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Open Day

Location

Thom Building

Date & Time

Friday 20 Sep 2019 - Friday 20 Sep 2019

Availability

Open to prospective students and their parents/carers. Experience what it means to be an Engineering Science undergraduate. Visit us for an hour or for the day!

Want to study Engineering? Thinking of coming to Oxford University?

Come and join us at the Oxford Open Day to find out what studying Engineering Science at Oxford is really all about. Meet current students, chat to course tutors, attend taster lectures, see demos, and see some of the facilities at our central building. There are also sessions for parents and carers.

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Programme for Friday 20 September

10.00-12:00 and 14:00-16.00

Academics available all day to give general advice on studying Engineering at Oxford and answer any specific questions you have on entry requirements, the course etc.

10.00-10.30 and 14.30-15.00

Parents & carers: Engineering at Oxford talk given by Professor Stephen Payne

Prospective students: Q&A with the student ambassadors

 

Taster Lectures:

Start time

End time

Speaker

Topic

10:45

11:15

Prof Tom Adcock, St Peter's College

Bridges

10:45

11:15

Prof Felix Leach, Keble College

Air pollution from vehicles

11:30

12:00

Prof Peter Ireland, St Catherine's College

Jet Engines

11:30

12:00

Prof Aidong Yang, Green Templeton College

Introduction to chemical and biochemical engineering

 

Demos

  • Programming (Software Lab)
  • Segway Robot Football (Control Lab)
  • Electrical & Electronics (Electrical Lab)
  • Robots (Energy Lab)
  • Bridge Build (Design, Build & Test Lab)
  • 3D Printing Demos and Computer-Aided Design
  • CNC Router; Lathes, Saws and Drills (Student/Staff Workshop)
  • Oxford University Racing Lab
  • Electron & Optical Microscopes (Materials Lab)
  • Apparatus for Stretching, Squashing, Bending, Buckling and Breaking Materials (Materials Lab)
  • Wind Tunnels and Flumes (Fluids Lab)
  • Engine Testing (Engines Lab)

 

Get a feel for what happens at Open Days.