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Race is on to find the UK’s top engineering innovators Four top UK engineering teams have been selected as finalists for Britain’s biggest engineering prize, but which project will triumph.   London Talent Converges on Academy The Royal Academy of Engineering with its London Engineering Project (LEP) and the Construction Knowledge Exchange held an employment fair for London-based construction and engineering firms at the Academy’s premises on Carlton House Terrace in April. Fire expert aims to make buildings better by design Buildings could be better designed against the dangers of fire thanks to research at the University of Edinburgh.   Surrey Space Centre wins Academy funding for Chinese exchange UK-based space engineer Dr Yang Gao of the Surrey Space Centre is to develop a new generation of lunar rovers with one of China’s top engineers, funded by The Royal Academy of Engineering. Dramatic Changes in the Nature of the World’s Oceans and Atmospheres The Royal Academy of Engineering hosted a lecture by Dr Richard Spinrad, a senior official in the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), on work to reduce the risks posed by natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis as well as by the potential impact of global warming.   Academy Fellow shortlisted for prestigious Millennium Technology Prize Professor David Payne, FREng has been shortlisted for his work in developing technology which made possible the creation of a high-speed global fibre-optic network. University Challenge appearance The Academy appeared in BBC2's 'University Challenge   ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs prize awarded to Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University’s newest spin out company, EMdot, has been awarded the 2008 Royal Academy of Engineering ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs prize. Government needs to understand engineering’s role in innovation The Academy welcomes the publication of Innovation Nation, the Innovation White Paper, and in particular the more holistic understanding of innovation that it signals from Government.   Vote on the Grand Challenges for Engineering Harnessing the power of the sun – both by commercialising affordable solar energy and making nuclear fusion work – are top of a list of 14 challenges drawn up by the world’s leading engineers and due to be published tomorrow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting in Boston.

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Malvern Particle Sizer Used to Develop Vaccine Delivery System for Developing Countries Researchers at Aerovax, working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, are using the Spraytec particle size analyzer from Malvern Instruments in the development of an innovative...   BASF and Valvoline Sign reciprocal Licensing Contract BASF SE and Valvoline, a division of Ashland Inc., have signed a new contract for the reciprocal licensing of engine coolants. This agreement replaces an existing licensing arrangement signed in 1994,... Shimadzu Release New UFLC Offering Higher Performance for Users In order to investigate minute quantities of impurities in pharmaceuticals and pesticide residues in food products, both the ability to separate and detect trace compounds more reliably and increased ...   Eastman Chemical Recognized for Energy Efficiency Practices For the 15th consecutive year, every year since the program began, Eastman Chemical Company earned energy efficiency awards from the American Chemistry Council (ACC). As part of the Responsible Care® ... Complex Molecule Sensors Increase Sensitivity of Explosives Detection Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created complex molecules containing zinc for use in portable sensors that quickly and reliably detect the presence of plastic explosives, a...   Tyco Electronics Divest Radio Frequency Component Business for $425Million Tyco Electronics Ltd. today announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Radio Frequency Components and Subsystem business to Cobham Defense Electronic Systems, a su... Applied Materials Second Thin Film Production Line Demonstrate Solar Technology Cost Reduction with Nanomanufacturing Due to strong demand for its solar modules, Sunfilm AG announced today that it has awarded Applied Materials Inc. a contract for a second Applied SunFab(TM) Thin Film Line. This second production li...   Linde Group Expands Business in Middle East with Acquisition of Leading Industrial Gas Producer The technology group The Linde Group has acquired 51 percent of the shares in the family-owned industrial gases company SIGAS (Saudi Industrial Gas Co. Ltd.) Terms of the transaction were not disclo... New BASF Facility Set to Produce 6000 Tonnes of Paint to Support Russian Automotive Market BASF Coatings has started up its new production site for paints in Russia. The new facility at Pavlovski Posad, 60 kilometers east of Moscow, has an annual production capacity of 6,000 tonnes of paint...   Trelleborg Completes Acquisition of American Pipe Seal Trelleborgs acquisition of NPC Inc, an American specialist in pipe seals, has been finalized. NPC Inc. has approximately 100 employees and sales of SEK 110 M. This acquisition strengthens Trelleborg...

