Indian flyover collapse raises questions of safety and security in construction
Dr Steve Mackay4 April, 2016
Engineering experts are delivering opinions on a flyover railway bridge that collapsed, killing fourteen, in Kolkata, India. Panduranga Rao, of the IVRCL Construction Company in charge of the flyover, said to media, "It is nothing but God's act. About 70% of the construction work was completed properly. The experts regularly...Read More
Electronics manufacturing looks to new ALD research for help
Dr Steve Mackay4 April, 2016
Nanoscale technology is quickly becoming the most fantasized answer to the future in the engineering world. The University of Alberta's mineral engineering researchers might have just saved the manufacturing processes of electronics industries some money. The researchers have been working with 'Atomic layer deposition' (ALD) which sees slim films covered...Read More
Electronics manufacturing looks to new ALD research for help
Dr Steve Mackay4 April, 2016
Nanoscale technology is quickly becoming the most fantasized answer to the future in the engineering world. The University of Alberta's mineral engineering researchers might have just saved the manufacturing processes of electronics industries some money. The researchers have been working with 'Atomic layer deposition' (ALD) which sees slim films covered...Read More
Singapore and Perth joining hands with new subsea cable
Dr Steve Mackay4 April, 2016
Singtel, a Singapore-based service provider is joining hands with Perth in Australia in the form of a subsea cable. The new link will ensure that customers growing want for bandwidth-heavy applications like unified communications, enterprise data exchange, internet and online gaming will be efficiently run. Along with Australia's Telstra and SubPartners, Singtel signed a...Read More
Civil engineering graduates unable to find work in India
Dr Steve Mackay1 April, 2016
The College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) in Maharashtra, India is reporting that 50 percent of its students in city colleges are jobless. The PuneMirror reported that the industrial and economic slump is the culprit, which has seen only 24 percent of graduates find jobs this year compared to the ninety...Read More
Augmented reality enables virtual ‘teleportation’
Dr Steve Mackay1 April, 2016
Like something out of an Isaac Asimov novel, Microsoft has shown what its HoloLens might be capable of in the near future. The HoloLens - if you haven't seen it by now - is a new augmented reality (AR) headset that integrates with the spaces visible in front of you,...Read More
Elon and Elton engineering firm design new energy storage solution
Dr Steve Mackay1 April, 2016
Elon Musk and Elton John are best known for their tagline, "WE BRING THE NOISE". If you haven't seen their advertisements on the telly,there's a good chance you live down under, on the underside of a rock. Now ceramics engineering and electrical engineering will walk hand in hand once again when...Read More
Engineering makes it into best-paid jobs list for 2016
Dr Steve Mackay1 April, 2016
What are the best-paying jobs of 2016 so far? Which jobs are in trouble? Employment website Glassdoor and higher-ups in certain industries claim to have the answers. The company published their findings on their website, also reporting that 7 in 10 people said that salary was the main factor when...Read More
Power utilities face tough times with new energy storage competitors
Dr Steve Mackay31 March, 2016
Tesla's Powerwall is no longer the only player in the game. Australian energy storage company, Redflow, has thrown their hat into the ring with the announcement of a 10-kilowatt battery called the ZCell. The cell will cost between $17,500 and $19500 (USD) including installations and is the latest competitor in the energy...Read More
Fish mouths inspire engineers to design clog-free filtration
Dr Steve Mackay31 March, 2016
Having 'the knack' for engineering sometimes involves looking at already existing systems prevalent in nature and trying to turn them into machines that are inspired by the natural design of our world. This is no different. The structure of the mouths of filter-feeding fish has given engineers the idea to...Read More