Articles in this issue
When will cars drive themselves?
Professor Tim Gordon and Mathias Lidberg
There are many claims made about the progress of autonomous vehicles and their imminent arrival on UK roads. We look at the engineering behind these predictions
Modelling ships in danger
David Prentice, Wijendra Peiris, Nick Brown and Geoff Watts
Stricken ships in danger need expert help to be rescued. Lloyd’s Register’s Ship Emergency Response Service (SERS) was set up to provide this support
The rise and rise of GPUs
Chris Edwards
The technology used to bring 3D video games to the personal computer and to the mobile phone is now beginning to take on more computing duties inside a wide array of electronic devices
Applied origami
Manisha Lalloo
With mathematical modelling and new software based on the properties of folded paper, origami is finding applications in surface design, collapsible and deployable structures, robotics and medicine
Fusing glass and steel
Graham Dodd and Felix Weber
The Bombay Sapphire glasshouses built in Hampshire have pushed the engineering design of glass and steel structures to the limit, creating opportunities for the materials to be used more efficiently, sustainably and at less cost in the future
INNOVATION WATCH - Flexiarch
The FlexiArch was developed and launched in 2007, creating a minor renaissance for arch bridges.
Board members for this issue are:
| Editor-in-Chief | Dr Scott Steedman CBE FREng | |
| Managing Editor | Dominic Joyeux | |
| Copy Editor | Emily Bick | |
| Editorial Board | Professor John Burland CBE FREng FRS Derek Hanson FREng Michael Kenward OBE Professor David Delpy FREng FMedSci FRS John Loughhead OBE FREng Martin Manning FREng Professor Elaine Martin OBE FREng Dr Ian Nussey OBE FREng Professor William Stewart FREng Professor Liz Tanner FREng Professor William Webb FREng |
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| Director of Policy and External Affairs | Beverley Parkin | |
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