Engineering - University Of Southampton

Engineers from University of Southampton have powered a 15m-long unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which has completed completed its first fully autonomous flight in Portsmouth:

This week our first-year civil engineering students took part in the Constructionarium challenge at the Construction Training Board's site in Norfolk, where they built a scaled-down version of a famous structure. Here are some photos from previous challenges:

Earlier this month we hosted an international conference to mark 50 years of Ship Science at University of Southampton. We were joined by Ship Science, Nautical Studies and Maritime Engineering Sciences alumni to celebrate:

Congratulations to Yew Jun Ying, a current third year Mechanical Engineering student here at University of Southampton, who has won the electrical challenge in this years' The Telegraph STEM Awards for his research into how we can cool and manage waste heat from aircraft:

Well done to all of our third-year students who are handing in their Individual Projects today!

The AudioScenic spinout, which combines academic expertise with commercial leadership, is using technology uses destructive and constructive sound cancellation techniques to produce realistic 3D audio from a single, compact soundbar:

This #ThrowbackThursday we're looking back to 1979, when the world's first cryogenic wind tunnel was designed and demonstrated at the University, before the principle was adopted by others, including NASA. The tunnel allowed large passenger jets to be modelled under cruise conditions.
Find out how we're making history: https://bit.ly/2UEpo2J

We're very excited to say that Audiology (Aural & Oral Sciences) has been ranked 1st in the UK in this years' Complete University Guide! http://ow.ly/1m0M30oBmeU

Future Worlds have announced their Dragon investors for the Future Worlds Dragons' Den event on the 11th May!
Have a look: http://ow.ly/TbVa30oAwIs

This month students from our CubeSat project attended a workshop at the ESA - European Space Agency in Belgium.
Our CubeSat project has been in development since 2014, and the student team are working towards launching the satellite from the ISS in 2020. The workshop was to prepare students for future milestones of the programme through a series of lectures, practical exercises and demos, and presentations.
Pic L-R: Ben, Nikita, Richard, Stan, Ted

Yesterday we were delighted to host the US Ambassador at our Boldrewood Innovation Campus, where he was able to meet with students and staff from University of Southampton, and visit some of our engineering facilities. Here are a few photos from the visit:

Final year students, the National Student Survey closes today!
Please make sure you've answered the survey, as your anonymous answers will help shape the future of your fellow students and help us make real changes to student experience: ow.ly/Giin30nXjGF

Don't forget: the National Student Survey is still open for final year students, but the deadline is Tuesday 30th April!
Make sure you answer the survey to help shape the future of your fellow students and help us make real changes to student experience: ow.ly/Giin30nXjGF

This #ThrowbackThursday we're looking back to the 1970s, when the first moving ground in a UK university was installed in our 7’ x 5’ wind tunnel. Our facility was used by Formula 1 teams Brabham and McLaren, and for Richard Noble’s Project Thrust.
Find out how we're making history: https://bit.ly/2USg1NT

Booking for our Festival of Doctoral Research is now open. The festival runs from the 7th-23rd May and highlights and celebrates the contribution and impact of our doctoral researchers. Events include Bake Your PhD and the Three Minute Thesis Grand Final: http://ow.ly/ovR530oqZ9K

In case you missed it: A primary school girl’s innovative idea to help her dad with a hearing impairment has inspired an engineering team at the University of Southampton to build and demonstrate a ‘Super Hearing Dish’:

This #ThrowbackThursday we're celebrating the 'Father of Aeroacoustics'. In 1964, Professor Geoffrey Lilley OBE, joined the University of Southampton as Professor of Aeronautics.
Lilley was an expert on aircraft noise and his study of the supersonic bang laid the foundations of Concorde, making it a reality.
Find out how we're making history: https://bit.ly/2FWp9qq

Congratulations to University of Southampton graduate Lucy Martin, who won the Voorhees-Large Prize for investigating correlations between deprivation and road casualties in rural Devon: