📣 The September edition of The Engineer UK is out now! 📣 This issue considers the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration in industry, focusing on the collaborative breakthroughs in the UK medical engineering sphere, energy storage developments, agriculture and beyond. 🔋 Storage Wars: 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. 🧠 Brain Power: A UK developed medical implant is at the heart of a pioneering clinical trial that could transform the treatment of severe childhood epilepsy. Jon Excell reports. 🥩 Food for Thought: Ellie McCann considers whether the rise of the 'alternative protein' industry could be the answer to the world's agricultural crisis. 🌱 New Labour: Worker shortage has helped to prompt the development of agricultural robots capable of harvesting tasks. Jason Ford questioned four experts in the field about their solutions and how they work. ⛽ Green Gas Guzzlers to transform off-road racing: Extreme H - a new zero-carbon racing series featuring fuel-cell powered offroad vehicles - aims to accelerate interest in the automotive capabilities and potential of hydrogen. Jon Excell reports. 💭 In this month's column, Dr Hilary Leevers, Chief Executive of EngineeringUK, argues that evidence of a decline in commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) must lead to increased action. Read these features and the latest industry news in our September edition here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e67SPXPq #theengineer #energy #medical #agriculture #robotics #EDI #engineering
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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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Engineering methodology has been applied in a study at Loughborough University that is calling for changes to how public toilets are designed in a bid to safeguard public health. The study looked at the contribution toilet plume particles play on cross-contamination in indoor environments and recommended that public toilets should be designed with antimicrobial surfaces, should optimise ventilation and should introduce timely disinfection protocols. In doing so, the spread of infections including of C. difficilе infection, influenza and Norovirus could be curtailed. Researchers investigated the factors contributing to increased bioaerosol exposure following flushing and developed a realistic model for predicting when and where there is a greater risk of spreading airborne disease. Learn more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/enKExYAV #theengineer #publichealth #antimicrobial #research
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Nissan Motor Corporation has announced it will launch ‘affordable’ on-board bi-directional charging on selected electric vehicles (EVs) from 2026. The Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology, which will allow EV owners to use electricity stored in their car's battery to power their homes or sell it back into the grid, will launch in the UK initially, followed by other markets in Europe. The project is underpinned by Nissan's existing V2G research, with the company having conducted around 40 pilot projects worldwide over the past decade. Following a successful year-long project at the University of Nottingham, Nissan has become the first car company to gain G99 Grid code certification with an AC-based solution needed to supply electricity into the UK national energy supply. Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e3jJQmTp #theengineer #V2G #EVcharging #NationalGrid #EVs Dreev, Enovates
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🚉 An innovative flat pack footbridge and lift system made using modern manufacturing methods promises to transform accessibility at railway stations across the UK. Jon Excell reports. "The UK’s ageing rail infrastructure has always presented a range of challenges for engineers; with many of its 19th Century tracks, tunnels, and stations requiring constant repair, upgrades, maintenance and modernisation to meet the demands of a modern transport network," writes Excell. "One particular headache - and an issue with which UK rail infrastructure-owner Network Rail has been grappling for some time - is the thousands of small and medium sized stations either without footbridges or with structures that are now nearing the end of their operational lives. "As part of the latest effort to address this, the AVA Bridge consortium, a group of UK engineering firms funded by Innovate UK and Network rail, has developed a novel modular footbridge and lift system that is claimed to be greener, longer lasting, simpler to maintain, more cost-effective and easier to install than existing solutions." Read the full in-depth feature over on our website here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eFnwSes8 #theengineer #footbridge #railway #stations #UKrail McNealy Brown Limited
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Around £140,000 could be cut from the price tag of robotic harvesters following successful trials of a prototype platform that picks and packs strawberries in seconds. The University of Essex has been working with jam makers Wilkin & Sons Ltd. to test the new prototype, which could help tackle a labour shortage in the industry. Existing crop-picking robots cost on average around £150,000 but if successful, the new prototype will cost around £10,000. Learn more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eR_h-P-Y #theengineer #robotic #harvesters #agritech #labourshortages
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European startup Paebbl has secured $25m Series A funding to scale up its carbon capture technology that sequesters CO2 in building materials. Founded in 2021, the company’s patented mineralisation process converts CO2 into CO3, mimicking natural rock weathering by combining water and ground silicate rocks to produce a solid carbonate-based material. For every tonne of CO2 stored, around three tonnes of material is created. According to Paebbl, the silica-enriched mineral can be used as an inert industrial filler or as an ingredient in building materials, reducing the CO2 footprint of concrete by as much as 70 per cent. Read the full report over on our website here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eBD7Zfwt #theengineer #CO2 #CO3 #CCS #carboncapture #funding
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ENTRIES CLOSE TONIGHT! 📢 Entries close at midnight tonight for the #C2iAwards! This is your last chance to submit an entry and and be in with a chance of winning an award for your best collaborative and innovative project. Finalise your entry here➡️ https://ow.ly/1P2350TJvGK #TheEngineer #C2IAwards
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UK efforts to achieve energy independence have moved forward with the launch of the government’s Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES) investment support scheme, Jason Ford reports. Announced today, October 10, 2024, new support for LDES is intended to boost investor confidence through the introduction of a cap and floor scheme that de-risks capital expenditure. This could see the first significant long duration energy storage (LDES) facilities in nearly 40 years. Barriers to developing LDES include high upfront costs – despite low operating costs – that have hampered investment in this infrastructure. The cap and floor model would provide a guaranteed minimum income for developers, in return for a limit on revenues. Ofgem has agreed to act as regulator and delivery body and the scheme’s first round is expected to be open to applicants in 2025. Read the full report over on our website here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gMBY-VD9 #theengineer #LDES #electricty #storage #actionfromgovernment
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The Collaborate to Innovate Awards closes TOMORROW 📢 It's not too late to enter the awards, head over to the online entry portal, answer the questions and submit your supporting materials, good luck! ➡️https://ow.ly/Lvjc50THS4q
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Researchers at Texas A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories have improved interlocking metasurfaces (ILMs), which increase the strength and stability of a structure, with shape memory alloys (SMAs). ILMs are said to offer the potential to transform mechanical joint design in manufacturing for aerospace, robotics and biomedical devices. “ILMs are poised to redefine joining technologies across a range of applications, much like Velcro did decades ago,” said Dr Ibrahim Karaman, professor and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. “In collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, the original developers of ILMs, we have engineered and fabricated ILMs from shape memory alloys. Our research demonstrates that these ILMs can be selectively disengaged and re-engaged on demand while maintaining consistent joint strength and structural integrity.” Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/ejw6RcBu #theengineer #metasurfaces #ILMs #shapememory #alloys
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