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ETMO News

October 2012

ENGINEERING, TECHONLOGY AND MARITIME IN THIS ISSUE

LJMU Racing team produced

another European entry this year

with a 2500 mile round trip to

Barcelona in September to

compete in the Formula Student

Spain event at the Circuit de

Catalunya. After a great result at

Silverstone in July the car was

prepared to race in the hot Spanish

climate. The team set off by trains,

planes and automobiles to the

event and setup camp overlooking

the famous F1 circuit. The

competition took place over four

days and the team were judged in

three static competitions,

presenting a design, business

report. After the presentations the

team raced in four dynamic events.

The team achieved an overall

position of 6th with 599 points,

which is their best total in any

event. The trip was tinged with

sadness with the death of Tommy

Scargill in August. Tommy was a

senior technician in the

Engineering workshop and had

worked closely with formula

student over many years. The team

paid tribute to Tommy by putting

his name on the car that competed

in Spain

For further information on Formula Student

visit:

http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/racingteam/index.htm

Or contact j.carrier@ljmu.ac.uk

Nigerian Maritime

Nigerian student join the School to complete BSc Nautical Science. Page 2

Jaguar Land Rover Foundation

School delivers a part-time Foundation certificate to Jaguar Land Rover take employees Page 3

IAMU Research Award

International Association of Maritime Universities awards grant. Page 3

Research Update

Update on current maritime research Page 3

Red Bull Racing Internship

Engineering Student is selected to Join internship programme Page 4

Sunday Times Ranking

Liverpool John Moores University ranked 66th. Page 4

Formula student in Spain

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The Nigerian Maritime

Administration and Safety Agency

(NIMASA) selected the School to

deliver a BSc Nautical Science to its

sponsored cadets. This is the first

stage in what will hopefully be a

long-term partnership with the

agency and which may eventually

include both deck and marine

engineering education and training.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous

country, is a major maritime nation

and NIMASA is the county’s

maritime safety agency responsible

for safety at sea, secure shipping,

marine pollution prevention, and

training and certification of

seafarers. The organisation has the

task to enhance Nigeria’s maritime

capacity in line with best global

practice as the economy develops.

The group which is drawn from

across the country have achieved the

highest technical and language

qualifications to have been awarded

funding and bursaries by the federal

government to complete the

programme in Liverpool. After

graduation they will go on to fill port

and sea based management

positions in Nigeria. The project is

the result of the relationship

developed between the

School of Engineering Technology

and Maritime Operations and

NIMASA, and the support provided

by the University’s International, and

Finance teams. Dr Charles Roberts

(pictured) and Ms Barbara Kelly

welcomed the students to the

programme.

For more details contact:

Vikas Patra v.patra@ljmu.ac.uk

Nigerian Maritime Safety

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The School launched a new part-

time version of its Foundation year in

Engineering and Technology to

employees of Jaguar Land Rover

(JLR). The new course provides a

route for JLR staff to progress to a

part-time degree in Manufacturing

Systems Engineering or Industrial

Electronics and Control degrees.

Dr Ramin Raihi has been awarded a

research grant of US$54,000 from

the International Association of

Maritime Universities (IAMU). LJMU

has been a member of IAMU for over

10 years and this is one of the largest

grants received from the association.

The grant funded by the Nippon

Foundation (NF)'s grant-in-aid is for

a project designed to more

effectively assess the non-technical

skills of deck officers with a view to

improving training.

The academic team leading research

in maritime economics and transport

has received several awards

including one runner up best paper

award from International

Association of Maritime Economics

Conference and one highly

commended paper award from the

International Journal for Maritime

Environment in 2012. The team also

secured competitive research grants

from various sources, including an

internal Student Enhancement

project and an external EU Marie

Curie research grant in 2012. An on-

going EU project – Intelligent

Transport in Dynamic Environment

has recently been nominated for the

EU best innovative project award. Its

research output also attracts interest

and support from academic (i.e.

Stanford University) and industrial

partners (i.e. Lloyds Register). The

collaboration enables the team to

access the world leading knowledge

bases and enables it to investigate

contemporary maritime issues

such as green shipping and maritime

security.

