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- Introduction to Composite Materials: Theory & Practical
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- Introduction to Manual Prepreg Techniques
- Intermediate Manual Prepreg Techniques
- Appreciation of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) for Composites
- Introduction to Composite Mould Tool Production
- Introduction to Automated Fibre Placement
- Composite Conversion for Assessors & Trainers (CCAT)
- Introduction to Composites Online
- Introduction to Measurement & Inspection: Virtual Classroom
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News
- “Rapid Heat Popping Joints” could revolutionise use of composites
- Project Century
- NCC publishes 2019 Gender Pay Gap report
- NCC part of Digital Engineering Skills Platform launched by Enginuity and Made Smarter
- VentilatorChallengeUK
- ppe4nhs
- Plataine joins the NCC
- NCC donates thousands of PPE to help protect frontline workers
- IMPORTANT UPDATE - COVID-19
- Composites in Rail
- NCC celebrates National Apprenticeship Week 2020
- Zeetta Networks
- Delivering sustainable fusion energy
- NCC reveals digital future for composites manufacture
- Innovative digital technology trialled for workforce training
- NCC celebrates 1000th STEM engagement
- Let’s build a gender equal world
- NCC Discover: The Future of Overbraiding
- UK to lead the development of the next generation of sustainable composite materials
- NCC launch new training course: Introduction to Composites Repair
- HVM Catapult publishes Annual Review 2019-20
- Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation (DETI) Initiative to play an important role in economic recovery
- Tejin Tier 2 membership
- NCC launch SME-focused affiliate scheme
- NCC speakers confirmed for AMI's new Composites Virtual Summit
- Seismic II project takes MMC schools to the next level
- NCC granted £355k to help achieve net zero future
- Bristol 2021 league table
- NCC partner with Network Rail
- BT and Toshiba install UK’s first quantum-secure industrial network between key UK smart production facilities
- NCC develop prototype for Scottish SME
- Government-backed 5G-ENCODE launches Phase One network
- NCC joins Permali and Arcola Energy to develop composite structural systems for fuel cell retrofits in buses
- H1PERBAT
- Making new products from composite waste
- Random Tandem
- NCC member GKN Aerospace leads project to produce novel winglet
- NCC to partner with AMI composites events
- NCC partners with Drive System Design on new Electric Vehicle project
- Radiotherapy couch tops
- NCC to support spin-out company that designs machine components to survive in harshest conditions
- Colette Cohen OBE announced as new Independent Chair of NCC Steering Board
- Connect innovators and educators to produce a workforce fit for the future
- Composites in Rail event programme announced
- Janet Mitchell Outstanding Contribution award
- NCC graduate research engineer wins 2019 composites industry award
- This is Engineering
- Airborne membership
- NCC begins tenth birthday celebrations by unveiling new state of the art Automated Fibre Placement-Automated Tape Lay Up capability (AFP-ATL)
- NCC research supports new environmentally friendly solution for wind turbine installation
- Teledyne CML Composites
- NCC launches new online training platform
- UK initiative launched to advance technology for sustainable and recyclable wind turbine blades
- STEM competition launched to inspire the next generation of budding engineers, scientists and environmentalists
- First Quantum Key Distribution Trial for Manufacturing Passes Test
- NCC and Dstl join forces to facilitate innovative R&D in future combat aircraft composite structures
- Sustainable Composites: evolving from ReDisCoveR
- Six companies join NCC SME Affiliate Scheme
- Heraeus Noblelight Ltd. upgrades to Tier Two membership
- Arcola Energy and NCC launch UK Hydrogen Supply Chain Capability and Opportunity Survey
- New partnership to develop revolutionary all-composite helicopter wheel takes off
- NCC finds sustainable, cost-effective composites alternative for innovative SME
- GKN Aerospace, NCC and partners launch ASCEND to accelerate high volume composite technologies
- New HS2 pilot project swaps steel for retired wind turbine blades to reinforce concrete
- National Composites Centre achieve prestigious CIPS Corporate Ethics award
- Bristol’s Actuation Lab secure key investment and take up residence at the NCC
