Systems and engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash has teamed up with Bristol and Bath Universities to help develop the engineers and leaders of the future.

As part of Frazer-Nash’s continuing involvement with the Systems Centre based at Bristol University (a collaborative venture with Bath University) the engineering consultants awarded a prize of £250 to one of the Centre’s top students at an Open Day on Thursday. The winner, Yun Yin, received the accolade for producing the most outstanding published paper over the last two years of the Centre’s EngD programme.

The Systems Centre was established in 2006 with a £3.4M EngD Centre award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), followed up with a £5M Industrial Doctorate Centre award from EPSRC this year, and is one of the leading academic centres of excellence in systems engineering in the UK. Research projects are typically highly multidisciplinary, encompassing the traditional engineering disciplines, engineering management and computer science, with an overarching vision of managing systems for enhanced performance.

Director of the Centre, Professor Patrick Godfrey said: “The Systems Centre is developing industry leaders of tomorrow, equipping them not only with technical engineering skills, but also with the personal and professional skills to be effective leaders.” He continued: “We greatly value our relationship with Frazer-Nash who we have worked closely with for a number of years.”

Ian Watson, Frazer-Nash Systems Engineering Consultant, said: “We are very proud to be supporting the Systems Centre, which is widely regarded as one of the leading academic centres for systems engineering in the UK.

“Through our sponsorship of the most outstanding published paper award and our presence on the Centre’s Strategic Advisory Board we aim to help maintain the great work already achieved in developing the most promising research engineers and leaders.”

Frazer-Nash plays an active role in supporting the Systems Centre, which includes supporting two Research Engineers (EngD students), delivering guest lectures on the programme, and sitting on the Strategic Advisory Board.