Nuffield Bursary Placements
In the last few years the department has hosted a number of students funded
by the
Nuffield Foundation to work on a specific project within an existing
reseach or teaching programme.
A selection of Past Placements
- Factory Automation.
A student from Long Road Sixth Form College joined a small group
developing a new laboratory project to optimise factory layouts and
production line scheduling. The student developed a modular conveyer system
complete with integral sensing electronics.
- Miniature Air Compressor
A student from The Perse School for Boys spent 5 weeks designing and
manufacturing a miniature air compressor to be used as an introduction to
manufacturing techniques and machine componenets in Part IA of the
undergraduate course. The student was so enthused by working within the group
he arranged to spend 1 afternoon a week during his upper sixth year in the
departmental design ofice working on further student related design projects.