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Engineering the future 3

Teaching and Learning 4

Undergraduate 5

Postgraduate 9

Engineering Research 10

Architecture and Urbanism 11

Electrical Systems and Optics 13

Energy and Sustainability 15

Infrastructure and Geomatics 17

Manufacturing 18

Materials, Mechanics and Structures 19

Process and Environmental 21

Commercialisation and Knowledge Transfer 22

An International Perspective 24

100 years of Engineering 26

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The UKs capacity to deliver on, and beneteconomically from, national strategicpriorities such as the redevelopment andmodernisation of the national infrastructureand low-carbon energy solutions willdepend fundamentally on enhancing thesupply of graduate engineers, architectsand researchers.

Here at Nottingham we aim to recruit, inspire anddeliver, highly-skilled graduates to the labour market

who will enable the transition towards a moresustainable, low carbon society that will bring with itimproved economic benets.

We also recognise our role in the development of thehigher level skills needed not only to develop productsand manufacturing systems that are sustainable andeconomical, but also to create those key technologiesthat will facilitate the more efcient use of ournatural resources.

We have adopted a clear, long term vision of investmentin our people, research and teaching, and are keen tosupport activities which will provide economic and socialbenets, for example the development of effectivedisaster mitigation technologies, novel medical devices,high-value manufacturing and efcient futuretransport networks.

Engineers and architects in the Faculty of Engineeringare at the forefront of these new developments. Theyare working on new, sustainable technologies that willchange the way we build our homes, travel to workand communicate around the globe. They are playinga pivotal role in harvesting and conserving our naturalresources: for example water treatment technologiesbeing developed here at Nottingham could save millions

of lives by making waste/contaminated water and seawater drinkable.

We are working alongside global energy producers,distributors and users, to develop urgently neededtechnologies to reduce carbon emissions, and captureand store carbon.

As we celebrate 100 years of engineering atNottingham, now seems a good time to take stock,and to look ahead at these global challenges to ensureNottingham is well positioned to take the lead in thedevelopment of innovative and sustainable technologies.

We will continue to invest in the world-classinfrastructure that supports the Faculty and position

ourselves in a considered way so that we can deliver realvalue from our interactions with key stakeholders, andexploit opportunities for greater collaboration throughstrategic partnerships.

We plan to play an important role in creating the nextgeneration of elite engineers and architects.

Professor Hai-Sui YuDean, Faculty of Engineering

www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering

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04TeachingandLearning

Engineering is one of the strongest facultiesat Nottingham with all departmentsrecognised as being amongst the best inhigher education. The commitment is togive students the Nottingham Edge -an unrivalled combination of quality andexcellence, strength and pragmatism,enabled learning, boldness and innovation,respect and tolerance.

A degree from Nottingham is a statement of skill,innovation and quality. A key part of this is the value we

place on research-led teaching that enables studentsto engage creatively with new and exciting ideas. Ourstudents are taught by academics who are leaders intheir elds of research, a unique advantage for ourstudents who are respected and valued by employers.With excellent local and international links, Nottinghamgraduates receive the best education and are amongstthe most sought-after in the world.

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The outstanding learning experience ofundergraduate study in the Faculty isbuilt on the expertise of our staff, typicallyleading researchers in their eld, usingmodern teaching technologies and setin an international context.

At undergraduate level, the aim of our teachingstrategy is to develop graduates who have a thoroughgrounding in their subject of study, are aware ofresearch, have a critical approach to knowledge, canstudy independently, and have the skills and attributesto be successful in employment. We are particularly keen

to ensure our students have a well balanced programmeof lectures, tutorials and seminars. Laboratory/studiowork is an intrinsic part of our undergraduate degreesand is highly valued and enjoyed by our students. Theyare encouraged to explore the creative, applied side ofarchitecture/engineering and often work on live projectsset by industry or on projects which benet society,particularly for developing countries.

In 2009, the Faculty of Engineering welcomedArchitecture and Built Environment to become theFacultys fth Department, along with the Departmentsof Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Civil

Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, andMechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering.

The majority of our courses are offered as three-year

BEng and four-year MEng with BArch, BA and DipArchbeing offered by our Department of Architecture andBuilt Environment. All our courses are modular andstudents can select from a range of modules to tailortheir degree to suit their interests.

Nottinghams Foundation Programme is designedfor both UK and international students whose schoolleaving qualications do not immediately allow themadmission to undergraduate engineering and computerscience degree programmes. Students who successfullycomplete the Foundation Year at Nottingham are able toprogress into year one of their chosen degree subject.

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Innovative learning

Staff in the Faculty of Engineering have pioneeredmany of the latest teaching methods used across theUniversity such as e-assessments and virtual learningenvironments. Students are able to take advantage of anumber of technology enhanced learning tools via theinternet which are designed to support different learningstyles and to provide self-directed learning with self-test

opportunities, accessible anytime, anyplace.

Course development

All our undergraduate courses are regularly reviewed andaccredited by professional bodies ensuring that qualityis independently measured and that teaching material isup-to-date and relevant to todays industrial needs.

The Faculty places great value on the student voice,and student committees play an important role incommunicating to us their views on the learningexperience, course modules and laboratory sessions.

Students are also encouraged to complete the NationalStudent Survey, a census of nal year students acrossthe UK. The data is published on Unistats.com and canbe viewed by prospective students and by the Universityso that we can facilitate best practice and enhance thestudent learning experience.

Working with industry

From the very early years of the Faculty we have soughtopportunities to work closely with industry, it is a featurethat has remained constant throughout our growth andof which we are justiably proud. These partnerships

ensure our teaching is relevant and valuable to todaysemployers and for the workforce of the future. We havelong-standing relationships with global and internationalorganisations such as BAE Systems, BP, the FordMotor Company, Network Rail, Rolls-Royce, and Shell.Support from these organisations varies from providingsponsorship and scholarships to providing third/nalyear undergraduate projects, vacation placements or afull year internship, where students can work towards anIndustrial Diploma in addition to their nal degree.

Because our courses are accredited by professionalbodies they provide recognised routes for studentsto attain chartered status. Accreditation is seen as anindicator of professional competence and ethics and sois seen to enhance our students employability.

All our students are able to take a year out in industryand the Faculty has close links with the organisationYear in Industry who have their regional ofce here inthe engineering building. Architectural students on theBArch and MEng programmes have the opportunity toregister on a Year Out in Practice following their initialundergraduate course before continuing their studiesthrough the Diploma in Architecture.

Our excellent relationship with industry is furtherborne out by Nottinghams national reputation for theemployability of our graduates; we have one of thebest records for successful graduate employment in thecountry. Nottingham graduates are consistently amongthe most popular to employers. Nationally, eight out often engineering undergraduate students are employedwithin six months of graduating 15 per cent above theaverage for graduates of all other disciplines, according

to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

Investment in infrastructure

Continued investment in our laboratories ensuresstudents learn in modern, high-quality facilities. A new10 million Engineering and Science Learning Centrewill open in 2011 enhancing the student experienceeven further. It will offer additional lecture theatres andseminar space and will focus on the latest technologiesto support student self-learning with exible workspace and touch-down terminals for short-stay internetaccess. A central social hub will connect to cafeterias,

with seating clusters for group work, ensuring that thelearning experience of our students continues to beamongst the best in the UK.

