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OfficeHis Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh is to visit Loughborough University on Tuesday 28 November, to officially open the new Integrated Faculty of Engineering.
On arrival at the Stewart Miller Building, which houses the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, His Royal Highness will be met by dignitaries from Charnwood and from the University, including The Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire, Mr Tim Brooks JP, the University Chancellor, Sir Denis Rooke, and Vice Chancellor Professor David Wallace. The Duke will view the Aeronautical and Automotive Display Area, which houses the Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) development aircraft - on loan to Loughborough University from BAE SYSTEMS Military Aircraft Division - and a Jordan Formula 1 car, as well as displays of the Department's work.
His Royal Highness will then travel by car to the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, where he will be invited to open the Integrated Faculty of Engineering by unveiling a commemorative plaque. The Vice Chancellor will then invite the Duke to sign a portrait photograph.
His Royal Highness will next be escorted to an adjoining room, where Professor Neil Halliwell, Dean of Engineering, will present demonstrations of TV holography, sports equipment design tennis and golf - and time-resolved shape measurement.
Having viewed the exhibitions and displays of departmental work, His Royal Highness will be escorted to David Collett Hall for luncheon, after which the Duke will depart by car for East Midlands Airport.
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For further information contact Hannah Baldwin, Publicity Office, on (01509) 222239, email H.E.Baldwin@lboro.ac.uk
Notes to editors
1. A limited number of press and media will be able to attend
the event. If you would like to apply for media accreditation,
please contact Hannah Baldwin, Publicity Officer, on (01509) 222239,
mobile 07971 163522.
2. The following additional information is enclosed:
3. Loughborough is an established university,
with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and
research, and for unrivalled sporting achievement. An average
teaching quality score of 22.7 out of 24 places Loughborough first
equal with Cambridge in the UK. Industry highlights Loughborough
in their top five for graduate recruitment. In Research, more
than 70% of staff were assessed in grades 4 and above. The University
has been awarded three Queen's Anniversary Prizes for its
collaboration with industries such as BAE Systems, Ford and Rolls
Royce; for its work in developing countries; and for its pioneering
role in developing applications of modern optics and laser technologies.
1145 hours
His Royal Highness, attended by the Equerry in Waiting, Squadron Leader Lynda Johnson, will arrive by car at Loughborough University.
1205 hours
His Royal Highness will depart by car for the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
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His Royal Highness will arrive at the Wolfson
School.
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His Royal Highness will depart by car for
East Midlands Airport.
The Integrated Faculty of Engineering
The Engineering Faculty at Loughborough University plays a significant part in supporting the development of UK engineering. It has an outstanding reputation for the education of engineers in all disciplines in close co-operation and association with industry. Research-led teaching places particular emphasis on multi-disciplinary work, crossing traditional subject boundaries, to meet the new challenges of modern technological solutions.
The two new buildings represent the culmination of a vision to rationalise and co-locate an Integrated Engineering Faculty located in a purpose built environment in order to facilitate and enhance such necessary close collaborative work both in education and research.
The Stewart Miller Building is the designated home of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering. It is named after the University's late Chairman of Council, Dr Stewart Miller, whose widow Mrs Catherine Miller, is attending the ceremony.
The Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is named after Lord Wolfson, whose generosity through The Wolfson Foundation helped to fund its building with a donation £2.5m - the largest benefaction in the University's history.
The total project cost in the region of
£14m and attracted many other benefactors who shared the
vision.
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