- NCC part of High Value Manufacturing Catapult project to address future skills gaps
- UK consortium leads project to develop the next generation of hydrogen storage tanks for HGV and buses
- Cygnet Texkimp becomes National Composites Centre SME Affiliate Scheme Member
- Bristol researchers prepare their composites for lift off to space
- DigiProp: Developing the next generation of composite propeller blades for turboprop aircraft
- Dowty Propellers harness digital capabilities of NCC next generation, sustainable composite propeller blades
- Sustainable composite wheelchair seat designed for disabled people in developing countries
- Case study Motivation wheelchair seat
- ARRK join NCC as Affiliate Member
- Composite Leadership Forum releases Net Zero report for the UK
- Gravitilab NCC design new composite structures for suborbital launch vehicles
- Demonstrating the future of composite space tank technology
- West of England digital research project makes gains in sustainable manufacturing - Delivering the Digital Now Report
- National Composites Centre and Arcola Energy publish report on UK supply chain opportunities in hydrogen heavy duty vehicles
- Chemistry, Composites and Sustainability: Announcing an exciting partnership between the Royal Society of Chemistry and the National Composites Centre
- High Value Manufacturing Catapult rises to Paralympic challenge to help GB Paracanoeist secure Gold at Tokyo Games
- Teignbridge launches project with the NCC to design the next generation of sustainable composite propulsion systems for marine transport
- NCC Technology Pull-Through Programme 2022-23 open for applications
- Understanding how to harness digital technologies
- Young engineers think educating the public is key for Climate Action
- Universal digital readiness: What are the building blocks we all need to push ahead
- Shining the Spotlight: Introducing Lyndsay Gibbons
- Introducing the DETI Eco-meter
- Empowering WECA pupils with data for sustainable streets
- Sustainability solutions show from UWE Bristol chosen to take part in COP26
- Bath leads new research centre to increase uptake in digital manufacturing
- MBDA and National Composites Centre launch Ceramic Matrix Composite Airframe Technologies Challenge
- Youth discuss reducing the carbon cost of heating for Net Zero 2030
- New jobs for a green transition
- NCC and Nexam Chemical provide solution for using composites in extreme temperatures
- National Composites Centre announces participation in £9m Quantum Data Centre of the Future Project
- National Composites Centre to help upskill adults with technical skills
- Bristol children re-engineer their neighbourhoods
- Curiosity Connections - Autumn Newsletter
- UK first composites technology forum for defence
- INSPHERE’S IONA system delivers industry-leading accuracy in composite material deposition using the NCC Smart Factory Industrial Test Bed
- BAE Systems joins NCC Steering Board
- NCC announces new innovation partnership with Reaction Engines
- NCC is one of The Times 100 Best Not-for-Profit Companies
- NCC publishes Gender Pay Gap Report for 2018
- NCC fast-tracks growth with launch of NCC Connect
- New Large Scale Resin Infusion Capabilities at the NCC
- Largest ever UK Government R&D investment will make UK composites world leader
- Project makes light of industrial problems
- Sit Ski Wins Manufacturing Technology Award 2018
- Bristol collaboration shortlisted for prestigious US prize
- NCC aids Coleg Gwent to launch first introduction to composites course in Wales
- NCC welcomes Richard Oldfield as new Chief Executive
- Embedded Sensors for Intelligent Composite Structures
- Taking Technology Off-Piste
- Rolls-Royce announcement reinforces Bristol as the engine for UK composites
- Williams Advanced Engineering joins NCC Membership
- Building the Future for Composites
- London Underground researching aerospace technology for Tube train doors
- GE joins National Composites Centre as Tier 1 Member
- NCC Technology Pull-Through Programme 2020-21
- NCC launches NCC Discover conference series
- NCC scoops top awards and ISO standard in health and safety
- Playing with Purpose
- Sit Ski Demonstrator
- NCC CEO elected as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Toray Advanced Composites signs new R&D partnership agreement with the NCC
- NCC launches SME Boost Programme
- Carbon ThreeSixty invests in TFP technology after successful trial with the NCC
- WECA invests £5m to kick-start revolution in digital engineering
- The High Value Manufacturing Catapult and Made Smarter announce new Smart Factory Innovation Hub