Study abroad

International employers are increasingly seekingstudents with a global awareness, particularly thosewho can demonstrate their ability to work in anothercountry by studying abroad during their degree.The Faculty recognises this and supports its students tond universities where they can continue their choseneld of study without extending the length of their

degree programme. Agreements with top universitiesacross the globe, including with the Universitas 21 groupof highly prestigious research-led universities, and inter-campus exchanges with our Malaysian campus provideexciting study abroad placements from one semester toone year.

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Encouraging and rewarding excellence

The Faculty of Engineering has developed an innovativerewards programme, High Fliers, for its top performingstudents. The programme recognises and rewardsundergraduate and taught masters students by providingtailored social and academic events and workshopsthroughout the year. The programme encouragescontinued high achievement, stimulates enthusiasmfor postgraduate research and offers scholarships forpostgraduate study at Nottingham.

The Engineering Research Placements scheme providesa unique opportunity for high performing undergraduate

engineers and architects to sample, rsthand, the life ofa researcher. Students work in a supportive environment,under the tutelage of an academic supervisor, on acurrent exciting research project over the summerholidays. They have access to a wide range of technicalfacilities and laboratories, normally only used bypostgraduate researchers. The programme also providesan excellent opportunity for post-doctoral researchersto obtain supervisory experience and for academics toemploy a student to test an idea for a future proposal.

In 2009 the Vice-Chancellor, Professor David Greenaway,

presented awards to summer placement students at anexhibition which showcased the best of the High Fliersproject work. He recommended High Fliers to othersacross the University as an innovative programme forrecognising and encouraging excellence.

A summer placement has been proven to encouragemore students into research careers, and is popular withboth students and researchers.

Further Information

Architecture and Built Environment:

www.nottingham.ac.uk/abe

Chemical and Environmental Engineering:www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemenv

Civil Engineering:www.nottingham.ac.uk/civeng

Electrical and Electronic Engineering:www.nottingham.ac.uk/eee

Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering:www.nottingham.ac.uk/m3

Foundation Year:www.nottingham.ac.uk/foundationyear

Fact File

No of undergraduate students: 2892*No of international students: 938*Annual intake: 974No of courses: 48Entry levels: varies from AAA to BBC

Foundation entry route available*as at 1.12.09


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The Faculty of Engineering offers around 50 taught

masters courses spanning a range of disciplines. Thesecourses equip students with a deep understanding oftheir subject and provide key transferable skills relevantto their future careers. They are particularly sought-afterby international students wishing to add value to theirundergraduate degrees with a UK masters qualication.

Our range of taught masters programmes is continuallyevolving in response to changes in society and the needto integrate the latest research ndings. They are alsodeveloped in response to the views of employers soensuring that we deliver highly-skilled people relevantto the labour market. Our most recent development

includes a range of computational engineering coursesand a sustainable energy engineering course, whichcombine a diverse range of expertise from acrossthe Faculty.

We are pro-active in our search for new marketopportunities to develop courses which meet theneeds of industry. For example, the Lloyds RegisterEducational Trust have funded a major programmeon risk and reliability which includes the developmentof distance learning MSc programmes.

Postgraduate pathways

Students in the Faculty of Engineering are offereda range of postgraduate pathways including Masterof Science (MSc), Master of Research (MRes), PhD(Doctor of Philosophy), New Route PhD programme(or Integrated PhD), Master of Philosophy (MPhil).Taught masters programmes are offered across the veengineering departments. Research programmes aremanaged by the seven research divisions.

Engineering Graduate Centre

The Engineering Graduate Centre (EGC) offers an

exclusive space for postgraduate engineers, architectsand researchers to relax, take refreshments or to nda quiet corner in which to work. The EGC managerworks on a one-to-one basis with postgraduates toimprove their employability; providing training sessionson CV writing and interview techniques, arrangingin-company training placements, and also organisinga range of educational and social events and employerpresentations.

Fact File

No of taught masters students: 507*

No of postgraduate research students: 480*No of international students: 502*

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According to the 2008 Research Assessment

Exercise (RAE), engineering research at TheUniversity of Nottingham is recognised asbeing world class with more than75 per cent graded as world leadingor internationally excellent.

This result places the Faculty rmly in the UKs top veuniversities for engineering research. We want to buildon these strengths to ensure that our internationallyexcellent research not only leads the eld, but remainsexible to respond to new and emerging worldwidechallenges. Our aim is to be a global leader in our areas

of expertise and we will achieve this through targetedstrategic investment.

We plan to maximise our impact and visibility anddeliver the next generation of world-leading research.We will continue to support talented people anddevelop partnerships with industry, funding bodiesand government agencies, to create an exemplaryenvironment where discovery, scholarship, innovation,commercial exploitation and public engagement thrive.

The Faculty of Engineering has taken a considered andinformed look at the way in which it manages its human

and capital assets in the pursuit of research excellence andin 2008 made a fundamental change to its operationswith the implementation of an integrated structure.

This formalised, supported and built on the excellent

interdisciplinary research which already existedand helped to break down the potential barriers oftraditional disciplines. We are now well positioned andbetter focussed to identify and attract new investmentopportunities and to react quickly and efciently toemerging global and multidisciplinary challenges.

The Faculty has seven research divisionseach of which host a number of world-leading research centres, groups andinstitutes.

They are:

Architecture and Urbanism

Electrical Systems and Optics

Energy and Sustainability

Infrastructure and Geomatics

Manufacturing

Materials, Mechanics and Structures

Process and Environmental

Details of each of these research divisions can be foundon the following pages.

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Architects drawing of the new Energy Technologies Building. This proposed development will be sited on the Innovation Park adjacent to Jubilee Campus. The project willprovide a range of laboratories, workshops and ofces for research in to energy technologies, to be completed by the end of 2011. The scheme is being designed to BREEAM(BRE Environmental Assessment Method) excellent standards. (Image courtesy of Maber Architects)


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Nottinghams research in architecture andurbanism has an international reputation,falling within the broad groupings ofArchitectural History & Theory, UrbanDesign, Environmental Design, andArchitecture & Tectonics. The Division isparticularly noted for its innovative work ingreen issues and sustainability and attracts

leading experts from practice and industry.

The Division has four research groups:

Architectural Humanities Research Group

The Group supports research in architectural history,theory, culture and design. Combining individualscholarly work with collaborative and often practice-ledresearch, group members are active in pursuing a rangeof research topics including: the history of architecturaltheory and criticism; the philosophy of technology,materiality and sustainability; museums and architecturalexhibitions; the history and theory of modern andcontemporary architecture. The Group has importantinternational links and also works with other schoolsand departments around the University including:Modern Languages and Cultures; Computer Sciences;Geography; History and Art History.

Architecture and Tectonics Research Group

The Groups research addresses the core of architectureincluding design as research, and research that supportsand stimulates design. The making of architecture isresearched by reective practitioners in: zero carbon

architecture, materials, new tectonic opportunities,digital fabrication, 1:1 prototyping, high-rise architectureand the social science of sustainability. Research isundertaken collaboratively, on a multi-national basiswith industry, engineers and other architecture andurbanism research groups. It is a founder member of theDigital Fabricators Research and Practice Association andmember of Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.The Architecture and Tectonics Group encompasses theDivisions Project Ofce, which undertakes live projectsas a mode of research.