EngineerSupply now has Blueprint Boxes EngineerSupply offers Blueprint Boxes that are great for engineers, architects. These sturdy boxes are used to store and ship blueprints in the mail safely.   EngineerSupply to begin publishing Product How-To's EngineerSupply will begin publishing product How-To's such as how to buy planimeters, how to use a measuring wheel, and more. How to buy a Magnetic Locator The need for a magnetic locator is usually to locate ferrous objects under ground, under water, or in snow. Objects such as PK nails, iron pipes, buried metal objects, valve covers, masonry nails, manhole covers, wires, cast iron water and gas lines, valve boxes, septic tanks and well casings, and surveyors' markers.   How to buy a Paper Trimmer We are here to help you choose the best cutting tool to fit your application. There are however, three simple questions you should ask yourself when selecting a cutting product. EngineerSupply starts a new Volume Discount Program EngineerSupply starts a new Volume Discount Program that rewards customers for buying multiple quantities. Most items are now showing a Quantity Discount Table on each Product Page.   EngineerSupply Launches New Categories EngineerSupply launches new categories like Office Machines, Pipe and Cable Locators, Paper and Media. EngineerSupply Article named All About Blueprint Storage EngineerSupply Article points out many good points about what to consider when seeking a Blueprint Storage Solution for your office.   How to use CST Berger Builders Transits and Surveying Levels EngineerSupply Article on how to use CST Berger Builders Transits and Surveying Levels. Document Hanging Clamps Explained EngineerSupply article to help you quickly understand how Hanging Clamps work.   Planix Planimeter Comparison Chart Published EngineerSupply article to help you compare all Planix Planimeter Models. How to Make Blueprints EngineerSupply article about how to make blueprints.   Construction Estimates and Blueprint Take-Offs EngineerSupply article about Construction Estimates and Blueprint Take-Offs. New Product - The "TrussFile" Blueprint Storage Transporter EngineerSupply now has a new product, the "TrussFile" which is great for storing and transporting blueprints and rolled documents.   EngineerSupply now Sells Dahle Brand Paper Shredders. Everyone knows that secure information should never fall into the wrong hands. Dahle paper shredders are your best line of defense in preventing unauthorized access to secure information. Whether it's personal credit card statements or Top Secret government documents, EngineerSupply has a shredder that will meet your needs. EngineerSupply now Sell the Stanley TLM Professional FatMax Tru-Laser Distance Measurer. The Stanley TLM, Laser Distance Measuring Tools that offer true laser light (not sound) for the most accurate measuring.   EngineerSupply.com announces major website redesign. The new design allows for easier navigation, and a higher focus on customer service. The new website for EngineerSupply also allows for instant brand browsing, and a direct focus on "Deal Alert" which is what EngineerSupply uses to send coupons, specials, closeouts, overstock and free shipping offers by email. Blue-Line Diazo Paper Line Added to EngineerSupply Product Line. In the past several days, EngineerSupply has added Dietzgen Brand Blue-Line Diazo Paper to its line or products. For those that don't know, Diazo Paper is used to make blueline prints (also known as blueprints). These are the real "blue" colored prints and are made using blueline machines such as Rotolite, Diazit, and ReproTechnology Brand name machines.   EngineerSupply now has Blueprint Label ID Tags. No matter what kind of rolled documents you have to label or store, or what kind of identification system you use, ROLLabels will get you organized quickly. Made of index card material, they will end the identification crisis with your rolled documents. EngineerSupply Now Carries Dutch Hill Tripods. EngineerSupply.com now carries and sells Dutch Hill brand Surveying Tripods. All Dutch Hill Surveying Tripods are made with composite parts for superior strength. The result is a product that will provide a stable and accurate platform and provide many years of service.   Safco EClipz Blueprint Clip Tags Each Safco EClipz holder comes with a blank label so you can identify exactly which documents you have without having to unroll them. EngineerSupply and Acculine Pro Partner Acculine Pro approached EngineerSupply to include their products in their supply chain. AccuLine Pro manufactures professional-grade and high-visibility laser levels for construction and surveying professionals. AccuLine Pro laser levels are precision measurement devices that offer professional accuracy and high-visibility lasers. EngineerSupply is a Factory Authorized Acculine Pro Dealer.   