Industry News

• AIRBODS to mitigate indoor airborne COVID risk 6th May 2021
  As pandemic restrictions gradually wind down efforts are being made to understand and mitigate against the airborne transmission of COVID-19 in buildings such as events venues. To this end Loughborough University is leading AIRBODS (Airborne Infection Reduction through Building Operation and Design for SARS-CoV-2), a government-funded study that will explore how ventilation and other factors […]
• RAEng and Amazon launch female bursary scheme 6th May 2021
  The Royal Academy of Engineering has teamed up with Amazon to launch a new bursary scheme to support young female students from low-income backgrounds. Aiming to promote female participation in computer science and related engineering courses at UK universities, the Amazon Future Engineer programme will consist of 12 awards worth £5,000 a year for up […]
• G-Putty inks tailored for flexible strain sensors 6th May 2021
  Researchers in Ireland have developed a low-cost strain sensor made from a printable graphene nanocomposite that combines high sensitivity and flexibility without reducing performance.  The team from Trinity College Dublin have created the next generation sensing technology using so-called G-Putty, an innovation from Trinity in which putty (polysilicone, found in children’s toy ‘silly putty’) is […]
• Interview: Andy Palmer on life after Aston Martin 6th May 2021
  Following a rollercoaster six years in the top job at Aston Martin, Andy Palmer’s focus has shifted once again to electric vehicles. Andrew Wade reports. Andy Palmer is a busy man. Since departing as CEO of Aston Martin in May 2020, the engineer and automotive executive has turned once again to electric vehicles, taking up […]
• Europe set for customer trials of prototype E-Transit 5th May 2021
  Commercial fleet operators look set for an electric alternative to diesel vehicles following trials of Ford’s E-Transit later in the year.  Ford has announced that its prototype E-Transit vehicles will be joining customer fleets to operate in real-world conditions with businesses in the supermarket, home delivery, postal services and utilities sectors across the UK, Germany, […]