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University moves to attract more women into engineering
www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk: 22 July 2008
The engineering sector is calling for more
female recruits. Despite bright ideas and bold
initiatives designed to attract more women into
science, engineering and technology (SET),
statistics prove that the gender gap is not
lessening.
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Engineers learn to spin a yarn
www.nce.co.uk: 22 July 2008
Engineering and rhetoric have long been
perceived as mutually exclusive disciplines but
the Royal Academy of Engineering aims to change
all that. Engineers will soon be learning to tell stories –
in a project funded by a Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious award.
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Engineering: New way forward
www.independent.co.uk: 17 July 2008
An exciting new engineering diploma is about to
hit the classroom, says the director of
education programmes at The Royal Academy of
Engineering. A brand new engineering curriculum
is being launched in hundreds of schools and
colleges this September. Part of the new array
of 14-19 diplomas, the diploma in engineering
will put engineering onto the main schools’
curriculum for the first time. This is the most
exciting development in the teaching of
engineering for years.
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Writers capture China rising
www.meltwaternews.com: 17 July 2008
This year's Bosch Technology Horizons Award, in
association with The Independent and the Royal
Academy of Engineering, offered young people in
two categories the chance to answer the
question, "How is technology and engineering
driving change in a country of your choice?"
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Some big names on new list of fellows
www.cambridge-news.co.uk: 16 July 2008
Major names from the Cambridge Phenomenon
feature in the latest list of new fellows
appointed by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
They include David Cleevely, Mike Lynch, and
Nicko van Someren, along with Anne Glover, chief
executive of Amadeus Capital Partners, who has
been made an honorary fellow.
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Civil and environmental engineering – making a difference
www.independent.co.uk: 16 July 2008
David Dalgado, 23, is in the final year of a
degree in civil and environmental engineering at
Imperial College London. He decided to pursue a
career in civil engineering to try to make a
difference in developing countries.
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Royal Academy of Engineering elects Oxford researchers
www.ox.ac.uk: 15 July 2008
Two Oxford researchers have been made Fellows of
the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor
Alison Noble and Professor Tony Wilson from the
Department of Engineering Science have been
recognised alongside other leading academics and
commercial engineers.
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UKRC wants equality in technology + engineering
www.processingtalk.com: 10 July 2008
The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science,
Engineering and Technology (UKRC) recently held
a workshop aimed at professional bodies
interested in improving their equality and
diversity practices.
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Teachers blown away by wind energy event
www.falmouthpacket.co.uk: 7 July 2008
Designed to keep teachers up to date with
cutting edge technology the day was part of the
"Shape the Future - Steps at Work" programme
sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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The Engineering Leadership Advanced Award winner drives too fast for his mother
women.timesonline.co.uk: 7 July 2008
Samuel Smith, 21, is a product design student at
Glasgow University. He recently won the
Engineering Leadership Advanced Award given by
the Royal Academy of Engineering and his passion
is his work on Formula Student, a competition in
which young designers build and race single-seater
cars at Silverstone racetrack. His mother Ruth,
an architect, 51, thinks he drives too fast.
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Technical staff get built into Leaders
www.timesonline.co.uk: 1 July 2008
By any standards, Alan Tweedie has had a
remarkable career. Some of the civil-engineering
projects he has worked on have become icons. He
set up the Frankfurt office of Arup that built
the Commerzbank Tower, which was the tallest
building in Europe on its completion in 1997.
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`Solutions for the Planet – The Great Debate“
www.shef.ac.uk: 1 July 2008
Pupils from four specialist science,
engineering, mathematics and business schools in
Yorkshire gathered at the University of
Sheffield this week (Tuesday 24 June 2008), to
present their ideas on how to tackle some of our
planet“s problems. The presentations formed part
of a heat for `Solutions for the Planet – The
Great Debate“, which is a new Yorkshire
competition, aimed at engaging young people in
science, engineering and enterprise.
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Parasite adaptation (BBC podcast)
news.google.co.uk: 27 June 2008
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Let’s hear it for the engineers
www.building.co.uk: 18 June 2008
New thinking: We’re qualified, skilled and creative,
so why do even our colleagues fail to recognise the importance
of engineers? Aaron Wall kicks off a series of columns by
our graduate advisory board.
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Chinese Academy of Engineering president awarded RAE International Medal
english.people.com.cn: 18 June 2008
Xu Kuangdi, president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering,
has been honored by the British Royal Academy of Engineering
(RAE) with the International Medal for his outstanding
achievements in engineering.
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McLaren’s Ron Dennis awarded engineering medal
www.formula1.com: 11 June 2008
McLaren team principal Ron Dennis has been
awarded the Prince Philip Medal by HRH the Duke
of Edinburgh, at a prestigious awards ceremony
hosted by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering.
The event, which took place in London on Monday
night, is held annually to celebrate innovation
and excellence in engineering.
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World's first commercial bionic hand
www.telegraph.co.uk: 10 June 2008
"As a project, it scored very highly on all
three of our criteria," says Dr Geoff Robinson,
Chairman of the MacRobert Award Judging Panel.
"In addition to many specific innovations in the
design and fabrication of the artificial hand,
Touch Bionics have fundamentally changed the
benchmark for what constitutes an acceptable
prosthesis.
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Bionic hand wins top tech prize
news.bbc.co.uk: 10 June 2008
The world's most advanced, commercially
available, bionic hand has clinched the UK's top
engineering prize. The i-LIMB, a prosthetic
device with five individually powered digits,
beat three other finalists to win this year's
MacRobert award.