Environmental Design in ArchitectureResearch Group

The Group aims to inform the practice of architectureand enhance the quality of the built environmentthrough research and consultancy in environmentaldesign. The main research focus is on the ways thatbuildings form, material, and use impacts on therelationship between the external and internal thermal,visual and aural environment. Much of the work isrelated to mitigating the impacts of climate change andreducing carbon emissions through both the educationof built environment professionals and innovativebuilding design.

Members of the Group are involved in leading-edgeresearch, informing education, practice and industry,and collaborating with academic and commercialpartners and architects around the world including:Mario Cucinella in Italy; Architecture Project, Malta;Abhikram Architects, India; Ingeniatrics Tecnologias,Spain; Microlide, France; SRIBS, China.

Urban Design

Research into Urban Design has been a strength ofThe University of Nottingham for the past two decades.The Urban Design Research Group focuses on thestudy of urban regeneration, conservation, publicrealm, waterfront regeneration, public consultationand cultural tourism. The Group has strong academicand professional links nationally and internationally.Collaborations with partner universities, urban designand town planning bodies and local governments, focuson live projects as a mode of research. Live projectsare pursued through student projects and professionalconsultancy, drawing together research and teaching.

For example, last years Master in Urban Design studioproject explored an Enabling Development Frameworksurrounding Brayford Pool in Lincoln. The best studentproject was taken further as a professional consultancyin collaboration with Lincoln University and the City ofLincoln planning authorities. The project will soon beundergoing public consultation and is expected to beincorporated in the City of Lincoln design guidance.

The RCUK (Research Councils UK) funded summerschool in 2009 initiated practice-based collaborativeresearch between the Urban Design Research Groupand Chinese Partners. The workshop in Beijing broughttogether students and academics from The Universityof Nottingham and Tsinghua University to work onthe live project of Cao Feidian Eco-town. The researchof the Urban Design Group is further developed anddisseminated through its 16 PhD students.

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In 2010, a 40-strong team of students

from the Division prepared and built a fullscale, zero carbon solar powered houseready for the worlds biggest event forsustainable design, construction and thebuilt environment.

Called the Nottingham H.O.U.S.E. (a family homeoptimising the use of solar energy), it will be Britainsonly entry in the international house buildingcompetition the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 tobe held in Madrid. The international competitionshowcases the powerful combination of solar energy,

energy efciency, and the best in home design. Built inpartnership with the construction materials companySaint-Gobain, the house demonstrates how low energyarchitecture can lend itself to the mass market.

Case StudyNottinghamH.O.U.S.E.

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This Divison researches innovative methods

to use and develop electrical, electronic,optical and materials technologies to solvea wide range of technical problems acrossindustry and the biological sciences, overa range of length scales from kilometres tonanometres. Underpinning much of the workis expertise in electromagnetic modelling.Key strengths include: photonic and opticalcommunications engineering; powerelectronics; ultrasonics, electrical technologyfor sustainable & renewable systems.

The Research Division comprises ve groups/institutes:

Applied Optics Group

As an optics group working in an electronicsdepartment, the team developed an understanding ofthe limitations of current scientic camera technologies which are effective at detecting tiny signals but poorat getting dynamic signals on a large static background.The Group has developed a new generation of lightdetector arrays that overcome these limitations,allowing them to take a whole picture where hitherto

it was necessary to image single points.

This technology is now funded by EPSRC Follow-on

Funding with a view to commercial exploitation. Thereare currently research collaborators at other universitiesapplying these ideas for their research. Examples in theUK include the universities of Southampton and Oxfordas well as collaborators in Europe and the Far East. Oneexciting area of research is the Doppler Cameras whichhave been used to image blood ow in the skin in realtime. When laser light illuminates the body, the lightthat returns consists of a small rapidly uctuating signalon a large static background. The size of the rapidlyuctuating signal is proportional to the amount of bloodow. This is important for many applications such asassessing burns and wounds, viewing veins for taking

blood samples and understanding allergic reactions.

Institute of Biophysics, Imaging andOptical Science

IBIOS provides an environment in which researchersfrom a range of disciplines can work in a close-knitcommunity, with integrated facilities, in physicalproximity and with a shared research agenda.


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A new 1.5m Aerospace Research Centre extension tothe existing Tower Workshop will incorporate workshop

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The fundamental approach of the Institute is tocombine state-of-the-art developments in opticalimaging technology with curiosity driven research intocellular biology. This nationally unique combination ofdisciplines is entirely natural because the key problemsfacing researchers in the investigation of the cell arisefrom the need to pose intelligent questions and extractmore information from the systems of interest. As thetechnology required to obtain this information is simplynot available its development and application providesone of the major scientic and technological challengesof the next decades.

George Green Institute forElectromagnetics Research

The George Green Institute for ElectromagneticsResearch was established in 2004, as a result of manyyears of electromagnetics research at the University.GGIEMR is principally a research and postgraduateteaching centre covering all areas of electromagneticsand its applications.

Named after the Nottingham scientist George Green(1793-1841), the main theme of the work of theInstitute is the development of predictive techniquesfor electromagnetic design which take full advantage ofsystematic analytical work going back two centuries, andmore recent developments in numerical modelling andsimulation using computational platforms. The Institutemaintains a varied portfolio of research work andcollaborates with many different agencies to supportits work.

Its core activities cover:

the development of numerical and analyticaltechniques in electromagnetics

applications including, electromagnetic compatibility(EMC), opto-electronics and photonics, signal integrity(SI), transients in large systems, interaction of EMwaves with materials

experimental techniques for system characterisationand model validation

Photonic and Radio FrequencyEngineering Group

The Group pursues cutting-edge research in photonicsand microwaves, with a focus on device technologies.It brings together a dynamic team of academics fromaround the globe, and has impressively equippedresearch laboratories to support its work. Its innovativeactivity in communications, high-speed electronics andhigh-power laser diodes is organised along three strands:

high-power optoelectronics

photonic communications technology

RF devices, circuits and materials

The Group also conducts novel research throughwell-established collaborations with leading researchlaboratories and industrial partners across Europe.

Power, Electronics, Machines andControl Group

One of the largest research groups in its eld worldwide,the Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group has

world-leading research activities across a range of eldsincluding:

power electronic energy conversion,conditioning and control

power electronics integration,packaging and thermal management

motor drives and motor control

electrical machines

The Group works extensively with industrial partnersapplying the core technologies and expertise in areassuch as aerospace electrical systems and equipment,

renewable and sustainable energy, marine systems,industrial drive systems and pulsed power converters.Research in the Group ranges from basic technologyinvestigation to fully engineered advanced conceptdemonstrators and is underpinned by world-classexperimental and workshop facilities allowing realisticpractical validation of novel components and systems.The Group has been recognised as an EU Marie CurieTraining Centre.

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TheFacultyofEngineeringhasareputationforexcellenceacrossabroadrangeoftechnologies.

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The University is a leading authority onenergy research and enjoys a reputation forexcellence in a broad range of technology-based activities.

