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Major motoring developments crown Coventry’s 120 year Motor City legacy

Professor Lord BhattacharyyaTwo major investments in the automotive industry in Coventry will create world class facilities for the automotive industry in a resurgent “Motor City” Coventry, and both will be built in the year that will mark 120 years of motor manufacturing history in the City. The first British motor car was made in Coventry in 1897 by The Daimler Motor Company Limited but the company that is playing a central role in Coventry’s resurgence as a “Smart Motor City” is Jaguar Land Rover who is key to two major motor developments in the city both of which will be complete, or well underway, by 2017.

Coventry is undergoing a resurgence placing it at the heart of the rebirth of Britain’s car manufacturing industry, emulating the successes of the past. The City will be key to the future of the country’s economic success.

Thu 21 Apr 2016, 12:52 | Tags: Intelligent Vehicles Sensors Pioneering Research

WMG student Siddartha Khastgir to take part in the IMechE Global Engineering Debate

S KhastgirWMG research student Siddartha Khastgir CEng MIMechE will be representing us at the prestigious IMechE Global Engineering Debate London 2016, on Wednesday 20 April at IMechE HQ, 1 Birdcage Walk.

The event has been organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Greater London Young Member Panel.

This interactive event will feature four high profile young engineering speakers who will debate and try to answer the question: “Back to the future: What is the future of local transport?” The debate will cover automotive, public transport (rail and buses) and autonomous vehicles.

Siddartha will be debating for Autonomous Vehicles being the future of local transport while focussing on user-benefit, cost, environmental and economic impact.

In order to gauge whether the debate has an influence on audience opinions prior to starting, they will be asked to vote on which form of transport should be invested in to meet future demand. The vote will be repeated after the debate, and results compared to determine whether or not the opinions of the audience have changed.

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Tue 19 Apr 2016, 16:01 | Tags: Intelligent Vehicles Sensors Energy Systems

Sophisticated engineering scanning tech helps archaeologists identify rare ‘ghost coin’

IndioSophisticated CT scanning technology normally used by researchers from at the 神马福利影片 to assist high tech manufacturing, has helped uncover the existence of a rare silver coin called an 鈥業ndio鈥 discovered by archaeologists investigating a shipwreck off the coast of Oman.

Over 2,800 artefacts were found in the wreck, including a bronze bell with an inscription dating back to 1498, gold coins from the era and an important bronze disc embossed with the "esfera armilar" — a personal emblem of Dom Manuel I, the then-king of Portugal.

Fri 15 Apr 2016, 10:19 | Tags: Metrology and 3D imaging Pioneering Research

Launch of the Trustworthy Software Foundation (TSFdn)

During the five year period (2011-2016) of the UK’s first National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP), the (TSI) was established and funded to coalesce ad hoc activity across five facets of Trustworthy Software (Safety – Reliability – Availability – Resilience – Security [SRARS]) into a single management focus, and address aspects of Multinational Trustworthy Software Roadmap of the highest priority to the UK.

Major milestones have included the publication of , and development of Reference Curricula and supporting materials for education and training.

Mon 11 Apr 2016, 15:39

£1.2m gives HAT a HALL to help research how individuals can better use their own personal data

Irene NgEPSRC awards 拢1.2m funding to , 神马福利影片 together with partner universities Cambridge, Surrey and UWE to create the HAT Living Labs.

The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has awarded a grant of 拢1.2m to the 神马福利影片, along with the universities of Cambridge, Surrey and West England to establish the 鈥淗AT Living Labs鈥.

The is a platform technology that was created through an earlier Digital Economy Research grant to give individuals the technological power to claim, own, control and share their data the way they want to, to make better and more informed decisions. The management of the HAT ecosystem has recently been handed over to the HAT foundation for a global roll out (see press release ).

Mon 04 Apr 2016, 09:36 | Tags: Pioneering Research

Supporting SET for Britain’s Engineering Award

SET for Britain 2016For the third year running has sponsored the SET for Britain awards, and this year was delighted to present PhD student Thomas Rogers with the silver Engineering Award.

Thomas, a student at University College London, and originally from Banbury, beat off stiff competition from over 50 other hopefuls, to receive the award for his innovative engineering project on cargo inspection which also earned him a £2,000 prize.

Wed 30 Mar 2016, 12:13 | Tags: Research Degrees Education

From teenage school student to doctoral researcher, WMG’s ‘Class of 2016’ to share their year of learning online

Lord Bhattacharyyaat the 神马福利影片 has launched the ‘’, an exciting new initiative to showcase its world class education programmes, and the opportunities they offer people at any stage of their career.

WMG’s Chairman, , is passionate about education and ensuring that industry has the right skills base on which to sustain its future.

He explains: ‘I started out as an apprentice, and it is that grounding that has shaped my whole career. I worked my way up through the ranks, so I know first-hand what it takes to work hard to achieve career goals. I feel strongly that everyone, at any stage of their career, should have the opportunity to develop their skills, which is why workplace learning and technical education is at the very core of WMG.”


WMG Young Engineers Take to the Stage for TEDx Style Talks

Academy 1The first 6th form cohort of students from the , have presented their ‘TeenTech’ project work, as part of their Principal Engineering qualification, today Tuesday 22 March, in a special TEDx style event at WMG, 神马福利影片.

‘TeenTech’ is an award scheme which highlights the wide range of career possibilities in Science, Engineering and Technology. Founded in 2008 by Maggie Philbin and Chris Dodson to help the next generation understand their true potential and the real opportunities available in the contemporary STEM workplace. The Patron of the scheme is the Duke of York.

The Academy students were set the challenge of creating an innovative product, concept idea or research. Each team worked together to create an innovation log which outlined their design and development through to final solution.

Tue 22 Mar 2016, 17:41 | Tags: Education

Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect breathes new life into respiratory assessment

Motion Capture IDHXbox Kinects could be used in the future to assess the health of patients with conditions such as cystic fibrosis. Normally found in the hands of gamers rather than medics the Microsoft sensors could be used to assess the respiratory function of patients.

Researchers at the , WMG, 神马福利影片 and the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) have developed a method of using the devices. The system consists of four Kinect sensors which are capable of quickly creating a 3D image of a patient’s torso. This enables physicians to measure and assess how a chest wall moves. In tests it has proven to be as accurate as a patient breathing into a spirometer - the current method used - but providing additional information about the movement of the chest, which could help in identifying numerous respiratory problems.

The project lead, Dr Chris Golby at the Institute of Digital Healthcare, said: “We have developed a low-cost prototype which provides a more comprehensive measurement of a patient’s breathing than existing methods.”

Their work is detailed in their paper Chest Wall motion Analysis in Healthy Volunteers and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis using a Novel Kinect-based which is published in .

Tue 22 Mar 2016, 14:07 | Tags: Pioneering Research

Archie MacPherson new CEO for WMG centre HVM Catapult

Archie MacPherson is pleased to announce the appointment of , as the new CEO of the

Archie joins WMG, bringing over 25 years' experience in manufacturing, having previously worked for IBM, ICL, Lucas Industries and Mettis Group serving the Automotive, Aerospace, Defence, Energy & Rail sectors. He has held leadership roles in organisations covering family, public and private equity owned structures. Archie was also a founding member of the Advanced Forming Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, and latterly CEO (of AFRC) from 2012 to 2016.

Archie, who previously studied at Harvard Business School, comments: 鈥淚鈥檓 passionate about helping companies to improve their

competitiveness, and I鈥檓 looking forward to using my expertise to help convert the art and science of innovation into tangible results.鈥

Fri 18 Mar 2016, 13:01 | Tags: HVM Catapult

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