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36 years ago the skies got a whole lot noisier!

Monday, January 16th, 2012
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Concorde: love her or hate her, she certainly turned heads.

In January 1976 Concorde began flying commercial routes. The controversial craft was a product of Anglo-French collaboration. Flying at supersonic speeds, London to New York was possible in 3 hours 20 minutes. In 1985 singer Phil Collins performed at the Live Aid concert in London then flew by Concorde to the US to perform at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia.  

A string of technical problems and the ill-fated flight from Paris in July 2000 in which 113 people lost their lives, effectively signalled the beginning of the end for Concorde. The iconic craft flew (with passengers) for the last time in October 2003.

To find out more about the Concorde story check out one of our books  or search the newspapers via the Nexis database. For technical information on the craft search the Aerospace database, IANS Aircraft Performance Database or ESDU databases. You will find these and other related databases in the Aeronautical subcategory of the Aero & Auto Engineering category on Library Catalogue Plus. A useful printed resource is Jane’s All the Worlds Aircraft which is shelved at 629.1/JAN

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Want to excel in exams?

Monday, December 5th, 2011

letter A with a plus sign in frontRecent exam results not what you hoped for? Come along to our free workshop and find out why things go wrong, and how to avoid the pitfalls in the future.  The workshop is on Wednesday 7th December, 1pm – 1.50pm in Training Room 1.   By the end of the session you will have learnt how to interpret exam questions, know how to develop an exam plan and be able to recognise possible problems and how to overcome them. further information can be obtained from http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/skills/exam.html 

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Free RefWorks workshop

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Yellow symbol with computer printout Working on a piece of coursework , a dissertation or a research project? Need to keep track of all the references you have found?  Then drop into :- N004, Hazelgrave  Building   from 11pm – 11.50pm on Tuesday 6th December for the Know-How course – RefWorks: Getting Started and learn how to use Refworks  to create and manage your own personal bibliographic database. 

Book a place on the Get the Know-How module on Learn LBAOO1

More information to help you use RefWorks effectively can be found via the RefWorks webpage.

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The Queen Elizabeth Engineering Prize

Friday, November 18th, 2011

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A new award, worth £1 million, was launched by Prime Minister David Cameron at London’s Science Museum yesterday, with the primary objective of raising the profile of engineering globally.

The Queen Elizabeth Engineering Prize,  funded by an endowment from a number of engineering companies, will be awarded biannually to an individual or team for making “groundbreaking advances in engineering which has created significant benefit to humanity”. The competition is open to anybody of any nationality.

Mr Cameron – joined at the launch by rival political leaders Nick Clegg and Ed Milliband in a rare show of cross-party unity – hopes the prize will go on to assume the same stature and importance as the Nobel Prizes.

Loughborough University enjoys a proud history of engineering achievement, and this is reflected by the rich selection of engineering resources available from the Library, easily searchable via our Library Catalogue Plus system.

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Cracking the literature: Writing it up

Friday, November 18th, 2011

 

text with a pen on topOf potential benefit to all students who are about to undertake a major research project.  This session will look at how to review literature. Then come to the Library, Training Room 1  from 2pm- 2.50pm on Tuesday 22nd November for the Get the Know-How course – Literature Review: Writing it up.   

 

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At the end of the session you will have learned the purpose of reviewing the literature and understand how to prepare and write a literature review.  More information about the course and other resources to help you conduct a literature search can be found at:  http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/skills/literature-search.html

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Finding Quality Information for your Assignments

Monday, November 7th, 2011

man runningDo you need to find journal articles to complete your assignments? Are you struggling to know where to begin?  If so why not come to Library Training Room 1 at 1pm on Thursday 10th  November for the Library’s Get the Know-How course – Finding Quality Information for your Assignments. 

 

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 information about the course and other resources to help with finding journal articles can be found at: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/skills/understand-info.html

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Presentation skills workshop

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

speech bubble and smiley faceDo nerves always get the better of you in presentations? Do you end up talking too much – or drying up? Gain practical advice on giving a talk including planning, using visual aids, controlling nerves and effective use of your voice at this workshop.

Come along to Library Training Room 1 on Friday 4 th November at 11am

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Our Cars Electric?

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

 The University has taken a further big step in its quest to help the environment by lowering its road vehicle emissions by investing in two new electrically powered trucks.

These utility vehicles, which were jointly purchased by Facilities Management and imago Services can travel up to 50 miles on a single battery charge, and can carry 500kg and tow up to 2,000kg.

The vehicles will be used by the maintenance and imago Services teams across  campus. Typical jobs will include the collection of waste and recycling, and transporting goods and equipment to the many conferences and events on campus.

The vans, supplied by epower Trucks, use around 4p per mile in electricity - a saving of up to 80% compared to a diesel van. The simplicity of the electric motor means that maintenance requirements – and costs – are also a lot lower than on a diesel vehicle. Even when powered by National Grid electricity, the vehicle reduces CO2 emissions by up to 50%.

If you’re interested in learning more about this kind of technology, the Library has a growing collection of material about electric & hybrid vehicle engineering among our book and journal stock as well as the latest up-to-date information and research among the Aero-Auto engineering databases on Library Catalogue Plus.

 

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The New Design School

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Work has just been completed on the University’s new Design School. The building includes innovative teaching and lecture space, workshops, offices, research laboratories, design studios, computer and prototyping suites and areas for display and interaction.  It brings together staff from the Department of Design and Technology, the Ergonomics Safety Research Institute (ESRI) and the Department of Ergonomics, who are now all part of the School.

Spaces have been designed to encourage student interaction across disciplines, courses and interests. Whilst no space is ‘owned’ by a particular student group or researcher they have been designed to accommodate learning or research activities for appropriate fixed periods of time.

Within these spaces will be the latest equipment for projects involving digital designing,  vehicle simulation, environmental chambers and movement simulation and analysis, in addition to the usual workshops, laboratories and studio equipment and resources.

Complementing these new physical resources are a wide range of electronic media in the Library’s own collection, available through our own new system, Library Catalogue Plus. Users can find and access a plethora of databases across the design spectrum, including architecture, ergonomics and civil and automotive engineering specific resources.

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Plastic plane to take off?

Monday, September 26th, 2011
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Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner plane is officially delivered to its first customer, All Nippon Airways (ANA) today.

The plane’s fusilage comprises carbon-fibre composites. This makes it much lighter and therefore more fuel-efficient than similar sized aircraft; up to 20% more efficient according to its manufacturer. Aside from these gains, Boeing has improved the in-flight experience for passengers through higher air pressure in the cabin which equates to feeling more refreshed at the destination. In addition, the larger-than-standard cabin windows can be tinted at the touch of a button.

To get a glimpse of the cabin, see the BBC report. To find out more about the 787 take a look at the Aircraft Performance database and the Aerospace Database. You can keep up to date in the latter by creating an email alert or setting up an RSS feed.

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