Industry News

• Student engineers wanted for study on mental health 11th December 2019
  A new academic study looking at the mental health of engineering students is seeking volunteers to take part in the research. The work is being led by Jo-Anne Tait, a strategic lead in the School of Engineering at Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University. Tait is halfway through her PhD on the mental wellbeing of engineering students […]
• Gordon Murray to team up with Racing Point F1 for T.50 11th December 2019
  Motorsport design legend Gordon Murray will use Racing Point’s windtunnel to hone ground-effect fan road car 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 the Silverstone-based Racing Point Formula One team to further develop and […]
• EuroBLECH 2020 – Innovations for smart sheet metal working of the future 11th December 2019
  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 […]
• World’s first carbon fibre bogie set to reduce track wear 11th December 2019
  Engineers have unveiled the world’s first carbon fibre bogie, an innovation that promises energy savings and a reduction in track wear. 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, made from surplus and recycled carbon fibre materials, […]
• First fully electric commercial aircraft takes off 11th December 2019
  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 […]