09/09/2016 An interview with the Mythbusters After 14 years of challenging commonly held beliefs and movie scenes, MythBusters television show has come to a close. The series uses scientific method to test the validity of rumours, myths, ...
10/08/2016 Behind the hype Most engineers want to get their hands on a 3D printer, and the hype behind the sector is as strong as ever. But, how does the world’s premier manufacture of machines view future prospects?
11/07/2016 Broadband for everyone - interview with OneWeb's VP, Tony Azzarelli Bringing fast internet speed to every corner of globe might sound like a pipe dream, but one project is about to attempt just that. Justin Cunningham asks OneWeb’s VP of regulatory affairs how it can ...
10/06/2016 Young Design Engineer of the Year, Dan Stamp gives his views on the current state of the UK engineering sector "When you're designing something, I find it quite personal," said Stamp. "It's something that you've thought of and what actually is produced is something that you've imagined."
13/05/2016 Ahead in the cloud Using the cloud has emerged as a standard IT option, but true cloud-based CAD has been sniffed at in the past by the design community. Its time has come, or so believes Jon Hirschtick, founder and ... 1 comment
15/04/2016 Clear view for engineering: Interview with Richard Pulton of Navtech Radar Navtech Radar has much to shout about - innovative products created by an award winning design team, led by an award winning engineer. Where do you start? Tim Fryer spoke to the engineer in question, ...
11/03/2016 CAD gets emotional: an interview with Gian Paolo Bassi CAD software is evolving to meet the diversifying needs of multi-disciplinary engineers. Certainly this means constant tweaks to functionality, but it also needs to take in the bigger picture. Tim ...
10/02/2016 Accelerating towards autonomous autos - inteview with FISITA's Paul Mascarenas The automotive industry, technology wise, is motoring along quite nicely, but is the industry, or the public, ready to take the next step towards autonomous vehicles?
13/01/2016 Life in the fast lane The off track race to analyse data within Formula One plays as big a role as the drivers fighting it out on track. Justin Cunningham chats to David Coulthard about the changes he has seen since ...
09/12/2015 Space to expand - an interview with Dr Helen Meese of the IMechE As Head of Engineering in Society at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Dr Helen Meese looks at different areas of engineering with a view to developing policies that could benefit the IMechE’s ...
10/11/2015 Focal point for AM evolution: Interview with Marc Saunders Additive manufacturing (AM) has turned prototyping on its head, but if it is to progress beyond the role of a prototyping tool then it will come down to companies like Renishaw to provide the spark.
08/10/2015 From petrol head to electric head - interview with Sylvain Filippi After a successful debut session, Formula-E is set to become a regular on the motorsport calendar after providing close wheel to wheel racing in city centres around the world. It gave fans a unique ...
08/09/2015 Expert on the ball Industrial designers can sometimes get a bad press - too much style with not enough substance. On the whole this is ill-deserved according to Alistair Williamson, managing director of Lucid ...
11/08/2015 Link for the future Children need to be introduced to engineering if they are to be excited by it, and this introductory role - a bridge between engineers and schools - is being filled by STEMNET. Tim Fryer asked chief ...
14/07/2015 Sky's the limit As the new CEO of GKN Aerospace settles in, we ask what is likely to change under his tenure and if he can sustain its enormous success of recent years.
10/06/2015 Inspiring start The trick is to catch them early! An engineering career could start in the very early years and the Primary Engineer programme aims to provide this early spark. Tim Fryer spoke to the scheme's ...
11/05/2015 Simulating success While it was Peter Poon, founder and chairman, who physically picked up last year's BEEAs Consultancy of the Year and Grand Prix awards, it is his son Andy Poon who, as CEO of Romax Technology, is ...
14/04/2015 Meet the maker - the man behind the maker moverment Changing the way people perceive engineering and getting more out of engineers is all in a day’s work if you’re a leading light of the maker movement. Justin Cunningham finds out what all the fuss ...
09/03/2015 What makes the creature crawl? As we start the hunt for industry's finest for this year's British Engineering Excellence Awards, Tim Fryer talked to Mike Franklin, Designer of the Year in 2014, to find out what makes a winner.
13/02/2015 Innovation Cultivation: Interview with Ric Parker When you are charged with cultivating innovation for one of the world's most prestigious engineering organisations, you need to be sure that you're able to match bright ideas with customer needs.
16/01/2015 Diverse agenda - Interview with Naomi Climer - the IET's first female president In the autumn of 2015 Naomi Climer will become the IET's first female president, but her agenda will not just be 'diversity issues', as she explained to Tim Fryer. 1 comment
11/12/2014 Engineering the pipeline: Interview with Anthony Finkelstein Everyone is bemoaning the lack of good engineers coming through the education system. But if we are to solve this problem rather than apportion blame, says Professor Anthony Finkelstein, we must all ...
11/11/2014 UK finds its technology footing: Interview with Hermann Hauser The Catapult programme was intended to revitalise the British technology sector – but is it working? Hermann Hauser, the architect of programme, is reviewing progress and spoke to Tim Fryer about ...
14/10/2014 Mind the gap: Interview with Mike Houghton, Siemens Industry Through his day job at Siemens Industry along with his various other roles, Mike Houghton is on a mission to address the skills gap and develop the next generation of engineers. But are these ...
10/09/2014 Dr Finlay’s Case: Interview with biomedical engineering expert Dr Patrick Finlay Engineering and medicine are increasingly indivisible, with biomedical engineering being at the forefront of this shift. Paul Fanning talks to one of the discipline's leading advocates.
Allan Cook, chariman, Atkins Semta is at the forefront of addressing the skills crisis and now there is a new man ...
Richard Noble, Bloodhound SSC Group editor Graham Pitcher talks to Richard Noble, entrepreneur and record breaker
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