Research undertaken in this Division addresses issues ofglobal importance in the area of sustainable, affordableenergy technologies. Work is cross-disciplinary andmultiagency with outstanding facilities for applied work

as well as computational studies. The Division comprisesinter-related groups and institutes offering a range ofresearch expertise.

Cleaner Fossil Energy and CO2

Mitigation

The Faculty of Engineering has a reputation forexcellence across a broad range of technologiesencompassing bioenergy, fossil energy, energy storage,the built environment and grids. The strategic prioritygiven to energy and to coordinate research across therange of disciplines led to the Energy TechnologiesResearch Institute being founded in 2006. Indeed

since then, the portfolio value of energy grants has morethan doubled, including a number of notable successesincluding the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centreand the EngD Centre in Efcient Fossil EnergyTechnologies. As part of the strategy to further growour internationally leading research programme, theUniversity is investing 7M in new energy technologiesand bioenergy buildings. The funding comes fromthe Higher Education Funding Council for England(HEFCE) as part of the Capital Investment Fund(CIF). Nottingham is one of three universities (withBirmingham and Loughborough) comprising theMidlands Energy Consortium (MEC) which hosts the

Energy Technologies Institute and where we haveestablished the Midlands Energy Graduate Schoolwith 3M HEFCE funding to provide a unique sharedplatform to improve the quality of postgraduate researchtraining in energy research.

The Centre for Innovation in CarbonCapture and Storage

The Centre, funded by the Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council (EPSRC), conducts pioneeringresearch into carbon capture, transport, storage andutilisation, based on a number of groundbreaking

projects to reduce CO2 atmospheric levels and mitigateglobal warming.

Research has focused on some of the most criticalproblems in energy science, working at the interfacebetween energy and the environment, developing novelsolutions to meet the demand for cost-effective andenvironmentally-friendly energy.

The Centre has secured international recognition forresearch in carbon capture and storage (CCS), whichhas been pivotal for the development of new CCStechnologies. Research is cross-disciplinary and multi-

agency, uniting the expertise of academia, industryand government organisations across the globe.Some examples of our research programmes includedecentralised CCS options, with a focus on

mineralisation processes for above ground; developmentof compression technologies; novel sorbents for moreefcient capture; modelling and experimental studiesof geological carbon storage; inuence of contaminantsduring CO

2transport and storage; and public acceptance

of CCS. More recent research has been in the eldof ecosystem responses to releases of CO

2, including

remote sensing technology and conversion of CO2

intoa sustainable energy carrier.

The Centres creative collaborations with industrieshave led to the development of the rst UK short-course training postgraduate programme in CCS forprofessionals in private and public organisations. Theteam has special relationships with many internationalcompanies and research centres and has plans toparticipate in major CCS demonstration projects inthe UK and worldwide.

Thermouids

The Group is recognised internationally for fundamentaland applied research on the performance of machines

including reciprocating internal combustion engines,turbomachinery and motors; techniques of owvisualisation, ow control and drag reduction; andCFD models, applications and mathematical techniques.The Group enjoys close links with industry; sponsorsand collaborators include many international companiessuch as Airbus, Ford and Rolls-Royce. The Group hasextensive and modern facilities for applied work onengines and machine performance and on genericproblems such as the fundamentals of turbulence.The Group is also a prime user of the Universitys highperformance computing facility for its CFD activity,and maintains expertise in the use of several proprietarycodes including Fluent, CFX and KIVA.

Recent research themes include the reduction ofinefciency in engines - windage losses in transmissions,rubbing friction in reciprocating engines, cooling ofelectric motors; the understanding and improvementof combustion in engines, cookers, and power stations;and biomedical diagnostic improvements. New themescontinue to be developed: environmental and climatechange concerns are increasingly inuencing directions,and driving initiatives in areas such as wind energy.

Work is also being undertaken in this area by the

Internal Combustion Engine Research Group (ERG),one of the largest university research groups workingon spark ignition and diesel engines for the automotiveindustry. For over 30 years the ERG has worked closelywith the Ford Motor Company in a collaborationwhich is one of the most successful between industryand a university. The ERG interacts directly with Fordto advance powertrain development and introducenew technology, and pursues complementary lines offundamental studies which support this.

The Faculty has a long history of working with Rolls-Royce on a wide range of aeroengine-related projects,

including projects on the transmission systems. Asa result of this successful collaborative research,the University was chosen to set up a Rolls-RoyceUniversity Technology Centre (UTC) in GasTurbine Transmission Systems in 1997.

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Advanced Materials Research Group

The Group undertakes world-leading research ona range of novel materials for energy technologies,including hydrogen storage materials, nano-tubes forPV applications and nano-structured membranes, andcatalysts for fuel cells. Research is supported by excellentcharacterisation facilities and the Groups wide networkof international collaborations. The Groups mission isto control the synthesis and processing conditions ofadvanced materials to design in functionality, shape andsmartness at the macroscopic and microscopic scales, andincreasingly at the nano-scale. Strategic research themeseach combine fundamental, curiosity-driven research

with application-driven research, driving the developmentof advanced new materials. These new materials haveexcellent potential to catalyse engineering progressand ultimately to provide benet to society. The Groupattracts funding from industry, the defence agencies,the national Research Councils and European agenciesand enjoys stimulating and rewarding collaborations ofthe highest calibre which cut across the internationalacademic, and industrial, materials communities.

Institute of Building Technology

(IBT) and Institute of SustainableEnergy Technology (ISET)

The IBT undertakes high-quality, strategic andapplied research related to building services andenergy conservation (e.g., CHP systems, heat pumps,lighting, acoustics, ventilation and indoor air quality).The Institute has developed into a leading centre forresearch and teaching in building services engineering/building technology. The ISET carries out research andteaching into renewable/sustainable technologies inthe built environment, attracts external funding, runstraining programmes and short courses and participates

in network and public awareness activities. The Institutesoffer excellent and extensive research facilities includingthe Marmont Centre for Renewable Energy, theSustainable Research Building, the Eco-ExperimentalHouse, and Creative Energy Homes project.

The Marmont Centre for Renewable Energycontains research laboratories which are equipped with avariety of technologies and state-of-the-art facilities forresearch into passive cooling, heat recovery, solar/wind/ground energy systems, absorption technology, ejectorrefrigeration, heat pump systems, ventilation systems,indoor air quality and thermal comfort.

The Sustainable Research Building (SRB) is designed

to serve as an exemplar building, demonstrating state-of-the-art techniques for environmentally responsible,sustainable construction. The SRB incorporates a exibleenvelope to permit eld-testing and integration of newand sustainable technologies.

The agship Creative Energy Homes Project isa showcase of innovative state-of-the-art energyefcient homes of the future. Six homes constructed onUniversity Park have been designed to various degrees ofinnovation and exibility to allow the testing of differentaspects of modern methods of construction. The projectaims to stimulate sustainable design ideas and promote

new ways of providing affordable, environmentallysustainable housing that are innovative in their design.Several companies including Stoneguard, Roger BullivantLtd, EOn and BASF have funded the project.



