Tag Archives: Southampton University

Pulsar Fusion, UK aerospace company, has successfully tested its large-scale plasma engine designed for propelling larger satellites. The work was partly funded by the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and the engine, which is 10 times larger than conventional engines of its kind, was fired at the University of Southampton at the end of last month, Pulsar has announced. The project ...

Bristol and Southampton universities have received £11m each in government funding for research into semiconductor technologies under the government’s £1 billion support scheme for the UK  semiconductor industry. Southampton will focus on silicon photonics. The support will “unite leading UK entrepreneurs and researchers, together with a network of support to improve the commercialisation of semiconductors and deliver a step-change in ...

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today.   Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Mohamed Elrayah, an Electrical and Electronic Engineering Student at Southampton University. Achievement Mohamed played an integral role ...

Southampton University’s dean of engineering, Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi CBE, who is also a trustee of the UKESF, has advocated a greater presence for AI and machine learning in engineering education. Al-Hashimi has penned a paper on the opportunities posed by AI in the new decade, and how UK higher education institutions can best equip graduates to take advantage of those ...

The University of Southampton has announced a new academy – the Southampton Cyber Security Academy (CSA) – aimed at meeting today’s digital security challenges. The CSA is a partnership between the University of Southampton, private companies and Government agencies, and is designed to be a “focal point” for cyber security research and education and outreach. It is due to formally launch ...

74 A-Level students from across the UK and beyond are taking part in the University of Southampton’s Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) annual summer school next week, with students coming from Dublin, Romania and Greece as well as the local area. The summer school includes lectures covering varied aspects of ECS, from electronic and electrical engineering to computer science and software ...

Southampton University, in its Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), is making its next-generation optical fibre available for purchase. Until now, access to the technology was limited to commercial or academic collaborations. The new optical fibre will be used in high-power lasers, high bandwidth communications and visible and infrared sensing. The Southampton University research centre is promoting the fibre technology by granting the wider ...

The University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) has founded the Photonics Institute in Singapore, with Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Three directors will head the Institute: NTU professor Tjin Swee Chuan, NTU professor Nikolay Zheludev, and ORC director Professor Sir David Payne. L-r in the photo are Payne, Chuan and Zheludev. In the Photonics Institute will have a total of ...

Researchers from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) claim they have discovered a potential challenger to graphene.

Battery manufacturers have their work cut out. Consumers are clamouring for new power sources for their rapidly diversifying range of gizmos, yet the driver of the power revolution is the military and they have different needs, says Gail Purvis.