Event Type: Talk

14 May 2015 19:00to21:00

This talk will cover the design of commercial wind turbine blades and be based around the design life-cycle of a new blade from the first design calculations, to detailing modelling, and final testing.

Industry: Cross-sector

Event Type: Talk

16 April 2015 19:00to21:00

Interested in protecting your inventions and painstakingly improved designs? Patent attorneys from two firms will discuss intellectual property protection for mechanical and electrical devices. They will provide examples of the anatomy of a good patent. Criteria such as novelty and inventive step will be explained. Exploitation models to profit from protected inventions will be covered.

Industry: Cross-sector

Event Type: Talk

13 November 2014 19:00to21:00

NMF-Sea Systems is based at the National Oceanography Centre at Southampton and operates the two Royal Research vessels James Cook and Discovery. The talk will cover the build, and early service periods of the new vessel RRS Discovery including the operational aspects such as manoeuvrability and navigation as well as information about the deployment systems and sampling techniques commonly in use.

Industry: Cross-sector

Event Type: Talk

09 October 2014 19:00to21:00

The presentation will provide a brief introduction to ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK based at Winfrith, Dorset and then describe the transition underway from traditional naval minehunting to assets deployed either remotely or autonomously. It will then go onto describe a new generation of sonar able to discriminate between mines and other seabed objects and discuss techniques to provide Automated Target Recognition. Conclusions will then be presented.

Industry: Cross-sector

Event Type: Talk

11 September 2014 19:00to21:00

Team Invictus is a Bristol-based team comprising a number of aerospace engineers and professional sailors who share a common vision to produce a highly efficient, exceptional and original craft to compete in the next International C-Class Catamaran Challenge. The lecture will cover the event, how it started and how it has evolved and innovated over the years, covering the various design approaches in terms of aerodynamic, hydrodynamic and structure design.

Industry: Cross-sector