News Releases from The Royal Academy of Engineeringhttp://www.raeng.org.uken-gbCopyright: (c) The Royal Academy of Engineering (2008)Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMTpress@raeng.org.ukwebmaster@raeng.org.ukThe Royal Academy of Engineering believes the new diploma in engineering for 14-19 year olds will attract more young people from a wide range of backgrounds and could help fill the UK’s engineering skills gap.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=463press@raeng.org.ukTue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=463Engineers will soon be learning to tell stories – in a project funded by a Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious award. The ‘Digital Storytelling’ project will train early-career engineers in the art of personal narrative and film-making, capturing the stories and combining audio and still images using new technology...http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=462press@raeng.org.ukThu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=462The winners and finalists of The Independent-Bosch Technology Horizons Award 2008 competition attended a presentation ceremony held recently at The Royal Academy of Engineering. The ceremony, hosted by former “Tomorrow’s World” presenter Kate Bellingham, President of Young Engineers also featured presentations from Richard Noble OBE, project director of Thrust SSC, Professor Bill O’Riordan FREng, former chief scientist of Fujitsu/ ICL and Steve Connor, Science Editor at The Independent newspaper.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=461press@raeng.org.ukTue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=461Queen Mary 2 designer Stephen Payne, international development champion Jo da Silva from Arup, and John Loughhead, leader of the UK Energy Research Centre, are among the 44 pioneering engineers elected this year to the Royal Academy of Engineering.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=460press@raeng.org.ukWed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=460The new Diamond Light Source synchrotron was the star of the show at the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Soirée in Didcot last night.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=459press@raeng.org.ukFri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=459One of China’s leading figures in politics and engineering, Professor Xu Kuangdi, was presented with The Royal Academy of Engineering’s International Medal at the Academy Awards ceremony at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall, London on Monday 9 June 2008.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=458press@raeng.org.ukThu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=458Touch Bionics, the Livingston-based inventors of the world’s first commercially available bionic hand, the i-LIMB Hand, have won the 2008 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=457press@raeng.org.ukTue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=457Dr Barbara Lane is a young engineer who has turned on its head the conventional wisdom on how to protect buildings during fires.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=456press@raeng.org.ukThu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=456Paul Westbury has arguably one of the best jobs in British engineering, combining his love of sport with unique engineering design skills.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=455press@raeng.org.ukThu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=455It’s not every day that Microsoft buys your latest invention, but that’s what happened to Dr Adrian Travis, a Cambridge academic.http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=454press@raeng.org.ukThu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=454