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Royal event stars Diamond at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
27 June 2008
The new Diamond Light Source synchrotron was the star of the show at the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Soirée in Didcot last night. More than 150 distinguished guests including His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, the Academy's Royal Fellow, attended the dinner at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.....
Promoting engineering co-operation between UK and Chinese academies
12 June 2008
One 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. Professor Xu, who is President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of the Academy, Lord Browne, in the presence of the Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, intended to promote future co-operation between both academies...
World's first Bionic Hand grabs the UK's biggest engineering prize
10 June 2008
Touch 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. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh presented the team with a £50,000 prize and the solid gold MacRobert Award medal at the Academy Awards Dinner at Merchant Taylors' Hall in London last night.
£13M Newton International Fellowships Launched
05 June 2008
A new multi-million pound initiative to fund research collaborations and improve links between UK and overseas researchers is launched by the Science Minister Ian Pearson today. The Newton International Fellowships aim to attract the most promising post-doctoral researchers working overseas in the fields of humanities, engineering, natural and social sciences...
Less is more for fire protection
05 June 2008
Dr Barbara Lane is a young engineer who has turned on its head the conventional wisdom on how to protect buildings during fires. Her revolutionary ideas, now being used in some of the world's most iconic new structures, show that less fire protection can be more, saving time and money as well as making buildings safer in the event of a fire.
Top of the Engineering league for Sport design
05 June 2008
Paul Westbury has arguably one of the best jobs in British engineering, combining his love of sport with unique engineering design skills. He leads the engineering group involved in some of the world's most important sporting venues, with completed projects including the O2 Arena, the 2006 Winter Olympics Oval in Turin, Arsenal's acclaimed Emirates Stadium and the recent redevelopment of Ascot Racecourse.
Flat-screen TVs... and beyond
05 June 2008
It's not every day that Microsoft buys your latest invention, but that's what happened to Dr Adrian Travis, a Cambridge academic. His idea for thin, wedge-shaped light guides has been snapped up by the computer industry colossus to drive a whole new way of interfacing with computers. The new light-guides can project and image light at the same time, enabling a host of products to improve the human-computer interface.
Turning on innovation on oil platforms
05 June 2008
Mechanical engineer Kenneth Innes is responsible for millions of dollars worth of power plants on oil production platforms in Europe. A key part of his job is to prevent equipment failures and he has pioneered a clever new way of doing this and at the same time improving equipment performance and minimising energy usage.
Ron Dennis to receive Prince Philip Medal for lifetime services to engineering
04 June 2008
Chief Executive of the McLaren Group and Team Principal of McLaren Racing Ron Dennis is to be presented with the Prince Philip Medal by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at a prestigious awards ceremony hosted by The Royal Academy of Engineering. The Annual Awards ceremony to celebrate innovation and excellence in engineering will be held at the Merchant Taylor's Hall on Monday 9 June 2008.
Race is on to find the UK's top engineering innovators
12 May 2008
Four top UK engineering teams have been selected as finalists for Britain's biggest engineering prize. The four finalists for the 2008 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award include: a catalytic converter set to clean up diesel car emissions; arobotic retrieval system for the UK Biobank working at -80°C; a sensor on a chip that can detect a whiff of explosives or a hint of disease, and the world's first bionic hand. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh will present a £50,000 prize and the solid gold MacRobert award medal to the winner at the Academy Awards Dinner in London on Monday 9 June...
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