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Scanner is cutting edge technology
Karin van Ster (right) from Kleinvlei with Prof Annare Ellmann, head of nuclear medicine, at the unveiling of the PETCT scanner at Tygerberg Hospital. Van Ster was the first pa tient to use the scanner. Article on page 5. Photo: Carina Roux
) ‘Formula Student’ car unveiled
CPUT racing to the UK Students from CPUT are revving up to race against the world. On Thursday 3 May students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) made history with the unveiling of their formula built car, which will compete at Silverstone in the United Kingdom as part of the international Formula Student (FS) motorsport competition in July. This is when the “Cape Speed” team will pit their car against 110
teams from around the world. Formula Student is Europe’s most established educational motorsport competition, run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The competition aims to inspire and develop enterprising and innovative young engineers. Universities from across the globe are challenged to design and build a singleseat racing car in order to compete in static and dynamic events, which demonstrate their understanding of engineering and the business of
racing and test the performance of the vehicle. At a cost of half a million rand the project, developed by the Adaptronic Advanced Manufacturing Technology Laboratory (AMTL), part of the Faculty of Engineering at the Cape-based institution, has taken three years to complete from design to manufacturing and involves 15 students, 10 of whom will be travelling to Silverstone along with the support of four additional students and four academic staff totalling 18
team members. “We are incredibly proud of our students and their achievement to make it this far in the competition and having been chosen as part of the 110 selected where over 200 had applied,” says CPUT’s AMTL programme director, Professor Oscar Philander. “Although it has taken three years to get to this point, we have a long journey ahead as the team heads off to the United Kingdom.” “In addition to building the car
for evaluation, they have also had to acquire management, marketing and people skills, which has provided them with an opportunity to learn new skills as well as showcase their talent,” he adds. “We will be saluting the team as they embark on this journey as ‘Champions of Engineering,’ a campaign that we, as an institution, have embarked on to ensure the students receive the recognition they deserve.” . To page 2.