Aberdeen University’s Younger Engineers to attend
Reception at the House of Commons
A team of students from the University of Aberdeen have been successful in reaching the final stages in an inaugural event of “Britain’s Younger Engineers in 2000”, part of the SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) initiative. The six postgraduate students have been selected to attend a special lunch-time reception for Younger Engineers at the House of Commons, being hosted by Claire Curtis-Thomas MP and will present an Engineering-related Poster on Monday 4 December.
The students are based in the Department of Biomedical Physics (3), Orthopaedics (2) and Engineering (1).
The students who will be attending this event will each present a poster on their research topic and the winning entry will receive the UK Engineering medal and a cash prize of £250, with runners-up being awarded prizes of £100.
The posters that will be presented include:
Fazilat Dar – Department of Biomedical Physics & Bioengineering
“Modelling the effects of impact loads on human joints”
Godfrey Azangwe – Department of Biomedical Physics & Bioengineering
“The effect of torsion on the appearance of the rupture surface of the ACL of rabbits”
Kheng-Lim Goh – Department of Biomedical Physics & Bioengineering
“Fibre reinforcement in connective tissues”
Leanne Burgin – Department of Orthopaedics
“Impact loads as a cause of osteoarthritis”
Jenny Gregory – Department of Orthopaedics
“Assessment of bone structure using neural networks”
Peter MacConnell – Department of Engineering
“Acoustic temperature measurement for incinerators”
Applications were invited from lively and enthusiastic younger engineers and appropriate researchers working in any branch of Engineering in University, Industrial, Public Sector (PSRE) and Government Laboratories and Groups, interested in contributing to this new initiative. Essentially, the event is taking UK’s Younger Engineers and UK Engineering Excellence to the House of Commons and encouraging greater dialogue with MPs and with Parliament. Every younger engineer will have a chance to present a Poster in the unique atmosphere of the House of Commons, especially as Engineering contributes massively to the everyday and general infrastructure of the UK.
Engineering will be interpreted broadly for the reception – it will not only cover general or basic engineering but also work that clearly contributes to wealth creation, improving the quality of life, current societal problems, UK competitiveness, etc.
This meeting is unique and novel in that there are very few national meetings where Engineers of all shades and hues are brought together under one roof. This is a multi-disciplinary event – over 150 Poster Presenters will be expected to interact widely and to explain their work to non-experts and to colleagues from other disciplines.
It is hoped that the event will promote younger engineers and their massive contributions to the UK as they form an essential part of UK Research and R&D.
It is hoped that this will become a high-profile annual event for Britain’s younger engineers at the House of Commons and will help enhance Engineering and Younger Engineers in the UK and lead on to greater things.
Invitations have been sent by the Aberdeen students to their Westminster MPs to make them aware of the event and to invite them to come along.
University Press Office on telephone +44 (0)1224-273778 or email a.ramsay@admin.abdn.ac.uk.