All laboratory sessions are supervised by academic staff and supported by our own technicians. After consultation on the laboratory required, a full risk assessment will be carried out. Safety is our greatest priority in all the laboratories and all users must attend a safety briefing prior to using any laboratory. If you would like to discuss the facilities available or are interested in using our facilites to support your teaching, please contact The Department of Engineering by email or at the address below. MicroMouse The Department of Engineering acts as host for the Gwent MicroMouse competitions organised by TEC South East Wales.
Local schools build their own robots to race at the event.
This years event is due to be held in June 2001. Technical help is available from Department of Engineering at University of Wales College Newport. The Mechatronics Research Centre in conjunction with the Department of Engineering has hosted pupils on work experience. See here for our most recent visitor. There are many different jobs within the Department of Engineering and interested pupils, schools or careers advisors are welcome to contact us by email or at the address below.