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 Learn Materials With Augmented Reality Tools 		Material Science impacts on every aspect of daily living. It is about how existing materials behave and how to make new ones. On this site you will find a number of tools for learning about materials science and selecting the right material for a problem.

Our current toolkit, which was awarded the Nexia Solutions/Royal Academy of Engineering Innovation in Education Prize for 2007, is listed on the left hand menu.

Many of the tools can be used in a general class room situation across science, physics, chemistry or design and technology. Specifically we have focused on the design of a jet engine as an example. Increasing demand for air travel will mean that in order to reduce the environmental impact, further large improvements in aircraft and engine performance will be necessary.

This challenge will require materials scientists and engineers of ingenuity and invention.

Now, you can try out our newly released Toolkit for Schools' link here.

In collaboration with Rolls Royce, we are exhibiting at the Big Bang fair between 4th - 6th March 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London. Come and see us there if you want to speak to us and to know about how to design a jet engine.



University of Manchester
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EPSRC
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Royal Academy of Engineering
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Museum of Science & Industry
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UK Centre for Materials Education
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Rolls-Royce
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counter visits since Apr-2008                             This website is part of "So You Think You Can Design A Jet-Engine?!", an EPSRC-funded project.