An undergraduate in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge has carried out vital research in the Arctic thanks to an Engineering Leadership Award (ELA) from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Patrick Davies of Gonville and Caius College was one of 20 students to be awarded a grant of £4500 in total over three years to fund engineering-related travel and training.

“We travelled to the Arctic on a six-week-long research expedition studying the ice sheets. We took measurements on the remote glaciers there, and we were able to climb a number of unnamed ice-covered peaks”, he explained.

The Royal Academy of Engineering was founded to enhance the UK's engineering capabilities, to provide impartial advice to Government and to inspire the next generation of engineers. The ELA scheme allows exceptional undergraduate students to acquire and enhance the necessary skills in preparation for fast track executive careers in engineering industry.

Chemical Engineers are in demand all over the world; working on projects as diverse as providing water for third world communities, leading edge tissue engineering research, shaping the hydrogen economy, and creating pollution free iron production.

The Department of Chemical Engineering has an international reputation for its research as well as for its teaching. In the most recent Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) subject review of teaching, the department was awarded 23 marks out of 24.

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