The 2014 SELA cohort are preparing for their first summer placements – a key element in the SELA programme – which are due to start next month.
Several students have secured 8-10 week placements with major engineering firms. These include:
- ARM, a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor technology
- Alan Wood & Partners, civil and structural engineering consultants
- Cambridge Consultants, product development engineering and technology consultants
- Network Rail
Some of the cohort have decided to carry out their first placement in research. The projects they will be working on with the University’s Faculty of Engineering include:
- Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of metallic materials for aerospace
- Space engineering in the low earth orbit
- Nuclear waste disposal
- Implants to enable nerve repair
- Self-healing composite materials
- Battery technology, including 3D printing batteries
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