| EPSRC/ RSSB/ DfT Strategic partnership - first call for proposals issued | 22 February, 2010 |
RSSB has formed a strategic partnership with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Department for Transport to jointly support high quality academic research into some of the most pressing challenges to the rail industry in Great Britain.
This partnership issued its first call for proposals on 19th February into “Rail Capacity: Overcoming the constraints caused by nodes (stations and junctions) on the rail network”.
Under this partnership, funding is available to support cross-disciplinary collaborations to develop nove... |
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| The Johnson Archive opened | 02 November, 2009 |
An archive containing papers collected by Professor Ken Johnson, catalogued by Dr. Stuart Grassie and donated to RRUK can be found along with further information by CLICKING HERE (External site) |
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| Mini-Conference Presentations Available Online | 11 August, 2009 |
Presentations from the Mini-Conference on 15 July 2009 are now available for download.
Please CLICK HERE to see the list of presentations. |
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| Fifth RRUK Annual Report Published | 25 February, 2009 |
The Fifth RRUK Annual Report has been published and can be downloaded from this site. For more details please CLICK HERE |
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| MMU Researchers work with Hitachi on safety and efficiency | 03 September, 2007 |
High-tech giant Hitachi has called in MMU engineers to assist in the final preparations of the new fleet of vehicles for London ahead of the 2012 Olympics. Dr Simon Iwnicki and Adam Bevan of the Rail Technology Unit in the Department of Engineering and Technology have used computer techniques developed at MMU to predict wheel wear, taking into account track design, track irregularity, traction forces, wheel-rail friction and speed. For PDF press release please click HERE. |
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