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Air-breathing rocket engine
Successful completion of high-temperature tests of a unique precooler system for jet engines could be a key breakthrough in space travel. A team from Reaction Engines devised the test programme and won this year’s Royal Academy of Engineering Colin Campbell Mitchell Award. Hugh Ferguson talked to Dr Helen Webber, engineering project lead, about the significance of this development, which could also have important applications closer to Earth.
- Environment & sustainability
- Mechanical
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Groundbreaking digging
The world’s first electric mini digger showcases a leap towards fossil fuel-free construction machinery. JCB's Chief Innovation and Growth Officer Tim Burnhope FREng and Director of Advanced Engineering Bob Womersley speak about the engineering behind this award-winning achievement.
- Technology & robotics
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Hands as machines
Robotic hands act as prosthetic devices, either as the functional replacement for a missing natural hand, or as machines. The director of Shadow Robot Company speaks about the mechanical hands doing tasks that human hands cannot.
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- Arts & culture
- How does that work?
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How does MQA technology work?
MQA technology captures and authenticates the sound of the original master recording in a file small enough to stream at high resolution, allowing listeners to feel that they are in the studio with the performer.
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- How I got here
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Q&A: 2020 Young Engineers of the Year awards
Ingenia spoke to four engineers who have won the 2020 RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineers of the Year awards about their engineering journeys. The award recognises the potential of young UK engineers who have demonstrated excellence in the early stage of their career.
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- Health & medical
- Innovation Watch
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Reducing surgeries for dialysis patients
Pathfinder Medical has invented a minimally invasive catheter guidance technology that will improve clinical outcomes for patients across the globe.
- Technology & robotics
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Learning code with robots
Richard Hopkins FREng has built a full-size robotic dog out of inexpensive and easy-to-access technology. K9 can hold a conversation, move without a human controller and ‘see’ his surroundings. Richard explains how K9 works, and how he’s using the robot to inspire the next generation of engineers.
- Opinion
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What primary schools can teach us about skills for engineering
Dr Susan Scurlock MBE, CEO and Founder of Primary Engineer, believes there is room for a fundamental shift in the way education supports the development of key STEM skills, which will help plug the skills gap that is due to worsen over the next 10 years.
- Civil & structural
- Profiles
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Teams that count
Dervilla Mitchell CBE FREng has created engineer and architect teams to work on major projects. The recipient of the 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering President’s Medal- Mitchell has used her engineering skills to help keep Arup’s firm running during COVID-19 and also to chair a decarbonisation project for the National Engineering Policy Centre.