Aerospace, Defence & Marine
President of Airbus UK, Paul Kahn, is the latest industry head to give his views on the impending EU referendum and has urged the industry “to speak out and to remind people of examples of success”.
Careers Aerospace, Mechanical
Energy & Environment
This year’s MacRobert award, the long standing national prize for engineering innovation, sees the inclusion of three UK companies in the final for the award.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Energy & Environment
A new record has been set by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during tests of atom collisions. During the trials on Wednesday night, two opposing beams of protons were steered…
Careers Electrical, Chemical
ManufacturingOpportunities
According to the quarterly report from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), British manufacturers reported both a growth in export orders and sales for the Q1 this year.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Energy & Environment
Researchers at University of Lincoln have been testing real time data sharing, in a bid to reduce delays, improve traffic and cut pollution at airports.
Careers Electrical, Chemical
Health
Spanish company Vortex has designed new ‘bladeless’ wind turbines that will generate electricity through magnets that makes its vortices shake when windy.
Careers Biomedical
Space
Developers from the University of Leicester have built an x-ray scanning system called the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS), which will be used on the BepiColombo space mission in 2017.
Careers Aerospace, Electronic
Construction & Infrastructure
The boss of construction giant JCB, Lord Bamford, has claimed that the UK can exist “peacefully and sensibly on its own” and that it could “negotiate as our own country,…
Careers Civil, Structural
Electronics & Communications
The FBI has begun its investigation into the claim that a cyber security consultant, Chris Roberts, hacked a computer system of an airplane and gained control of the engines.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Engineers are using their expertise to provide shelter and sanitation after the recent earthquakes in Nepal, prioritising the provision of shelter and clean water before the monsoon season arrives.
ManufacturingOpportunities
The Office for National Statistics has revealed that industrial output in the UK grew at its fastest rate for six months in March, beating expectations of 0.1% growth.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Manufacturing
China has announced plans to open the world’s first-ever all-robot manufacturing plant, which could reduce the workforce from 1,800 people to 200 - or by 90%.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Breakthroughs
An optical lens that can be attached to an iPhone and used as a magnifying glass has been developed by researchers at the University of Houston.
Automotive & Transport
Engineering researchers at the University of Texas have developed new GPS technology that can identify locations more accurately.
Careers Mechanical, Electrical
Electronics & Communications
The Architects Journal has announced plans for robot cranes – or ‘crabots’ – to help build Google’s Mountain View campus.
Careers Electronic, Electrical
Opportunities
The Institution of Engineering and Technology provides £1000 per year as part of their Diamond Jubilee Scholarship.
Construction & Infrastructure
According to a poll by Matchtech, engineers are dissatisfied with the lack of political attention on growth within the engineering and manufacturing industries.
Careers Civil, Structural
Manufacturing
According to Markit, the manufacturing sector in Europe has slowed down. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index showed a decrease from 52.2 to 52.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
ManufacturingOpportunities
The Women in Work programme, introduced in 2006, has been completed by almost 200 women in the first quarter of the year.
Careers Manufacturing, Automation
Health
The technology sector business activity index has fallen to its lowest since 2013, at 55.7. However, it has also been noted that since 2010, tech sector employment has expanded by nearly 15%.
Careers Biomedical
Energy & Environment
Siemens have expanded their electric powertrain plant by more than half in order to produce more hybrid cars.
Careers Electrical, Chemical