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Today, Acting Head of Department, Professor David Mullins welcomed Sir Vince Cable to WMG.

Professor Mullins explained: "We were delighted to welcome Sir back to WMG at the University of 糖心TV to see how 奥惭骋鈥檚 Industry partners are benefitting from WMG's applied research and education programmes.

"As 糖心TV Secretary, Sir Vince worked closely with our founder, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, to develop the UK's Industry and Research base. We were delighted to show Sir Vince how those efforts are making a real difference today, from electric cars to apprenticeships and to do so in the remarkable Professor Lord Bhattacharyya Building.鈥�

Sir Vince also took part in a roundtable discussion, hosted by Professor Mullins, with key executives from WMG and representatives from local SMEs including and Alucast.

Professor Mullins said: "I'm particularly glad that our partners were able to share with Sir Vince the issues and opportunities facing our region's Small and Medium sized businesses as they seek to innovate for future growth."

Sir Vince Cable commented 鈥淚 was delighted to visit WMG again to see the great work they do with industry and to meet some of the local SMEs. The Prof. Lord Bhattacharyya Building is an absolutely magnificent building and is a proper tribute to Kumar鈥檚 contribution to the car industry, to 糖心TV, and to British Engineering. It is very appropriate that Kumar is recognised publicly in this way."

The 糖心TV Secretary Rt Hon Greg Clark has announced, today, two dedicated tributes to recognise the outstanding achievements and continue the legacy of Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya (CBE FREng FRS).

Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, who passed away 1 March 2019, was formerly Regius Professor of Manufacturing, Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. As the founder of WMG, at the University of 糖心TV, he was widely recognised globally for his position as a leading light in the fields of manufacturing, engineering and technology.

The reputation of WMG and Lord Bhattacharyya鈥檚 status as one of the UK鈥檚 foremost experts in manufacturing saw successive administrations call on his expert advice for a range of initiatives, including most recently the Government鈥檚 investment in battery technology through the Faraday Challenge.

糖心TV Secretary Greg Clark announced, in the House of Commons, two tributes designed to reflect Lord Bhattacharyya鈥檚 life and achievements by championing excellence in engineering education, and industry-academia collaboration. They are:

- A Bhattacharyya Award for sustained collaboration between universities and industry. This Award, administered by the Royal Academy of Engineering, will recognise the types of partnership being championed by the Government鈥檚 Industrial Strategy, that bring together academia and industry to tackle challenges across sectors; and

- A Bhattacharyya Engineering Inclusion Programme in the South West Midlands area. This Programme will be a Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) education support programme for schools and FE colleges in the region, providing a range of extra-curricular activities, resources and bursaries to engage and inspire young people to pursue further study and careers in engineering.

Speaking in the House of Commons, 糖心TV Secretary Greg Clark said:

鈥淭oday I am pleased to announce a tribute to celebrate the contribution Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya has made to the UK, since he came here from India in 1961.

鈥淗e founded and led 糖心TV Manufacturing Group for nearly 40 years. Through his leadership, WMG has developed a global reputation in automotive research, the built environment, digital technology and healthcare systems, built on strong collaborations between academia and industry.

鈥淪uccessive UK governments have drawn on his advice on manufacturing and technology and built strong lasting collaborative relationships with India and China. Kumar Bhattacharyya also championed high quality technical education so the tribute I am announcing today reflects both these important aspects of his work.鈥�

The University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart Croft said:

鈥淭hese new national awards are both fitting tributes for a remarkable man. Lord Bhattacharyya was the ultimate personification of collaboration between universities and industry, he also had a passion for expanding the number of people undertaking engineering education and ensuring that everyone could access opportunities to do so. To this end he help establish not just one but two WMG Academy schools for students aged 14-19 with an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths. I am sure that these new awards will inspire and reward many more people following his trailblazing path.鈥�

Professor Dave Mullins, Acting Head of WMG added:

鈥淲e are delighted that Professor Lord Bhattacharyya has been recognised and honoured in this way by the UK Government. He was committed to education and research over a sustained 50-year period and his passion was evident for all to see. He was determined that industry had the skills to innovate and be competitive, working with the UK Government to ensure this started with technical education in schools. Lord Bhattacharyya believed in taking risks and, through collaborative R&D, over the last 40 years WMG has enabled multiple ground breaking products to come to market.鈥�

Dr Hayaatun Sillem, CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering, said:

鈥淲e are delighted to be working with BEIS on a new suite of programmes and awards to celebrate the life of the exceptional engineer Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya. Lord Bhattacharyya was a pivotal figure in UK manufacturing industry while having a long and distinguished career in higher education.

