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Companies flock to °×С½ãÂÛ̳ for annual engineering fair

22 January 2010

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Last year's Engineering Doctorate Fair for Urban Sustainability & Resilience cege.ucl.ac.uk/" target="_self">°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
  • °×С½ãÂÛ̳ will host its annual Engineering Doctorate Fair for Urban Sustainability & Resilience on 24 February.

    Through the fair, °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering department invests about £100,000 in each of eight projects thanks to funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

    The invitation-only event, which takes place from 4pm to 7pm at Wilkins South Cloisters, is open to industrial sponsors and °×С½ãÂÛ̳ staff.

    Companies such as AECOM, Battle McCarthy, Expedition Engineering, Halcrow, Laing O'Rourke, Ramboll, and Transport for London all attended in 2009 and are now working in collaboration with °×С½ãÂÛ̳ on projects worth a total of £1.2 million.

    An EngD is an enhanced PhD that invests in a company's research and development. Companies design a project in collaboration with a °×С½ãÂÛ̳ expert and sponsor a high-achieving student to complete the research over four years.

    Battle McCarthy, a leading sustainable engineering and landscape company, won five of the projects in 2009.

    Founder Christopher McCarthy said °×С½ãÂÛ̳ was uniquely placed in a dynamic city with world-renowned academics and facilities to help bring about change for a more sustainable future.

    He added: "People have a natural ability to cope with change in this fast-paced, multicultural and theatrical city where no drama is too big. One day we celebrated winning the Olympic bid for 2010; the next we were responding to terrorist attacks.

    °×С½ãÂÛ̳ has a great capacity for change, leaping to fourth place from 34th in the Times Higher Education-QS World Rankings in just five years. We want to be part of that change."

    If your company is interested in attending the event please email Karen Rafferty.

    Image: Last year's Engineering Doctorate Fair for Urban Sustainability & Resilience


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