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.