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Work Experiences: DURHAM:  Durham has provided me not only an interesting trip that will guide my decision on my future academic options but also an opportunity to see a well-renowned university, inlcuding its impressive resources as well as its environment. During my visit here, I found the environment in the town to be much more friendly and comforting than expected of a widely regarded university. River Wear (top), Durham (Castle) During the trip we attended talks of multiple engineer related aspects in durham, one of which was unexpectedly archeology, which I found interesting nonetheless, as well as the engineering opportunities available to us at Durham, including multiple branches of engineering that we could pursue. We also attended more practical talks, specifically on renewable energy conservation, which gave us a more hand on experience with using basic lab equipment that allowed us to gain results which we later scrutinised. I thoroughly...
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Sustainable Materials - Without the Hot Air: Making Buildings, Vehicles and Products Efficiently and with Less New Material Summary: The authors look at materials and think or work out if there is a better way to use them with considerately less waste and improving the efficiently at the same time. Looking at how we use all the materials which we make into a vast number of products in different ways some better than others, most of which we use in our everyday life. The base line is it's about how to make materials into goods in a more efficient way both from the point of view of saving money and make them easier to use. These can go hand in hand. It doesn't over complicate every thing as some books do as it’s More to the point, what they write seems to make a great deal of sense, also you get the feeling that the authors have had experience in a good cross section of manufacturing and the business world out there. As they indicate they are always looking for a...
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