Real World Works

Did some reviews of student year in industry reports today. These are from students who have spent a year of their course working for a company. They have to report back on what they have been doing, and we mark it up as part of their programme. One of the students has been working on the construction of a simulator intended for use in a nuclear power station. He has been decoding how the existing system works (which is apparently easier than reading the documentation) and then writing a system to work against it. This is scary, real world, stuff and kudos to the chap doing the work. Goes to show what second year students can get up to...