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The Division conducts world-leadingresearch in transportation infrastructure,positioning, navigation, mapping andmonitoring of the built and naturalenvironments. It enjoys state-of-the-artfacilities as well as rewarding relationshipswith industry partners and other well-regarded research institutions around

the world.

The following groups offer a range of researchopportunities in the Division:

Institute of Engineering Surveying andSpace Geodesy (IESSG)

The Institute of Engineering Surveying and SpaceGeodesy has been closely involved in the rapidtechnological revolution in this eld. It has earnedglobal renown for its cutting-edge research in satellitenavigation and positioning systems, photogrammetry,

remote sensing, sensor integration and geographicalinformation systems. The diversity of its work, spanningengineering surveying to unmanned aerial vehicles,has led to exciting and innovative collaborations acrossdepartments and with other institutions.

Our postgraduate programmes generate interestworldwide, and current research themes include:

geospatial engineering

GPS geodesy

integrated sensors

photogrammetry and remote sensing ubiquitous positioning and autonomous systems

During autumn 2009, IESSG and the Centre forGeospatial Science (CGS) moved to the purpose-builtNottingham Geospatial Building, giving researchersaccess to advanced geospatial laboratories and state-of-the-art facilities and offering incubation units to like-minded industry partners. Among the companies quickto take up the offer of a commercial unit housed inthe new centre, was the Midlands ofce of theOrdnance Survey.

Centre for Geospatial Science (CGS)

A major multidisciplinary research centre, CGS conductspioneering studies across a considerable range of areasrelated to geospatial science and technology including:

geoinformatics and data modelling

geospatial intelligence

interoperability and standards

location based services

semantics, reasoning and cognition

spatial data infrastructure (SDI)

Key projects include: Sensor web technology for theintegration and control of complex environmental datagathering activities with QinetiQ, funded by the TSB(Technology Strategy Board) and the 5.1m LocationAware Ubiquitous Computing DTC (Doctoral TrainingCentre) funded by the Research Councils UK.

The Nottingham Transportation EngineeringCentre (NTEC)

The Centre is located in the Pavement ResearchBuilding on University Park and provides internationallyleading research, education and laboratory facilities fortransportation infrastructure and related applicationsin the road, rail and air sectors. The Centre has state-of-the-art research and development laboratories andcurrent research themes include:

design and performance

sustainability and the environment

operational risk and reliability

sustainable construction

materials

asset management

NTEC have held a prestigious EPSRC Platform Grantin Pavement and Rail Track Engineering since 2000which has recently been renewed until 2013. NTEChas recently expanded its research portfolio with theappointment of Professor John Andrews who is workingon a major new multi-million pound research programmeon Infrastructure Asset Management, jointly sponsoredby Network Rail and the Royal Academy of Engineering.A major new programme of work on Risk and Reliability

Engineering, including research and the development ofa distance learning MSc in Risk and Reliability Methods,is also about to commence, sponsored by LloydsRegister Educational Trust.

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The University of Nottingham is renownedinternationally for the excellence ofits manufacturing and human factorsresearch and signicant contributionsto manufacturing science, technologydevelopment and industrial applicationsacross a range of sectors includingaerospace, automotive, consumer products,

medical and power engineering.

It has world-class facilities for design, manufacturing,assembly, measurement, testing and modelling as well asa proven track record in delivering high quality research,leading to numerous patents and high impact peerreviewed publications.

The Division also has a number of centres which workalongside industry partners in a range of sectors toresearch and develop technologies, processes andsystems that give UK and international manufacturingbusinesses a competitive advantage in the global

marketplace. More details of these can be found onpage 22.

The following groups/centres offer a range of researchopportunities in the eld of manufacturing:

Advanced ManufacturingTechnology (AMT)

The AMT Group conducts research at the forefront ofmanufacturing science and technology working in closecooperation with a number of strategic industrial partnersand research centres worldwide. Research is supported

by excellent manufacturing, assembly and metrologyfacilities, the latest technologies and equipment.

Current areas of research include:

intelligent automation and assembly

laser processing

machining and condition monitoring

metal forming

micro- and nano-manufacturing

precision manufacturing

responsive manufacturing

robotics

The Group have collaborations with a number ofmanufacturing organisations including gas turbineand aero-engine manufacturers, looking at things like:On-line machining monitoring system based on PXI andLabView platform; recongurable tooling technologies;a lean manufacturing disturbance diagnostics tool toaid understanding and response to major causes ofperformance loss.

The Group has excellent facilities and is itself home toleading research centres including:

The Precision Manufacturing Group which delivershigh-quality technology solutions to industry in areassuch as precision machining, adaptive xturing, microfabrication & assembly and system design & integration,and incorporates the Centre of Excellence forCustomised Assembly (CECA) which focuses on microand meso-scale products, bringing together the latest

precision manufacturing technologies in micro-moulding,laser processing, micro-machining and metrology thatcompanies can use to test the commercial potential ofnew micro products and processes.

The 1.1million Waterjet Machining TechnologyCentre houses equipment that uses a six-axis computercontrolled waterjet machine. The machine, which is oneof the most advanced of its type in the world, producesa waterjet at pressures that are so high it can carvecavities and cut almost anything. The water comes outof the nozzle at 55,000 psi and speeds of up to 2,000mph. The waterjet, which can cut blocks of metal into

three dimensional components, is an important resourcefor engineering and manufacturing businesses.

Human Factors Research Group

The Human Factors Research Group conducts trulymultidisciplinary research into human behaviours atwork, home, travel and leisure to drive user-centreddesign for the products and systems that we useevery day.

Research is wide-ranging and includes, for example:Ergonomics assessments such as manual handling,

upper limb disorder risk, workplace design and thedevelopment of tools to increase understanding humanperformance in the workplace in order to minimiserisks; healthcare ergonomics, including medical devicedesign, GP surgery and community hospital design,and infection resistant keyboards; the design of noveltechnologies to support transport operations, rangingfrom air trafc control to road information signagedesign, and all aspects of rail human factors.

The human factors simulation laboratory comprises threededicated transport simulators, car, motorbike and rail.

Members of the Group have worked with a range ofindustrial and research partners, including Network Rail,Eurocontrol, Peugeot PS, Volvo, Fiat, Alenia Spazio,Highways Agency, Kings College Hospital, NationalPatient Safety Agency and BAe Systems.

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The Division conducts multidisciplinary

research across a wide range of elds,serving industries as diverse as medicine,aerospace and automotive engineeringand the construction industry. Expertisewithin the Division spans bioengineering,geomechanics, materials science, andstructural engineering.

Research comprises a wide range of experimentalinvestigations and predictive numerical modellingstudies which are supported by the latest in computingand laboratory facilities.

The Research Division comprises:

The Nottingham Centre forGeomechanics (NCG)

NCG is a multi-disciplinary research centre that bringstogether expertise in mathematics, and civil and miningengineering to address issues across the full range ofgeotechnical engineering areas, including:

centrifuge modelling

constitutive and numerical modelling

laboratory and in-situ testing

soil and rock structure interaction

transportation geotechnics underground excavation and tunnelling

The Centre is home to two major research facilities the Soil Mechanics and Rock Mechanics laboratories both of which are equipped with the best in modernexperimental geomechanics apparatus.

