Advanced Engineering Centre coming to Brighton 22 December 2014

Work is due to start next summer on a new Advanced Engineering Centre at the University of Brighton following £5 million worth of backing from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

The centre, which will provide cutting-edge facilities for mechanical, automotive and aerospace engineering to educate the next generation, is expected to open in November 2016.

Professor Andrew Lloyd, dean of the university's College of Life, Health and Physical Sciences, says the centre will incorporate the university's Centre for Excellence in Internal Combustion Research, which earlier received £7 million of government backing.

It is also being established with Shoreham-based low carbon vehicle engineering consultancy Ricardo, and early joint collaborative projects are set to include the search for near-zero emissions internal combustion engines.

"This [funding] will allow us to establish world-class specialist teaching facilities to alongside the state-of-the-art research base we are establishing with our long term partner Ricardo," states Professor Lloyd.

"These facilities will provide a unique opportunity for our undergraduate and postgraduate students to study alongside our researchers and engineers from Ricardo, and undertake industrially relevant projects at the forefront of engineering within the research facilities," he adds.

The Advanced Engineering Centre, based on the University's Moulsecoomb Campus, will include new and refurbished accommodation and facilities for hi-tech, design-led manufacturing, and will also offer support to companies throughout the region.

Brian Tinham

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