May | 2020 | Engineering

University of Brighton student’s clearing solution gets further boost

Shuvechchha Ghimire has beaten competition to be chosen as the university’s representative in the Santander Universities Emerging Entrepreneurs programme and become one of 83 start-ups taking part this year. Shuvechchha, who’s better known as ‘Subu’ to her friends and studies Electronic and Computer Engineering BEng(Hons), has created a technological innovation (UNITEC) to avoid the use…

student showing her work at project exhibition

Got a question before you start at Brighton?

We’ve put together the most frequently asked questions from the recent Computing, Engineering and Mathematics online Q&A. Engineering questions I am keen to understand how Brighton is planning on running technical degrees like mechanical engineering where there is a heavy focus on lab time and tutorials. We hope to start the autumn term as planned…

Dr Nicolas Miche working on the rig in his front garden

University responds to PPE emergency

University of Brighton researchers have responded to an emergency plea to evaluate the efficiency of PPE needed by frontline NHS staff. Close to 70,000 fluid-resistant surgical masks were supplied in the Manchester area but had not been certified due to constraints in the supply chain. Manchester City Council asked researchers within the University of Brighton’s…

Real world modules and study buddy support in engineering

Aeronautical engineering student Catherine, gives us a flavour of life on her course and tells us more about the support she get from her study buddies. The university tailors modules to what things will be like in the real world. I just finished a module on trying to come up with a system to extract…