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December 11, 2019

Student engineers wanted for study on mental health

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A new academic study looking at the mental health of engineering students is seeking volunteers to take part in the research. Main plaza at The Robert Gordon University’s campus at Garthdee, Aberdeen, UK (Credit: Jackofhearts101 via CC) The work is being led by Jo-Anne Tait, a strategic lead in the School of Engineering at Aberdeen’s […]

December 11, 2019

Gordon Murray to team up with Racing Point F1 for T.50

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Motorsport design legend Gordon Murray will use Racing Point’s windtunnel to hone ground-effect fan road car The 400mm fan dominates the rear of the £2m-plus GMD T.50. Unveiling the first official picture of the already much-hyped British sports car, to be launched in May 2020, Gordon Murray Design also revealed that it will work with […]

December 11, 2019

EuroBLECH 2020 – Innovations for smart sheet metal working of the future

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EuroBLECH 2020, the 26th International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibitions, takes place from 27 – 30 October 2020 at the Hanover Exhibition Grounds in Germany. As a vertical trade show, EuroBLECH covers the entire sheet metal working technology chain and offers the industry sector a unique marketplace for knowledge transfer, individual manufacturing solutions and worldwide […]

December 11, 2019

World’s first carbon fibre bogie set to reduce track wear

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Engineers have unveiled the world’s first carbon fibre bogie, an innovation that promises energy savings and a reduction in track wear. CAFIBO bogie rig at RIA’s Unlocking Innovation event The carbon fibre bogie (CAFIBO) has been developed by Coseley, West Midlands-based ELG Carbon Fibre in collaboration with Huddersfield University’s Institute for Railway Research. The bogie, […]

December 11, 2019

First fully electric commercial aircraft takes off

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A 62-year-old seaplane has become the world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft, taking to the skies above Vancouver for its debut flight. The six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver took off from the Harbour Air Seaplanes terminal on Vancouver’s Fraser River, just south of the Canadian city’s international airport. Its 15-minute maiden flight was powered by […]

December 10, 2019

Disruptive technologies are transforming automotive design

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Brent Pittman, director of Engineering, Automotive and Concept Design at Autodesk, explores the trends shaping the car industry, from design to supply chain. (Credit: KUKA Systems GmbH) Automotive is a crucial industry in the UK, contributing over £20bn to the country’s economy in 2017 and producing a total of 1.52m passenger cars in 2018. Though […]

December 10, 2019

Strong bond accelerates force-sensitive soft sensors

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Researchers have developed a way to bond force-sensitive soft materials to electrical components, an advance with potential applications including sports or stroke rehabilitation. Sensor held between two fingers (Image: Michael Kasimatis) Stretchy and squeezy soft sensors that can fit around body parts or squeezed in hands have been in development for some time, but they […]

December 10, 2019

Help shape The Engineer’s recruitment coverage and enter a £250 prize draw

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Information on job opportunities, skills and careers is a key area of coverage for The Engineer and in order to help ensure that this coverage is as targeted and useful as possible for our audience The Engineer is carrying out a survey of UK engineers’ attitudes to job seeking. TAKE PART IN OUR RECRUITMENT SURVEY […]

December 10, 2019

This week’s poll: SUVs and CO2 emissions

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How could the increase in carbon dioxide emissions linked to the popularity of large vehicles such as SUVs be countered? A modified Hexa SUV took part in UK Autodrive, the UK’s largest trial ofconnected and driverless car technologies As The Engineer reported yesterday, the UK Energy Research Centre has highlighted the role of increasing popularity […]

December 5, 2019

EngineeringUK casts net for diverse STEM mentors

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STEM professionals from diverse backgrounds are being sought by EngineeringUK to volunteer across its programmes. The organisation, which runs The Big Bang Fair, Robotics Challenge and Energy Quest, is looking for applications from underrepresented segments in STEM, including women, LGBTQI and different ethnic backgrounds, as well as apprentices and academics who come from a diverse […]

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