Engineering and design student insights
Student projects, placements, research and study experiences in the Faculty of Engineering & Design. Sometimes featuring a graduate guest spot.
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The shed – a short essay on architecture and society
Author: Alastair Marsh - Think the shed hasn't made its mark on architecture and society? Think again... Introduction A large proportion of talk from us researchers is about the value of our research, why it’s cool and how it could help sort...
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Vision, Management, Delivery on the Basil Spence
Author: Matt McCluskey - When Martin first e-mailed the year to encourage us to start assembling groups for Basil Spence, he suggested that a suitable team may consist of a visionary, a manager, and a deliverer. While I agree with...
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Learn2Walk: a walking device for toddlers
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.
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High density polyurethane foams
Author: Barrie Dams - My PhD project, looking at materials suitable for 3D printing buildings using swarming aerial robots, began with investigating low density, expanding polyurethane foam ‘LD40’ (a) manufactured by the company Isothane. Now it is the turn of...
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Cold homes - the "silent" killer.
Author: Caroline Hughes - So almost all of us are back in Bath after a couple of weeks of over-eating, prolonged exposure to relatives and dreaming up wholly unachievable New Year’s resolutions. As the weather gets colder and we are...
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My Placement at SMTC UK
Author: Uvindu Wijesinghe - Hi Everyone! I’m Uvindu, though most of my friends know me simply as “UV”. Originally from Sri Lanka, I moved to Botswana when I was 7 years old. After finishing my A-levels, I moved to the...
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Redesigning a car door for better access
Rasjad talks us through how he developed a door mechanism to help those with reduced mobility to use their cars.
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Heading Moonward
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...