Aerospace Wales Forum 2019

A E R O S P A C E WA L E S F O R U M

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Aerospace Academic Focus

Our ammunition is relied upon by armed forces around the world, ranging from small arms through

to mortars, artillery, tank, naval and warheads. We are constantly innovating, in both product design and manufacturing capability, to give our armed forces an essential edge.

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Wales produces over 6,000 science and engineering graduates a year. Within our eight universities there is a wealth of academic expertise applying itself to the aerospace industry. 6 Welsh Universities and Colleges in Wales are developing their capabilities and linking together to offer world class expertise and training. The 2015 state of the art Swansea University Bay Campus provides world class R&D in areas such as Computational Engineering - which includes aerodynamic design for Airbus Wings and the Bloodhound supersonic car. The Finite Element method and Computational Fluid Dynamics, allow engineers to model structures with increasing complexity. The Institute of Structural Materials and Centre for Printing & Coating further complement expertise in this area. The Innovation Campus at Cardiff University retain their position as a renowned research centre of excellence. The aerospace and defence expertise includes aerodynamics research, stress evaluation, lightning protection at the Morgan Botti Research Centre, and Propulsion performance research at the Gas Turbine Research Centre (GTRC). Also at Cardiff University is the National Software Academy, located at Innovation Point, increasing Wales’ digital capability.

Wrexham Glyndwr University lead the way in research into adoption of carbon fibre composites in aircraft manufacture, using microwave technology to bring significant reductions in curing cycle time. This research complements the Advanced Composite Training and Development Centre, in partnership with Airbus, Coleg Cambria and the Welsh Government. Also, Glyndwr Innovations, based at the OpTIC Centre, is a focus for a cluster of Photonics activity including design and manufacture of large opticaltelescopes and light-weight optics for satellite and airborne imaging systems. University of South Wales - The Aerospace Centre in the School of Engineering specialises in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering. The facility has two aircraft hangars housing Jetstream and Provost aircrafts and Rolls Royce Spey engines. University Wales - Trinity Saint David demonstrates considerable expertise in the area of Non Destructive Testing, and works closely with TWI. Cardiff Metropolitan University has expertise in design, through PDR (International Centre for Product Design & Research) as well as a modern School of Art & Design, housing a Perceptual Experience Laboratory (PEL) to emulate human perceptual experience.

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