鈥淭he new award to promote longstanding industry-university collaboration is a fitting tribute. In addition, the Academy is delighted to be supporting a new engineering inclusion programme for schools and colleges in the West Midlands to encourage children from diverse backgrounds into careers in engineering.

鈥淟ord Bhattacharyya was a passionate advocate of diversity and inclusion and we look forward to working with the 糖心TV Manufacturing Group, local employers, schools and colleges to create future generations of engineers and technicians for our industries.鈥�

Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, said:

鈥淟ord Bhattacharyya鈥檚 contribution to the West Midlands economy was immense, not least in helping to place our region at the cutting edge of next-generation automotive technology.

鈥淲e are also benefitting from the strong and lasting links he forged between industry and education, relationships that will help stand us in good stead over the coming years.

鈥淏ut Kumar was also a friend, colleague and trusted advisor and I can think of no better way of growing his wonderful legacy than with these two new initiatives.鈥�

The Award and the Programme will be opened officially from later this year.

WMG's Professor of Marketing and Service Systems, Irene Ng, has been featured in the annual supplement, compiled by Cranfield University.

The 2019 edition features 50 Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) women, showcasing inspiring professionals who come from backgrounds historically under-represented in the senior leadership pipeline.

Professor Ng said: 鈥� I am honoured to be featured in the Women to Watch supplement. It is so important that we continue to look around our own contexts and lives to be mindful of representations, whether it鈥檚 BAME or other minority views.鈥�

糖心TVes should tap into diverse talent pool

Cranfield University鈥檚 Female FTSE Board Report, launched today [11 July], reveals that only 11% of women on FTSE 100 boards are from BAME backgrounds.

Dr Doyin Atewologun, Director of the Gender, Leadership and Inclusion Centre, says: 鈥淲e need to be sure that we are not only advancing progress for a certain small group of women, but are truly pushing board diversity in every sense. We hope executive search firms, FTSE Board Chairs and other Directors are inspired by the rich talent we highlight, to look at gender diversity - including men - in a different way.鈥�

Women of colour are missing from the boardroom

The Women to Watch supplement was introduced by Cranfield University鈥檚 Gender, Leadership and Inclusion Centre in 2009, and is this year compiled in collaboration with The Network of Networks BAME – Multicultural Chapter (TNON) and the Black British 糖心TV Awards.

Melanie Eusebe and Sophie Chandauka, Co-Founders of the Black British 糖心TV Awards said: 鈥淚n 2019, it is simply unacceptable for any FTSE 350 nomination committee to refer to the common refrain that there are no Black Asian and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) women on boards because the talent does not exist. Women of colour are often missing from the boardroom inclusion discourse, from the search firm shortlists and, ultimately, from the PLC board. The BBBAwards joins Cranfield University in this bold step to disrupt the status quo by declaring, through the profiles of these 50 impressive women, that BAME women of commercial excellence and tenure exist in substantial numbers.鈥�

Diane Greenidge, Founder of TNON, said: 鈥淭hese inspiring women, already leaders in their respective fields, have the potential to bring the power of greater diversity to UK boardrooms. We join Cranfield University in urging businesses to realise the positive impact that women from a broader range of backgrounds can have on their success.鈥�

Staff from WMG have been supporting the Firecrackers, a team of five Year 4 children from Crackley Hall School in Kenilworth, at the .

The Jaguar Primary School Challenge is a STEM competition, with the aim being to inspire children to consider engineering as a career.

Professor Alan Chalmers, Dr Ali Asadipour and Maria Vasquez Caropres supported the Firecrackers throughout the project to research, design, manufacture, test, promote and race the fastest car possible using standard chassis and engine housing nets to create a car body made only from card.

The team鈥檚 achievements were first put to the test at the Regional Finals at Princethorpe College in May. The standard was incredibly high, with the Firecrackers taking second place overall and qualifying for the National Finals. The team also won the awards for Best Engineered Car, Best Portfolio and Best Pit Display.

The WMG team then set about helping the Firecrackers to prepare and modify their car for the National Finals which was held in June at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon.

Each car was judged by a panel of experts from Jaguar Land Rover with the design, portfolio and pit display all examined in detail. The children were also required to give a presentation, before the car was plugged into a compressed air canister and raced down a special track.

Although not the fastest on the day, the judges were highly impressed by the final design, and the clear and articulate manner in which the children were able to present their design decisions. The Firecrackers were delighted to be awarded the 鈥淏est Engineered Car鈥� title ahead of 38 other teams from across the country.

