Articles in this issue
Five Engineers: five Silver Medals
Profiles of each of the winners of The Royal Academy Engineering Silver Medals 2009
Offshore Defences
Professor Dominic Reeve, Dr Vanesa Magar, Dr Shunqi Pan
Coastal engineers put forward the probabilities of flooding and how offshore defences are being introduced off the UK coastline
Beyond Formula One
Duncan Bradley
How motor-racing technology is finding applications for its innovations across other industries, like healthcare and defence.
Making Light Work
Professors Kishan Dholakia FRSE, Will Stewart FREng and James Wilkinson
Optical tweezers and traps are being developed that can move items at the nanometer level using light.
Auralisation - Engineering sound for public places
Rob Harris FREng
Arup Acoustics use virtual environment to develop designs for auditoria with superb sound quality.
Engineering Movement
Adrian Kohler
The engineering behined the full-size horse puppets in the award-winning stage production War Horse.
A conversation with Abdallah Jum'ah
The speaker at the Academy's 2009 International Lecture, and former head of oil giant Saudi Aramco, talks to Academy President, Lord Browne of Madingley.
Innovation Watch: shock absorbing material
A flexible polymer that stiffens on impact is now being used in protective sportswear, military equipment, and in coverings for high-value goods.
Board members for this issue are:
| Editor-in-Chief | Dr Scott Steedman FREng | |
| Managing Editor | Dominic Joyeux | |
| Editorial Assistant | Chris Atkinson | |
| Editorial Board | Professor John Burland CBE FREng FRS Basil Butler CBE FREng Derek Hanson FREng Michael Kenward OBE Martin Manning FREng Dr Ian Nussey OBE FREng Professor William Stewart FREng Professor William Webb FREng Stephen Vranch FREng |
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| Director, Policy & Public Affairs | Beverley Parkin | |
ARUP, BAE Systems, Lloyd's Register, Mott MacDonald, Rolls-Royce plc
The Royal Academy of Engineering acknowledges the generous support by the following organisations for Ingenia: ARUP, BAE Systems, Lloyd's Register, Mott MacDonald, Rolls-Royce plc