Opportunities
The Times has run a profile piece on Sarah Haslam, Powertrain Engineering Manager at Ford Motors, in which she talks about her day-to-day work, her journey into engineering and the need to get more women into engineering.
Manufacturing
West Bromwich based foundry Aluminium Products Ltd has appointed a female MD Gina Steventon. Steventon has 28 years’ experience and has stated that the quality and performance of the firm…
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
HealthOpportunities
29-year-old Nicky Ashwell has been fitted with the world’s most lifelike bionic hand. The hand has been developed by prosthetic limb supplier Steeper using Formula One technology and a skeletal structure.
Careers Biomedical
Automotive & Transport
A second WMG Academy for Young Engineers will open in Solihull in September 2016. The academy will teach 14 to 19 year old students STEM subjects, as well as English, Geography and Languages.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Opportunities
Two members of the Institute of Physics have been awarded Queen’s Birthday Honours. Editor-in-chief of Nature Philip Campbell has been made a Knight Bachelor for his work in science, including…
Aerospace, Defence & MarineOpportunities
Negative stiffness honeycombs are being developed by researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas, to increase the safety for vehicles and military gear.
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
Energy & EnvironmentBreakthroughs
Researchers at Arizona State University have designed a stretchable battery for smart watches, based on the Japanese art of kirigami.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Two Teesside University students, Charlotte Gibb and Lacey Harrison, and Newcastle College student Jack Thomas, have been awarded the Institution of Civil Engineers’ QUET Technician Scholarship.
Aerospace, Defence & MarineOpportunities
Sales of aerospace supplier Gardner Aerospace have risen to over $185m – an increase by almost 8%, following expansions to Poland and India.
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
Space
Three astronauts are returning from the International Space Station after their original departure was delayed a month ago.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
SpaceBreakthroughs
UK start up, Oxford Space Systems and Oxford University Professor, Zhong You, are collaborating on deployable spacecraft systems based on origami.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Manufacturing
Sheffield University is developing a high speed 3D printer that will work 100 times faster, and produce plastic parts that are three times larger.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Electronics & CommunicationsBreakthroughs
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Zurich have developed a CO2 sensor that can monitor air quality for scuba divers and mountaineers.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Automotive & Transport
Tata Steel and Swansea University have collaborated to produce ACCOMPLISH – which stands for Algal Carbon Capture and BiOMass-Linked Supply cHain.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Automotive & Transport
Researchers from University of California have created an aviation biofuel taken from sugarcane biomass, which could significantly reduce airplanes' carbon emissions.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Energy & Environment
A 17 page document titled ‘Think Ahead, Act Together’, was revealed at the G7 summit today in Bavaria, which aims to phase out fossil-fuel use by 2100.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Energy & Environment
Riversimple Engineering, based in Wales, has started work constructing a two-seater hydrogen car which will be able to be driven in UK cities.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Health
Dr Askwar Hilonga is the first winner of the £25,000 Africa Prize for Engineering with a sand-based water filtration system that uses nanotechnology to absorb contamination.
Careers Biomedical
Energy & EnvironmentOpportunities
Scientists from the School of Environment at Tsinghua University in Beijing have tested 18 different methods to remove indium from LCD screens, in order to recycle rare metal.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Manufacturing
Airliner EasyJet has successfully carried out a trial using drones to carry out aircraft maintenance checks.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
ManufacturingOpportunities
Calbee have opened a £6.5 million innovation and manufacturing facility in Deeside, with funding help from the Welsh government.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation