Photo: Southern Water Tanker prepares
to be loaded with
water
A
School of Management student assignment to model ways of
coping with an emergency in the water supply has proved
so successful it is now being used in reality by
Southern Water.
MSc Management Sciences student
Beate Jungblut used computer simulation software to work
out how tankers carrying water from nearby reservoirs
could efficiently supply a waterworks threatened by
pollution which served tens of thousands of households.
A real-life test using 40 tankers 24-hours a day would
have cost Southern Water around £500,000 per week. Beate
undertook the work when on a three-month work placement
at Southern Water.
University of Southampton
Industrial Liaison Manager Dr Ian Rowley commented: ‘Our
Management students bring a fresh pair of eyes and the
latest techniques into host organisations during the
placements.’
Dr Rowley is now seeking companies
and organisations to host MSc students for three-month
projects this summer. The University requests a
contribution from the hosts to support students during
the
placement.
New uses for acoustics - news story of the
week
Research by Professor Tim Leighton into the wall of
sound produced by the 'bubble-net' of hunting humpback whales
may also have potential uses in other areas. Professor
Leighton, of ISVR, says that bubbles could be used in the body
to deliver medicine to dangerous cells. Once attached to the
cells the bubbles could be collapsed with ultrasound, acting
like 'little injectors' to
kill the cells. BBC News Online
