📣 The July edition of The Engineer UK is now live! 📣 This issue considers how the new Labour government can answer industry calls for a new industrial strategy, the future of renewable energy solutions, and if humanoid robots could be the answer to the labour shortages facing not just engineering, but many other areas of the global economy. 🤖 Stepping Up: As a series of headline-grabbing technology trials gather pace, Jon Excell asks whether the age of the general-purpose humanoid robot is finally upon us. 💭 Make UK CEO, Stephen Phipson CBE, lays out the government measures needed to keep manufacturing on the upward curve. 💡 The Future of Fusion: Fiona Harden, a Technical Lead Engineer for the UK Atomic Energy Authority, shares her experience of working on STEP, the UK's prototype fusion energy plant. Ellie McCann reports. 🚘 Digital Driving: Andrew Wade test drives HORIBA MIRA's new advanced simulator, which puts driver feedback in the loop at the earliest stages of vehicle development. 🌊 Buoyant Future: A newly opened innovation centre in Aberdeen is aiming to accelerate the UK's position in the emerging field of floating offshore wind (Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult). Jon Excell reports. 💬 In this month's column, Dr Hilary Leevers, Chief Executive of EngineeringUK, explains why our new government needs to make workforce planning a key priority in the first 100-days. Read these features and the latest news in our July edition here: https://lnkd.in/e8v75p82 #theengineer #robotics #manufacturing #nuclear #simulation #renewables
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Founded in 1856 by Edward Charles Healey, The Engineer is a London-based monthly magazine covering the latest innovations in engineering and technology in the UK and internationally. Healey was an entrepreneur and engineering enthusiast with financial interests in the railways whose friends included Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The current editor, Jon Excell, has worked on The Engineer for more than 15 years. The editorial team comprises news editor Jason Ford, features editor Stuart Nathan, and senior reporter Andrew Wade.
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The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched its Green Future Fellowships programme, an initiative that will fund commercial and scalable solutions to the climate crisis. It will award £150m over the next five years to 50 of the best ideas and technologies essential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for adapting to the impacts of climate change. RAEng said the Green Future Fellowships will provide engineers, innovators, scientists, and researchers with the funding, capacity and tailored support to transform their ideas and existing initiatives into engineering solutions. At least 50 fellows (ten a year for five years) will receive up to £3m each to develop and scale their ideas for up to a decade. Learn more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dBH3Adtu #theengineer #RAEng #green #futures #climatecrisis #netzero
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💭 Executive Chair of InnoScot Health, Graham Watson, details how robotic surgery and assistance are boosting healthcare outcomes in Scotland. "Surgical robots have been championed by NHS Scotland for a few years, and the opportunity to supplement expert surgeons in very precise procedures is now bearing fruit, producing less invasive procedures and quicker recovery times," writes Watson. "NHS Fife has been a leader in that regard, announcing earlier this year that it had reached a significant milestone of more than 500 patients being treated using pioneering robotic-assisted surgery. Introduction of the technology has further enabled Fife patients with prostate cancer to receive surgery without having to travel further afield. "In fact, the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy was the first District General Hospital in Scotland to adopt robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) in 2021, with support from the Scottish Government of around £2.2m, and was proud to achieve the 500 patients milestone through colorectal, gynaecological and urological surgeries." Read the full opinion piece over on our website here 👇 https://lnkd.in/d6rwk8Dd #theengineer #NHS #Scotland #robotic #surgery
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🏎 The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) celebrated its 26th annual Formula Student competition in July, with the finals event taking place from the 17th - 21st at Silverstone. The Formula Student competition challenges university students from around the world to design, build and race a single seater race car. The season follows the university year, and ends in a finals event comprised of formal presentations of the teams’ engineering knowledge and on-track events to demonstrate the speed, handling and reliability of their finished vehicles. This year, Australia’s Edith Cowan University Racing were crowned the grand champions of the overall Formula Student Class event. The team scored 915 points out of a possible 1000, and also took home the coveted Engineering Design trophy in addition to their Sprint and Endurance wins from the on-track events. Cardiff University School of Engineering, who won the competition in 2017, secured second place, while Spain’s University of the Basque Country came third overall. Read the full report, and other free content from The Student Engineer, over on our website here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eX-ArAUX IMechE Formula Student #thestudentengineer #FormulaStudent #university #racing #autonomous #vehicles #engineering #students