Jaguar Land Rover Foundation

IAMU Research Award

Maritime Research Update by Zaili Yang

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Pictured: Luke Owen (left) with Sebastian Vettel (centre) and fellow interns

Mechanical Engineering student

Luke Owen was awarded on of five

internships from F1 World

Champions when Red Bull. Luke

applied for an aerodynamics

internship in March this year. Red

Bull offered five interns roles in

Aerodynamics, Electronics,

Marketing, IT and Procurement

through a unique online test as

opposed to a standard CV

application process. The carefully

created set of questions and tasks in

Red Bull's online test assessed a

multitude of skills, ensuring all

potential interns had the desire,

motivation and attitude required for

the 'ultimate summer job'. The

intern search received a phenomenal

response with over 100,000 people

taking the test and 14,000 potential

applicants successfully passing the

first stage. Luke scored an

outstanding result of 97/100. As one

of the 14,000 who passed the online

test and made it through to the next

stage, Luke was then sent a blank

sheet of paper and asked to explain

why he had what it took to be a part

of the Red Bull team.

Luke and 49 fellow applicants visited

Red Bull Racing's factory in Milton

Keynes in June. There they met with

Team Principal Christian Horner and

the respective Department Heads to

find out more about the summer job

that would test their industry

knowledge and push their passion to

the limits. Luke believes that his

internship at Red Bull Racing has

provided him with invaluable

experience to help progress his

career as well as creating memories

that will last a lifetime.

Luke said: "It was LJMU that

originally informed me about the

placement. My dissertation was

based on the design of aerodynamic

components for the Formula

Student car, something which I

believe helped significantly with my

application and interview process.

Much of the initial groundwork

needed for my dissertation was

covered in the modules, CFD

(Computational Fluid Dynamics) and

Thermodynamics & Fluid Mechanics

that I undertook in the third year of

my course.

"From my internship I have learnt

that in order to stay at the top, you

always have to be thinking (and

working) ahead of the game. The

Internship offered a reality check. It

showed that no matter how

prestigious the company, behind the

glitz and glamour there is a lot more

work behind the scenes that goes

unnoticed."

Red Bull Racing Team Principal

Christian Horner said: "The response

from this search was truly

overwhelming; the applications we

received were of a very high

standard. It's so exciting to find

promising young talent like Luke

coming up through the ranks. Luke

has a bright future in Aerodynamics

ahead of him and I hope that we and

Red Bull have been able to help

provide him with valuable

experience as he plans his future

career."

Engineering Student Is Selected to Join Red Bull Racing’s Internship Programme

Pictured: Luke Owen (left) with Sebastian Vettel (centre) and fellow interns

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Liverpool John Moores University is

now ranked 66th in the Sunday

Times Good University Guide. This is

the biggest improvement of any

university this year, with LJMU

jumping an impressive 29 places up

the league.

According to this prestigious league

table, LJMU is now ranked:

in the top 50 for teaching

excellence

4th overall in the North West

12th out all of the post-92

universities and the top modern

university in the North West

Professor Nigel Weatherill, LJMU

Vice-Chancellor, said: "Without

being complacent LJMU is definitely

on an upward trajectory. We take

great pride in our most recent

headlines: our National Student

Survey results are good; our

recruitment figures for this year are

excellent and with the major

investment to bring enhanced and

new research talent to the

University, I am confident that we

can make a significant impact in

research rankings."

In terms of subject performance, 22

out of 36 subject areas improved

their ranking in this year's Guide:

Tourism, Transport and

Travel is now ranked in the

top 10%, having jumped 23

places up the league table.

Mechanical Engineering,

Technology, Creative Arts

and Sports Science continue

to be ranked in the top 50%.

Management is now also

ranked in the top 50%, with

Management climbing 36

places in the league – the

largest improvement of any

subject area.

ETMO News

School of Engineering, Technology and Maritime

Operations

Liverpool John Moores University , Liverpool,

L33AF, UK

School Director I Jenkinson i.d.jenkinson@ljmu.ac.uk

Sunday Times Good University Guide