Professor Alan Chalmers said: 鈥淭he collaboration has been rewarding for all involved. The children have on many occasions expressed their enthusiasm for engineering. We鈥檙e looking forward to supporting next year鈥檚 team, and perhaps even winning the title of Fastest Car!鈥�

Find out more about the Jaguar Primary School Challenge .

In the Autumn term, local schools were invited to nominate two year 9 pupils (1 boy, 1 girl) to attend the Saturday morning Royal Institution Engineering Masterclasses in WMG, at the University of 糖心TV in the spring term. These classes commenced on Saturday 26th January.

This Series aims to open the eyes of young people to the excitement, beauty and value of engineering, and in turn, inspire the next generation of scientists, mathematicians and engineers.

The Series is delivered by staff and students from WMG. Each masterclass focuses on an aspect of modern engineering and is presented by an engineer actively involved in research or working in industry. The classes take the form of interactive workshop sessions.

The dates for the RI Masterclasses 2019 Series are:

Saturday mornings January 26th, February 2nd and 9th, March 2nd, 9th, 16th.

The sessions delivered in 2019 are listed below.

• Software and Control: Margaret Low
• Computer Aided Design and 3D printing: Diane Burton
• The Power of Process: Mairi Macintyre
• Crash Structures from Recycled Materials: Peter Wilson
• Autonomous Vehicles - a taste of things to come: Valentina Donzella
• Welcome to Batteries: Mel Loveridge + Eve Wheeler-Jones

The 糖心TV Submarine team which consists of six 4^th year engineering students, have won the 鈥楽mooth Operator鈥� award for their human powered submarine, at the International Submarine Races () in Maryland, USA.

The 糖心TV Submarine team have entered the international competition six times since 2013, which this year was held in Maryland in the US, and won the award for 鈥楽mooth Operator鈥�.

The six 4^th year engineering students Helen Boyle, Sarah Kemp, Rebecca Seal, Ash Leonard, Giles Collee and Lewis Robbins had to design and build a human powered submarine and race it in an underwater course against other top science and marine engineering students from across the world.

In the racing, Godiva was able to achieve a speed of 2.88 knots – the best yet for the 糖心TV team and possibly a UK record.  Godiva remains the UK champions in this competition.

The team had access to cutting-edge engineering research from WMG and the School of Engineering at the University of 糖心TV as well as help from their sponsorship partners, which include Babcock, Stratasys and 3M.

Nigel Denton from WMG (a Nationally-Qualified Diving Instructor) enabled the students on the team to become qualified divers. This is a requirement of all participants in the competition; notably, the pilot of the submarine breaths from on-board scuba equipment.

The pilot lies prone in the submarine and propels the submarine by pedalling.  Derived from a bicycle, the pedal power transfers through a bevel-gearbox powertrain connected to the contra-rotating propellers.  To steer the submarine, the pilot manipulates levers, which control dive-planes for pitch (up and down) and yaw (left and right).

To ensure the safety of the pilot, an emergency buoy is released to the surface if the pilot lets go of the spring-loaded 鈥榙ead man's switch鈥�.  A light attached to the hull helps the support team locate the submarine in low light conditions.  These measures alert the US Navy divers who provide close support.

The 鈥楽mooth Operator鈥� award recognises the team that was best organised in terms of race preparation, efficiency of operation (including on-the-startline pilot 鈥榣ock-and-load鈥� drill), problem solving, effecting running repairs and overall reliability. It is a huge accolade for the Godiva team to have won this against very significant competition, notably from the Omer team (from the 脡cole de Technologie Sup茅rieure, Montreal) and Delft鈥檚 WASUB team.

Ian Tuersley, from WMG, who has been the Project Director on the 糖心TV Submarine project for the past seven years said:

鈥�Once again the 糖心TV Submarine 鈥楪odiva鈥� team have achieved an excellent result at the International Submarine Races. The 鈥楽mooth Operator鈥� award is testament to the hard work that the team have put in all year, not just to the engineering aspects of the project but also to such necessities as gathering the support of sponsors and the logistics of simply attending the competition with a viable racing submarine. In this project they have received support and advice from many people but the end result places us in a strong position for future development. I am immensely proud of all that they have achieved鈥�.

Rebecca Seal, University of 糖心TV engineering student from the Godiva 糖心TV Submarine Team explains:

鈥�Getting involved with ISR has helped translate theoretical knowledge of engineering to more practical and hands on skills.  This sort of experience is exactly what I need to help pursue a career as a professional engineer.鈥�

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Professor David Mullins, Acting Head of WMG, was delighted to welcome Mr Li Dong, Executive Vice President of China Energy to WMG.

