Why Strathclyde?National Engineering Day
Improving lives through engineering
We're proud to be celebrating National Engineering Day, a day that aims to make the UK’s engineers and engineering more visible and celebrate how they improve everyday lives and shape the world around us.
As the biggest engineering faculty in Scotland, we pride ourselves on offering our staff and students access to cutting-edge facilities. Our facilities allow them to carry out research that makes a real impact and delivers solutions to many of the global challenges that are facing society today.
Through showcasing a selection of our community as part of National Engineering Day, we hope to continue to attract and inspire the next generation of engineers, from all walks of life.
See how our engineers are engineering better lives...
Engineering better lives by rehabilitating stroke patients
Maisie Keogh, Biomedical Engineering
PhD Biomedical Engineering student, Maisie Keogh, talks about her research in rehabilitating stroke patients. Read more about Maisie's PhD experience.
Engineering better lives by delivering medical supplies using drones
Project CAELUS (Care & Equity – Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland) brings together 16 partners, including Strathclyde, to deliver what will be the first national drone network that can transport essential medicines, bloods and other medical supplies throughout Scotland including to remote communities.
The project was recently awarded Excellence in Technology and Innovation at the Scottish Transport Awards.
Read more about it in our news story, Pioneering medical drone project wins award for Excellence in Technology and Innovation.
The consortium’s work aims to revolutionise the accessibility of the medical supply chain through investment and research in technology.
Principal Investigator Dr Marco Fossati
the Aerospace Centre of Excellence at the University of Strathclyde
Our students are engineering better lives
Shaina Agwan
Sustainable Engineering
In the long run, I want to become a renewable energy entrepreneur to work in the energy sector in India and provide clean and green energy to the remote villages where there is no electricity or very little electricity.
Precious Otti
Chemical & Process Engineering
What I love about my research area is that it is evolving with new techniques and improvements to existing ones. It is focussed on solving world challenges one of which is pollution and improving combustion processes.
Zainab Al Balushi
Prosthetics & Orthotics
My mum introduced me to Prosthetics and Orthotics as she works alongside people with disabilities. She mentioned how much of a great impact and difference I could make in their lives and how rewarding it would be to be able to assist them and provide them with a better quality of life. This motivated me to join the course and find out if this was the career path for me.
Aisha Ali
Renewable Energy Systems
One of the highlights of my studies so far has been getting the opportunity to be part of the 16th UN Climate Change Conference of Youth (COY16) as a delegate and participate in the United Nation’s 26th annual global climate summit, COP26.
Aditi Mukhopadhyay
Chemical & Process Engineering
I enjoy that I can carry out in-depth research, and the hands-on laboratory work fills me with pride knowing that hopefully I can make a difference to these processes, and all aspects of life. I appreciate the practical aspect of my project, and the fact that what I work on has a real application – the work and data I do can actually be used somewhere.
Danielle Gunn
Electronic & Electrical Engineering
My ambitions for the future involve attaining chartered engineering status and working within the power industry. I'd like to focus on potentially protection and control systems and how they are adapting to the further integration of renewable energy.
Engineering better lives through improved ventilation during the pandemic
Professor Tim Sharpe was presented a World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe award in recognition for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Head of Architecture at Strathclyde, who specialises in indoor ventilation and transmission, has been a member of the WHO-Europe High-Level European Expert Covid-19 Group since 2021.
At the latest group meeting in UN City Copenhagen, the professor was presented with an award for his contribution by Dr Kluge. Read more about the award in our news story, Architecture Professor receives WHO award for COVID-19 work.
Engineering better lives by supporting clean energy
My ambition for the future is a career supporting the UK’s transition to a clean energy future and I would like to look back and be proud that I made a positive contribution to that. I think that the experience and knowledge I’ll gain at Strathclyde will provide me with the basis to fulfil that ambition.
Lesley Thomson, MSc Sustainable Engineering Renewable Energy Systems & the Environment
Engineering better lives through prosthetics & orthotics
Our BSc Prosthetics & Orthotics course is the only course in the UK with accreditation from the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics. Watch our video to hear staff and students talk about how prosthetics and orthotics can be life-changing.
Find out more about the work we do in this area by catching up on our Prosthetics & Orthotics Instagram takeover.
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