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Archive of: 2022
Wave energy device that uses squeezed air to generate power prepared for Wales deployment
23 August 2022
A wave energy converter that uses squeezed air to generate power will soon be deployed in the ocean following final tests and assembly.
Smart factories the main target as manufacturers fear cyberattack increase
22 August 2022
‘Smart’ factories will be the prime target of most future cyberattacks, according to more than half of industrial organisations.
Automation and robotics 'the most important skills for manufacturing engineers in next 10 years'
19 August 2022
The world faces a broad set of challenges and an unprecedented rate of change to design and manufacture the infrastructure that will deliver net-zero emissions and provide the nutrition, healthcare, security and lifestyle that an increasingly wealthy global population will require.
Dialysis machine inspired by juice dispenser wins top engineering award
15 August 2022
The team behind a compact dialysis machine with unlikely origins has won a prestigious UK engineering award.
New CIBSE Committee to focus on retrofit in heritage buildings
13 August 2022
CIBSE is launching a new committee dedicated to retrofit and building services interventions in heritage buildings.
Diversity and inclusion success for AFBE-UK Scotland’s new Transcend programme
12 August 2022
Diversity and inclusion organisation AFBE-UK Scotland has successfully ran its first senior leadership programme to help ethnic minority professionals progress into leadership roles.
CIBSE - Façade 2022 Design and Engineering Awards shortlist announced
09 August 2022
Seven new build projects from across the world have been shortlisted for the 2022 Design and Engineering Awards.
University of Glasgow win Formula Student 2022 competition
05 August 2022
UG Racing the first team from Scotland to win, Edinburgh win FS-AI Dynamics overall.
Offshore chargepoint will power vessels with wind turbine electricity
03 August 2022
An offshore charging system will power vessels with 100% renewably generated electricity from wind turbines.
ICE has launched a digital ‘whodunnit’ game that promotes civil engineering careers and a clean planet.
02 August 2022
ICE CityZen: Pollution Control requires players to research the causes of pollution in the game, gaining insight into environmental, social, financial and political aspects of civil engineering.
Heriot Watt University -Research collaboration will repurpose and reuse CO2 at new distillery
29 July 2022
The company behind Ardgowan Distillery has partnered with Heriot-Watt University’s International Centre for Brewing and Distilling (ICBD) and engineering provider Briggs of Burton to explore new carbon reducing technologies
