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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
MIS - Outokumpu launch steel product with 92% lower carbon footprint than industry average
26 July 2022
Steel producer says new product has "smallest emission intensity in the world".
IMechE - Hydraulic systems redesigned to boost efficiency of heavy commercial vehicles
24 July 2022
Most of the energy that heavy commercial vehicles use is not consumed moving around sites but rather in lifting, carrying or digging. The hydraulic equipment used to perform these functions can often be old-fashioned and inefficient.
CIC - PI Insurance Restrictions Continue to Harm Industry
22 July 2022
Limited availability of professional indemnity insurance (PII) and costly premiums are continuing to harm construction businesses and limiting the ability of firms to work on building safety remediation, according to the second annual survey from the Construction Leadership Council’s PII Group.
University of Glasgow - UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW’S ARC OFFICIALLY OPENED
21 July 2022
A flagship research facility at the University of Glasgow was opened on Wednesday 8 June by Nobel prize winning Chemist, Professor Sir David MacMillan.
IMechE - Speeding up manufacturing with light
20 July 2022
Process engineers could soon have a new tool at their disposal: the power of light.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a a new type of catalyst called a photoredox catalyst, that can speed up chemical reactions in the pharmaceutical industry and others.
BSA - Public opinion on emerging technology: a new report
17 July 2022
A new report by the British Science Association (BSA), commissioned by Sciencewise, has been published.
IMechE - Air pollution exposure increases risk of severe Covid
14 July 2022
New research suggests that prior long-term exposure to air pollution puts people at a greater risk of severe Covid-19.