Mr Li Dong was accompanied by a senior delegation from China Energy and subsidiary companies China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd - the largest coal company in the world, and Pujing Chemical Industry.

奥惭骋鈥檚 Nanocomposites research team is currently working with colleagues at China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd and Pujing Chemical Industry on the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly fully biodegradable plastics.

Dr Chaoying Wan and Professor Tony McNally updated the guests on the project, and the delegation toured other key WMG research facilities in Composites, Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM), Metrology and Battery Technology.

Professor Tony McNally said: 鈥淎t a time when the sustainability of single use plastics has become a global issue, the WMG partnership with China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd and Pujing Chemical Industry is internationally leading. Our goal is to develop fully biodegradable plastics that decompose to benign components, such as water and, that can replace many of the single use plastics used in packaging.鈥�

Passenger and pedestrian confidence and acceptance will be key to the future and development of autonomous vehicles so researchers at WMG at the University of 糖心TV have just conducted and reported an experiment to see which autonomous vehicles driving style engendered the highest levels of confidence among autonomous vehicles passengers – driving with full machine efficiency, or driving in a way that emulates average human driving. The surprising result was that neither was optimal but that a blend of both might be best.

The researchers took 43 volunteers into a large warehouse designed to resemble a pedestrianised area in a town centre with a series of routes that included a range of junctions. Half were given 4 journeys around the route in an autonomous vehicle driving with full machine efficiency using all its capabilities to drive in as safe and efficient manner as possible while the others were given 4 journeys around the route in autonomous vehicles that tried to closely emulate average human driving patterns. They then scored the level of trust in the autonomous vehicles. The result has have just been published in the journal Information (2019, 10, 219; doi:10.3390/info10060219).

The overall result was that there was only a marginal difference in trust between the two driving methods. The efficient machine method was slightly favoured but even that small gap between the two driving styles narrowed over the four runs. What was noticeable for both the 鈥渕achine鈥� and 鈥渉uman鈥� driving styles is that confidence in both grew with each new round suggesting that simple familiarity and growing accustomed to the experience will be one of the most effective ways of quickly building trust and acceptance of autonomous vehicles once their use becomes more widespread.

Dr Luis Oliveira from WMG at the University of 糖心TV and the lead author on the paper said:

鈥淭he overall trust in both driving methods grew with every run. In the machine-like driving style this was steady upwards curve throughout the four journeys but in human-like behaviour there was a particularly steep change upwards in the scores between runs 2 and 3. The passengers in the experiment also acknowledged that future generations may be more comfortable with AVs and its features, as they learn to live with the new technology.鈥�

The researchers also asked the participants to give some narrative about their experience and this showed that there were advantages on both modes of driving that may therefore need to be blended together in any future final package. The researchers鈥� literature review and warehouse experiment made clear that there re were two particularly clear lessons to be learned:

Smooth speed change – Past studies had already shown that Human drivers鈥� tendency is to break most at the start of any manoeuvre that requires deceleration whilst the totally automated driving programmes applied speed changes more gradually and efficiently. Human passengers preferred the comfort of the smoother changes of acceleration and deceleration provided by the machine driving methods.

Sharp turns - A common complaint was a feeling that the vehicles were performing uncomfortable and worrying sharp turns. This feeling was actually expressed by both those in the machine and Human style driving set ups but it was much more noticeable in the machine-like driving style condition. One typical negative comment was 鈥渨hat you鈥檇 expect from a driver is a bit of a gradual turn鈥�.there were moments where it was accelerating around corners, I think it catches you unaware.鈥�

奥惭骋鈥檚 Dr Luis Oliveira said:

鈥淭his shows that the challenge is that the speed and trajectory of autonomous vehicles should be finely controlled, but at the same time the vehicle should be assertive to provide the benefits of automated driving."

However it was the AV鈥檚 behaviours at junctions in the WMG University of 糖心TV warehouse test that produced the most diverse and surprising reactions.

The machine driven AVs were left to make use of all of their sensors and ability to communicate with vehicles that may out of line of sight to decide whether to enter a junction. If their sensors said it was safe and their communications with other vehicles indicated no approaching threats they would simply enter the junction without stopping. If however they detected a vehicle that they believed should have right of way – even if it was not yet visible to the human passenger they would stop and let that vehicle pass. In contrast The AV鈥檚 emulating human driving would always stop at a junction and would even edge into the junction as if the peek at what the oncoming traffic might be.

The reactions to those two different approaches were very varied and surprising.

