My Visit to the UK and the PGR Engineering Celebration Event 2015
June 8, 2015
On 23 September 2014, the annual Postgraduate research showcase was held at the University of Nottingham Malaysia campus. I was delighted to be awarded the grand prize for my poster amongst 43 postgraduate research students. The exciting award was a travel fund to the UK, which granted me the opportunity to take part in the …
Uon Electric Motorbike to take part in TT Zero Race on the Isle of Man
June 5, 2015
The Electric Motorbike team from the Power Electronics, Machines and Control Research Group (PEMC) is currently taking part in the TT Zero Races on the Isle of Man. The TT Zero Race is for bikes producing zero carbon emissions, and sees the University of Nottingham enter for the first time. The Electric Motorbike team has …
PGR Gala Dinner
May 8, 2015
Thank you to all who attended the PGR Gala Dinner at the Crown Plaza Nottingham on Wednesday 6th May! If you have any constructive comments or ideas for future events, please comment on this post! Thanks Matt Neville: PGR Engineering Community Secretary
Basketball Varsity
April 24, 2015
Dear all, As you may already know it is that time of the time year again: Each year the University takes part in the annual charity Varsity series against Nottingham Trent University. The series sees the best sportsmen and women from each University competing in some of Nottingham’s biggest sporting venues. The Varsity series is …
Open Source for FEA…
March 24, 2015
One of the subjects I didn’t learn at school when I was an undergraduate student was “Computerised FEA”. Fortunately, when I got a job in a Materials Handling Manufacturing company I had the opportunity to learn ABAQUS. We basically used the software to avoid the ‘insane’ prototyping costs. I have to admit that the FEA …
PGR REPS: the ‘very role’ unveiled…
In this post, I look at the concept of Post Graduate Research Engineering Community (PGR) and the expected activities a PGR Rep should perform during the academic year. The PGR Community exists to provide PhD students the opportunity to raise any issues or concerns during their studies. The PGR Engineering Community works with Representatives (Reps) in …
Latest News from the PGR Engineering Community
March 19, 2015
Hi. It’s Matt again, secretary to the PGR Engineering Community. We have our next formal meeting on Friday the 20th of March. I’d just like to give you a quick update on some of your issues that we resolved since the last meeting. You may or may not know that as soon as you enter …
Research Showcasing at UNMC by Samuel Jackson
March 5, 2015
Each year the faculty of engineering hosts several research showcases, both divisional and faculty wide, where participants from the early stages of postgraduate research are invited to present their work. These showcases help students to communicate their ideas to the general public and academics, reaching a much larger audience than usually possible whilst working in …
The First Engineering Research Showcase Gala Dinner
Hi All, I’m very proud to invite you to the ultimate event of this year: The First Engineering Research Showcase GALA Dinner. Tickets and further details can be found at: http://store.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=6&prodid=500 I look forward to see you all there!!! Alfonso
Grand Opening!!!
February 16, 2015
After an ‘eternal stand-by’ period, the PGR Community’s Blog is up’n’runnin‘!!! This new project is aimed to let PhD student express their thoughts… Welcome to this new space!