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Let's have a smaller pilot barrage first
www.nce.co.uk: 6 June 2008
Recent discussions by the ICE and a seminar
hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering last
month highlighted the many environmental issues
surrounding the use of River Severn's tidal
power to generate electricity.
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Industry plaudit for Shell power pioneer
www.pressandjournal.co.uk: 6 June 2008
Mechanical engineer Ken Innes, the
Aberdeen-based head of rotating equipment for
Shell Exploration and Production in Europe, has
won a Royal Academy of Engineering silver medal
for his outstanding contribution with a
commercial benefit to British engineering.
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Research intelligence - Fancy coming to my place?
www.timeshighereducation.co.uk: 6 June 2008
The Newton International Fellowships, launched
this week, will fund the most promising
early-stage overseas researchers to undertake
postdoctoral research at UK universities with
the aim of helping UK research groups establish
long-term international collaborations. There
are separate postdoctoral fellowships for UK
nationals. The programme is funded by the Royal
Society, the British Academy and the Royal
Academy of Engineering with the support of
Research Councils UK.
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Rising to the Challenge
www.telegraph.co.uk: 2 June 2008
Engineers hold the key to solving the problems
of the future, says Lord Browne of Madingley,
president of the Royal Academy of Engineering
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Coleraine Student Wins National Engineering Leadership Award
build.ie: 2 June 2008
A Coleraine student has been named as the
recipient of a national Engineering Leadership
Advanced Award from The Royal Academy of
Engineering.
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Engineering talent: Acknowledging the work of scientists
www.timesonline.co.uk: 30 May 2008
Last year the Royal Academy of Engineering
elected 30 new Fellows, of whom more than half
work in an industrial or applied setting. Like
our colleagues in the Royal Society, we exist to
promote excellence in our field and to help to
foster the coming generations of achievers. Our
fellowship celebrates engineers who teach,
research, practise and advise on all aspects of
engineering.
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Publications promote science careers
www.engineeringtalk.com: 29 May 2008
The science, technology, engineering and maths
communities were challenged to take part in a
project designed to help teachers and lecturers
across the UK encourage the next generation of
young scientists, engineers and mathematicians
The STEM Directories project was launched in
London at the STEM Partnership conference,
chaired by Lord Sainsbury, former Science
Minister.
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East of England corners the glory in major UK engineering competition
www.businessweekly.co.uk: 23 May 2008
A robotic retrieval system for the UK Biobank
working at -80°C with 10 million samples, a
catalytic converter set to clean up diesel car
emissions and a penny-sized sensor that can de
tect the tiniest hints of diseases and
explosives will compete with the world's first
commercially available bionic hand for the 2008
Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award.
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Student scoops top engineering award
www.gla.ac.uk: 19 May 2008
A Glasgow student has received a prestigious
Engineering Leadership Advanced Award. The award
recognises the most exceptional engineering
students in the UK who show impressive
leadership skills. Product Design Engineering
student Samuel Smith was awarded £5000 by the
Royal Academy of Engineering at an awards
ceremony on 11 May 2008.
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Engineering skills can build a better society
www.ft.com: 16 May 2008
In this country, too few engineers get involved
in public life. Yet engineers have a unique set
of skills and perspectives that should be used
to create a better future.
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Juniors fly the UK engineering flag in the USA
www.engineeringtalk.com: 13 May 2008
Each has earned the right following their
successes in either the Young Engineer for
Britain contest, which is run annually by Young
Engineers, a charitable organisation with a
major role in the Royal Academy of Engineering's
BEST programme, or in the CREST Awards at the UK
Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair, which is
organised by the British Association for the
Advancement of Science
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Human sample store is award contender
www.telegraph.co.uk: 13 May 2008
The Polar System can keep 10 million human blood
and fluid samples at -112F (-80C) and will also
allow scientists to access them at any time,
without having to enter the refrigerated area.
It is already being used at the UK Biobank, a
medical research centre, and has now been named
as one of the four inventions on the shortlist
for the annual MacRobert award. advertisement
The prize is given out in June by the UK’s Royal
Academy of Engineering for technological and
engineering innovation.
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Frigid robot eyes top tech prize
news.bbc.co.uk: 12 May 2008
The firm has previously won a MacRobert award
for technology used to control soot emissions
from trucks and buses. The team will find out if
it is a winner again - along with the other
finalists - at a ceremony in London on 9 June.
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'We shouldn't believe that biofuels are a silver bullet'
www.timeshighereducation.co.uk: 08 May 2008
As world food prices soar to the highest
levels since the Second World War,
the finger is being pointed, at least in part,
at Western demand for biofuels.
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Pupils engineer a bright future
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk: 30 April 2008
A team of engineering boffins at Neath Port
Talbot College has helped Corus develop a new
system for treating water at the plant. Their
creation secured the A-level students runners-up
place in the best working model or prototype
category at the Engineering Education Scheme
Wales Awards.
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Let’s go lunar roving
www.ballard.co.uk: 28 April 2008
Space engineer Dr Yang Gao of the Surrey Space
Centre is to develop a new generation of lunar
rovers with one of China’s top engineers, funded
by The Royal Academy of Engineering. The project
will pave the way for future moon shots such as
the UK proposed Moonraker lander mission and the
second phase of China’s Chang’e programme.