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- Welcome to the Motorsport workshop.
I am here with the Sabuj,
who is the head of discipline of engineering
and Bridie, who is a current student studying here.
And behind us is Alex, on the race car simulator to give us
a little flavor of the facilities here in this space.
Now, hi, both.
- Hi.
- And I must say these cars are impressive, aren't they?
- Yeah they are.
- And, you know, Sabuj I'm gonna ask you first.
- Sure, sure.
- Tell me about this facility and what it's used for.
- Sure, sure.
So this is part of our main workshop facilities
for our engineering students.
So what you can see here, there are lots of race cars.
There is race simulator, engines, engine dyno.
There are various types of measurement
and optimization systems as well.
So these are really for our students to use
for their teaching and for any extra curriculum activities,
like race events, you probably heard about Formula Student.
- Yeah.
- So that's, we do get our students
to use these facilities to prepare them for those events.
- And, do you think that having a workshop like this
and being able to work on cars like this
is very important for the students to gain the experience?
- Definitely.
I think I would say if you know about engineering,
is all about applied science.
So what is important here
is for students to know how to apply the theories
that they learn and see the real difference.
So they appreciate that it's not always same in the reality.
So, and they also get a feeling about how the real world
and how the real problems will look like.
So we can simulate the environment here,
which is really important for our engineering students.
- Have you had a turn in these cars?
Have you had a chance to get in and ride them?
- I did get into them, but not myself driving them,
but the simulators are there.
I did enjoy simulators previously. So very exciting.
- I love that.
And I'm gonna go to you Bridie and ask you,
tell me about the course that you're studying.
- So I'm studying Motorsport Engineering,
and basically, in my first year I did a lot
of practical stuff in here.
So learning how to set up the cars for a race weekend
or say taking apart a gearbox and putting it back together,
bettering it and inhabiting it for the race weekend.
- Have you ever had a go these cars and riding them around?
- No, I've been in them
and we didn't get a chance last year to do it.
But definitely if the opportunity arises, I would love--
- What inspired you to do this course?
- Well I've always loved things like Formula One
and ever since I was a child,
I've watched all the brilliant machines
racing around the track.
I just wanted to be a part of it.
So I applied for this course and I've loved it ever since.
- I love that.
And do you think in the future,
you're ever gonna give it a go?
Have you had a go at the simulator before?
- Not yet, but I'm part of the former shooter team.
So hopefully this year we'll get to go
and do different set ups for the car and conditions.
So we get to make a brilliant finishing.
- I love that.
And for a student watching now,
thinking maybe I should do this course, I don't know.
What advice would you give to them?
- I'd say that this is an amazing course to start off of,
to get you where you want to be.
Because I'm applying for a second year placement,
a third year, in between placements this year.
And I found that all practical experience I've gained
from the workshop has really helped,
like broaden my CV, that they want practical experience,
they want experience with all
of the different software they use, for aerodynamics
and for designing different components.
- That's amazing.
And Sabuj, same question to you,
as somebody watching right now,
what would you say to them?
- I would say (mumbles) we offer programs
that are professionally accredited.
So they offer real world experience
in terms of solving problems.
They're very, very applied,
so you are not just doing the theory in the classes.
You see the applications of them.
So that makes us quite unique in terms
of the engineering programs that we offer here.
So do come and see what we are doing, enjoy your studies,
do come in and join us.
- Thank you so much.
And thank you to all of you for joining us here, today.
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