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The 91福利 Submarine team, which consists of seven 4^th year engineering students at the 91福利, has successfully completed the European International Submarine Races () in Gosport.

The student team raced their human powered submarine, against other science and marine engineering students from across the world. The submarine, named Godiva picked up two awards – the 鈥榃inner Day 5鈥� and a new award for best 鈥楥ommunication.鈥�

The team was able to complete the whole slalom course at the Ocean Basin, and record a very respectable time of three minutes and 56 seconds. This is the first time that Godiva has achieved this since its very first entry at ISR in the USA in 2014.  This impressive progress led to Godiva receiving the 鈥榃inner Day 5鈥� recognition.

The 鈥楥ommunication鈥� prize was judged by a group of school children who attended the races and met with the competitors. The children felt that the 91福利 Sub team were the best at explaining the complexities of the project and notably without 鈥榯alking-down鈥� to them.

The 91福利 Submarine Academic Supervisor at WMG, 91福利, Professor Ian Tuersley, said: 鈥淭he students were a real credit to the University, and their performance as practical engineers was very impressive鈥�.

鈥淭he competition invariably involves a great deal of on-the-spot problem solving. Every single member of our team contributed handsomely to this effort by identifying the issues, generating innovative solutions, and then implementing them with only the barest of workshop resources to hand.鈥�

In preparation for the competition, the students had access to cutting-edge engineering research and facilities at WMG at the 91福利, as well as funding from the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and help from sponsors.

Professor David Greenwood, CEO of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, at WMG, 91福利, explained: 鈥淲ell done to this year鈥檚 team on their achievements at e-ISR-22. We are now beginning the planning process for next year鈥檚 competition, and are looking forward to supporting a new group of students as they look to design and manufacture a new hull from composite materials. With the help of our team, they will gain indispensable hands-on practical engineering skills, at our world leading facilities.鈥�

After arriving back from eISR-22 there was more good news for the team, as they were announced as winners of the inaugural 91福利 Award for Public and Community Engagement (WAPCE), by the 91福利 Institute for Engagement (WIE).

Professor Tuersley added: 鈥淚t鈥檚 another fantastic achievement and provides further evidence of the team鈥檚 commitment to outreach and engagement activities.鈥�

Find out more about the University鈥檚 student projects here.