Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics

Formula student is the world’s largest Engineering design competition, organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, with the challenge of designing, manufacturing and racing a single seat race car. Through multiple events, cars are judged on their acceleration, handling and efficiency, while engineers are assessed for their design, costing and business presentation skills. Current UWE … Continue reading "Formula Student – Our Best Year Yet!"

UWE student engineer Oliver Németh has been recognised for his hard work by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).  The IET Prize is awarded annually to outstanding students who are completing a course of study which has been accredited by the IET. Prize winners are nominated by their university based on having shown distinction … Continue reading "IET Prize awarded to UWE student engineer!"

Last month the DETI Inspire team at UWE Bristol held an online webinar with local engineers from organisations throughout the West of England, to share learnings from the past year with regards to delivering online engineering work experience events. As can be seen in the above word cloud, there are many benefits to virtual engagement … Continue reading "How to deliver effective engineering work experience virtually: a West of England Knowledge Share"

Engineering Open House Day is all about highlighting the important roles that engineers play in everyday life, with participating venues and organisations demonstrating the creativity and excitement behind engineering careers. This year the event will be taking place virtually and UWE Bristol’s Engineering Design and Mathematics (EDM) department will be joining in the fun with … Continue reading "Families get a sneak peak of our new sustainability show this Engineering Open House Day, July 23rd"

Our Product Design and Development Engineering Degree Apprentices from Renishaw Engineering, representing Gloucestershire College and UWE Bristol, made it through to the top six teams before being named Runners Up in this year’s competition. Run in partnership with Engineers Without Borders, the Engineering for People Design Challenge encourages university students to broaden their awareness of … Continue reading "Success at The Engineers for People Design Competition Grand Final!"

If you could completely re-design your city, your street, your home, what would you do differently? DETI Inspire at UWE have been exploring digitally engineering the West with local children, using the incredibly popular block-building video game Minecraft. Why Minecraft? Minecraft is the second-best selling video game of all time and extremely popular with children. Players place … Continue reading "Crafting our Future – Engineering the West in Minecraft"

Bristol Robofest is an annual city wide initiative taking place in June to celebrate the UK Festival of Robotics and raise the profile of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) in our local communities. The week of activity is delivered by teams from DETI Inspire at UWE Bristol, Bristol Robotics Lab and the University of … Continue reading "Bristol families say hello to Pepper the Robot and friends!"

STEM @ Baggator is a community STEM club for young people in Easton that takes place after school on Mondays (3-8.30pm) and welcomes all young people in the area to drop by and join in! The club was co-developed with members of the local community, with support from the STEM Ambassador hub for the West … Continue reading "New community STEM club launched in Easton"