Contents
Ingenia - Issue 80, September 2019
Profile
Structures for a sustainable society
Jo da Silva OBE FREng talks of the need to consider the resilience of the infrastructure that sustains cities and their inhabitants.
HOW I GOT HERE - Natalie Cheung
The film I, Robot, inspired Natalie Cheung to consider engineering as a career. She has gone on to work on several big railway projects.
Bioelectronic devices
Professor Tim Denison
Implantable medical devices continue to drastically improve the lives of people with long-term health conditions.
A square peg in a round hole
Hugh Ferguson
22 Bishopsgate was built on the basement of an earlier failed development. The result is the tallest building in the City of London.
Composites take off
Michael Kenward OBE
Bombardier won the 50th anniversary MacRobert Award for engineering innovation with its innovative composite carbon fibre wings for the Airbus A220.
Hives of activity
Neil Cumins
Ocado’s new automated warehouse in Erith has thousands of robots collaborating to pick and pack customer grocery orders.
Farming in the desert
Geoff Watts
Structures that use seawater to keep the growing environment cool are being used to farm fruit and vegetables in hot and arid conditions.
INNOVATION WATCH - Echo-location for navigation
Sixth Sense is a handheld device that uses echo-location and haptic feedback to help people with visual impairments.
HOW DOES THAT WORK - Kettle switch-off
Electric kettles use a very simple method to overcome a tricky problem: how to switch themselves off.
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 | Professor Andrew Bell FREng Professor John Burland CBE FREng FRS 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 Professor William Webb FREng |
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| Associate Director, Communications and Partnerships | Jo Trigg | |
