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News Release from: Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 September 2005
IMechE president opens Brunel University
studio
Institution of Mechanical Engineers president opened a design studio at Brunel University for students of a Design Engineering MSc course, which is launched this year.
The president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Andrew Ives, who is also one of the first graduates of Brunel University, in West London, returned there yesterday to open a new design studio Ives, 62, graduated from Brunel University with a first class honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering nearly 40 years ago
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Now a leading professional engineer, he was elected the 120th president of IMechE, the UK's qualifying body and natural professional home for mechanical engineers, earlier this year.
He will be visiting Brunel University's Uxbridge site to open a new design studio for students of the new Design Engineering MSc course, which is launched this year.
Ives commented: "Brunel is one of this country's most respected academic homes for engineering, as the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is for professional mechanical engineers.
This is probably my first return to the site where I studied, and, as one of Brunel's first graduates and the first engineering president that the university has produced, I am delighted to be involved in the launch of this site and the new engineering MSc course." The new laboratory has been fully equipped by Niftylift, which produces hydraulic aerial work platforms (known as cherry pickers) and was established 25 years ago by another Brunel engineering graduate, Roger Bowden.
Bowden, who is Niftylift's founder and chairman, added: "We see the new course as being a very valuable step forward for the development of the engineering graduate into a competent and professional design engineer." A spokeswoman for Brunel University said: "The Engineering Design masters course is a new programme developed by Brunel University, taking in to consideration the needs of British industry, students and the mechanical engineering profession.
The support of IMechE and Niftylift is valued tremendously.".
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