An external article in futurenautics (see page 44 and onwards, along with a mention in the editorial) is based on the research of our Ship Science student Alex Iley who was a recipient of a DNV GL Young professional of the year in the ‘safer’ category.  In his work he examined the practicalities of of a lifeboat based evacuation using amongst other things the people flow modelling package ‘Mass Motion’. He found that making often quite small changes to the on-board environment could significantly reduce the time to embark passengers onto lifeboats.  The article itself is well worth a read but many congratulations to Alex for being such a worthy winner of the award.