Opinion

The development of Ayrshire’s new Digital Process Manufacturing Centre (DPMC), part of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), hit a major milestone this week with its half a million-pound refurbishment kicking off.

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Association for Black & Ethnic Minority Engineers have signed a partnership agreement to promote diversity and look for ways to encourage more black and ethnic minority students to consider engineering as a career.

CIBSE’s new Technical Memorandum Dynamic thermal modelling of basic blinds (TM69: 2022) recognises the role of internal shading in reducing indoor air temperatures, along the impact on internal daylight and acoustics.

Marine engineers Ecomar Propulsion, and the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), operated by the University of Strathclyde, have kicked off an ambitious R&D project aimed at bringing the manufacture of key parts used in zero-emissions electric boats to the UK.

Global leaders must put data scientists and broader digital skills at the centre of their climate change ambitions, the professional body for information technology reports.

A flat-pack wind turbine developed by Glasgow Caledonian University students is to bring low-cost power to the Kenyan economy and education thanks to UK Government funding.

The University project is to benefit from a slice of a £26m grant, which will support 64 projects in total, and is part of Innovate UK’s Energy Catalyst programme in support of its continued efforts to create and demonstrate new technologies and business models to deliver a just and inclusive clean energy transition in Africa and Asia.

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The government has announced that businesses in Great Britain can continue to use the CE Mark for a further 2 years.

The SLL Code for Lighting establishes the fundamentals required by lighting designers and anyone responsible for the application of light and lighting within the built environment.

Physicists have hypothesised that neutrinos—one of the most abundant fundamental particles in the universe—could be the origin of all matter observed in the universe today. However, despite their abundance, neutrinos are some of the most elusive particles to detect, and after decades of research, physicists still have many questions about their makeup, properties, and role in the universe’s origin.

Howden has signed a national partnership with PRIMARY ENGINEER® to bring engineering into classrooms across Scotland. This new partnership is only one of two in the Scottish region, which will play an important role to link schools into industry partners.

Primary Engineer is a not-for-profit organisation who have an educational approach to bringing engineering and engineers into primary and secondary classrooms and curricula. The programme aims to inspire children, pupils and teachers through continued professional development, whole class project work, competitions and exhibitions.