Archived news - Civil Engineering - University of Birmingham

Description: A team from the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education has won the IMechE Railway Division Prize (WA Agnew Meritorious/ CN Goodall Award Prize) 2011 for their paper, 'Real-Time Train Re-Scheduling in Junction Areas'.

Description: Professor Chris Baker, Professor of Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Director of the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, has been invited to join the Aerodynamics panel of the British Standards Institution (BSI).

Description: Forty aspiring teenage engineers were on campus in July to take part in a four-day residential course, exploring the technologies and systems of railway engineering. Hosted by the University of Birmingham's Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE), 16 and 17 year olds from across the country took part in one of two challenges that explored aerodynamics, crashworthiness, radio communications, railway control and signalling systems.

Description: This year's Mapping the Underworld (MTU) annual event was held at the Ordinance Survey, Southampton on the 8th of September and was supported by the Pipeline Industries Guild (PIG) and UK Water Industries Research (UKWIR). Mapping the underworld is a major research programme aimed at developing a robust suite of techniques for identifying the range of services that underlie our streets. More accurate identification of this, often complex, network of pipes and cables has the potential to significantly reduce costs, delays and accidents.

Description: With the world's energy demand growing and many traditional sources arguably unsustainable, we need to address a vast range of issues. Through our expertise, knowledge partnerships and resources we are engaging with industry to help find real solutions and alternatives to the challenges we are facing. Through such collaborations our students gain a broad experience, helping us to educate and shape the energy professionals that will continue to play a critical role in the energy landscape for many years to come.

Description: University of Birmingham undergraduates get up early for breakfast seminars hosted by engineering company, Amey. The students benefited from Amey engineers' design expertise to hear about topical civil engineering projects, challenges and solutions.

Description: Prathan Rungthonkit, a PhD research student under the supervision of Dr Jimmy Yang, has won the Institution of Structural Engineers, Midland Counties Branch, Regional Structural Engineering Awards (2011) through his research on "Behaviour of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) under combined axial and transverse loadings".

Description: Birmingham – France railway connections celebrated by Associate Professor Felix Schmit and a 30-year collaborative relationship with the Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics in Paris, by Dr Gurmel Ghataora.

Description: Wind Action, Ventilation and Environmental Science (WAVES) research collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Silsoe in Bedfordshire.

Description: The wind engineering team of the School of Civil Engineering has a reputation for not only undertaking high quality work but also for investigating challenging issues which cross a number of boundaries.

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