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Guests at the James Watt Dinner were delighted with the choice of inductees and were thrilled to hear from two of the inductees on the night!

You can find out lots more about each of them soon by visiting the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame.

https://www.engineeringhalloffame.org

2026 inductees

James Howden

Elizabeth Killick

Ollie Folayan

Dougal Drysdale

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering staff and students at Heriot-Watt University are set to benefit from a newly installed wind tunnel that will support advanced teaching, research and aerodynamic testing.

As plug-in solar PV units become available to UK households on 27 August, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is urging consumers to check whether their home's electrical installation is suitable before buying or connecting one.

The amount of concrete poured into a pile wall as part of the vast Transpennine Route Upgrade was not particularly impressive. Over 12 weeks, about 150 cubic metres was due to be poured – a tiny fraction of the 22 million cubic metres used across the UK every year, according to trade body the Mineral Products Association.

A new AI model can monitor satellites and spot anomalies in their behaviour, reducing the risk of in-orbit collisions, according to new research published in the journal Expert Systems.

The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) will play a key role in new studies to assess whether vaccines already or previously licensed against Zaire ebolavirus—including Ervebo—could offer protection against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, the virus behind the rapidly escalating outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) in May 2026.

Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) is set to produce 100t of technical grade lithium carbonate onshore in the UK.

The Tall Ship Glenlee’s much-loved figurehead has been craned back into position following conservation work, marking another milestone in the historic Clyde-built ship’s £1.8 million restoration project

Three Edinburgh-led projects have received funding from an initiative to help Scotland achieve its ambitious climate targets.

Giving robot companions animal-like or anime-style faces and voices could maximise their emotional appeal to users, according to new research which could help guide the growing field of social robotics.

Technologies that help people navigate, communicate and measure time with extraordinary precision could be transformed by a major new research programme at the University of Strathclyde.

Despite continued gender disparity in engineering, girls are edging ahead in biomedical engineering interest.