EngineerSupply announces new supply line of Leica Geosystems EngineerSupply today announces that Leica Geosystems brand of products will be featured in its supply chain. After careful review, EngineerSupply decided that Leica Geosystems would make an excellent fit for their current supply chain. EngineerSupply becomes an authorized Northwest Instrument dealer EngineerSupply is pleased to announce gaining authorization to become a Northwest Instrument Dealer. After careful consideration and search for another value-added product line, EngineerSupply applied to Northwest Instrument. The equipment that Northwest Instrument manufacturers is built for quality and with value in mind. Northwest Instrument manufacturers surveying equipment such as theodolites, surveying transits, surveying levels, automatic levels, surveying tripods, prisms, and prism poles. EngineerSupply felt that this selection of equipment would fill an area of product that many builders, contractors, and engineers would be filling. Northwest Instruments supply chain will enable EngineerSupply to provide a solid solution to its needs and its customers needs. Northwest Instrument is a manufacturer of quality surveying equipment.   EngineerSupply Expands Customer Service Center EngineerSupply recently expanded by increasing the size of its customer service center. EngineerSupplys Large Selection of Measuring Wheels EngineerSupply recently expanded its selection of Distance Measuring Wheels.

Call for a new Welsh-based Associate The Engineering Subject Centre is looking to appoint a 10th member to its team of associates and is targeting those working in Welsh HEIs. The Associates Scheme was introduced in 2006 to expand the expertise that the Engineering Subject Centre can offer to the engineering education community. Please visit the link below to find out more about the scheme and download an application form or contact Jane Pritchard (jane@engsc.ac.uk).   E3AN question bank on Electrical and Electronic Engineering is now available for live student use The content of the E3AN question bank on Electrical and Electronic Engineering is now available for live student use online under the name of QuestionBuddy. The website is part of a postgraduate research project into collaborative learning and is being used to evaluate a collaborative filter. The system is intended as a diagnostic study aid. No institutional involvement is required for students to use the site. The site can be accessed at http://denebola.ecs.soton.ac.uk:18080/ . Further information is available on the website, any questions may be directed to Will Davies wmd04r@ecs.soton.ac.uk. Engineering Subject Centre Student Award 2008 - Winner Announced! Congratulations to the winner, Warren Rieutort-Louis, from the Cambridge University Engineering Department, for his essay ‘What makes a good lecturer?’ Warren will receive £250 and his essay will be pitted against winning essays from other subject centres to win a Toshiba laptop. The overall winner of the Higher Education Academy Student Network Award will be announced at the Higher Education Academy Annual Conference in July. The winning essay and the three essays selected as runners-up are all available to view by following the link below.   Special Mini-Project Call for Welsh HEIs The Engineering Subject Centre is pleased to offer a special call for the funding of Mini-Projects at Welsh HEIs. The call has been established to encourage bids for the funding of pedagogic research and learning and teaching development projects that link closely with some of the priority areas of enhancement for Welsh HEIs. JISC Circular 5/08: Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites proposals for projects to review course design and validation processes, and the ways these are supported and informed by technology, in order to transform learning opportunities to address an identified issue or challenge of strategic importance to the institution involved. Funding of up to £400,000 per project is available with projects expected to last for just under four years. JISC is holding a community briefing event on 21 May 2008 where potential bidders will be given information about the background to the call, its objectives and the bidding process. Registration for the meeting starts today, Friday 2 May 2008. (Courtesy of JISC)   New issue of PESTHLE available online The 5th issue of the journal PESTLHE (Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) - a special edition on Enquiry Based Learning - is now available free online at www.pestlhe.org.uk for all to visit. Students better prepared for world of work reports QAA Higher education institutions (HEIs) are making good progress in helping students become more employable says the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) in an Outcomes from institutional audit paper published today. (Courtesy of Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education)   Jorum to move to open access Jorum, the UK national repository for learning and teaching materials funded by JISC, is to offer open