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Science and Society - Sustainable Energy Technologies
The Earth’s natural resources are running out. Wind, wave, solar, hydro-electric, nuclear, tidal energies and fuel cells are our sustainable alternatives for the future.
The aim of this Headstart Science and Society course is to educate students on the generation of sustainable energy through different technology solutions, its distribution and the implications to society through environmental climate change. The course is suitable for students with interests in mathematics, physics and chemistry and will focus on problems engineers encounter in providing solutions through lectures and visits to external organisations (e.g. National Oceanographic Centre Southampton).
In groups, the students will undertake a design and build project with the artefacts tested in the School of Engineering Sciences’ facilities (design studios, wind tunnels, towing tank, and laboratories).
During the week students will experience life as an undergraduate, live in student halls and have the opportunity to talk to current undergraduate students about what living and studying is like in the School of Engineering Sciences.
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