Engineering, Technology and Maritime Liverpool John Moores University

School Newsletter February 2014

Engineering, Technology and Maritime Liverpool John Moores University School Newsletter February 2014

In this issueENRICH: EC-ChiNa ResearchNetwork on Integrated ContainerSupply CHains Page 2

Institution of MechanicalEngineers Prize Page 3

School Prize winners Page 4

Institution of Engineering andTechnology Prize Page 5

BSc Computer Technologygraduate shares his experience Page 5

Formula student teampromote Engineering Page 6

Mechanical and Marine EngineeringStudent wins national prize Page 7

Vehicle Electric SystemsIntegration (VESI) projectreceives additional funding Page 8

Working with Real to Reel Ltd.filming the British SupermotoChampionship for Motors TV Page 9

November saw the launch meetingof a new Marie Currie project led byDr Zaili Yang from the LogisticsOffshore and Marine ResearchInstitute. Over seventy percent ofthe world’s goods are transportedin containers across networks oftransport systems stretching overmany thousands of kilometres.The increasing cost of energy,stringent controls on pollution(e.g. MARPOL), climate change andsecurity uncertainties are drivingefforts to improve operationalefficiency and resilience in eachsegment of the supply chain.However, improvements in

individual segments whencombined may not improve overallefficiency. The ENRICH project aimsto integrate mathematicaltechniques, engineering modelsand management methodsdeveloped for different segments todeliver a global optimal supplychain. The project brings togetheran international research team fromLiverpool John Moores University,the Transport Research Institute,The University of Antwerp, TheUniversity of Liverpool, MoldeUniversity College, WuhanUniversity of Technology, andBeijing Jiaotong University.

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ENRICH: EC-ChiNa Research Network onIntegrated Container Supply CHainsENRICH:EC-ChiNa Research Network on IntegratedContainer Supply CHains

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Ron Faulkner from the IMechEpresented medals and certificates toLuke Wilson and Peter Davies. Lukereceived the Institute of MechanicalEngineering’s Barns Waldorn prizefor best performance. Lukeachieved an exceptional 85% in thefinal year of his MEng programmeand his performance never droppedbelow 1st Class throughout the fouryears of his programme. Peter wasawarded the Institution ofMechanical Engineering prize forbest project. Peter undertook a

demanding project in fluiddynamics to study the behaviourof boundary layers in air flow.His study of some highly complextheory was supported by excellentexperimental work. Boundarylayers pay an important part inpredicting the aerodynamicperformance of aircraft wings andvehicle bodies. Luke is currentlyworking in the nuclear sector forSellafield Ltd and Peter has joinedthe offshore engineering companyWood Group.

Institution of MechanicalEngineers Prize

Pictured (left to right) Ian Jenkinson,Peter Davies, Luke Wilson

and Ron Faulkner

The Liverpool Engineering Society Prize, the GordonRobertson Prize Fund for the Best overall performance of aMarine Engineering student at 3rd or 4th year of a BEng orMEng and the Engineering & Science Prize were presentedin December.

Peter Davies (Mechanical Engineering), and Sam Rowell(Computer Technology) both won a Liverpool EngineeringSociety Prize for Best overall performance of a 3nd yearstudent on an accredited Engineering programme inMechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Oscar Barrington (Product Innovation and Design) and KatieSinclair (Audio and Music Production) received the LiverpoolEngineering Society Prize for Best overall performance of afinal year student on a Product Design, and Mediaprogramme.

Luke Wilson (Mechanical Engineering) and Steven Sherlock(Electrical Engineering) received the Liverpool EngineeringSociety Prize for best overall performance of an MEngstudent on an accredited Engineering programme inMechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Dionysios Kypriotis and Oluwafemi Odeyemi received theGordon Robertson Prize Fund for Best overall performance ofa Marine Engineering student at the 3rd or 4th year of anBEng or MEng programme.

Antoni Gembalczyk received the John Burt Memorial for Bestfinal year student on a Logistics programme and JamesWharton received the IMechE Best Student Certificate.

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School Prize winners

Pictured: The 2013 Prize winners

Steven Sherlockreceived theInstitute ofEngineering andTechnology Prize.Steven Sherlockgained a First ClassHonours Degree oncompletion of hisMEng in Electricaland ElectronicEngineering. Hestarted at LJMU onour Foundationprogramme and has been with us for five years tosuccessfully complete his MEng. Steven has securedemployment on a Graduate Scheme with Network Rail.

