STUDENT VOICE Student Voice SPRING SUMMER 2017 | Page 35

UNIVERSITY of
GLASGOW VISIT
To demonstrate some of the work
he does, he hooked Becky, an
Ayrshire Connects member, up
to a machine which gave out a
small electrical current. When he
typed information into his laptop,
Becky’s hand began to move on its
own. He explained that this can be
helpful for people who have spinal
damage and have lost the use of
their limbs.
Finally, the Ayrshire students
got the opportunity to visit and
speak with another University
of Glasgow student society –
UGRacing – who in the summer
are competing in “Formula
Student” at Silverstone racetrack
against 200 other universities from
around the world.
Ayrshire Connects is a network
to connect female Science,
Technology, Engineering and
Maths students across the
College. Recently, students
organised a visit to the University
of Glasgow to meet with its
female engineering society,
FemEng.
The students were greeted by
Nina and Ellen, the President
and Vice President of FemEng.
Next was a meeting with a group
of students from FemEng. They
talked about what it’s like to study
at university and how they felt
about studying male-dominated
subjects. Nearly all the FemEng
members were studying different
disciplines of engineering but
enjoyed coming together to
study and arranging fun events on
campus.
First up on the tour was a visit to
the James Watt Nanofabrication
Centre where the students were
met by Professor Douglas J.
Paul, who gave a presentation on
Micro and Nanotechnology. Next
they were suited up in personal
protective equipment – suits to
cover them from head to toe – to
enter the centre’s clean room,
which is a state-of-the-art facility
for microfabrication and high-
specification nanofabrication. The
1350M 2 clean room houses over
£32M worth of nanofabrication
tools. The students got to
see some of the university’s
technicians working on their
various research projects.
The highlight of the tour was a
visit to the Biomedical Engineering
Department to meet Dr Henrik
Gollee, a senior lecturer.
He explained that his research
interests are in the use of
control engineering methods to
understand how humans control
their movements.
THE STUDENT VOICE SPRING/SUMMER 2017
Working as a team in their free
time, they design and manufacture
a race car, building it from the
ground up, taking the project from
the initial concept to a full model
3D representation of the car they
have designed.
The trip was a huge success, and
was the first of many.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
14 June: #thisayrshiregirlcan
- TECHNOLOGY WORKOUT
22 June: Mission Discovery
- Ayrshire Connects Event
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