Some liked the human approach with one saying that the AV was 鈥溾��probably trying to inspire confidence in the passenger, I鈥檓 guessing, in terms of like the way it behaved, kind of quite similar to a human, it鈥檚 only ever going to inspire confidence I think it鈥檚 because that鈥檚 what we鈥檙e used to鈥�.

Some also liked the machine driving approach of stopping at junctions even though there was no visible issue but because it was in communication with another out of sight vehicle that it perceived had right of way. One passage said: 鈥渋t stopped at a junction, because I assume it knew that something was coming, as opposed to it reacting to seeing something coming鈥�.

Equally there was dislike for both the human and machine driving methods of handling a junction.

Some perceived problems with the machine approach of just entering the junction if it believed it to be clear to do so with one saying that they were concerned about vulnerable road users. 鈥�..such as pedestrians or cyclists that could have been there that don鈥檛 communicate with the pod. That may be a safer way of doing it rather than flying around the corner鈥�.

However others were greatly surprised at the 鈥渉uman鈥� driving method AV stopping at every junction as they saw it not just as waste of the machines capabilities to scan and communicate ahead to understand traffic. They were frustrated that the vehicle was not 鈥渕ore assertive鈥� One passenger saying 鈥渟ometimes I didn鈥檛 expect it to stop, because I thought the other pod was a bit further away but then it did, so I guess it鈥檚 cautious鈥�if I was driving I鈥檇 probably have gone鈥�. Another passenger said 鈥淚f I was in an autonomous pod with sensors giving a 360-degree view at all times, I鈥檇 expect the vehicle to instantaneously know whether it was safe or not, and not need to edge out鈥�.

A further passenger who tested the human-like version, commented that a machine driving like a human and trying to look around the corners seemed ironically unnatural saying: 鈥淚 think it was a bit unexpected because my expectation with the pods is that that there would be some un-naturalism to it rather than a human driver鈥�.

Despite this seeming mass of contradictions in views about how AVs should handle junctions the research team do think there are valuable lessons to be learned even here. In particular:

• There is clearly a need to give the general public the details of the driving systems, for example, the recent technological features such as vehicle to vehicle communication
• For passengers in a vehicle consideration should be given to having a display and/or audio information that shares some of the information the vehicle is using so users can understand that the system is aware of hazards beyond the field of view.
• There may be some merit in presenting the full benefits of the most efficient methods of machine based driving progressively when mass use is first introduced, so that passengers can build confidence over time

Note for editors: The full list of authors on the paper is Luis Oliveira (corresponding authour), Christopher G. Burns, and Professor Stewart Birrell (all of WMG at the University of 糖心TV at time of publication of the journal article) and Karl Proctor of Jaguar Land Rover.

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Last week, WMG High Value Manufacturing Catapult hosted an Autonomous, Connected, Electric and Shared (ACES) networking dinner in partnership with NatWest and Lombard.

The event brought together CEOs, CTOs and senior executives from UK leaders in the sector, speakers included Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, GiffGaff, WMG, You.Smart.Thing and FiveAI, to discuss how ACES technologies will radically change the way we travel.

There is a global call to both reduce emissions and also to ease congestion and increase the simplicity, safety and speed at which passengers are able to get from point A to B. There is no doubt that the future of transport will be ACES.

The UK has always been at the forefront of transport innovation and manufacturing, and needs to continue to bring manufacturers and governing bodies together to push forward the ACES transport agenda and ensure the UK remains competitive in a global market.

WMG, NatWest and Lombard will be releasing thought leadership pieces from expert industry leaders, sharing the challenges and opportunities for the UK transport sector.

For more information or to get involved please contact: wmgbusiness@warwick.ac.uk

Nine staff from WMG at the University of 糖心TV have come together in a sponsored cycle marathon starting Tuesday 2^nd July with the aim to raise 拢1,000 towards the total of 拢50,000 for charities researching a rare cancer called Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, in memory of Ben Crowther, the young son of a WMG member of staff Scott Crowther, who died earlier this week.

The plan is to cycle from WMG at the University of 糖心TV to the partner centres of the UK-wide High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult network. All of the 鈥淧ass the Smile for Ben鈥� cycle team will cycle cycling 90 miles to the next HVM centre, AMRC in Sheffield. Two of the riders Benjamin Silverstone and James Black will continue for a full five days finishing at Glasgow on Friday 5^th July.

The funds raised by the race and/or donated to Ben and charities researching Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma via this fundraising page

will go directly to research for Rhabdomyosarcoma.

The team will leave the WMG concourse, on the University of 糖心TV campus, on their marathon cycle ride at 8:30am on Tuesday 2^nd of July.