The Centre for Structural Engineeringand Construction

The Centre has an excellent reputation for qualityresearch that cuts across disciplines, and has expertise in

a number of areas including computational engineering,concrete structures, construction management,structural mechanics, and wind mechanics. Academicsfrom the Centre work alongside leading industrypartners to address applied and fundamental issues.

Research activities are supported by the latest incomputing and laboratory facilities. The StructuresLaboratory offers a range of resources for large-scalestructural testing, static and dynamic testing, as wellas facilities for producing a range of traditional andspecialised concretes.

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Advanced Materials Research Group

Housed in the recently refurbished Wolfson building,the Group enjoys an international reputation for researchexcellence at the forefront of materials processing andcharacterisation, spanning:

hydrogen storage materials

laser processing

nano-materials engineering

nano-tubes

novel photonic glasses

surface engineering

The Group has extensive resources to support its work,and researchers have access to materials-orientatedequipment and expertise across the University.

Bioengineering Research Group

The Group undertakes high quality research in theareas of biomaterials and biomechanics. Its impressiveand diverse research portfolio reects its strongmultidisciplinary expertise and links with key industryand academic partners around the world.

Current research areas include:

cardiac medical devices

cell surface interactions and biocompatibility

integrated systems biology

spinal mechanics

tissue engineering

Researchers have access to refurbished research spaceincluding new laboratories and ofces as well as a veryimpressive range of state-of-the-art research equipment.

Polymer Composites Research Group

A leading international organisation in this area, theGroup conducts applied and fundamental researchon manufacture and performance of advanced brereinforced composites in a number of sectors spanningautomotive, aerospace, wind energy and medicine.

The Group has a number of partners in industryand other leading research groups and conductscutting-edge experimental and modelling studies inthe development of novel manufacturing processes,materials characterisation, end-of-life and recycling,mechanical performance, textile composites andprocess simulation.

Structural Integrity and Dynamics

Research Group

The Group undertakes work in a wide variety of areasto resolve fundamental engineering problems. Activitiesspan development and application of advanced boundaryelement and non-linear nite element, including damagemechanics, software, fatigue, creep and creep-fatigueof aeroengine and powerplant materials and structures;contact mechanics; crack propagation; micro-electro-mechanical sensors and actuators; modelling, balancingand control of machines, stochastic mechanics instructural dynamics and energy losses in heavyvehicle tyres and suspension; and experimental and

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This Research Division is focused on thedevelopment of the science and technologywhich underpins chemical and physicalprocesses. Particular emphasis is placedon the development of innovative andenvironmentally sustainable technologieswhich offer industry a step-change inoverall efciency.

Research is delivered through the following fourcentres/groups:

The National Centre for IndustrialMicrowave Processing

Our research is focused on developing a fundamentalunderstanding of the interaction of microwave and RFenergy with materials, and then the utilisation of thisknowledge for process scale-up.

Microwave heating technologies can signicantly reduce

energy requirements and process times and can leadto the development of smaller more compact processplant. Microwave technologies not only improve processefciency and operability, but can also improve thesustainability of the whole process. Applications include:

Reducing landll: processing wastes to givevalue-added products

High efciency microwave treatment systems for useon contaminated soils from brown-eld sites; enablingland to be re-used with minimal environmental impact.

Fluid and Particle ProcessesResearch in this area covers almost every aspect ofchemical and environmental engineering, from the energyand mining industries to pharmaceutical processing, andproduct design to recycling. Current studies span thefull range of scales, from the microscopic to the practicaldesign of large-scale industrial processes. Systems andmaterials studied include suspensions of nano-particles,multiphase mixtures of liquids and gases, minerals andproduct waste.

Researchers have access to high performance computersystems as well as cutting-edge experimental

laboratories. They have the opportunity to undertakechallenging projects with colleagues from other leadingresearch groups and industry partners and have world-leading activities in large-scale multi-phase ow.

Green Chemical and WaterTechnologies Group

The Group focuses on the crucial task of alleviatingthe global water crisis by developing water puricationtechniques for decontaminating freshwater anddesalinating seawater.

Research combines chemistry and engineering expertisein clean technologies and water processing, uidmechanics and process modelling. A number of venturesare conducted in association with industry partnersworld-wide as well as other research groups, such asthe Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilfunded DICE (Driving Innovation in Chemistry andEngineering) project which brings together experts fromchemistry and chemical engineering to the interface oftheir disciplines.

Current projects to develop potable and waste watertreatments include advanced oxidation, colloid,desalination, and membrane technologies.

Environmental Fluid MechanicsResearch Centre

Researchers in the Centre have expertise in computationaluid dynamics, experimental uid mechanics andtheoretical modelling. Their extensive research interestscover a diverse range of topics including:

coastal engineering and sediment erosion

geophysical uid dynamics

pollution

wind engineering

natural hazards

The crucial factor unifying the work is the focus onproblems and issues relating to the motion of uidsin the natural and built environments. Research in theCentre has led to industrial funding of over 100,000in the elds of coastal engineering (sediment erosionat beaches: HR Wallingford Ltd), and wind engineering(wind-structure interaction: Buro-Happold).

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CommercialisationandKnowledgeTransfer22

As one of the UKs top ten universities for

collaboration with industry, The Universityof Nottingham has an impressive recordof working with blue-chip, global multi-national businesses. Nowhere is that betterexemplied within the University thanin the Faculty of Engineering which hasenjoyed strong industrial involvement andclose relationships with companies, for morethan 100 years.

The pursuit of knowledge and its dissemination for thebenets of society and the economy are fundamentalpillars of the Universitys mission. We are increasinglycollaborating with the business world in ways thatbenet everyone involved - helping companies tomove forward and helping the University to bring skillsand ideas to the market. The Faculty is well placed tosupport organisations to grow, evolve and to becomemore competitive and we work with a wide range ofbusinesses, from large international rms to small localcompanies, on a truly varied array of projects.

CommercialisationandKnowledgeTransferwww.nottingham.ac.uk/servicesforbusiness

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Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge transfer - the process of turning academicresearch and expertise into a product, service ortechnique that has commercial value - is becomingincreasingly important in helping UK plc to competeon the global stage. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships(KTP) is Europes leading programme to help businessesimprove their competitiveness and productivity throughthe better use of knowledge, technology and skills that

reside with researchers. Each KTP employs researchers towork on specic projects, which are core to the strategicdevelopment of the business. The University has workedwith large multinational organisations like Airbus andGlaxoSmithKline to small, local engineering companieslike Caunton Engineering. KTPs are proving very popularand effective, especially with engineering companies;out of 21 KTPs currently active across the University, 12are engineering, bringing in around 834,000 worth ofgovernment funding.

The Faculty has a number of centres through which itactively engages with businesses in order to support

economic growth both regionally and in the UK.The centres can provide the people and facilities toundertake short or long-term research projects, technicalexpertise for new product or process development,testing facilities and equipment or the development ofsolutions to comply with changing legislation.

The Environmental Technology Centre (ETC)is based in the Sir Colin Campbell Building on TheUniversity of Nottingham Innovation Park. It worksspecically to help small and medium sized businessesmake improvements through the adoption of moreefcient use of resources, environmentally friendly

working practices and the use of cleaner and moresustainable technologies.

