Articles in this issue
Building with biology: The engineering in tissue engineering
Professor David Williams
What is the role of the engineer in advancing the newest developments of genetic science? The art of creation has never been more important in tissue engineering, with increasingly complex structures being produced every day
Superconducting magnets: The heart of NMR
Martin Townsend
MacRobert finalists OIS describe the engineering behind some of the most powerful magnets available and their uses in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance
The beer barrel as a VHF cavity resonator
Gerald David OBE FREng
An economical and inspired engineering solution to the overloading of mobile radio sites in the 1970s; beer barrel cavity resonators are still in use today as devices to modify single antennas into multiple transmitters
High Street: The new technological battleground?
Allan Dean
The technology behind the rise of customer loyalty cards and the hi-tech future in store for High Street shoppers: retail outlets are becoming increasingly efficient at marketing and processing our purchases
The Downland gridshell: Innovative design in timber
Michael Dickson FREng and Richard Harris
The new building for the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum was built using the first double-layer timber gridshell ever constructed in the UK
Human mobility and transport policy
Dr David Metz
How have our travelling habits changed over the last 50 years and what does this mean for the future of human mobility and government transport policy?
Concentrating solar power: A review of the technology
Hans Müller-Steinhagen FREng and Franz Trieb
This first of two articles on one of the most potent sources of renewable energy outlines the principles and potential of the latest advances in solar power technology
Distributed generation – harder than it looks
Malcolm Kennedy CBE FREng
A review of the virtues of distributed generation and the problems in effecting its implementation. How can the government help to overcome these barriers?
I.K. Brunel: Some thoughts on his engineering
Dr Jim Shipway
A fascinating insight into some of the inspired bridge-building achievements of the man voted the second greatest Briton of all time
Board members for this issue are:
| Editor-in-Chief | Dr John Forrest CBE FREng | |
| Managing Editor | Kathryn Cairney | |
| Editorial Board | Professor John Burland FREng FRS Basil Butler CBE FREng Bob Emmerson FREng Dr Colin Gaskell CBE FREng Derek Hanson FREng Professor Michael Kelly FREng FRS Michael Kenward OBE Dr Ian Nussey OBE FREng Dr William Stewart FREng |
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