Congratulations to our 2024 class of the Engineering in London (EIL) study abroad program! Photos from the banquet dinner at Brown's of Covent Garden
on Friday, July 5 are provided below. Click here for the final slideshow of the program edited by Lisa Patel and Jackson Moore.
Friday, July 5, 2024
Banquet at Brown's of Covent Garden
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Ultimate Frisbee (Southwark Park)
Taking a break before the final quizzes in ECE 301 and ME 331, twelve EIL students joined Prof. Aaron and his family in the early evening of July 4 for ultimate frisbee in Southwark Park located in Rotherhithe (central south east London). Prof. Berry provide a brief yoga session afterwards for cool down and stretching.
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Brunel Museum (Rotherhithe, London Borough of Southwark)
On Monday afternoon (July 1), the EIL students joined Profs. Berry
and Aaron for a visit to the Brunel Museum at Rotherhithe on
the bank of the
Thames River. In the original shaft of the tunnel (under the Thames
River) that Marc and Isambard (Kingdom) Brunel designed and built, our
guide (Keith) gave an excellent historical timeline for this great nineteenth
century engineering achievement. Completed in 1834, this was the
world's first underwater tunnel. Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his father, Marc Brunel, were considered by many
to be the greatest engineers of Victorian England.
Thursday, June 27, 2024
British Science Museum (South Kensington)
On Thursday, June 27, the EIL students visited the British Science Museum in South Kensington. They
were able to see several Boulton and Watt Steam Engines and Babbage's
Difference Engine (Models 1 and 2). Professors Berry and Aaron
awarded trivia winners with
candy afterwards. The group photo (with EIL banner) is taken in front of the 1903 Mill Engine manufactured by Burnley Ironworks Co. At the invitation of Gareth Jones, Lead Engineering Technician for the museum, and his Tech Team (Anti and Tom), the students witnessed the running of this particular steam engine. This sophisticated 700-horsepower engine was installed in the Harle Syke Mill, near Burnley, Lancashire in 1903. It powered hundreds of looms in the mill, via belts driven by the huge 20-tonne flywheel. The mill was dismantled in 1970 and moved to the museum in 1979.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Royal Institution (Faraday Laboratory)
On Wednesday evening, June 26, the EIL Students along with Profs. Berry
and Aaron visited the Royal Institution (Michael Faraday Museum)
near
Green Park. In addition to visiting Faraday's Laboratory, the students
attended a (Friday) Discourse lecture entitled "The Science of Happiness" by Professor Bruce Hood (Bristol University, UK). His lecture was given in
the Royal institution's lecture
hall, where Michael Faraday started the Christmas lectures in 1825. The
RI today is known for its science education programs, a continuation of
the tradition of scientific lectures as enlightened entertainment. The
Friday Night Discourses were formal affairs with the audience in evening
dress and the speaker by tradition had to start and stop his address as
the auditorium clock struck consecutive hours. J. J. Thomson announced
the discovery of the electron in his 1897 lecture in this room. The
Christmas Lecture program, begun by Michael Faraday and continuing
through today, is the oldest continuous science education program for
young people.
Breakfast of Champions
Prior to the ECE 301 lecture on Wednesday, June 26, EIL students sample assorted Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Later that evening they observe Faraday's original doughnut-shaped electromagnet at the Royal Institution.
Friday, June 21, 2024
Bletchley Park and National Museum of Computing
On the afternoon of Friday, June 21, the EIL students along with Profs.
Berry and Aaron visited Bletchley Park (north
of
London). Bletchley Park (BP) is where Alan Turing and his colleagues in Hut 8
broke
the (naval) Enigma code during World War II. The students witnessed
demonstrations of working Enigma, Bombe, Tunny, and
Colossus machines. The Colossus
was the world's first electric digital computer that was programmable.
The Colossus computers were developed to help in the cryptanalysis of
the Hitler's Lorenz cipher. Our National Museum of Computing (NMC) guide
for the afternoon, Robert Dowell, did a fantastic job explaining both the
history and design of all the early cypher and computing machines. Before visiting Hut 8 and the Turing archives in BP, the students toured the Bletchley Park Mansion and then posed for a few group photos.