Engineering: at The University of Bristol
Engineering: at The University of Bristol
Engineering: at The University of Bristol
Aerospace Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Engineering Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering at About us
of Bristol
Electrical/Electronic and
Engineering Maths
revolutionise what our world is made of, to exploring the Engineering Mathematics
potential of quantum computing. Mechanical Engineering
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seamlessly from theory to experiment. Spaces to experiment
Our world-class facilities are available to and put teaching into
students, researchers and international
industry. invested practice
in new hi-spec labs
and equipment.
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Research
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Professor Nigel Smart and been used to secure stored data, such Composites: Protecting
Professor Elisabeth Oswald as hard disk encryption. At Bristol we’re premature babies from stress
looking at a third area: securing data If you’re familiar with composites, you
while it is being used for computation. probably associate them with large
management of illness, especially in structures like aircraft wings and turbine
ageing populations.” We’re approaching this entirely new blades, not new-born babies. But
field in two different ways. Professor Professor Fabrizio Scarpa, a member
SPHERE is working with doctors, Elisabeth Oswald has been given an of the Bristol Composites Institute
designers, social care professionals and ERC Consolidator Award to continue her (ACCIS), has been working on a new
– importantly – members of the public groundbreaking work on side-channel ‘metamaterial’ which could improve how
to develop the SPHERE technology. protection. This research tries to stop premature and critically ill babies are
This collaboration helps make sure that attackers obtaining information by transported for medical treatment.
people will accept the sensors in their measuring emanations coming from a
homes, that the platform will solve real device. For example, by measuring the There are 16,000 transfers of premature
healthcare problems cost-effectively, power consumed an attacker can work babies to medical facilities each year
whilst giving us information to improve out what’s going on inside a computer. in the UK. Babies are often transported
clinical practice. Sometimes even measuring the noise over large distances and significant
a computer makes can reveal secret periods of time. The ambulances or
SPHERE uses a two-bedroom house information. Elisabeth’s cutting-edge aircraft used are miniaturised intensive
in Bristol as a ‘living lab’. Healthy work mixes deep statistical theory with care units, containing all the equipment
participants and people with health practical experiments on real hardware needed to keep the baby alive. But
conditions live in the house to to try to mitigate these types of attack. vibrations and noise from equipment
investigate clinical hypotheses and and vehicles can cause considerable,
learn how sensor data can be used Professor Nigel Smart is investigating even life-threatening stress to the most
to monitor quality of life, wellbeing how to let organisations compute on vulnerable human lives.
and health conditions. data without ever having access to it.
Imagine a UK healthcare provider being Professor Scarpa’s new ‘metamaterial’ is
A vital part of SPHERE’s research is to able to place its data on a Google server inspired by a nuclear reactor design that
test the system in real homes, we’re in America, and allowing Google to offers double protection by combining
asking people across Bristol to take perform computations on the provider’s two unusual properties known to
part in this research. behalf, without Google ever seeing dampen vibrations to a much greater
any of the data. Nigel is supported by degree than other materials. Working
Cryptography: Protecting an ERC Advanced Grant (his second), with colleagues at Sheffield Hallam
the systems we rely on funding from the US DARPA agency and University, his team developed “double
Attacks on computer systems have a Fellowship from EPSRC. Nigel’s work negative” mechanical metamaterials
increasingly been in the news, with in multi-party computation and fully that combine both negative Poisson’s
a recent attack on the NHS causing homomorphic encryption has attracted ratio and negative stiffness properties
chaos. Technologies to protect data and much attention . He is a co-founder of simultaneously.
the systems the data resides on all use a company in Israel (Dyadic Security)
some form of cryptography. Traditionally, which examines applications of this The prototypes are exciting, and once the
cryptography is about securing data technology in corporate risk mitigation . team has tested and adapted the material,
while it is being sent, a famous example He is also working with a US company it could be used to make safer neonatal
is the Enigma machine used in World (Galois) on potential applications, such transfer vehicles – as well as in larger
War II. More recently, cryptography has as processing census data. applications like earthquake protection.
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Across the
faculty we are
investigating how
digital innovation
can improve
everyday life
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Teaching
Hands-on Learning Vibrant postgraduate community
The Faculty of Engineering is a
from Experts
dynamic environment with around
2,500 undergraduate and 700
postgraduate students. We have around
200 academics and over 350 research
and teaching staff. Our staff and
We are proud of our outstanding teaching and our wide range of students come from every continent,
programmes delivered by research-active staff. Our commitment and we actively support this diversity.
to providing a research-informed education helps students to Our academics establish lasting global
develop advanced skills and follow their chosen career. partnerships with other leading universities,
government departments and industry.
