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This week's PE contents

Volume 22 Number 14
19 August 2009

19 August 2009

News
Power and oil plants face disruption
MPs to weigh in over research tax break row
Manufacturers' confidence returns
Car sales doubt after scrappage scheme ends
Airbus pitot probes to be replaced
Engineering needed to boost farming output
Obama backs Coventry van maker
£340m loan finances radical Airbus wing construction plan
Aluminium firm fails to win jobs reprieve for 250
Fresh hold-up for Edinburgh trams as council and contractor fall out
Bridge building
Report into MG Rover collapse to be published
Tata's private funding victory stabilises Jaguar future
Engineering as art
Dispute over barrage design
Heritage project wins grant
UK inventors license space-saving Park and Slide system
News in brief

Surveys
Q&A	Engineers' views on holidays and work
Soundbites	PE readers' views on an issue of the day
Soundbites Extra	The full, unexpurgated comments submitted by PE readers

Features
War games PE visits the Canadian prairie where members of REME are training for deployment to Afghanistan
Energy Supercritical steam conditions are being used to boost the efficiency of the Rankine Cycle and therefore improve the environmental performance of coal-fired plant
Automotive Hydrogen advocates are ploughing on with research that could eliminate tailpipe carbon emissions from vehicles
Maintenance Navigation equipment for the Royal Navy can now be repaired in a fraction of the time it used to take

Software Focus
Software as a Service, otherwise known as cloud computing, uses remote banks of computers running programs and storing data. Now it is set to make an impact in the engineering sector
Digital prototypes can be created in double-quick time through the use of off-the-shelf modules that can be easily customised
Computational fluid dynamics is helping engineers to model flame and smoke movement, leading to safer buildings. But users need to understand the software programs to get the most out of them

Technology
Software for cleaner cement manufacture
Canadian airport’s all-seeing eye
Device takes strain out of hospital beds
Upgrade to 5-stroke petrol engine may reach diesel parity
All-weather lifeboat transporters take the rough with the smooth
Data streaming could keep track of planes throughout their flights
Inspection microscope takes pictures for reporting
BP backs project to use microbes to make biodiesel

Regulars
Commentary	How government money can transform industry
People	Who's reached the top of the pile?
Bids & deals	Business deals and takeovers
Letters	This week's letters - readers have their say
Archive	William Hogarth's series of engravings depicting Industry and Idleness
Review	A book that explains what engineers actually do for a living

Features in PDF
Commentary	How government money can transform industry
Cover story	War games: PE visits the Canadian prairie where members of REME are training for deployment in Afghanistan
Review	A book that explains what engineers actually do for a living
Archive	William Hogarth's series of engravings depicting Industry and Idleness
Q&A	Engineers' views on holidays and work
Diary Extra	More than a year's worth of EVENTS
Classified	Some services for the readers
Profeng jobs	The Appointments section from this issue of PE For further jobs go to our jobs website
MX 09	All the winners from the 2009 Manufacturing Excellence Awards

■ News ■ Features ■ Focus ■ Surveys ■ Regulars ■ Diary ■ Jobs ■ Contact ■ Media Pack ■

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