Energy & EnvironmentOpportunities
Developing nations have led the way in investing in renewable energy in 2015, as revealed by a study by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management for the UN Environment Programme.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
ChemicalsBreakthroughs
The College of Engineering at Drexel Univeristy in Philadelphia have developed a new method for manufacturing nanobrushes, tiny dirt-repellent structures which coat objects such as eyeglass lenses, artificial joints and medical devices.
Careers Chemical
ChemicalsOpportunities
The UK automotive industry’s boom has positively impacted Birmingham plastic injection moulding specialist Barkley Plastics.
Careers Chemical
Health
Researchers from Saarland University in Germany are developing intelligent motor systems which bypass the need for additional sensors by acting as their own multifunctional sensors.
Careers Biomedical
Health
Researchers at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), in collaboration with solar photovoltaic glass manufacturer Polysolar and materials developer Merck, are developing the prototype stage of lightweight and low cost…
Careers Biomedical
Opportunities
Business Secretary Sajid Javid has announced on a visit to Manchester Metropolitan University a new £10 million fund to allow students to study for a full Bachelors or Master’s Degree while working.
HealthOpportunities
The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Hub has awarded Enterprise Fellowships to support eight researchers in in developing their innovations.
Careers Biomedical
Automotive & Transport
Olivia Perkins, a newly qualified civil engineer from Kier, has won the James Rennie Medal for best Chartered Professional Review candidate of the year.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Automotive & TransportOpportunities
UK car manufacturing reached double digit growth in February, data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has revealed. This comes as domestic sales rose by 24.4%.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Manufacturing
3D printing is coming to space, thanks to a new experimental 3D printer which uses Gecko Gripper technology.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Automotive & TransportOpportunities
British sports car maker TVR will build a £30 million new factory in Ebbw Vale, South Wales, with part of the funding coming from the Welsh government.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Energy & Environment
In a world first, Transport for London will next month introduce five new zero-emission, fully electric double decker buses onto London transport routes.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Energy & Environment
Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland are developing stronger alloys, which could lead to more robust construction materials for nuclear power plants.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Automotive & TransportOpportunities
A consortium including Jaguar Land Rover and Nissan has received £1.7 million in funding from a government prize, money which will be put towards research into lightweighting technology.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
ManufacturingBreakthroughs
South Korea’s Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has developed a wearable graphene-based armband which is capable of monitoring diabetes by analysing the sweat of the wearer.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Electronics & Communications
Software developed by Washington University allows users to turn any surface into an input area for their smartphones, by using the phone’s speakers and microphones as a sonar system.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Aerospace, Defence & MarineOpportunities
The US Department of Homeland Security has provided researchers from Nottingham Trent University with $4.4 million to develop an airport security system which uses scattered X-rays to identify the unique chemical signatures of materials.
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
ManufacturingOpportunities
Siemens have announced that they intend to hire over 25,000 new employees worldwide per year in the coming years, as part of a $1 billion investment in the company’s research and development division.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
HealthBreakthroughs
A team of researchers led by Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicoleli have successfully implanted infrared sensors into the brains of rats, allowing them to sense and react to infrared light.
Careers Biomedical
Energy & EnvironmentOpportunities
The 2016 budget, delivered on Wednesday, contains significant tax breaks for the UK’s North Sea oil and gas industry, with George Osborne having halved the supplementary corporation tax paid by…
Careers Electrical, Chemical
HealthBreakthroughs
Dr Max Ortiz Catalan, a biomedical engineer, has developed a new prosthetic advice which affixes to the user’s humerus through a titanium implant, and can be controlled by the user’s own nerves and muscles.
Careers Biomedical