We apply our research through successful
Our students benefit from state-of-the- and deep. We also offer teaching that technology and knowledge transfer, and
art research centres, modern facilities bridges several disciplines, including our work is always engaged with industry,
and a supportive learning environment. a multidisciplinary Engineering Design which adds value to the economy and
Our undergraduate programmes provide degree and an MEng in Mechanical and benefits society, as recognised in REF2014.
a technically excellent professional Electrical Engineering, developed with
education. Teaching undergraduates is our industrial partners. Centres for Doctoral Training
a central activity for the faculty; this is
With grants totalling over £30 million,
reflected in the annual National Student All undergraduate Engineering courses
Bristol leads seven Engineering and
Survey where we regularly have an overall now offer a year in industry as part of
Physical Sciences Research Council
satisfaction rate of over 90 per cent. the degree and every undergraduate
(EPSRC) Centres for Doctoral Training,
programme offers a year of study at
and partners in two more: Advanced
Most undergraduate study is clearly a university abroad. Every first-year
Composites for Innovation and
rooted in one discipline, enabling a will have an industrial mentor and the
Science Centre (ACCIS), Complexity,
student’s education to be coherent opportunity to apply for internships.
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Bristol consistently
ranks in the world’s
top 100
and UK’s
10
top
universities
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Partnerships
The Faculty of Engineering has a dedicated Industrial Liaison Experience:
The ILO internship scheme lets
Office (ILO) which creates opportunities for engagement and students get experience in an industrial
collaboration with industry, so our students can reach their full environment, something that many
potential and our researchers can change the world. employers now insist on. Research and
teaching internships are also available to
help students to explore their interest in
further research or study. From 2018/19
Supporting Students MEng students will have the option of a
year in industry as part of their degree.
Students will get workplace experience,
Explore:
work on larger long-term projects, and
Our Industry Insight programme features gain valuable skills.
technical talks and workshops by engineers
working in a variety of companies and Events:
sectors, from multinationals like Airbus,
The ILO delivers one off activities
Dyson and Google to smaller organisations
in partnership with industry. In 2017
such as Nova Systems and university
Airbus sponsored Outreach Days
start-ups like Ultrahaptics.
and Drone competition and Boeing
sponsored a Hackathon. These events
Engage:
help students to develop skills like
All first-year students have an industrial problem solving, project management
mentor. Students meet with their mentor in and commercial awareness early on
small groups during their first and second in their academic careers.
years, including a visit to the mentor’s
company. In 2016/17, 167 mentors from
64 companies mentored over 600 students.
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Inclusivity
The Faculty of Engineering has a commitment to diversity
and equality. As well as increasing diversity across the board,
we want to have at least 30 per cent female representation
by 2030. We believe that people with a wide range of
backgrounds are best placed to solve the global challenges
of the future, so we need to actively prioritise inclusion.
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Women in aerospace
We work with Airbus to offer
scholarships to women with an interest
in aerospace. Prospective students
write about why they’re want to be an
engineer and their vision for the future
of aerospace. Winners receive a cash
scholarship and get to give something
back by supporting an Airbus-sponsored
outreach day for Year 8 girls.
We have
committed
to at least
30%
female
representation
by 2030
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Student-led societies
Engineers without borders Bristol University Drone Society Bristol SEDS: Space
Using Engineering to eliminate The place for Drone enthusiasts Exploration Society
global poverty This vibrant new society is for all “Sending ‘stuff ’ into the
This award-winning society gives Bristol students interested in Drones. stratosphere and sometimes
student across the faculty the The group aims to bring drone racing getting it back”
opportunity to embrace the to Bristol, whilst also embracing This muli-disciplinary group gives
humanitarian aspects of Engineering fixed wing flying, design challenges, students with an interest in space the
whilst developing technical and autonomous control and RC truck opportunity to send things into space!
professional skills. Their programme and car racing. This year they worked Part of a wider UK-based group,
of events include outreach, talks from with Airbus and AeroSoc to run students compete in competitions,
experts, and hands on workshops. ‘Drone Dash’ a two-day event where build satellites and launch rockets.
Last year a team of students travelled multidisciplinary teams built and flew
to Benin to construct a rainwater drones from scratch.
harvesting system for a health clinic.
Bristol University Industry
Women in Engineering Society Led Design (BUILD) The Space
Supporting and celebrating Hands on skills and practical Exploration
women experience Society (Bristol
Women are massively underrepresented
in Engineering disciplines and this society
This community of creative, technology
focused students work together to gain
SEDS) group
aims to remedy that. They run outreach practical experience of design. They gives students the
activities encouraging girls to consider run lectures, workshops, collaborative opportunity to send
things into space!
engineering. They also provide peer design projects and challenging design
support, run social events and host talks competitions. They also cultivate links
from inspirational women engineers. with industry to benefit members.
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Reputation
and ranking
Bristol consistently ranks in the
world’s top 100 and the UK’s top
10 universities in league tables
Faculty of Engineering
that draw on information about
University of Bristol
Queen’s Building both research and teaching
University Walk excellence.
Bristol
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our graduates are among the
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most sought after by employers
across the globe.