Integrated Mechanical & Electrical Engineering student) - There are thousands of amputations per year in war-torn countries due to mines. The current process of multiple castings and weeks of testing for every individual prosthetic limb...

Author: Ben Mitchell - A shorter working month than usual this time as I have been off work for the previous week and a half skiing to celebrate my 21st, the joys of being able to take holiday when you...

Author: Ben Mitchell - One month into my second placement and I’ve now got my head around what my new team does and, after a slow start, finally have some work to sink my teeth into. My new team is...