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❗ Join The Engineer UK, Raytheon, BAE Systems, ADS Group Ltd and others on Tuesday 11th October for an online panel session exploring the transfer of skills into the defence sector. The UK defence sector’s pressing need for a fresh influx of engineering talent creates challenges for industry and opportunities for individuals. With the defence sector requiring a growing range of both traditional and non-traditional engineering skills, and almost half of its employers reporting a shortage of skilled engineers, the sector is increasingly looking to other areas of industry in an effort to grow and broaden its pipeline of talent. In this panel session - run as part of The Engineer UK’s 'Work in Defence' month, we will bring together a panel of experts from across the defence sector to explore this trend; examine some of the opportunities for engineers considering a move into defence; and take a look at the sector’s shifting skills requirements. We will also examine some of the ways in which organisations in defence are successfully reaching beyond their core community in the search for fresh talent. Click here to register now 👇 https://lnkd.in/dAKs-T7m #theengineer #WorkInDefence #defence #webinar
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Thousands of jobs across the UK look set to be supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS) which is investing £8bn in digital and AI infrastructure over the next five years. Chancellor Rachel Reeves secured the planned five-year investment last week at a meeting with AWS. The investment is estimated to support around 14,000 jobs per year at local businesses, including those across the company’s data centre supply chain such as construction, facility maintenance, engineering and telecommunications, as well as other jobs within the broader local economy. AWS estimates that these investments in the UK will contribute £14bn to the UK’s total GDP from 2024 to 2028. Read the full report here 👇 https://lnkd.in/d3S9dT5r #theengineer #AWS #digital #AI #infastructure #investment
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New research, supported by a $3.9m grant from the US National Institutes of Health, could serve as an ‘early warning system’ for Alzheimer’s disease in at-risk individuals. The grant was awarded to Joyita Dutta, a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, for a five-year study to assess whether wearable sleep trackers can predict blood biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full report here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e2mj4tXr #theengineer #sleeptrackers #AI #Alzheimers #research
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A team of researchers at Aston University have combined bioactive glasses with gallium to create a potential treatment for bone cancer. Bioactive glass is a filling material which can bond to tissue and improve the strength of bones and teeth. Tests in labs have found that bioactive glasses doped with gallium have a 99 per cent success rate of eliminating cancerous cells and can regenerate diseased bones. The research, published in 'Biomedical Materials', was led by Professor Richard Martin who is based in Aston's College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. In laboratory tests 99 per cent of osteosarcoma (bone cancer) cells were killed off without destroying non-cancerous normal human bone cells. The researchers also incubated the bioactive glasses in a simulated body fluid and after seven days they detected the early stages of bone formation. Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/easX6Fwf #theengineer #bioactive #glasses #biomedical #materials #research
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🔋 Intraday battery storage is a vital tool for decarbonising electricity grids around the world. Andrew Wade reports on some of the technologies taking on the task. "Decarbonising Britain’s electricity grid by 2030 is a central plank of the new government’s energy policy, as well as a key milestone on the long and arduous path to net zero. In the short time since entering Downing Street, Labour has made significant moves around onshore wind and solar, along with the massive expansion of offshore wind via the latest CfD auction. All of these are vital for a cleaner grid, but rapid growth of renewables in isolation will not be sufficient. "As more and more clean energy assets are deployed, the ability to store their intermittent output becomes increasingly vital. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that to support COP28 pledges to triple worldwide renewable energy capacity to 11TW by 2030, energy storage will need to increase sixfold. Perhaps even more importantly, the type of energy storage that we add to the grid also needs to evolve." Read the full feature piece over on our website, featuring ESS, Inc., Invinity Energy Systems and theion, here 👇 https://lnkd.in/ez2QuATx #theengineer #battery #storage #energy #decarbonisation #netzero
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💭 Megan Hunt, chief people officer at AWE Nuclear Security Technologies, explores how organisations can win in the race for the best engineering talent by inspiring professionals early in their careers. "Attracting top talent requires nurturing an engineer’s skills development from the very beginning of their career. By investing in education and training programmes, and providing clear pathways for progression, employers can ensure their engineers are equipped to tackle future challenges and help position an organisation at the forefront of the engineering sector," writes Hunt. "Looking at the bigger picture, encouraging young talent to pursue engineering plays a vital role in accelerating innovation and reaching national sustainability goals. Ultimately, this proactive approach fosters a workforce that will drive long-term success for the industry." Read the full opinion piece over on our website here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eBAVWi_4 #theengineer #AWE #engineering #workforce #earlycareers
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