Energy Storage Wars: Formula E battery packs are dark horse of energy storage units
Dr Steve Mackay4 July, 2016
Formula E is an auto-racing competition that uses only electric-powered cars. The battery packs inside the vehicles are developed by Williams Advanced Engineering that is housed inside a body shell named the Spark-Renault SRT 01E. The car goes 0 to 60 MPH in 3 seconds and can reach a maximum speed...Read More
Homes of the future see passive solar design push
Dr Steve Mackay1 July, 2016
As renewable technologies make their way into our lives, we wonder how we will integrate the newly available technologies with our older technology that we still use to power our homes, our electronics and much more. Ir's hard to imagine calling some sort of firm and asking them to strip...Read More
Homes of the future see passive solar design push
Dr Steve Mackay1 July, 2016
As renewable technologies make their way into our lives, we wonder how we will integrate the newly available technologies with our older technology that we still use to power our homes, our electronics and much more. Ir's hard to imagine calling some sort of firm and asking them to strip...Read More
Tesla’s self-driving technology causes fatal crash
Dr Steve Mackay1 July, 2016
Is it back to the drawing board for the engineers of Tesla? The company's self-driving technology has claimed its first victim. Tesla driver Joshua Brown, 40, has died in an accident caused by the self-driving technology inside the Model S. The car's self-driving technology was reportedly unable to recognise a...Read More
Keeping industrial automation moving with PLC troubleshooting
Dr Steve Mackay1 July, 2016
Getting started with PLC programming could make you instantly more valuable as an engineer. Without PLCs, we would not be able to run our industrial factories that contribute to every economy all over the world. We need PLCs to use real-time software to monitor what happens inside an industrial system...Read More
Engineers are the most confident students in the world
Dr Steve Mackay1 July, 2016
What's the difference between a Bachelor of Arts degree and a pizza? A pizza can feed an entire family. Yes, we've all heard the joke and been subjected to the scorn of students who believe their degrees are more superior when compared to humanities degrees. It is no secret; universities...Read More
Kenya’s first crude oil next year
Dr Steve Mackay30 June, 2016
The time for getting your qualifications in engineering for oil and gas facilities has never been better. Kenya is ready to construct a 538-mile crude oil pipeline that will provide oil for a new port being built on the Indian Ocean coastline. This was confirmed by a government official on Thursday. Pipeline...Read More
The most attractive engineering industry employers in 2016
Dr Steve Mackay30 June, 2016
If you're an engineering student currently studying towards your dream job, you've probably heard the question asked. When you make it into the industry, what is the dream company you'd want to work for? There's nothing wrong with setting your sights on some of the biggest engineering firms in the world...Read More
Mechanical and aerospace engineers design a soft-wheeled robot
Dr Steve Mackay30 June, 2016
Rutgers University is New Jersey's own state university in the United States. The university's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have shown off their new squishy robot. Yes, you read that right. To be more specific, the robot is considered to be a pneumatically driven elastomeric structure robot. The researchers...Read More
Fired? Looking for a job? Engineering experts share their expertise
Dr Steve Mackay30 June, 2016
You've got your honours in chemical engineering, you're a junior engineer-in-training, you have less than 4 years of experience at a firm and suddenly you get fired. What do you do? Do you try and get your masters in chemical engineering? Do you try and find a job unrelated to...Read More