Roundup of MA Automotive Design Successes 2014:
– Haochuan Yang was awarded 2nd Prize in the SAIC Roewe-MG Design Award competition, along with an internship at their Shanghai design studio and a rapid-prototyped model of his concept. As a result of this he has been offered a full-time position on graduation >
Recent ID graduates Sam Lucas, Joe Ginniff, and Phil Rogers made it into this year’s Wallpaper* magazine Graduate Directory. They are listed with 11 others from leading International institutions. Minwoo Hwang, also a Coventry graduate, features but under the flag of the RCA.
The Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award judges with winner Nicole Agba
2014 Graduate Nicole Agba has won the prestigious Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award. Nicole was crowned the winner at The SMMT (The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) annual dinner on Tuesday 25 November.
Nicole’s winning entry to the design competition was a concept for a biometric steering wheel that could put an end to drink-driving, immobilising the car automatically if drivers are over the legal limit. It also detects signs of fatigue, anger or nervousness, using smart fabrics to monitor the driver’s heart and respiration rates.
Nicole’s prize includes 2 week blocks of work experience with the five main sponsoring companies: JLR, McLaren, Peugeot, Skoda and Toyota, as well as a cash prize of £7500.
“The Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award was launched in 2009 by Autocar in partnership with Courland International and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, and was created to highlight the ingenuity, potential and sheer brainpower of UK-based students. Five years on, it’s now widely regarded as the leading competition of its type” – Autocar
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One of our MA Interior Design students, Oksana Dymyd has been winning awards for her knitting:
Knitting Textile Awards 2014: Winner of the Bronze Award
Love Wool UK Awards 2014: Highly Commended
She is currently exhibiting her work in London and has been approached by specialist resellers for sales distribution. Congratulations Oksana!
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The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2015
Coventry University has moved up the Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2015 league table by 3 places, taking us to 42nd overall (the highest any post 1992 University has ever achieved). We have also been named ‘University of the Year for Student Experience 2015’ and, for the second year running, ‘Modern University of the Year’.
The University was also shortlisted for the overall ‘University of the Year 2015’ category (awarded to our neighbours The University of Warwick) – this (of course) remains a future aspiration.
Well done us!
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Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2014 / Red Dot Design Ranking
Students at Coventry University have beaten over 4,750 entries from 63 countries to win what is considered an ‘Oscar’ of the global design industry, and have helped the University achieve a number one ranking for design in the UK.
Led by Senior Lecturer, Clive Hilton, two groups of postgraduates (Team Pangea and Team Hercules), have won the Red Dot ‘Best Concept Award’ and ‘Best of Best Concept Award’ respectively in recognition of their designs for an innovative earth-digging excavator, which were conceived as part of a collaboration with Leamington-based global engineering consultant Ricardo plc.
The design from Team Hercules, which was one of only 40 to be awarded the ‘Best of Best Concept’ accolade
The School is delighted to announce that Patrick W. Jordan has been appointed as Visiting Professor in Industrial Design. Amongst other activities Patrick will be co-supervising a PhD on automotive design with Coventry University. The project, which will be run in conjunction with the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA), looks at people’s psychological reactions to design and at how vehicles can be made more emotionally appealing. Patrick has extensive experience of working in the automotive industry. Clients include Nissan, Volvo and Renault. He has recently supervised a project on the branding of cars and what makes them appealing and also examined a PhD in this area at Delft University.
MA Automotive Design graduate, Can Huang, has secured a graduate job with Hyundai in Bejing. Can was presented with awards for ‘Best Model’ and ‘Best Concept’ at the University’s industry private view earlier in the year. He then submitted a winning design entitled Sustainable Future Sports Car, which generated interested from leading publication Car Design News.
Following this success, Can has managed to secure a graduate position in Hyundai Motors, Beijing. Can will be working as an Exterior Designer for Hyundai and said: “This role offers fantastic opportunities to work on live projects and carry out that work in a great environment with the best facilities.”
Can continued: “I’m looking forward to working in a professional design environment, working on production cars, competing with experienced designers in both the China studio and the other three studios in the world. I get instruction from experienced designers, which has improved a lot of my sketches and design ability.”
Story originally posted on E-dition.
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RINA Marine Design Conference
3-4 September 2014
Aquivica by Tim Thompson
The RINA Marine Design Conference 2014 is underway. Renowned delegates and speakers from around the World are gathered in the University’s Alan Berry lecture theatre to discuss new ideas, innovations and challenges in Marine Design.
The conference has been jointly organised by RINA, EBDIG (The European Boat Design Innovation Group), Lloyds Register and Coventry University. Coventry’s resident marine expert Dr. Sean McCartan began the proceedings this morning with The Marine Design Manifesto. The conference includes no less than nine papers from Coventry University academics (not counting graduates!).
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Soon to enter into the third year, Transport Design student Robert Hunt had his concept for the JCB Project 120 Design Contest (to propose a JCB Backhoe Loader for the year 2017) listed in the final top 10 entries (joint 10th).
The public vote ensured that Robert was allowed to present his work to JCB staff at JCB HQ. Congratulations Robert.
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