“Many lecturers on the course come from the best automotive companies and have access to the latest technologies available in the field.” Karol Bogdanski MSc Automotive Systems Engineering
Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering The Department The Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering is a specialist centre within one of the UK’s largest engineering universities. It is located in modern, purpose-built premises with excellent laboratories and equipment that includes a fully-anechoic chamber, a large-section wind tunnel, PC laboratories, engine laboratories and a vehicle simulator. The Department has some 30 academic staff and nearly 150 postgraduate students on taught and research programmes. In the Government’s External Subject Review, the Department was awarded an excellent score (23/24) for the quality of its teaching. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, 95% of the Department’s research work was assessed as being of an ‘international standard’. The Department has four major research groups working across the technologies of automotive and aeronautical engineering. Each group works on a variety of research topics, ranging from the development of new low emissions combustion systems for gas turbine engines, through to fundamental investigations into the operation of hydrogen powered fuel cells.
A Top 10 Rated Department
Each area keeps their work topical through close links with industry. Current and recent collaborations have been with Airbus, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Ford Motor Company, Caterpillar, Jaguar Land Rover, Lotus Cars, and Bentley Cars. The Department hosts the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Combustion Aerodynamics and the Caterpillar Innovation and Research Centre (IRC) in engine systems.
The Times / Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014
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