Topic - Open Events, Schools and Colleges
National Manufacturing Day takes place this year on Thursday 25 September. Join us at the University of Sunderland, a pledged employer and participant, in this fantastic opportunity to engage in interactive workshops relating to sustainable design engineering.
This event is open to Year 13 students (individuals and group bookings) who are interested in studying one of our undergraduate Engineering courses.
Skills in sustainability are highly sought after by employers and are embedded in our Engineering courses to provide you with the most up-to-date knowledge and skills to begin your career.
We'll be joined by a University of Sunderland graduate who has gone on to own multiple successful businesses in the field of Sustainable Engineering. Liam Hunt (Ambic Manufacturing) will provide invaluable insight and advice to students wishing to enter the industry.
You'll also tour our facilities and hear from lecturers and current students about their experiences studying at the University of Sunderland.
You'll have the opportunity to take part in multiple interactive taster sessions, including:
Industry 4.0 and Smart Factories
The internet has revolutionised the way we live and communicate. In this session you'll learn how the fourth industrial revolution is harnessing this power to share information and make decisions. It's now possible to link human behaviour and real world events with smart manufacturing factories to improve efficiency and make intelligent decisions in real time. You'll see this technology in action and gain an understanding of the exciting careers emerging for specialists in this field.
Strength of Materials
Product failure is not acceptable, especially in safety-critical and high-performance applications. This session will help you understand how mechanical engineers are able to remove the guesswork from the equation when developing products. The workshop will start with the theory of different types of forces and what this means for materials and components to which they are applied. Using computer software, a real-world simulation will be created to understand at what point the material will break. Finally, this can be tested in the laboratory to see how theory, computer prediction and the real world all compare.
For any questions, please email events.recruitment@sunderland.ac.uk.