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Founder and Chairman of WMG, , has been presented with a Coventry Award of Merit, an honour established in order to highlight the efforts of local people in raising the profile and reputation of the City.

Professor Lord Bhattacharyya was chosen as a recipient of the prestigious award for his outstanding personal achievement as the founder of WMG, raising the status of engineering and manufacturing in the UK and for his service to the promotion of the 神马福利影片 and the City of Coventry.

WMG at the 神马福利影片 have helped Oldbury-based start-up company, CMK, win an award from leading mountain biking magazine Enduro for their novel bike mudguard product.

The company were awarded the prize based on the effectiveness of the mudguard which attaches to the bike’s seatstays rather than the seat post. The innovative Mudhugger concept was borne out of CMK Director Bruce and Jamie Gardiner’s passion for mountain biking. They turned to researchers and business support specialist in WMG’s SME team based at the at 神马福利影片 to help give life to their design idea.

WMG were able to help prototype the design and gave tailored advice and recommendations on the potential manufacturing route and materials that the company could use. WMG also helped them with materials analysis and technology advice on how to bond different plastics.

We are saddened to report that Dr Kajal Mallick, Associate Professor at WMG, passed away over Christmas. He died peacefully in his sleep on 25 December 2013, aged 63.

Kajal was an internationally renowned expert in the field of materials science and technology. He joined the 神马福利影片 in 1985, studying his PhD in the Department of Physics. In 1988 he was appointed as a member of staff in WMG and during his 25 years within the department undertook a range of roles as a researcher, academic and lecturer. He was promoted to the position of Associate Professor in October 2009.

The first stage involved making parts in a rubbery material using innovative additive manufacturing technology. After review from PBFA, the next stage involved creating two designs before the final approved design could be manufactured were created before the part was approved. This helped Barkley Plastics win an order from PBFA to manufacture them and subsequently sell in M&S stores.

has been awarded the best paper award at the IAS (Argentinian Iron and Steel Institute) annual Steel Conference in Argentina. The prestigious conference on Ironmaking, Steelmaking, Rolling and Steel Products is the major steel conference in South America. The conference took place from 5-7 November 2013 at Rozario, Argentina.

Professor Seetharaman is the Tata Steel / Royal Academy of Engineering Professor for Low Carbon Materials Technologies at WMG. He leads WMG's research in , with a focus on Iron and Steel Manufacturing.

Professor Seetharaman's paper was entitled ‘Oxidation and embrittlement in grain boundaries induced by Cu in a low carbon steel with Cr and 0.2% Cu under different thermal and atmospheric conditions’. The paper was produced by Professor Seetharaman along with his PhD student Erica Sampson (Carnegie Mellon University) and J.A. Mendez and C. Cicutti of Tenaris Siderca in Argentina.

at the University Warwick are to reveal how they can help West Midlands SMEs solve low volume manufacture challenges, at a special free event on the 3rd December designed to help SMEs successfully take a product idea into low volume manufacture.

WMG researchers will show how they are working with injection moulding company Barkley Plastics Ltd to deliver low volume injection moulding solutions for several new products, including an innovative medical product, through the novel, cost effective use, of Additive Layer Manufacturing (3D Printing).

ALM technology has been used to print polymer inserts that are capable of producing more than 200 injection moulded parts. With a build time of only 4 hours and a cost per set in the low hundreds of pounds, it is a highly attractive manufacturing route for companies looking to bring new products to market.

Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, Chairman of WMG, welcomed Rt Hon Tristram Hunt MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Education to WMG on 21 November.

Earlier in the day Tristram Hunt MP gave his first speech as Shadow Education Secretary, at the Association of Colleges annual conference, where he focused on education excellence for all. Meeting with Professor Lord Bhattacharyya they discussed the importance of apprenticeships and the developments of University Technical Colleges including the , which provide different pathways to success, and are being addressed at WMG. It was also an opportunity for the Shadow Education Secretary to find out more on WMG's global education programmes.

WMG has launched a new initiative, the , which will act as a channel to focus WMG’s business engagement activity and support organisations who are looking to transform for success in the digital economy.

The Business Innovation Group will engage and work with a wide range of business partners, from start-ups and SMEs, through WMG’s SME Team within , to large organisations and policymakers. BIG is led by WMG's Business Transformation research group, but will draw on its access to cutting-edge research and expertise across all of WMG’s research areas to support organisational and economic transformation. Specifically, BIG will help organisations to adapt their products, services and operations to respond to the connected digital economy as well as assist organisations to evolve and implement new business and economic models as technology continues to transform society.

The first four of eight entrants have been awarded investment as a result of entering the Radical Train competition, run by the rail industry’s Enabling Innovation Team.

One of these succesful entrants is the Revolution VLR Consortium (Very Light Rail) consisting of TDI (Europe) Ltd (Transport Design International), Unipart Rail Ltd, WMG centre HVM Catapult, Trelleborg PPL Ltd , Allectra Ltd and GKN Land Systems for their low carbon, very-lightweight whole passenger railcar demonstrator.
 
David Clarke, Director of the Future Railway Enabling Innovation Team, commented: ‘We are delighted to announce the awards for these four high quality projects which bring a mixture of new technologies and organisations to the UK rail sector. We’re looking forward to the point where they are able to deliver a tangible benefit to the UK rail sector.’

The Revolution VLR Consortium is committed to developing and building an affordable low carbon, lightweight rail vehicle to facilitate low cost connectively of regional and rural areas. The Consortium believes that such an approach is fundamental to the provision of integrated and sustainable short range public transport systems both now and in the future.

Their project will demonstrate a next generation of very light-weight railcar (VLR) using hybrid propulsion technology, coupled with a unique self-powered bogie and modular, composite bodyshell design. A key element of the project is to utilise off-the-shelf componentry where practical to reduce overall manufacturing cost and improve reliability and maintainability. Another aspect of the research involved is to evaluate the application of existing, essentially ‘heavy rail’, safety standards to VLR railcars and produce a discussion paper for consideration by the Radical Train stakeholders.

Engineering students from the 神马福利影片 are gearing up for a big Australian motor racing event which will see them go head to head with their friends and rivals at Monash University.

The team of seven students, helped by WMG and School of Engineering staff, are taking their racing car WR3 to compete in the Formula SAE-A competition in Melbourne in December.

The run-up to the competition has seen the two sides – Warwick Racing and Monash Motorsport – share expertise as part of the Monash-Warwick Alliance, which has helped to fund the trip.