Contents
Ingenia - Issue 82, March 2020
Profile
Life in electrifying times
Michael Kenward OBE
Professor Sir Jim McDonald FREng FRSE is the new President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He talks about his career in power engineering and helping shape policy issues in the UK.
HOW I GOT HERE - Ben Crowther
Ben Crowther wants to use his engineering degree to create a more sustainable future.
Flying close to the sun
Tereza Pultarova
A new European spacecraft, the Solar Orbiter, is set to improve our understanding of the Sun including what gives rise to solar wind, a phenomenon that can affect technologies like communications satellites and electric grids.
The final frontier
Neil Cumins
Spaceports represent an ingenious solution to the logistical challenges of launching small satellites into orbit.
Cleaning up London's waste
Hugh Ferguson
The Thames Tideway Tunnel is the UK’s largest ever water infrastructure project. Its centrepiece is a 25-kilometre sewage tunnel deep below the River Thames.
From brass to recyclable plastic - the reinvention of musical instruments
Rachel Jones
Having sold 250,000 brightly coloured plastic trombones worldwide, a Warwick company is now producing a variety of polymer-made instruments.
Editorial Board
| Editor-in-Chief | Dr Scott Steedman CBE FREng | |
| Managing Editor (maternity leave) |
Gemma Hummerston | |
| Interim Publications Manager | Portia Sale | |
| Editorial Consultant | Dominic Joyeux | |
| Editorial Board | Ginny Clarke CBE FREng Professor David Delpy FREng FMedSci FRS Michael Kenward OBE John Loughhead CB OBE FREng Dr Paul Miller FREng Dr Ian Nussey OBE FREng Professor William Stewart FREng Professor Liz Tanner OBE FREng FRSE Faith Wainwright MBE FREng |
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| Director, Communications and Engagement | Jo Trigg | |
Sponsors
The Royal Academy of Engineering acknowledges the generous support by the following organisation for Ingenia:
Arup
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