Manufacturing Systems Engineering graduate at Glaxo Smith Kline
One of the first participants to join
the MSc at the University of Hertfordshire is Neil
Afford who works for Glaxo Smith Kline at the
company's research and development site in Ware, were
he is an Equipment Engineer in the Device
Technology Group. Neil was previously a part-time
student at the university and was awarded his BEng
degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering with first
class honours in 2005. Neil will develop his experience in
plastic mould design to incorporate
component stress analysis and other
developing technologies through the
programme. This will enable Neil to
evaluate in more detail the requirements
of product moulding in relation to
the structural design of the company's
pharmaceutical products.
The nature of Neil's current role lends itself to a work-based
learning approach as regular attendance at
lectures would be difficult. By
selecting various aspects of each of the projects
he is currently involved with he hopes to
fulfil the requirements of the MSc Professional Engineering
modules. His aim is to further his career development and
competences in order to eventually obtain Chartered
Engineer status through the
Institution of Engineering and
Technology.
