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Engineering at University of Exeter Civil Engineering Contractors Association South West Event, Sandy Park, 6 December 2017 Professor Paul Reynolds Head of Engineering University of Exeter Professor Paul Reynolds PhD (University of

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Engineering at University of Exeter

Civil Engineering Contractors Association South West Event, Sandy Park, 6 December 2017 Professor Paul Reynolds Head of Engineering University of Exeter

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Professor Paul Reynolds

  • PhD (University of Sheffield, 2000)
  • Lecturer/SL/Reader/Professor at University of Sheffield 1998-2013
  • Moved to University of Exeter on 1 May 2013 as Professor of

Structural Dynamics and Control

  • EPSRC Leadership Fellow from 2011-17
  • Appointed Head of Engineering from August 2017
  • Key areas of research (chronological)

– floor vibration serviceability – stadia dynamics / remote vibration monitoring – active vibration control of floor structures – advanced technologies for mitigation of human-induced vibration

  • Highlights

– More than 50 peer reviewed journal and 90 international conference publications – £7.1M research income to date (£2.2 as PI) including £1.1M LF

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  • Overview of the Department
  • Education Activities

– Focus on Degree Apprenticeships – Focus on new programme Engineering and Entrepreneurship

  • Research Activities

– Focus on Water and Environment – Focus on Vibration Engineering

  • Industrial Engagement
  • Final Remarks

Outline

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OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT

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Overview of the Department

Streatham Campus, Exeter

  • Engineering
  • 54 academic staff (+7)
  • Student numbers:

~650 UG, ~110 PGT, ~100 PGR

Penryn Campus, Cornwall

  • Renewable energies
  • 15 academic staff
  • Student numbers:

~45 UG, ~10 PGT, ~15 PGR

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EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

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Education groups:

  • Engineering Management
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical and Materials Engineering
  • Renewable Energies

Education groups aligned with key programme groups offered by the department.

Education Groups

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Engineering (Streatham Campus)

  • Engineering (BEng/MEng)
  • Engineering and Management (BEng/MEng) *†
  • Civil Engineering (BEng/MEng) *†
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering (MEng) *†
  • Electronic Engineering (BEng/MEng) *†
  • Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (BEng/MEng) *†
  • Materials Engineering (BEng/MEng) *†
  • Mechanical Engineering (BEng/MEng) *†
  • Engineering and Entrepreneurship (MEng)

Renewable Energies (Penryn Campus)

  • Energy Engineering (BEng/MEng)
  • Energy Engineering with Industrial Experience (MEng)

UG Programmes

* BEng/MEng with Year in Industry † MEng with International Study

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Engineering (Streatham Campus)

  • Engineering Business Management (MSc)
  • International Supply Chain Management (MSc)
  • Civil Engineering (MSc) *
  • Materials Engineering (MSc) *
  • Mechanical Engineering (MSc) *
  • Structural Engineering (MSc) *
  • Water Engineering (MSc) *

Renewable Energies (Penryn Campus)

  • Renewable Energy Engineering (MSc)

PGT Programmes

* also with Management

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MSc Renewable Energy Engineering (Cornwall campus)

  • First cohort 2017/18
  • Covering range of aspects of renewable energies, from generation technologies through to energy

storage and power distribution Degree Apprenticeship Civil Engineering Site Management (BEng)

  • First cohort 2017/18
  • Employers: Laing O’Rourke, Bouygues and EDF Energy

New UG Programme Engineering and Entrepreneurship (MEng)

  • First cohort 2018/19
  • Developed on the basis of large donation from an alumnus of the university

Major review and revision of all Engineering programmes for AY 2020/21

New/Recent Developments

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Many of our PhD students brought into the ‘traditional routes’

  • self-funded or awarded internal or external scholarships
  • 3.5 years study period, including initial training

Centres for Doctoral Training

  • Funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • Cohort approach to research training
  • Current CDTs in Engineering:

– Water Informatics: Science and Engineering (WISE) – Electromagnetic Metamaterials

  • Call for next round of CDTs expected January 2018 for start in AY 2019/20

PGR/CDTs

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EDUCATION FOCUS: DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS

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Degree Apprenticeship: Civil Engineering Site Management

  • A pioneering industry-focused programme from October 2017, training the next

generation of construction graduates

  • Developed in close collaboration with Laing O’Rourke, and delivered in partnership

with EDF Energy and Bouygues Construction

  • Apprentices gain extensive professional experience, a full University of Exeter

degree, a salary and no debt!

