News archive

  • Wolfson Unit Office
    14 Sep 2016

    The Wolfson Unit has moved to new offices on the Boldrewood Innovation Campus. We benefit from the close proximity to our new towing tank, lab facilities and wind tunnels.

    Our new address is:

    Wolfson Unit MTIA, Building 185,

    Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Burgess Road,

  • Rio 2016 Wolfson Unit
    17 Aug 2016

    The Wolfson Unit congratulate the Great Britain Olympic Cycling Team on their success at the Rio Olympics, gaining 11 medals across the 10 track cycling disciplines, and 12 medals including the road racing events.

  • Free Sailing Yacht Tests
    08 Jul 2016

    In addition to its renowned calm water and seakeeping yacht testing services, the Wolfson Unit is offering a new unique experimental service to the Yacht Design industry.

  • Wolfson Unit MAIB JMT investigation
    07 Jul 2016

    The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has now published its report into the capsize and sinking of the fishing vessel JMT with the loss of two lives. The accident occurred off Rame Head, near Plymouth on 9th July 2015 whilst the 11.4 metre JMT was operating in benign weather conditions and in daylight.

  • Wolfson Unit SYRF CFD
    07 Jun 2016

    A new project partnership between North Sails and the Wolfson Unit has just been officially announced.

  • 21 Apr 2016

    The Wolfson Unit's use of the supercomputing facilties available at the University of Southampton, and particular how we have produced a turn key system for North Sails, has been highlighted recently by the Science & Engineering South (SES) consortium.

  • Boldrewood Ship Model Towing Tank
    22 Mar 2016

    Much headway has been made at the University of Southampton with the outfitting of the new 138 metre ship model basin. The tank has now been filled to its working level and is being equipped with state-of-the-art technology, which will enable ship testing and experimental work for the aerospace, energy and transportation sectors.

  • Wolfson Unit Seatec Carrara
    21 Mar 2016

    Matteo Scarponi will attend Seatec in Carrara, Italy on 6th April. If you would like to discuss a specific project or find out more about what services the Wolfson Unit can offer you then please e-mail Matteo on the following link to arrange an appointment.    

    wumtia@soton.ac.uk

  • Wolfson Marine Design Software
    23 Dec 2015

    The Wolfson Unit is pleased to announce the launch of Release 2 of its Hydrostatics and Stability suite HST.

  • Wolfson Unit at Yacht Racing Forum 2015
    19 Nov 2015

    Martyn Prince and Etienne Gauvain will attend the Yacht Racing Forum in Geneva (7th to 8th December 2015). They are looking forward to taking part in this conference, where you can meet them and learn more about the Wolfson Unit’s latest consultancy services. Please e-mail us on the following link to arrange an appointment.