educational resources. This will make it easier for lecturers and teaching staff to share and re-use each other's teaching resources. JorumOpen - as it will be called - will also provide a showcase for UK universities and colleges on the international stage. (Courtesy of JISC) Lifelong Learning Networks will help to increase opportunities for vocational learners An interim report published today by HEFCE shows that Lifelong Learning Networks (LLNs) will help to gradually improve the progression opportunities for vocational learners. The report, compiled for HEFCE by the Open University's Centre for Higher Education Research and Information, concludes that LLNs are working effectively with institutions to develop curricula and procedures that should, in due course, make a difference to vocational learning. The role of LLNs is recognised as important to developing relationships with partner institutions that enable them to deliver programmes of activity enhancing the coherence, clarity and certainty of opportunities for vocational learners. (Courtesy of HEFCE)   The future size and shape of the higher education sector in the UK The future size and shape of the higher education sector in the UK: demographic projections Report is the first output of a major project that Universities UK initiated in 2007. The project is intended to provide a basis for assessing the size and shape of the UK higher education sector in 20 years’ time. Its analysis takes account of differences between the four UK countries. This first report analyses the demographic data on the age groups most relevant to the future demand for higher education. (Courtesy of Universities UK Website) Number of pupils due to take new diplomas scaled down by a quarter The number of students due to start the courses in September has been "downgraded" by nearly a quarter amid concerns about quality. Jim Knight, the schools minister responsible for diplomas, said original plans for up to 40,000 students have been scaled back "in order to maintain quality". It comes after the head of an exam board warned in a Guardian interview that students embarking on pilots of the diplomas in September could be left with "worthless" qualifications unless flaws in the courses were urgently corrected. (Courtesy of Guardian Unlimited)   How Round is your Circle? Reviewer wanted for 'How round is your circle? Where engineering and mathematics meet' (www.howround.com). Your review will be published on the Subject Centre website and an excellent review may be published in our journal, 'Engineering Education'. You will also receive a small gift in addition to being able to keep the book. Contact naomi@engsc.ac.uk for further details. Funding call - The Active Aircraft The EPSRC and Airbus have formed a strategic partnership to jointly fund high-quality strategic and applied research. This call seeks outline proposals that will lead to the development of one-year research proposals, drawing upon a range of academic disciplines, with the aim of creating a 'nervous system' for aircraft, enabling airflow control, load control, health monitoring, and a short- to medium-term aim of in-flight testing by 2010. The closing date for outline proposals is 29 May 2008   ExxonMobil Excellence in Teaching Awards 2008 launched by Royal Academy of Engineering These awards seek to identify and reward Centres of Excellence in Engineering Teaching in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The selected Centres of Excellence are each rewarded with an awards worth up to £50,000. Each award comprises a cash prize of £10,000 with the remaining benefits being derived from: Priority for undergraduate work placements Priority for graduate recruitment Access to the most up-to-date case study teaching material Invitations for site visits Whilst the university department is the major beneficiary of the award, each application is focused on the merits and achievements of one specific member of staff – the candidate. Each candidate should have distinguished themselves within their peer group by showing a strong and continuing commitment to teaching, professional activities, promoting engineering as a career, establishing industrial-academic links and other activities which lead to the output of top quality graduates. Applications need to be made on-line from the scheme webpage, which also has further details of the scheme and the application procedure: (Courtesy of The Royal Academy of Engineering) Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices The Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices offered by the IET will, for the first time this year, be awarded to an outstanding female engineering apprentice who has made a contribution within the workplace beyond the realms of her normal duties and demonstrated dynamism in her approach to the solution of engineering problems. Deadline for applications is 31 July 2008.

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