Bloodhound news

• UWE awards honorary degree to Richard Noble OBE - 17/11/2010

  The University of the West of England will award the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology to Richard Noble OBE in recognition of the alignment between the aims and objectives of the Bloodhound Project to inspire and motivate, and the University's own vision to do likewise.

• 1,000 mph car inspires KTP programme with help of UWE - 12/10/2010

  An exciting Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) initiative is launched today in collaboration with the BLOODHOUND Project. The innovative collaboration will create approximately 20 partnerships to support the companies sponsoring the BLOODHOUND bid to develop a 1,000mph car.

• BLOODHOUND stars at the Farnborough Airshow - 21/07/2010

  The BLOODHOUND team unveiled the complete life size Show Car, which at 12.8m, is longer than four Minis parked end to end, at the Farnborough International Airshow on Monday 19 July [2010]. The 1:1 replica is the result of three years of aerodynamic study and ten exhaustive design evolutions to perfect the shape and aerodynamic package of the planet's ultimate car.

• UWE gives business a rocket-fuelled boost - 20/04/2010

  UWE Business Plan Competition final Thursday 29 April 18.00 – 21.30 UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre Frenchay Campus Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QY World land speed record holder Richard Noble OBE will share the secrets of his success at the final of the University of the West of England's theBizIdea competition on Thursday 29 April.

• Rocket scientist visits UWE for Science and Engineering Week - 15/03/2010

  The rocket scientist who is developing one of the engines for the BLOODHOUND SSC supersonic land speed record attempt will be speaking at the University of the West of England on 17 March. Daniel Jubb will describe his work on BLOODHOUND's hybrid rocket, designed to power the car to speeds of over 1000mph.

• World's fastest car to be built in Bristol - 24/11/2009

  Bristol City Council, the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the ss Great Britain Trust have won a bid to build the world's fastest car - BLOODHOUND Super Sonic Car (SSC) - in Bristol. The car BLOODHOUND SSC with its cutting edge of technology is already inspiring future engineers and designers.

• UWE students' BLOODHOUND SSC test rig at Design Museum - 11/11/2009

  Ergonomics – Real Design at the Design Museum 18 November 2009 to March 2010 Product Design students from the University of the West of England who helped to design the ergonomics for the cockpit rig that will be used in the development of what is planned to be the world's fastest car, BLOODHOUND SSC, will have their work prominently featured in a forthcoming exhibition at the Design Museum in London.

• Can science save Bristol from recession? - 17/03/2009

  Science could save Bristol from the worst of the recession, according to experts who are gathering in the city this month. The second Science City Bristol Annual Conference on Wednesday 18 March will feature technological ground-breakers including land speed record holder Richard Noble OBE, currently working with UWE and other partners on the BLOODHOUND SSC world-record breaking attempt.

• Science Minister launches BLOODHOUND@University - 10/03/2009

  Lord Drayson, Minister of State for Science and Innovation will visit the University of the West of England on Wednesday 11 March to launch BLOODHOUND@University – a new online resource for young engineers to get involved with the development of the Bloodhound supersonic car.

• UWE students help design cockpit for world's fastest car - 20/02/2009

  World land speed challenger Andy Green, OBE visited the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) on Thursday to try out for the first time a mock-up of the cockpit he will use in his 1000 mph record attempt. The cockpit test rig, designed and built by second-year product design students, will ensure that cockpit components such as chair and controls are in the optimum ergonomic position for the challenge.

• World's fastest car + UWE - 23/10/2008

  The BLOODHOUND project Launch at Science Museum, London Thursday 23 October 2008 08.00am The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is taking centre stage in the development of BLOODHOUND SSC, a car designed to take the land speed record to over 1000mph, launching at the Science Museum in London today.