- Unlocking space innovation and growth in the West of England
- NCC partner with Ford Motor Company on award winning project to lightweight Ford Transit van
- National Composites Centre to play a role in UK/Australian collaboration to accelerate advanced materials integration
- International Women's Day 2021 at the NCC
- Carbon ThreeSixty join NCC as SME Affiliate Scheme member
- National Composites Centre joins major academic-industry collaboration to tackle global challenges in sustainability
- Ground-breaking NCC research proving recycled composites can be used in new industry applications
- NCC partners with Mentor Digital to win ‘Best Custom Solution’ at the 2021 Umbraco Awards
- Five new Members join NCC
- NCC develops composite structural systems for fuel cell retrofits in buses
- A decade of innovation-driven transformation: High Value Manufacturing Catapult Annual Review 2020-21
- NCC's Core Research Programme 2021/22 aiming to solve industry's biggest advanced materials challenges
- Four SMEs join NCC's SME Affiliate Scheme
- National Composites Centre celebrates NIACE re-launch
- NCC training courses first to be approved by IOM3
- Young people discuss carbon emission cutting solutions with West of England policymakers
- NCC offering SMEs opportunity to develop digital capability
- Joule Challenge launch
- 5G-ENCODE showcases 5G standalone network and use cases at launch event
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Events
- Digital Manufacturing Week
- 2nd CIRP Conference on Composite Parts Manufacturing
- Can composites help your business? Webinar
- Opportunities for Fibre Polymer Composites in Construction and Infrastructure webinar
- SAMPE UK & Ireland Annual Seminar 2021: Composites - Progressing from the Pandemic
- ACM5: Fifth International Symposium on Automated Composites Manufacturing
- Smartia Industrial AI & IoT In Practice Event
- Engineering Design Show: Reconnect
- University of Bristol Research Showcase
- GRIPS 2021
- Blades Global 2021
- National Manufacturing Summit 2021
- CW Trending: Composites Opportunities in a Growing Infrastructure Market
- SpaceAM 2021
- DSEI 2021
- Metlase Smart Gauge
- Composites and Sustainability: CU Switzerland Online Forum
- UK Construction Week
- Network Seminar: Sustainable Composite Materials for Wind Turbine Blades
- International Composites Summit
- Meet the Members: September
- DC Engineering Summit
- Global Offshore Wind
- 5G Techritory 2021
- Digital Manufacturing Week 2021
- Sustainability Solutions - Green Jobs in Engineering and Technology
- Youth Engineering for Environmental Sustainability Summit (YEESS)
- Manufacturing on the Edge
- Disruption of old habits through the power of innovation
- Industrial 5G Uncovered - Spotlight on Innovators
- Inspiring women and girls in STEAM for Ada Lovelace Day
- International Conference on Manufacturing of Advanced Composites 2021 (ICMAC)
- Bristol Composites Institute Annual Conference 2021
- Wind Europe Electric City 2021
- Industrial 5G Uncovered: Spotlight on Manufacturing & Logistics
- 5G-Encode Launch
- 5G and Manufacturing: Sustainability
- Big Data CPD Course
- AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
- Immersive Design Collaboration
- NCC Discover: Composites Overmoulding 2019
- ReDisCoveR Composites
- Bristol Composites Institute / NCC Joint Conference 2019
- Tech20: The Carbon Revolution
- Long-Fibre Thermoplastics
- NCC Connect Start-Up Workshop
- ICMAC 2020
- Sampe UK Ireland
- Maritime UK South West Business Forum
- Composites & Materials Seminar
- Beyond the Horizon: the future of UK capability in the European aerospace industry
- Thermal Management in Thermoset Composites Workshop
- Sustainable composites: The future
- AMI Composites Virtual Summit
- Future of aircraft interiors
- The UK Cabin Opportunity
- Innovation Partnership roundtable
- UK National Technologies Quantum Showcase
- DETI Skills Digital Engineering Careers Fair
- TM Forum Digital Transformation World Series
- 5G Techritory
- Thermoplastics Composites 2019
- Confidence in Composites
- SAMPE Europe 2019
- AI Breakfast Briefing with Smartia
- Advanced Engineering 2019
- Bristol Technology Showcase 2019
- FRP Composites for Construction – Enhanced utilisation through confident design
- Members' Breakfast Briefing: September
- Composites UK: Recomp - Reuse and recycling of FRP Composites
- Online TECHNIA Simulation Innovation Forum (SIMIF) 2020
- Decarbonisation in industry: The road to sustainable and cost-effective manufacturing
