A new engineering laboratory at the University of Strathclyde will create a state-of-the-art experience for teaching and learning.
The NXP Technology Laboratory will allow students to gain practical design, implementation and test experience of the techniques required to create combined hardware and software engineering systems.
The facility, part of the Faculty of Engineering and Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, is funded under a three-year collaboration with technology company NXP Semiconductors. The semiconductor manufacturer works across the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communications infrastructure markets with its solutions integrated in cars to control the electric engine or as driver assistance system. NXP’s wireless technologies are also used worldwide to enable contactless payments.
Next generation
In collaboration with Strathclyde’s third year microcontroller class, NXP will provide every student with their own microcontroller kit for the class and future projects, empowering the next generation of engineers. The students will learn the basics of microcontroller programming and will then undertake a project in areas such as instrumentation, control, consumer electronics and AI.
Professor Stephen McArthur, Associate Principal and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Strathclyde, said:
At Strathclyde we are very proud of the strong links we have forged with industry and we are delighted to collaborate with NXP for the launch of this new laboratory.
Strong integration with NXP, who are a global leader in this area, for provision of state-of-the-art hardware for every student, will maximise the learning experience of our engineering students.
“We believe that this collaboration will enhance the employability of our future graduates and enable them to create the technology of tomorrow.”
NXP Country Manager Andy Birnie, said: “We have a long and proud history of employing Strathclyde graduates. This new laboratory will help us to further strengthen our relationship with Strathclyde, as well as foster a large local talent base of tomorrow’s engineers.”