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Harper Adams University College is the UK’s leading provider of specialist higher education and research for the food chain, rural and land-based industries. Undergraduate, postgraduate and PHD subjects cover every aspect of food production, from agricultural engineering to food marketing, land management and animal health and welfare. For more information visit www.harper-adams.ac.uk

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Students win international technology prizes

Two Harper Adams University engineering students have been rewarded for their innovative ideas for the use of satellite technology in agriculture. Rob Fillingham and Jonathan Bradbeer scooped first and second place, respectively, in the Farming by Satellite Prize 2012. The results were announced yesterday at the SIMA agricultural show in Paris. The competition is an initiative of the European GNSS Agency in partnership with CLAAS and Bayer CropScience, and is supported by the NFU. First prize winner, Rob, received €10,000 for his ‘European Farm Management Information System’ – an

£1 million engineering prize welcomed

Harper Adams focussing on "smart" technologyAs the UK’s only higher education centre for agricultural engineering and off-road vehicle design, Harper Adams University College has welcomed the launch of The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. “This will help raise the profile of the engineering sector and show young people that society really values the work of engineers” says Professor Simon Blackmore, the new Head of Engineering at the University College.  “With a record number of students entering engineering this year and the very high employment rate afterwards, we are playing our

The tractor of the future

What will the tractor be in 2030?Ever imagined what tractors will be like in 20 years’ time? Students at Harper Adams University College believe they have the answer. Five engineering students were asked to design what they believe will become the tractor of the future, as part of their final year group project assignment. Through researching areas such as the future of farming, climate change, fuel sources and traction, they found that there will be an increased pressure on land use to generate food due to population growth. Bearing this in mind, the team designed a concept which

Harper Adams PhD engineering success

Completion of first research degrees sponsored by Douglas Bomford TrustHarper Adams is pleased to announce the completion of the first two Douglas Bomford Trust sponsored PhDs undertaken at the University College in Shropshire. The projects investigated two different agricultural engineering issues, the first studied the production, storage and combustion of fuel pellets from oilseed rape straw, and the other the flow of torque in the transmission of a four-wheel drive tractor using novel torque sensors. The Douglas Bomford Trust, a charity that enables the advancement of engineering

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