The WES Annual student conference is open to female engineering students, mainly UG but also some PG. It is ideal for networking with fellow students, potential employers and young professional female engineers. This is not technical conference, but aimed at career planning and personal development etc.
For more information, follow WES Student Conference 2016
As in recent years, the AAU will be running the John Barnes Conference for students who have just completed an Individual Project on their degree; however, this year we are pleased to be holding it at the University of West London on Friday 21st October 2016.
We will continue with the very successful format whereby entrants have the opportunity to present at a full day’s conference. The winner will receive a certificate and a prize of £500. The two runners up will each receive a prize of £300. Over and above this, it will be an excellent experience to include on their CVs for all students involved as it provides an ideal opportunity to present their achievements to a technically broad audience drawn from a number of Universities and the aerospace sector more generally. It is this that provides the challenge of presenting work in a specialist area to non-specialists – a very important skill to develop.
The process for entry will be as follows:
Step1: The AAU representative at each member institution, together with colleagues, will select up to two individual student projects. These may be at final year BEng/BSc, MEng (whether penultimate or final year) or taught MSc level.
Step2: The representative will submit a one page abstract, which must give a good outline of what the project is about, to myself at my e-mail address below.
Step3: If the number of entries is large, a Panel made up of AAU representatives will be convened to shortlist from these submissions. All AAU members will be receive an invitation to join this panel.
Step4: The authors will be invited to present at the conference where each presenter will be given 25 minutes, including questions, to present their project. The Panel will then award the certificates and prizes to the winning student and runners up.
The deadline for receipt of entries is Friday 15th July. If shortlisting is required, a Panel will then be convened and the outcome will be made known on Friday 22nd July.
For more information, please contact Andrew Lewis at a.lewis@herts.ac.uk
The next AAU Committee meeting will be held during the afternoon of Tuesday 5th July at the University of Hertfordshire starting at 1pm.
The main item in the Committee meeting will be to discuss the arrangements for the annual student conference to be held this autumn at the University of West London.
The meeting will be followed by a technical discussion on aerospace materials starting with a short presentation. If there is time, it is hoped that there will be a tour of the laboratory facilities.
Please follow link for the agenda.
The 2016 meeting was held on 16 May 2016 at the ICE offices at 1 Great George Street, London
Links to files from the meeting are below:
Welcome to ACED
Welcome to the ICE and overview of ICE related activities
Session 1 – Creativity and Innovation
Chair Adrian Coy, Vice-President ICE
Update from the JBM – Prof Stephen Garrity, University of Leeds, Chair JBM
Session 2 – Creativity in Engineering Education
Chair Prof Stephen Garrity, Chair JBM
Overview of IStructE related activities – Alan Crossman, President IStructE
Session 3a – Work Based Learning and Placements
Chair Alan Crossman, President IStructE
Session 3b – Apprenticeships and partnerships with industry
Chair Dr Rachel Horn, Chair ACED
Engineers Without Borders UK invites you to spend the afternoon at the EWB Challenge Finals 2016.
The EWB Challenge is an inter-university design competition where student teams develop design solutions to overcome challenges set out by Engineers Without Borders UK in a design brief developed in conjunction with one of our community partners – this year Reignite Action for Development based in Bambui, Cameroon. The competition culminates at the EWB Challenge Finals where the top teams from UK and Irish universities are invited to come and showcase their design solutions. This year over 4,700 students from 27 institutions have participated in the EWB Challenge.
This is your opportunity to come and meet the best teams and see the hard work that has got them to this stage of the competition. You will have the opportunity to view the EWB Challenge exhibition showcasing the top 36 teams and to hear presentations from the top 6 teams as decided by our panel of expert judges. We will also be hearing from several speakers on the importance of initiatives like the EWB Challenge and responsible design and engineering.
Speakers include:
Naomi Climer – President, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Lord Dr Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE – Global Head of Citizenship for KPMG International
The event will end with a drinks reception and the opportunity to network with other attendees.
This is a great event – EPC will be part of the judging panel. Do try and get there if you can.
Engineering a Better World is a flagship global conference, bringing national academies of engineering from around the world together with international development stakeholders to discuss the global importance of engineering for international development.
The National Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the 2015 Spending Review. This event will look ahead to 2030 to consider what UK research and innovation could achieve in the future, and what it would take to get there.
The National Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the 2015 Spending Review. This event will look at the current scope of support for innovation in the UK and what a coherent strategy for the future should include.
The National Academies are hosting a series of four Policy Lab events considering the landscape for UK research and innovation after the 2015 Spending Review. This event will explore how the UK’s research excellence can be maintained and improved, as the structures that govern and fund it undergo a period of significant change.
This event is free of charge and registration will open shortly. Doors open from 6.00pm, with the event commencing at 6.30pm.
The AAU Committee meeting will take place in the morning followed by the Seminar after lunch at 1215.
Follow the links for a provisional agenda, directions and more details.
The Chief Host will be Neil Sears at Thales UK. Please do let him know if you intend to attend and if so, whether you will need a car parking space.