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The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Xiaodong Qian/ UC Davis)
The UC Davis College of Engineering presented its annual Scholar Awards during a recognition ceremony at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in the AGR Room of the campus’ Alumni and Visitor Center.
The ceremony featured 70 awards worth a combined total of $218,000. Specific awards have been sponsored by corporations that include Boeing, Bushnell Outdoor Products, Chevron, Micron, Phillips 66, Texas Instruments and Union Pacific.
College of Engineering students applied for the various awards via an online application that required short answers to questions designed to spur creativity and reveal details about applicant interests. Sample questions included “Cite your favorite UC Davis course, and why” and “Describe yourself in a tweet.” Applications then were reviewed, and winners selected, by faculty within each College of Engineering department.
The Scholar Awards are an excellent opportunity for students to demonstrate enthusiasm for their engineering fields of choice, while obtaining some extra money to help support their education. The corporate donors benefit as well, since it allows them to establish relationships with top College of Engineering undergraduates.
Student involvement and corporate sponsorship have grown significantly this year; by way of comparison, the 2013 Scholar Awards honored 40 individuals with cash awards that totaled $60,000.
Photo by T.J. Ushing/Academic Technology Services
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Xiaodong Qian/ UC Davis)
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Lucy Knowles/ UC Davis)
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Lucy Knowles/ UC Davis)
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Lucy Knowles/ UC Davis)
Future engineers receive their education in international degree programmes at Valkeakoski Campus.
Valkeakoski Campus offers two degree programmes in the field of engineering:
- Degree Programme in Industrial Management and Engineering
- Degree Programme Automation Engineering
In its 22nd year, the Engineering Expo is the college’s premier community outreach event. On average, the college welcomes more than 1,500 K-12 students from Miami-Dade and Broward County schools (elementary, middle, and high school) to the FIU Engineering Center to engage with FIU student organizations, researchers and staff, and to discover the endless possibilities of pursuing a degree in engineering or computing.
Spirit was proud to sponsor the Tulsa Engineering Challenge, a hands-on activity for students grades 4 – 12, at the Tulsa Tech Riverside Campus on March 8, 2013.
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Lucy Knowles/ UC Davis)
A mercury capture system, developed by Argonne National Laboratory and the EPA, significantly reduces the amount of vaporized mercury produced by gold shops. Read more »
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Michael Andrade, BESc’86, is the recipient of the 2015 L.S. Lauchland Engineering Alumni Medal.
Currently the Executive Vice President, Diversified Markets at Celestica, Michael is responsible for implementing the strategic vision and execution of the company’s aerospace, defense, industrial, healthcare and energy businesses. He is also an active leader in the community, providing strategic counsel in roles such as Technology and Communications Chair with the United Way Toronto Campaign Cabinet (2012
to present) and Junior Achievement of Central Ontario Board of Directors (2009-2012).
Western Engineering presented Michael with the prestigious alumni award during Homecoming 2015 at the Engineering Alumni & Friends Reception held Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Hilton Hotel.
