Crossrail: tunnelling on an epic scale

Terry Morgan FREng, Andrew Wolstenholme OBE FREng, Chris Dulake

Crossrail engineers are constructing 70m of tunnels each week with specially designed tunnel boring machines, while ensuring Underground lines and the city above remain undisturbed

Biochemical Engineering

Stephen Vranch FREng and Professor Nigel Titchener-Hooker FREng

Medical researchers working on a variety of diseases can tackle them through the use of a new generation of medicines that utilise the very specific biological actions of certain large molecules

Passion for engineering

Amy Louise Wright

A visit to Africa inspired Amy Louise Wright to become an engineer and set up an organisation of student engineers to provide infrastructure solutions to an area in Malawi

Mobile health technology

Professor Lionel Tarassenko CBE FREng FMedSci

Using networked, sensor-enabled phones and tablets, engineers and clinicians are working together to develop monitoring and feedback systems to improve patient health

Four engineers: four silver medals

INNOVATION WATCH - Saving water

UK company I2O water has developed and deployed intelligent pressure management systems to conserve supplies of treated water

HOW DOES THAT WORK? - Clean rooms

Precision manufacturing demands environments that are free of unwanted particles and cleanrooms help make this possible