Engineered by US - an exhibition
The Faculty of Engineering has opened a new and unique exhibition exploring the past, present and future of engineering at the University of Sheffield and in the city at the Western Bank Library.
Engineered by US, delves into the city’s engineering and manufacturing heritage and explores the vital contributions made by the Faculty of Engineering.
Alongside manufacturing and engineering, the exhibition showcases the faculty’s research and innovation in the areas of sustainability and energy, biomedical engineering and learning from failure.
Visitors to the exhibition can enjoy interactive exhibits allowing them to generate microbubbles which have led to a step change in energy efficiency, as well as get a better understanding of the development of personalised synthetic voices for those who have lost their own through illness.
A cross-section of a jet turbine disk manufactured by the University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing is also on show for people to examine and learn how using high performance machining such as this has helped halve production times.
The exhibition, which was opened on Wednesday (15 June 2011) by University of Sheffield Pro Chancellor Tony Pedder, Chairman at Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd, also shows how research carried out by academics at the University has helped prevent the Millennium Bridge from swaying.
Professor Mike Hounslow, Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Engineering, said: “We are delighted to be able to showcase what we do in engineering at the University of Sheffield. I can’t recall a time where so many people have recognised so clearly in the public domain that engineering matters. It matters for the economic well-being of the country and it matters for our intellectual capacity to be the sort of knowledge economy that we want to be. I hope visitors can see in this exhibition why this is true.”
Engineered by US is at Western Bank Library until Friday 16 September 2011. It is open from:
9am – 7pm Monday to Thursday
10am – 7pm Fridays
12 noon – 6pm Saturdays
Closed Sundays
An audio commentary for the exhibition is available from the library reception desk and visitors can scan the numerous QR (Quick Response) codes in the exhibition on their mobile phone, enabling them to view video and other internet content on as they browse the exhibition.
The exhibition is co-curated by Professor Vanessa Toulmin, Director of the University´s National Fairground Archive; Amy Jones, Marketing Coordinator for the University’s Faculty of Engineering; Caroline Hall, Heritage Consultant; and Amanda Bernstein from the University’s Special Collections Library.