ENGINEERING

Red Bull strikes deal to continue using Honda’s F1 engines until 2025

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Red Bull has announced it will continue to use Honda’s Formula One (F1) power units from 2022 until 2025, with the F1 team introducing its own powertrain company.  Japan’s Honda, which is engine partner to Red Bull Racing and Italy-based sister team AlphaTauri, announced last year that it would be leaving the sport as a power unit … Read more

Back story: Inge-Sarah Andersen, signalling engineer at Network Rail

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TV presenter Dr Shini Somara talks to signalling engineer Inge-Sarah Andersen from Network Rail about her wealth of experiences and knowledge of industry, her inspirations and how she will continue to make an impact in engineering and technology.  Shini Somara: What technology are you involved with? Inge-Sarah Andersen: I am currently an assistant signalling project engineer at … Read more

‘All young people should be enabled to understand what engineering is’: Hilary Leevers

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CEO of EngineeringUK, Dr Hilary Leevers outlines the work being done by her organisation to inspire and engage with ‘tomorrow’s engineers’ in the 11-to-14-year-old age bracket and beyond.  “All young people should be enabled to understand what engineering is and be motivated to engage with it as a career pathway,” says Hilary Leevers. It’s a … Read more

The eccentric engineer: that light-bulb moment for an eminent man of electrical science

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This edition tells the story of the illuminating life of Lewis Latimer, whose work in science was an achievement and his personal life ‘a work of art’. Many an engineer’s story is one of rags to riches – or vice versa. For Lewis Howard Latimer, the climb was even harder, but stoically undertaken. Latimer did … Read more

Shared mobility could be catalyst for electric vehicle future

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Smart and clean mobility requires strategy planning, policy making and a calibrated approach, whereby manufacturing needs to be attuned to consumer demands.  When the transport industry completely shifts from ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) to electric and hybrid mobility, the impact it will make on India will go beyond traffic-related matters. Electric and hybrid mobility will … Read more

Is software engineering a science or an art?

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Several people hold the opinion that writing good quality programs is an art. In this context, let us examine whether software engineering is really a form of art or is it akin to other engineering disciplines. There exist several fundamental issues that set engineering disciplines such as software engineering and civil engineering apart from both … Read more