{"id":28036,"date":"2023-09-08T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/?p=28036"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:22:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:22:01","slug":"university-tops-prestigious-euspen-talent-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/2023\/09\/08\/university-tops-prestigious-euspen-talent-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"University tops prestigious euspen Talent Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
The talent displayed by a PhD researcher ensured the University of Huddersfield had back-to-back success when it topped the winners\u2019 podium for a second successive year at a competition designed to showcase emerging future talent and aspiring leaders within the field of precision engineering and nanotechnology.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doctoral researcher Aalim Mustafa<\/a> is part of the EPSRC\u2019s Future Metrology Hub<\/a>, within the University\u2019s Centre for Precision Technologies (CPT<\/a>), in the School of Computing and Engineering . <\/a><\/p>\n

His team \u2018LEGO Colosseum\u2019 which included teammates Luka Zvonarek from Croatia and Tom\u00e1s Barbosa\u00a0from Sweden, was announced the 2023 winner of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology\u2019s<\/a> (euspen<\/strong>) Talent Programme<\/a>, which takes place annually as part of the Society\u2019s International Conference and Exhibition for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is the second time the University of Huddersfield has come top of the winning roster after last year\u2019s winning team<\/a> included Huddersfield PhD researcher Kevin John<\/a> who, Aalim revealed, was the first to introduce him to the competition and who had recommended Aalim should take part.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning euspen’s\u00a0Talent Programme has been an amazing experience,\u201d said Aalim Mustafa, who\u2019s PhD supervisors are the Future Metrology Hub\u2019s Dr Hussam Muhamedsalih<\/a>, Dr Dawei Tang<\/a>, and Dame Professor Jane Jiang<\/a>, who is renowned in the field of precision metrology and the Hub\u2019s Director.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo compete against researchers from universities across Europe and to then discover it was our team that had won, was an extremely proud moment for each of us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the competition, I\u2019ve grown in confidence as a researcher and the success has unlocked further boundaries to help me gain recognition not only amongst my peers but professionally too, as a researcher in precision engineering,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Before choosing to come to the UK and commence his PhD at the University of Huddersfield, Aalim who is originally from Sudan, obtained his Masters degree in mechanical engineering from King Fahad University (KFUPM).<\/a><\/p>\n

Aalim\u2019s dissertation for this included experiments he performed as part of a collaborative project between KFUPM and one of the world\u2019s top science and engineering schools, theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),<\/a> where Aalim spent four months carrying out the necessary research in order to successfully complete his thesis.<\/p>\n

Euspen \u2013 what is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Euspen is an influential community linking industrialists, researchers, respected authorities, new, and established players worldwide; to promote its dissemination through education and training; and facilitate its exploitation by science and industry.<\/p>\n

The Society\u00a0is one of just four in the world representing the field of precision engineering and nanotechnology with the remaining three societies representing USA, Japan, and Asia.<\/p>\n

Each year euspen\u2019s Talent Programme identifies exceptional students with the potential to become future leaders in the field and the 2023 competition was no exception. This year the challenge was \u2018to design a calibration sample that helps to evaluate a 3D laser profile sensor during a \u2018Selective Thermoplastic\u00a0Electrophotographic Process\u2019 (STEP)\u2019 and had been developed in collaboration with the LEGO Group.<\/p>\n

By the time participants have been chosen to take part in the Programme, they have already undergone a rigorous European-wide selection process.\u00a0 As Aalim explained, only the top three teams of the Stage One \u201cLego Challenge\u201d are chosen to go through to the final round of the competition which this year was held at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

Each of the teams are then tasked with convincing the committee about their proposed design and to demonstrate their deep understanding of the topic.<\/p>\n

A bursary was awarded to contribute towards travel, accommodation, and subsistence, and the finalists were also gifted with complimentary access to the 2023 International Conference and Exhibition.<\/p>\n

\u201cParticipating in this challenge,\u201d said Aalim, \u201cnot only provided a golden opportunity for me to get to know fellow researchers from around the world but it has enriched my knowledge and understanding of precision engineering as well as the wider applications it involves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Tanya Horan<\/strong>
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