- Composites UK: Low Carbon Solutions for Rail Infrastructure with Composites Webinar
- Future of Technology Series
- Life cycle assessment of new and emerging materials
- Composites UK Annual Conference: Composites Enabling Net Zero
- New Civil Engineer: Future of Bridges
- SpaceAM Webinar 3 - The future of space in the UK
- 2nd International Hydrogen Aviation Conference (IHAC 2021)
- SAMPE Europe 21: innovating towards perfection
- Advanced Engineering 2021
- Exploring the future for In Orbit Service and Manufacturing - UK IOSM Workshop
- Composites UK Sector Showcase: Fibre reinforced polymer composites in defence applications
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DETI
- About DETI
- What DETI will deliver
- DETI programme
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Results
- Bringing digital visualisation to the manufacturing process
- Digital Thread
- Automating and digitalising the inspection process of composite materials
- Driving sustainable prototyping with digital technology
- Inclusive digital careers for diverse engineers
- Re-imagining sustainable products of the future
- Securing our cyber future
- Using disruptive technology to streamline product verification
- Summary Results
- Wireless Asset Tracking - 4G
- Hosting environment: Secure Inter-site Connectivity - Quantum
- DETI Eco-meter
- Inspection for Carbon Fibre Composite Structures Using Polarisation Vision
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News and Events
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Blogs
- EDM department partners with the Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers
- DETI Inspire launch new Diversity Demonstrator
- Building to Break Barriers – a different view of engineering
- Women Like Me relaunches for 2020-21
- Exploring your Engineering Future
- Download the West in Minecraft STEM Resource Pack
- Empowering WECA pupils with data for sustainable school streets
- The Engineer Talks interviews Marc Funnell (NCC) and Ian Risk (CFMS)
- Curiosity Connections Newsletter - May
- Women Like Me engineers inspire Bristol primary school students
- New community STEM club launched in Easton
- Curiosity Connections Newsletter - March 2021
- A Mathematical Model of a Zombie Apocalypse
- Dr Appolinaire Etoundi presents at ASE talk
- A month of live chats with I’m an Engineer
- DETI Skills Digital Engineering Workshop Series
- Engineers wanted for The Big Beam In for British Science Week!
- Curiosity Connections Newsletter - February 2021
- Curiosity Connections Newsletter - December 2020
- Women Like Me supports another 30 women in engineering
- Making or Baking – there are many routes into STEM!
- Curiosity Connections - Autumn Newsletter
- Bristol children re-engineer their neighbourhoods
- A Big Success for the Big Beam In
- Curiosity Connections Newsletter - The Great Science Share for Schools
- Curiosity Connections Newsletter - July
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Blogs
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Newsletter
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Issue 1
- An introduction from Tim Bowles, West of England Mayor
- Disruption or Disruptive? Overcoming barriers to the digital manufacturing transition
- Shining a Spotlight on the benefits of Digital Engineering
- Asset tracking within factory settings
- DETI Skills Update
- For humanity to thrive, we need engineers who can lead with a conscience
- Powertrain developers ‘a long way’ from having the digital tools they need, reveals industry workshop
- DETI Skills Career Fair
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Issue 2
- Engineering Curiosity – a new resource for West of England Schools
- University of Bath’s rich capability for the DETI consortium
- Why engineering design is critical to long-term economic growth
- Together West of England Campaign launch
- Stress testing design for digital engineering
- Haptics: What the future feels like
- Can Flying Go Green?
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Issue 3
- How can Augmented Reality improve our manufacturing processes?
- Introducing the Design Manufacturing Futures Lab
- Defining the business value of industrial 5G
- New IAAPS R&I facility to support the development of clean-vehicle technologies
- Everything businesses need to know about immersive technology
- Optimising satellite design for digital engineering
- Digital Twin: A phrase not a product
- Issue 4
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