Professional Engineering

Engineers' views on safety in the skies and the hazards
of negotiating the airport

PE readers' views on whether they'd like to be chipped or not.

The full, unexpurgated comments submitted by PE readers

Transport
Bike to the future: The ENV is a bike with green credentials. Is the shape of things to come?

Transport
More robust planning and management of engineering works are promised after New Year rail events

Energy
On a windswept hillside in Scotland, devices such as wind turbines undergo testing conditions

Tata Motors has launched its People's Car in India. And cheap cars are all the rage among the automotive giants. Why?

Adding a steam cycle to recover lost heat could improve engine efficiency by up to 40%

A car make in less than week is the dream of many carmakers. But is it realistic?

If your company is short of skilled people, maybe the answer is to grow your own

BAE sets its apprentices real engineering challenges to see what they're made of

Young people from deprived backgrounds get a chance to build a racecar in a university-led scheme

Oil and gas companies are getting short of skills. So they've set up a new academy to develop them

Getting round the offshore skills crisis by recruiting... offshore. Out of the Navy and on to the rigs

Early stress detection keeps London flood defences intact

Ricardo rides the new 3D Wave package

Robot craft goes for underwater surveillance

Strong steels trim loco chassis weight

Intelligent control valves raise flow rate

Ceramic coating slashes heat transfer from exhaust manifolds

Composite blades boost helicopter performance

Tolerance rings make stator assembly simpler

Private finance or nationalisation? What if both answers are wrong?

Who won the Christmas party raffle?

Readers have their say

Gas lighting on the railways: often an explosive mixture

Books that will help you learn from your kids and make a
better mousetrap

Private finance or nationalisation? What if both answers are wrong?

Green and clean: The new motorbikes aiming to be both

Books that will help you learn from your kids and make a
better mousetrap

Engineers' views on air safety and airports

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The answers to the maths question from PE 03 October 07

A PDF of the brochure outlining the winners of the
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