Early plans
The idea of an east to west waterway link across southern England was first mentioned in Elizabethan times, between 1558 and 1603,[2] to take advantage of the proximity of the rivers Avon and Thames, only 3 miles (4.8 km) apart at their closest. Later, around 1626, Henry Briggs made a survey of the two rivers and noted that the land between them was level and easy to dig. He proposed a canal to connect them, but following Briggs' death in 1630 the plan was dropped. After the English Civil War four bills were presented to parliament, but all failed after opposition from gentry, farmers and traders worried about cheaper water transport reducing the value of fees on turnpike roads they controlled, and cheaper produce from Wales undercutting locally produced food.[2] The main alternative to road transport for the carriage of goods between Bristol and London was a hazardous sea route through the English Channel. The small coastal sailing ships of the day were often damaged by Atlantic storms, and risked being attacked by warships of the French navy and privateers during a succession of conflicts with France.[3]
Plans for a waterway were shelved until the early 18th century. In 1723 the Kennet Navigation through Reading opened. The Avon navigation from Bristol to Bath was opened in 1727; the first cargo of "Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal" reached Bath in December.[4] The two navigations were built to meet local needs independently of one another, but both under the supervision of surveyor and engineer John Hore. In 1788 the so-called "Western Canal" was proposed to improve trade and communication links to towns such as Hungerford, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Calne, Chippenham and Melksham. The following year the engineers Barns, Simcock and Weston submitted a proposed route for this canal, although there were doubts about the adequacy of the water supply. The name was changed from Western Canal to Kennet and Avon Canal to avoid confusion with the Grand Western Canal, which was being proposed at the same time.[5]
[edit] Construction
Surveyor, John Rennie: portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn, 1810
In 1793 a further survey was conducted by John Rennie, and the route of the canal was altered to take a more southerly course through Great Bedwyn, Devizes, Trowbridge and Newbury. The proposed route was accepted by the Kennet and Avon Canal Company, chaired by Charles Dundas, and the company started to take subscriptions from prospective shareholders. In July 1793 Rennie suggested further alterations to the route, including the construction of a tunnel in the Savernake Forest.[5] On 17 April 1794 the Kennet and Avon Canal Act received the Royal Assent and construction began. The Newbury to Hungerford section was completed in 1798, and was extended to Great Bedwyn in 1799. The section from Bath to Foxhangers was finished in 1804, and the two were linked by an iron railway until the completion of Devizes Locks in 1810.[5]
The canal opened in 1810 after 16 years of construction. Major structures included the Dundas and Avoncliff aqueducts, the Bruce Tunnel under Savernake Forest, and the pumping stations at Claverton and Crofton, needed to overcome water supply problems. The final engineering task was the completion of the Caen Hill Locks at Devizes.[6]
[edit] Operation
In 1801, trade along the canal commenced, even though goods had to be unloaded at Foxhangers at the bottom of what is now Caen Hill Locks, transported up the hill by a horse-drawn railway, and reloaded into barges at the top. When the flight of locks finally opened in 1810, allowing the same vessel to navigate the entire canal, the rate of carriage per ton from London to Bath was £2 9s 6d. This compared well with carriage by road, which cost £6 3s to £7 per ton, and therefore trade on the canal flourished. In 1812, the Kennet and Avon Canal Company bought the Kennet Navigation, which stretched from Newbury to the junction with the Thames at Kennet Mouth, near Reading. The purchase from Frederick Page cost £100,000, of which £70,000 was paid in cash with the balance paid back over a period of time. The purchase was authorised by the Kennet Navigation Act of June 1813, which enabled the company to raise the funds through the sale of 5,500 shares at £24 each. At the same time work was undertaken to improve the Avon Navigation, from Bristol to Bath, with the Kennet and Avon Canal Company purchasing a majority shareholding in the Avon Navigation in 1816.[7]
By 1818, seventy 60-ton barges were working on the canal, the majority of the tonnage being accounted for by coal and stone travelling via the Somerset Coal Canal.[8] The journey from Bath to Newbury took an average of three and a half days. By 1832, 300,000 tons of freight was being carried each year and, between 1825 and 1834, the company had an annual revenue of around £45,000.[5]
[edit] Decline
The opening of the Great Western Railway in 1841 removed much of the canal's traffic, even though the canal company lowered tariffs.[9] In 1852 the railway company took over the canal's operation, levying high tolls at every toll point and reducing the amount spent on maintenance. Ice-breaking was stopped before the winter of 1857, and traders were further encouraged by preferential tolls to use the railway rather than the canal. In 1861 a new order prohibited any traffic on the canal at night, and, in 1865, boats were forced to pass through locks in pairs to reduce water loss. By 1868 the annual tonnage had fallen from 360,610 in 1848 to 210,567. In the 1870s water abstraction from the canal near Fobney Lock followed the regulations introduced in the Reading Local Board Waterworks, Sewerage, Drainage and Improvements Act of 1870, and contributed to the silting up of locks and stretches of the canal. Several wharves and stretches of towpath were closed. In 1877 the canal recorded a deficit of £1,920 and never subsequently made any profit.[10]
The Somerset Coal Canal and Wilts and Berks Canal, which each supplied some of the trade from the Somerset coalfield to the Kennet and Avon,[11] closed in 1904 and 1906 respectively. In 1926, following a loss of £18,041 the previous year,[12] the Great Western Railway sought to close the canal by obtaining a Ministry of Transport Order, but the move was resisted and the company charged with improving its maintenance of the canal.[9] Cargo trade continued to decline, but a few pleasure boats started to use the canal.[13]
A Second World War pillbox near Kintbury
During the Second World War a large number of concrete bunkers known as pillboxes were built as part of the GHQ Line to defend against an expected German invasion, many of which are still visible along the banks of the canal.[14] They were generally built close to road and rail bridges, which would have formed important crossing points for enemy troops and vehicles.[15][16] After the war the Transport Act of 1947 meant that control of the canal passed to the British Transport Commission, but by the 1950s large sections of the canal had been closed because of poor lock maintenance following a breach in the bank west of the Avoncliff Aqueduct.[5] The last through passage was made in 1951 by nb Queen (Nicholson Guide 7 p59).
