Solarcentury is a solar energy company that builds and installs solar panels for both large and small scale projects, and is focused on fighting climate change by reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Susannah Wood, Solarcentury’s Chief Marketing Officer, gave a talk where she addressed global energy issues and the benefits of solar energy.
The car manufacturer McLaren held an afternoon of talks by various engineers and designers for students interested in automotive engineering, discussing the development and production of luxury sports cars and showcased their P1 hybrid.
Over the summer of 2015 I was fortunate to spend some time with Laing O’Rourke, the international engineering company whose projects have included the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, ‘the Cheesegrater‘ (a skyscraper in the City of London), and Heathrow Terminal 5. The current focus while I was there was Crossrail, the largest construction project in […]
In July 2015 I attended the ‘systems engineering’ residential course run by Headstart at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, and thoroughly enjoyed it. The course was composed of two sections; the first two days involved designing the air defence system for a country, and the final two days were spent programming a robot for […]