GRACE (GNSS Research and Applications Centreof Excellence) housed in the new 4.5million state-of-the-art Nottingham Geospatial Building on TheUniversity of Nottingham Innovation Park, is creatinga world-class centre of excellence in Global NavigationSatellite Systems. Informed by world-leading research,it aims to train and support small and medium-sizedenterprises and start-ups in the region. The new buildingincorporates business incubation units for the exclusiveuse of collaborative industrial partners.

Nottingham Innovative Manufacturing ResearchCentre has received 16 million core funding fromEPSRC since 2001. The Centre works extensivelywith industry to research and develop technologies,processes and systems that give UK and internationalmanufacturing businesses a competitive advantagein the global marketplace. Researchers work withinnovative companies of all sizes from a wide rangeof sectors, including aerospace, automotive, medical

devices, consumer products and power engineeringto respond with resources and know-how to matchindustrial needs. Projects are supported by over 70industrial partners and institutions, ranging from globalcompanies like Siemens, Ford, Corus, Bombardierand BAE Systems to local businesses, supply chaincompanies, engineering institutions and universitiesacross the world.

University Technology Centres (UTC). Rolls-Royce

and the Faculty of Engineering have two well establishedUTCs: One concentrating on research into gas turbinetransmission systems (opened in 1997), the other inmanufacturing technology (opened in 2000). The UTCsoffer Rolls-Royce the long-term strategic research thatit is unable to do in the commercial environment. Theyprovide cost-effective, world-leading research whichaims to solve current challenges and proactively identifyareas for future research.

Technology Demonstrator

The University of Nottingham Technology Demonstrator

is a unique new facility that is home to workingprototypes of some of the latest University inventions,all of which are available for commercial development.

Managed by the Technology Transfer Ofce, currenttechnologies on show include: super-capacitors; medicaldevices, a virtually open plan conferencing systemand a number of inventions arising from the industrialmicrowave processing research group. These newtechnologies sit side by side with the fascinating storiesand products behind recent spin-out companies andlicensing deals.

The Technology Demonstrator is located in theSir Colin Campbell Building at the University ofNottingham Innovation Park. The facility isalways open for prearranged visits. Email:[email protected].

Spin outs

Spin out companies are often created to drive thedevelopment of University research forward into acommercial product or service.

The Universitys experience in creating spin out

companies is excellent with a current portfolio of22 rms which have beneted from seed fundsand investment from private individuals. One suchexample is the success of Monica Healthcare Ltd, acompany focused on the manufacture and marketingof innovative fetal monitors. The company spun out ofthe University in 2005 following 15 years of researchconducted by the then School of Electrical andElectronic Engineering and the Department of HumanDevelopment (Obstetrics, Midwifery and Gynaecology).

We have been working with a sprayingcompany on developing a machine whichwill allow us to spray chocolate as adecoration. The difculty we experiencedwas when we tried to make stencils forour Easter eggs. Trying to cut 1.5mmpolycarbonate over the curvature of anEaster egg was causing the development

team a real headache. We had tried prettymuch every method of cutting availableand found water jet cutting to be the mostsuccessful. The problem was getting the cutto follow a curve of the egg. Luckily for usour local university had a state-of-the-art6 axis cutter and initial trials proved verysuccessful. Without the technology andsupport of the University the potentialof the spraying system would have beenvery limited.

David Brealey, Chocolatier Thorntons

It is only through the support oforganisations like the ETC and EMDA thatsmall businesses can even contemplate thesenew technologies. I would urge any businesssharing similar pressures to invite the ETC tohelp them overcome their issues. The ETCsapproach is non-judgmental and totallycondential, so there is nothing at all to worryabout by welcoming them to your business.

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The campus is a self-contained and self-sufcient

neighbourhood village in a garden environment withover 3,500 students. It combines a high-quality livingenvironment with state-of-the-art learning, teachingand research facilities, including a range of high-specengineering laboratories and workshops.

There are approximately 1,700 students studyingengineering at UNMC, making it the largest Faculty atthe Malaysia campus. Engineering provision at UNMCmirrors the programmes in Nottingham UK in all majorrespects. Programmes offered include: foundation year,BEng, MEng, MSc and MPhil and PhD.

Research activity at UNMC continues to grow; there are

currently more than 100 registered research students,mostly studying for PhDs, some jointly with the Facultyof Engineering in Nottingham. Consistent with the UKCampus, research is organised in research divisions. InUNMC there are ve engineering research divisions,namely Electrical and information systems; Energy, Fueland Power Technology; Environment; Manufacturingand Industrial Processes; and Materials, Mechanics andStructures. There are also currently 30 externally fundedprojects with funding of about RM7,500,000. As theresearch portfolio develops there will be more jointresearch projects between UNMC and Nottingham UK.

University of Nottingham Ningbo,

China (UNNC)The 140 acre campus was opened in 2005 at Ningbo, ahistoric city on Chinas eastern coast close to Shanghai.Like the Malaysia Campus, UNNC builds on the physicalattributes of University Park in the UK and includes alake and its own version of Nottinghams iconic TrentBuilding plus purpose-built facilities for its 4,000 students.

UNNC is looking to match The University ofNottingham, UKs strengths in teaching and researchwith Chinas interests and needs and plans to grow itsstudent population to over 6,000 students in the next

few years. The Faculty of Engineering and Scienceis home to the Divisions of Engineering, SustainableDevelopment and Computer Science.

BEng students currently spend the rst two yearsat UNNC followed by two years at the University ofNottingham UK. In 2009/10 a total of 337 studentswere studying in the Faculty at Ningbo. In 2010, afour-year BEng programme, based full-time at Ningbowill commence and there are plans to introduce a newdegree programme in Architecture, all of which willmake engineering a major presence at UNNC.

The Faculty of Engineering and Science has exciting

plans for expansion including: a new Science and Engineering Building

an Integrated Energy Storage Technologies (ITEST)research laboratory to support the growing buildingindustry in Ningbo and China

a centre in sustainable manufacturing which willinvestigate innovative manufacturing technologies andsystems, which address worldwide resources shortages,and the development of energy and resourceefcient technologies for improving efciency andreducing the carbon footprint in energy utilisation for

manufacturing and operational processes

a Zero Carbon Centre for Environmental Architectureand Design

the delivery of new research programmes eg CarbonAbatement and Renewable Energy biofuels, incollaboration with Nottinghams Energy TechnologiesResearch Institute (ETRI)

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100YearsofEngineering26

In the early 1900s, a ourishing Nottinghamshire

coal industry led to a demand for qualitypart and full-time training and educationprovision and so, in 1910, the rst, fullyindependent engineering department, theDepartment of Mining Engineering, wasestablished in Shakespeare Street in the centreof Nottingham. A Department of MechanicalEngineering was also established aroundthe same time, charging a termly fee ofapproximately 6.

Britains industrial revolutions and world wars have each,in their turn, ushered in new ages where the demand forgreater technological advances has gone hand-in-handwith an ever-increasing thirst for knowledge and hungerfor innovation. A century later and these traits continueto drive engineering at Nottingham into new andunchartered territory. From Global Positioning Systemsto clean energy generation, solar-powered homes,advanced material development, our engineers lead theworlds thinking.

