School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Kingston University

Kingston University proves popular choice as race for Clearing places gathers pace Calls have been flooding in to Kingston University's Clearing hotline as students receive their A-level results and rush to secure a university place to start in September.

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering School Away Day 30 June 2017

Fourteen members of staff attended the away day this year in TeamSport Mitcham Go-Karting which stretching out over 400m of track in a multilevel circuit. Team 1 made jointly by Dr Samireh Vahid and Dr Robert Rayner won the race and they got the gold medal. Congratulation!

IMechE The Design Challenge Competition 2017

The Design Challenge Competition runs every year by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). The competition is aimed at 1st Year and 2nd Year engineering students across the country. The ‘Challenge’ varies every year. The 1st Year’s competition took place on 4th April 2017 with the ‘Challenge’ requiring the design of a ‘repeatable vehicle’. The vehicle had to be capable of moving from a starting point on a flat surface to touch a wall placed at right angles to and variable distance from the point. The vehicle had then to return and stop as close as possible to the starting point.

School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering has taken part in the Greater London Region (GLR) event for the past four years. Our students have been building from strength to strength every year and achieved this year their best ever results:

1) Main Challenge event: 2nd and 3rd place
2) Presentation competition: 1st place
3) Poster competition: 1st and 2nd place
4) Peer review: 1st place – this is the design chosen by all participating students

As a result our school has won 1st place in all categories but one.
Congratulation to Kingston University Team.

the Mayor's 2017 Entrepreneur

Two teams from Kingston University, one from School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, have been shortlisted in top 10 applicants for this year the Mayor's 2017 Entrepreneur.

Activated Ceramic Membrane (ACM) - Kingston University- Nidhin Jayaprakash

Ex3D - Kingston University- Josue Vivas Hernandez and Irene Canuti

For more information see:
http://www.iamnewgeneration.co.uk/the-mayors-entrepreneur-2017-shortlist-out/

Bright Ideas Competition 2016-17

The Bright Ideas is an annual entrepreneurship competition for students and graduates of Kingston University. They have the opportunity to develop an idea, which will be evaluated by industry professional.
This year 550 ideas in 7 categories were competed with total of 50 ideas were nominated to the Grand Final. The finalist’s presented their ideas to VIP judges in a dragon’s den style.
Idan Katz, Shana Alt and Ben Rust from School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering were awarded 2nd winner in the product category for their idea. They are Engineering Project and Systems Management MSc students and they submitted their idea as part of their taught module. Congratulations to them!

Exhibition of KU Racing Vehicles at Autosport International 2017 Birmingham NEC Show

From 12th to 15th January 2017, students and staff from School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Kingston University London attended the Autosport International 2017 show held at the Birmingham NEC, UK. Attended by over 70,000 people the show is Europe’s largest indoor motorsport event.
On the Kingston University London stand, the staff and students proudly exhibited the KU Racing vehicles: the Formula Student car, the Ion Horse racing bike and the Caterham racing car. The vehicles attracted a lot of attention from attendees, who were all greatly impressed by the high standard of engineering on display. With attendees including Williams Formula 1 Team Principal, Claire Williams, former Ferrari and Williams Formula 1 race engineer, Rob Smedley and of course, “The Stig”, the event gave the students an excellent opportunity to network with leaders in the automotive industry.
The event also gave the opportunity for the University to promote its suite of Engineering courses, with particular focus in the Automotive BSc and BEng/MEng courses.

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Student Ambassador Recruitment

Applications to the Student Ambassador scheme are open until 6 Nov deadline – see articles on My Kingston and StaffSpace

https://mykingston.kingston.ac.uk/Pages/kingston-university-ambassador-scheme-2016.aspx

Students not in their final year, or postgraduates, can apply to the scheme. They must be able to attend:
• Interview on Wed 30 Nov, 2.00 – 7.00
• Induction on Wed 18 and 25 Jan, 2.00 – 7.00

More information is on the student ambassador scheme page on My Kingston.

https://mykingston.kingston.ac.uk/myuni/kusa/Pages/How-to-apply-to-the-Student-Ambassador-scheme.aspx

The scheme offers a variety of exciting work suitable for any student – no experience needed.

Ambassadors share their experiences to inspire and inform prospective students at:
• Widening Participation schools and colleges activities, and Compact Scheme Head Start summer school
• Marketing and Student Recruitment open days, campus tours, UCAS and HE fairs
• International arrivals and orientation

Benefits
• Develop employability skills
• Enjoy working with new friends from across the university
• Earn £9 per hour - it’s a flexible job, so if you need a regular income you may want to maintain other part time work as well.

Kingston University engineering students build racing car to compete at Caterham Academy Championships The team assembled the Caterham 7 vehicle from its individual parts and have been racing it in events around the UK against other amateur teams