Scholarship boost for new Structural Integrity Research Centre

摘要

Twenty full scholarships are available on the 2014 Structural Integrity MSc programme, developed by Brunei University in collaboration with TWI as part of the work of the new National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC), which is due to open its doors in March 2015. Its work is essentially unglamorous, but in a world underpinned by ageing infrastructure, the centre's mission to extend the working life of products, plant and the essential building blocks of civilisation will become increasingly critical. Brunei's Deputy Principal Professor Geoff Rodgers explains: "From oil rigs to buses, trains and aeroplanes, railway lines to power stations, metal fatigue, corrosion and wearare engineering enemies. "Traditionally, the UK has been at the forefront of research into the design, service life and safety of products and structures, but five years ago we began to pick up early warning signs that our lead in the field was under threat. "Equally, the paceof development of new materials is increasing, but to safely unlock the potential of nanotechnology and other novel materials we need to understand them deeply or risk product failure or wasteful overdesign.