Lecturer IV Mark Brehob, center, helps with Tejal Mahajan, left, and Guthrie Tabios, both computer engineering undergraduate students, as they work together in the in the EECS building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan on Wednesday afternoon, September 28, 2022.
The 373/473 lab, was led by both Matthew Smith, an adjunct assistant professor, and Mark Brehob, a lecturer IV, both from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The two were on hand to answer questions and offer advice as students utilized the lab for projects that ranged from motion and robotics, to personally selected design/build endeavors.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Ant engineering inside the AntWorks habitat. Instead of building their tunnels in the sand the AntWorks habitat uses some sort of gel that is not only their home but also their source of food.
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Xiaodong Qian/ UC Davis)
More than 80 engineering alumni and friends celebrated Homecoming during the Engineering Alumni & Friends Reception at the Hilton Hotel on Saturday, Sept. 26.
The 2015 L.S. Lauchland Engineering Alumni Medal was also presented at the event to Michael Andrade, BESc'86. Selected by a volunteer committee of Western Engineering alumni and friends, Michael received this award for his contributions to the engineering profession, business leadership and community. Learn more:
Swanson School of Engineering First Year Conference, presentations and awards in Benedum Hall, Saturday, April 9, 2016. 216263
In its 22nd year, the Engineering Expo is the college’s premier community outreach event. On average, the college welcomes more than 1,500 K-12 students from Miami-Dade and Broward County schools (elementary, middle, and high school) to the FIU Engineering Center to engage with FIU student organizations, researchers and staff, and to discover the endless possibilities of pursuing a degree in engineering or computing.
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Lucy Knowles/ UC Davis)
The UC Davis College of Engineering presented its annual Scholar Awards during a recognition ceremony at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in the AGR Room of the campus’ Alumni and Visitor Center.
The ceremony featured 70 awards worth a combined total of $218,000. Specific awards have been sponsored by corporations that include Boeing, Bushnell Outdoor Products, Chevron, Micron, Phillips 66, Texas Instruments and Union Pacific.
College of Engineering students applied for the various awards via an online application that required short answers to questions designed to spur creativity and reveal details about applicant interests. Sample questions included “Cite your favorite UC Davis course, and why” and “Describe yourself in a tweet.” Applications then were reviewed, and winners selected, by faculty within each College of Engineering department.
The Scholar Awards are an excellent opportunity for students to demonstrate enthusiasm for their engineering fields of choice, while obtaining some extra money to help support their education. The corporate donors benefit as well, since it allows them to establish relationships with top College of Engineering undergraduates.
Student involvement and corporate sponsorship have grown significantly this year; by way of comparison, the 2013 Scholar Awards honored 40 individuals with cash awards that totaled $60,000.
Photo by T.J. Ushing/Academic Technology Services
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Lucy Knowles/ UC Davis)
Professor Rick Haselton.Biomedical Engineering Professors interacting with students in their labs. (Daniel Dubois / Vanderbilt University).
The Engineering Design Showcase is the culminating experience for engineering seniors who have completed their engineering coursework and applied their skills to a real-world problem or client-based project. The 2018 event featured the work of more than 700 students and nearly 200 student design teams and brought together more than 150 industrial professionals from 100 companies representing eight areas of research and expertise. The success of the Showcase was made possible by the sponsorship of Chevron and the support from Boeing and the UC Davis Internship and Career Center.
(Lucy Knowles/ UC Davis)