On a (space) mission to inspire young women engineers: Dr Ciara McGrath
Dr Ciara McGrath, a finalist in the 2021 IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards, discusses her stellar research, career, and the future of engineering.
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Alejandra Francisco – Manchester, Aerospace and Youtube
Alejandra has only been at The University of Manchester for just over a year but is already making a big impression on our department. Passionate about promoting engineering subjects to younger female students, she has a prominent role in our societies and also created her own student youtuber channel. We caught up with her to…
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AI for Astronomy
This week’s blog comes from Alexandra Bonta and Devina Mohan, MSc students working with Professor Anna Scaife on Bayesian deep learning for classification of pulsars and radio galaxies, and follows on from our blog post for Ada Lovelace Day. Last week we celebrated Ada Lovelace Day and heard about the scientists who inspire our staff…
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The SKA’s the limit: Green light for world’s largest radio telescope network
Professor Michael Garrett explains the key role Jodrell Bank will play as construction gets underway on a truly stellar project: the exciting Square Kilometre Array Observatory.
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The Buzz S2, E5: What can we learn from the Moon?
In this captivating episode of The Buzz podcast we speak to Manchester alumni Nat Curran (NASA) and Fran McDonald (European Space Agency) about the wonders of the Moon.
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International Women’s Day 2021: Natalie Parish
When most of us go to university to study our chosen subject, it is usually with a view to working in a related industry after we graduate. But Natalie Parish, a Technical Estates Co-Ordinator & Workshop Manager in the Department, decided this wasn’t for her. After studying English and working in publishing, she made the switch to engineering by enrolling…
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Student-led engineering societies: CanSat team
We caught up with Aerospace Engineering student May who is one of the technical advisors for the award-wining Manchester CanSat Project….. let’s hear more from May!
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The Buzz S2, E1: Do aliens exist?
The second season of The Buzz podcast begins with astrophysicist Dr Eamonn Kerins, who helps us answer one of life’s biggest questions: Do aliens exist?
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Congratulations to the CanSat Project team!
Congratulations to Manchester’s student-run CanSat Project team for their success at the American Aeronautical Society’s international competition!
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Khris: My journey to becoming an Aerospace engineer
Hear from Khris about his journey to becoming an Aerospace engineer, more specifically a Drone engineer, after finding his passion lay in UAVs!