This Monday, 18th March, SUEU will be joined by a recent Salford Graduate, Jack Mellor from the global defence company, MBDA Missile Systems.

Jack graduated from Salford last year and took up a graduate role at the MBDA offices in Lostock working primarily on warhead design and lethality.

The talk will give you the chance to…..

• Learn about the company and current job opportunities
  
• Learn about current projects happening within the company
• Learn the basics of warhead design

We will be meeting at 7pm in Boardroom 1 and afterwards, heading to the Crescent Pub for a few drinks and a crack at their pub quiz.

 On Monday, the 11th of March, SUEU is delighted to welcome back former SUEU Treasurer, Daniel Moran. Daniel graduated from Salford with an MEng Degree in Aeronautical Engineering in July 2012 and took up a graduate engineer position with Assystem in the Autumn of that year.

Daniel will talk about his role with in the company, current projects, what you can expect as a graduate engineer and job opportunities at the incredibly broad company at which he works.

This talk is a must for  aspiring Aeronautical Engineers and any soon-to-be graduates.

Afterwards, we will be off to the Crescent to do the pub quiz and and we hope to see you there!!

This Monday, the 25th of February, SUEU are delighted to welcome Jack Rowley, NW Director, Remediation and Civil Engineering, Buckingham Group to speak about the remedial  and enabling works for the Sport city development in East Manchester and their tender and subsequent acceptance as the design and build team for phase 2 of the project, Manchester City FC’s training complex.

The Sport City development is on the site of a former colliery  and  talk will cover the site clearance works and the challenges that Buckingham and BWB, the consulting engineers on the project, faced when dealing with the mines and mine shafts in the site.

The talk will take place at the usual place at the usual time, Boardroom 1 at 7pm.

Afterwards, as always, we will be going to the Crescent to do the pub quiz and we hope to see you there!!

This Monday we are delighted to welcome back a recent Salford graduate, James Dickie of Thales. James left Salford this summer to take up a role as an Avionics Systems Engineer with the company. James will speak about his experiences so far, the current project he is working on as well as Thales as a U.K/Global company and the companies graduate program.

This talk is an absolute must for anybody considering a career in the Aeronautical sector as well as a useful talk for anybody wishing to be an engineer.

Afterwards, as always, we will be heading to the Crescent  and all are welcome!!

This Monday we are very happy to be once again joined by our very own Dr. Rahulan for a talk entitled “The Magic of Concorde.”

Starting with a brief history of the quest for speed and the breaking of the sound barrier, this talk will address key design issues such as the holy matrimony of a supersonic airframe with a subsonic engine face, shock waves, stability margins and kinetic heating as the flow field changes its personality during transonic acceleration. Generation of a suitable solution for overall operational success which led to the design of Concorde will be discussed and compared with many alternative configurations, all of which failed to tame the fuel consumption factor. The talk will be rounded off with the sequence of events leading to the loss of F-BTSC, return to service and a design modification study for a Mark 2 version … if it happens.

The talk will be taking place this Monday (11th) at 7pm, in Boardroom 1 of University House. We will of course be heading to the Crescent for a crack at their pub quiz.

See you there.

So in an uncharacteristic turn, we’re off to play crazy golf this Monday night!

As you know we’ve been a bit late starting this semester and with our first speaker booked in for the 11th Feb, we thought “what better way to spend our first meeting?”

We will be meeting at 7pm, on Monday 4th Feb in our usual place, Boardroom 1 University House. We will then be getting a taxi down to the Trafford Center which will all be payed for! Just bring £6 for your entry to the golf course and you’re all set. I can also confirm they have a laser quest next door if we’re feeling adventurous.

See you all there!

Free Foundation Course being taught in Gear Technology.

SUEU is pleased to present David Brown, A 150 year old British Engineering firm. This is the company that literally put the ‘DB’ in Aston Martin and built many of the aeroplane parts and tank transmissions that helped Britain to win WWII.

Today David Brown continues it’s heritage of building state of the art gearboxes and power systems for modern applications in the Defence, Energy, Rail and Mining Industries.

This event is being run in conjunction with the Aeronautical and Mechanical courses – with the aim of providing students with the fundamental knowledge of gear design and specification.

As I’m sure you are all aware this is not something that is directly covered as part of the undergraduate degree programs – but it is essential knowledge for any practicing engineer.

Their Group Director, Graham Penning, OBE, will be taking a 3 part course in Gear Technology at the University.

Highlights:

• Free Course in Gear Design and Technology
• Taught by leading industry experts
• Develop a necessary and valuable skill
• Delivered in three 90 minute session
• For All 3rd and 4th Year Aero and Mechanical Students.

Taking place on:

• Wednesday 6th, 13th and 20th February
• 2.00pm – 3.30pm
• Mary Seacole, Room 193

No need to book, just turn up! Looking forward to seeing you all there!

This Monday, the 26th of November,  we are delighted to have visiting us representatives from Centrica Upstream, East Irish Sea. Centrica Upstream are the gas and oil production division of Centrica Energy, which in turn, is part of Centrica who own British Gas. Centrica Upstream East Irish Sea operate both the North and South Morecambe Gas fields, which includes ten platforms, and the Barrow in Furness Terminal. The combined daily output of the two above gas fields is approximately 6% of the UK’s peak gas demand, and enough to supply more than 2 million homes.

In what is sure to be a fascinating presentation, two representatives of the company will talk about the company, its operations, and gas production in general.

Afterwards, as always, we will be heading to the Crescent to undertake the pub quiz.

We look forward to seeing you there!