Adam Hyland secured a position at ISOTEC and gives hisfeedback: ‘I am currently working at a small companycalled ISOSEC, I am employed full time as a SoftwareDeveloper and have great flexible hours. I am allowed towork from home and we are currently moving to biggerbetter offices in Manchester. Currently in my role as aSoftware developer I have begun working on creating aweb app that will work on all portable devices such astablets and phones. This web app is currently beingcreated for the NHS and aims to make their workloadeasier and more accessible. It is something I amthoroughly enjoying and feel will open great doors for mein the future. I have the LJMU to thank for this greatopportunity, the lecturers throughout the years have got toknow me and my course mates on both an academic anda personal level making us feel at ease around them andhelping to further ourselves as best as possible. ‘

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Institute ofEngineering andTechnology Prize

BSc ComputerTechnology graduateshare his experience

Pictured: Steven Sherlock

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The Formula Student team joined local companiesin promoting engineering at the new UniversityTechnical College (UTC) in Burnley. The UTC wasset-up to specialise in preparing students to join theengineering sector. Students come to the college at14 or 16 and many will go to join engineeringdegree courses.

Formula studentteam promoteEngineering

Pictured members of the FormulaStudent team at Burnley UTC

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David Powell received the Society ofMaritime Industries Donald MaxwellAward http://www.maritimeindustries.org/student-award for the best finalyear degree project from a UK residentstudent studying on a degreeaccredited by The Institute of MarineEngineering Science and Technology(IMarEST). Presentation of the awardtook place at the Society of MaritimeIndustries annual AGM luncheon.David was presented with a chequeand certificate from the Society’sChairman Mr Peter French FREng.

For the project David developed amodel which predicted the probabilityof operational oil discharges fromshipping, a major source of marine

pollution. The model, a decisionsupport tool, identifies the causes ofdischarges and supports managers intaking preventive action. The projectwas supervised by Dr Ramin Riahifrom the Logistics Offshore andMarine Research Institute and is thefirst known quantifiable study of theproblem. David joined the Universitythrough the Foundation Year inEngineering and Technology and iscurrently taking a break in his MEngprogramme in Mechanical and MarineEngineering to complete his 6 monthssea-time on an offshore vesselworking in the North Sea oil gassector. On completion David will gainhis Certificate of Competency forEngineering Officer of the Watch.

Mechanical and Marine Engineering Studentwins national prize

Pictured: David Powell receivingthe Donald Maxwell Award fromthe Society of Maritime Industries

Chairman Mr Peter French.

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The Electric Machines and Drives Group has receivedadditional research council funding for their work into ElectricVehicle (EV) technology.

EVs will eventually make up a substantial proportion of theglobal automotive market in vans and cars. The VESI projectis a four-year collaborative research project aimed atovercoming the two main barriers to achieving parity withvehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE): thehigh overall cost, and the low power-to-weight ratio of theelectrical drive system. Although the high cost of EVs is dueto the cost of the battery, the cost of electrical power train ismuch higher than that of an ICE. However, battery technologyis continually improving and integration of the electricalsystems on an EV could deliver substantial cost reductions.

The research group at Liverpool John Moores University ledby Prof Emil Levi is developing solutions for propulsion andon-board battery charging based on utilisation of its expertisein multiphase drives and multiphase power electronics.

The work will go into the demonstrators, to be built as part ofthe project, designed to showcase the advances made in theunderlying science and engineering.

Vehicle Electric Systems Integration (VESI)project receives additional funding

Pictured (left to right) Ivan Subotic, Milan Darijevic,Nanor Bodo, Emil Levi, Obrad Dordevic, Martin Jones

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Currently Daniel Brennan and RebeccaCooney are studying the third year of aBSc (Hons) in Broadcast and MediaProduction.

Daniel Brennan & Rebecca Cooneyhave been working with a smallproduction company (Real to Reel)producing a series of televisedprogramme which was broadcasted onMotors TV. During their time with Realto Reel, they took different roles whileat a number of different shoots. Danfirst started working with the companyat various locations around the UK,initially at the Three Sisters Race Circuitin Wigan talking with the riders, fittingand managing the on-board cameras,ingesting the footage and being theproduction runner. After a few rounds

of the racing season, Dan moved on towork with the company for a differentclient: filming the ThundersportChampionship, another motor sporting

event. This time with a different set-up,including filming and mixing live at theevent, as well as rigging.

Rebecca started working with Real toReel when the studio segments to theBritish Supermoto Championship, werebeing shot. She helped with the setdesign and build, and then moved ontobe a runner, a make-up artist andcamera operator. From this she thenprogressed to help with one of theThundersport Championship rigs andhandling the on-board camera work atBlyton Park for the British SupermotoChampionship.

Dan commented “we have hadexceptional amounts of hands onexperience that is going to take us along way when applying for positionsin our industry”.

Rebecca said “We have positivelyenjoyed our time with Real to Reel. Ithas opened our eyes to the challengesof being a small production company,in an extremely competitive industry”.

Working with Real to Reel filming the BritishSupermoto Championship for Motors TVBy Daniel Brennan & Rebecca Cooney

Pictured: Daniel Brennan andRebecca Cooney with the

Real to Reel team

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