Over the last 100 years several names have becomesynonymous with engineering at Nottingham nameslike Bulleid, Cotton, Hinsley and, of course, Pope andCoates. The last two great academics are commemoratedin the names of two Faculty buildings on University Park.

During World War One, men and women were trainedin the University College workshops on munitions workand Professor Bulleid of the Engineering Departmentwas released to become Chief Engineer of the AdmiraltySchool of Mines at Portsmouth. After the First WorldWar it was widely recognised that well endowedand equipped universities could give a lead to theirlocal industries in the discovery of new methods andprocesses. A big inux of day and evening studentsfollowed (by 1922 there were 100 engineering students)leading to the creation of the Faculty of Applied Scienceand later a School of Architecture and Department ofElectrical Engineering in 1931.

The move to the University Colleges new home atHighelds was delayed due to space problems and itwas not until after the electrical engineering laboratorieswere opened in 1932 followed quickly by blocks tohouse civil and mechanical engineering, that engineeringwas embedded into the full life of the college and itsrelatively new surroundings.

100YearsofEngineeringatNottingham

Engineers found themselves in the front line of the wareffo t again f om 1940 45 and it as membe s of the

Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy(IESSG) in 1988 no a globall eno ned esea ch

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effort again from 1940-45 and it was members of theengineering and mining department who ran coursesand instructed army personnel in tting, turning,carpentry, joinery and blacksmith work. They alsocarried out valuable scientic military research to helpthe nations war effort. Post-war engineering students,many of them ex-servicemen, found themselves atthe forefront of innovation as their country demandedmore graduates in science and technology subjects to

spearhead the reconstruction of British industry.

Engineering and technology were given a new senseof direction through a new Professor of Engineering atNottingham, J A Pope, who was appointed (as Professorof Engineering) in 1949. This was shortly after theUniversity College Nottingham was awarded its royalcharter and became The University of Nottingham,enabling the University to confer degrees in its ownname. The Faculty of Applied Science at the timeconsisted of: the Departments of Mechanical and CivilEngineering (both under the direction of Prof Bulleid),the Department of Electrical Engineering, and the

Department of Mining and Fuels. It was ProfessorSir Joseph Pope, who laid the foundations for thesuccess of the modern Faculty that we know today.Pope believed that all engineering students should bebrought together and taught the fundamental principleswhich applied to all branches of engineering. He alsobelieved that the credibility of academic engineershinged on their participation in the real industrial world.He established night classes and summer schools forlocal engineers to update their knowledge of relevantengineering processes.

Under Pope new areas of engineering opened up

including metallurgy, and chemical engineering andthe study of aeronautics and atomic energy. By thetime he left in 1960 there were 352 full-time studentsin the Faculty of Applied Science including 60postgraduates and he had overseen a major buildingexpansion programme which included T1 and T2 (whichlater became the Pope and Coates buildings) and theTower Block. T1 was to be a common rst year teachingbuilding and T2, a common second and third yearteaching building.

By 1965 the number of undergraduates in the Facultyof Applied Science had doubled as engineering had

branched into new areas. (The Faculty of AppliedScience eventually becoming the Faculty of Engineeringin 1980). The Production Engineering Department wascreated a year later its undergraduate course was therst of its kind in the country and a new Departmentof Theoretical Mechanics welcomed its rst studentsin 1964. Rex Coates became the rst Professor of CivilEngineering at Nottingham in 1958 and developedit into one of the most dynamic and successfuldepartments in the UK, noted for its entrepreneurialactivities in successfully winning nancial support fromindustry and commerce. It was Coates initial interestin surveying which led to Nottingham developing

a specialism in space geodesy and ultimately to the

(IESSG) in 1988, now a globally renowned researchcentre housed in the new Nottingham GeospatialBuilding which was formally opened on the UniversityInnovation Park opposite Jubilee Campus in 2009.

By the 1970s and 80s the Department of MiningEngineering had developed an international reputationand, with the continued support of the National CoalBoard, it developed into a world-class centre of mining

research, establishing itself as one of the most populardepartments of mining engineering in Britain. Buttraditional industry at home was suffering and this wasan era dominated by new technologies in aerospace,microelectronics, computers, telecommunications.This led to an explosion in engineering research atNottingham in the 1970s and 80s as new researchcentres developed expertise to match modern industrialneeds. Engineering education came of age anddepartments took on new activities and foci. JointHonours degree programmes with other engineeringdepartments began to be offered and the number ofpostgraduates increased year on year.

Long-standing research collaborations with internationalindustry have characterised engineering at the Universitythroughout its history whether it be collaborationswith the Ford Motor Co or Rolls-Royce or the PavementResearch Groups 50-year plus relationship with theenergy and petrochemical giant Shell. During the 1970sFord sponsored several research projects at Nottingham,a collaboration which led to the design and developmentof a range of engines that powered Ford cars andtrucks for the next 30 years. Indeed, an increasinglyentrepreneurial approach was adopted by departmentssuch as Civil Engineering during the 1970s as the

government of the day encouraged greater commercialexploitation of scientic and technological research.

The pace of change continued into the 21st century. In2006 the University became the home of two DoctoralTraining Centres (DTC) to support the training andresearch of the next generation of elite engineers.Todays engineers and architects are leading the eldsin a range of innovations including carbon capture andstorage, low-energy buildings, geospatial science andpolymer composite developments.

One can only guess at what engineers of the early 1900s

would have thought of todays Faculty and its work.However, whatever the challenges of the next 100 yearsNottinghams teams of inspired engineers and architectswill continue to be global leaders in the eld, expandingthe frontiers of knowledge, just as their forefathers did.

1882 First mining classes introduced at theUniversity College

1910 First independent engineering department(Mining) opened at the University College

1920 Applied Science Faculty created

1920s School of Architecture established at theCollege of Art

1931 An independent Department for ElectricalEngineering established

1948 University College Nottingham awardedroyal charter and became The Universityof NottinghamMove of engineering studies from ShakespeareStreet to Highelds completed

1949 J A Pope became Professor of Engineering

1958 Creation of independent Department of CivilEngineering with Rex Coates becoming therst Professor of Civil Engineering and theHead of Department

1960 An independent Department of ChemicalEngineering established

1961 Creation of a new Head for the Departmentof Mechanical Engineering

1961 T1 building opened, later to be renamed thePope Building

1962 T2 building opened, later to be named theCoates Building

1964 Tower building completed and the College ofArt became the Department of Architecture

1967 MSc courses offered for the rst time

1970 Sports centre opened by Roger Bannister

1972 A more powerful computer on campus createdthe need for a new building to house it in andso the Cripps Computer Centre was opened

1980 The Faculty of Applied Science became theFaculty of Engineering

1981 First year of the new four-year BEng degreesoffered (in 1985 these were to become knownas MEng)

1997 Announcement of Nottinghams rsteco-energy house to be built on campus inpartnership with David Wilson Homes

2000 University of Nottingham, Malaysia opened

2005 University of Nottingham, Ningbo opened

2009 University Innovation Park on JubileeCampus opened

2010 Ofcial opening of the NottinghamGeospatial Building

2011 Engineering and Science Learning Centre dueto open

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