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Degree Apprenticeship: Civil Engineering Site Management

Programme delivery

  • Apprentices are full-time employees, attending 4 x 2 week block residentials in

Exeter over a five-year period

  • Study and work are aligned to allow a holistic work-based learning experience,

facilitated by Academic and Employer Mentors

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Degree Apprenticeship: Civil Engineering Site Management

Future development

  • Civil Engineering Site Management open to new employer partners for 2018 entry
  • Actively exploring expansion into Civil Engineering (Consulting), and Engineering

Management/Leadership (Postgraduate)

  • Contact Jonathan Critchley

– j.Critchley@exeter.ac.uk – 01392 724067

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EDUCATION FOCUS: ENGINEERING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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Vision:

  • To empower entrepreneurial spirit within the Engineering students
  • f the University of Exeter and to drive the commercialisation of

innovations within the local economy, the UK and globally. Delivery:

  • Unique 4-year MEng programme from AY 2018/19
  • Modules from Engineering and the Business School
  • Based on university’s “Think, Try, Do” programme
  • Business case development in Y3
  • Grants for up to 10 start-ups in Y4
  • Seminar programme from inspiring entrepreneurs
  • Two new academic posts to be recruited – are you interested?

MEng Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

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Research Groups/Centres

Research groups:

  • Nano Engineering Science and

Technology

  • Materials and Manufacturing
  • Engineering Management
  • Water and Environment
  • Dynamics and Control
  • Civil and Structures
  • Renewable Energies

Research Centres:

  • Centre for Water Systems
  • Exeter Advanced Technologies (X-AT)
  • Centre for Additive Layer

Manufacturing

  • Centre for Graphene Science
  • Centre for ALternative MAterials and

REmanufacturing Technologies (CALMARE)

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RESEARCH FOCUS: WATER AND ENVIRONMENT

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  • Centre for Water Systems established in 1998
  • 10 academic staff, 15 post-docs, 50+ PhDs/EngDs, 2 administrators
  • Current research grants (several £M):

– 6 EPSRC projects – 3 NERC projects – 4 EU projects – 2 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships – Other

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The Group

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Multidisciplinary

Part of College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences

Delivering Sustainable Solutions

Water Sustainability, Blue, Green and Grey Water…

Hydroinformatics Working Closely with Partners to Deliver Impact EPSRC WISE CDT EPSRC STREAM CDT MSc Water Management

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Current Research Areas

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Current Centres for Doctoral Training and Fellowships

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NERC SINATRA NERC CHANSE

Other Grants

KTP projects Industry (co)sponsored projects Other

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RESEARCH FOCUS: VIBRATION ENGINEERING

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Vibration Engineering Section (VES)

http://vibration.ex.ac.uk/

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Laboratory Facilities

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Our wider ‘lab’

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Full Scale Dynamics Limited

http://www.fullscaledynamics.com/

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Areas of Interest: Vibration Serviceability

  • human excitation
  • individuals
  • groups/crowds
  • human-structure interaction
  • accurate modelling of

structure dynamics

  • non-structural elements
  • vibration response limits
  • humans
  • sensitive equipment
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Areas of Interest: Vibration-Sensitive Occupancies

Diamond Light Source Seagate (disk drive manufacture) Project Orion AWE

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Areas of Interest: Structural Performance Monitoring

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Areas of Interest: Structural Vibration Control

FSDL is UK representative for:

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Vibration Serviceability Framework - Challenges

Excitation System Response

Synchronous Lateral Excitation (SLE) Human load modelling

  • pedestrians
  • bouncing/jumping
  • groups/crowds
  • synchronisation/coordination

Non-human load modelling

  • machinery
  • traffic

Structural modelling

  • Low versus high frequency floors
  • Effects of non-structural elements
  • Human-structure interaction

Vibration control systems

  • passive/semi-active damping
  • active vibration control
  • Base isolation

Human response to vibration

  • different environments
  • perception/tolerance
  • effects on
  • tall buildings/sopite syndrome

Synchronous lateral excitation Vibration sensitive equipment Required: procedures and guidance for evaluation and design of civil structures for vibration.

