b'12 Partner News Winter 2021AcademicBeatrice Shilling lives on at Royal Holloway By Professor David M Howard FREng CEng FIET and Dr. Anush Yardim CEng FIET MIEEE F3EP SFHEACreative solutions are fundamental tofunky furniture that can be rearranged modern professional engineering practice.as desired), an electronics laboratory The Department of Electronic Engineeringfor device prototyping and a fabrication at Royal Holloway, opened in 2016, haslaboratory (FABlab) where prototypes can just graduated its first MEng students lastbe constructed. summer and received full IET accreditation for its programs late in 2020. Creativity sitsThis facility exists within the new Shilling right at the heart of our work; two groupBuilding at Royal Holloway which was projects are carried out in both the first andinaugurated by Professor Dame Ann Dowling second years.OM DBE FRS FREng on 27 March 2019. These are assessed through groupThe 22m Shilling Building is dedicated to presentations and demonstrations to athe memory of Beatrice Shilling, who was a Dragons Den of externally invited engineers.pioneering female engineer who graduated A key benefit of this approach is thefrom the University of Manchester in the necessary development of communication1920s. Her simple yet elegant solution skills both in oral presentations (studentsto Merlin engine cut-out in Spitfires and have a session on healthy and effectiveHurricanes during air combat manoeuvres is voice usage) and report writing - backboneswidely acknowledged to have been crucial of professional group working. to Britains victory in WW2.These activities are facilitated with aHer creative spirit is an inspiration to us all purpose-built three-room facility consistingand we are proud to remember her name in of a Creative Thinking Room (furnished withthis way.Ubi-Techs Student of the YearUbi-Tech (3R) Ltd, leading providers ofits challenging, the feeling once youveThomas Spencertelecommunications training, has announcedsubmitted your essays and passed the Thomas Spencer as award winner of thecourse is extremely rewarding. Completing Institution of Engineering and Technologythe PG Cert has also provided me with both (IET) and Ubi-Tech Student of the Yearthe motivation and the skill set to pursue award 2020. Presented by Professormy studies with further qualifications in Robert Lucas-Gardiner at the University oftelecommunications, which I am currently Wolverhamptons Graduation Ceremony,undertaking, - Thomas Spencer, Ubi-Tech held at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton,2020 Student of the Year.UK, Thomas collected his award for Outstanding Achievement along with 37 graduates from the class of 2020, whoUbi-Tech provides telecommunication celebrated their academic success withprofessionals with a diverse training friends, family, representatives from theirand development portfolio which meets Armed Forces Corps and the Ubi-Tech team. the needs of the telecoms industry. I am delighted to receive theTheir portfolio includes the University commendation at the graduation ceremony,of Wolverhampton accredited Post very much unexpected though it was.Graduate Certificate in Wireless Thank you to the IET for the award and toCommunications, which is widely Ubi-Tech for delivering an excellent course.recognised by telecommunication and Id recommend anyone potentially lookingdefence industries.at the qualification to go for it; although'