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LARGE SCALE ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CONCERT VENUE

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Concert Venue in the USA

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Structural Arrangement

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Problematic Mode of Vibration

➤ Freq = 2.85 Hz ➤ Mass = 852 t ➤ Damp = 3.4 %

Empty Structure Occupied Structure

➤ Freq ≅ 2.5 Hz

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Simplified Controller Schematic

Inertial AMD schematic

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AMDs In Service

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In-Service Performance Assessment

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VSIMULATORS

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  • The University of Exeter (Prof. Brownjohn) has been awarded a £3.25m grant by EPSRC

to create a new simulator facility for the study of interactions between humans and the moving built environment.

  • A University of Bath team let by Anthony Darby have simultaneously been awarded a

£1.65m grant for a complementary simulator for study of large amplitude building sway at low frequencies typical of tall and super-tall buildings.

  • Co-funding from Universities of Bath and Exeter for infrastructure, additional

equipment and staffing beyond the three year initial EPSRC funding amounts to £2.42m

  • The Total Project Cost will be £7.25m.
  • VSimulator will provide cross-disciplinary capability to address deficiency of information
  • n human factors, environment and structure motion on engagement with the built

environment

VSimulators

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Gap: Combination of human, motion and environment is crucial to evaluate realistically human experience in the built environment, and is the biggest missing link in all existing simulators VSimulator makes it possible to investigate in unprecedented detail and extent, the simultaneous effects and interactions of humans, moving structures and environment on/with each other

VSimulator Vision

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VSimulators

Exeter System Bath System

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CDT IN VIBRATION ENGINEERING

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CDT in Vibration Engineering

Our vision To develop a centre of excellence in vibration engineering of civil engineering structures, that will deliver internationally leading academic research, provide an exceptional training environment for doctoral students, face the doctoral training needs of industry and exploit the facilities and expertise of the three academic departments and their industrial partners.

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  • Vibration Engineering CDT

– strongly linked to VSimulators facility – scope much wider than VSimulators – heavily based on doctoral training needs of industry

  • Timelines for development:

CDT in Vibration Engineering

Call finalised by EPSRC Oct-Dec 2017 Outline Call open January 2018 Outline Call closing date March 2018 Full proposals invited May 2018 Full proposal closing date July 2018

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INDUSTRIAL ENGAGEMENT

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  • Established for a number of years to engage industry in

– Education activities (programme/module development, student projects, placements, guest lectures, etc.) – Research activities (support for major research grants, industrial R&D, etc.) – Commercial activities (expert consultancy, commercial testing, etc.)

  • Currently undergoing a refresh as part of our major review of engineering

education

– industry needs will be at the core of our new programmes, which will be based heavily

  • n real world engineering challenges

– balance of industrialists needs to reflect more accurately the range of degree programmes – please let me know if you would be interested to serve on the IAG (3 meetings per year)

Industrial Advisory Group (IAG)

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FINAL REMARKS

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Final Remarks

Summary

  • Overview of department
  • Detail of Education and Research activities

Please get in touch if you would like to:

  • join our Industrial Advisory Group
  • become involved in the CDT in Vibration

Engineering

  • participate in new or existing Degree

Apprenticeship programmes

  • apply for academic position in Engineering and

Entreneurship

  • discuss opportunities for research and expert

consultancy Contact details:

Email: p.reynolds@exeter.ac.uk Tel: +44 1392 725820 Web: http://vibration.ex.ac.uk/paulreynolds/ Web: http://www.fullscaledynamics.com/

Thanks for listening!