Current articles


IMechE and its members are always making headlines in the news. Here are some of the latest stories we've commented on.

You can access older articles in our news archive . You'll find more information on what IMechE is up to in our press releases .

May 2009

IMechE report Low Carbon Vehicles: Driving the UK's Transport Revolution

The Scotsman
Scotsman Online
Press & Journal
The Herald
Morning Star
Eco Worldly

General

How can transport be weaned off oil?
Transport Times

Dramatic warnings on sea-level rise
China online

Future hopeful for young engineers
Blackpool Gazette

Conference to back increase in alternative energy funding
Efficient Energy online

Eco-car conference
WhatCar?


Manufacturing Excellence Awards

Birmingham Post
Express & Star
Ulster Star
IC Sutton Coldfield
Redditch Standard
Sutton Coldfield News
Hotel Designs

Formula Student

MSN Cars
Yorkshire Evening Post online

Greenpower

Bristol Evening Post
Building Talk
West Briton
Press & Journal
South Gloucestershire Observer
Yate & Sodbury Gazette

April 2009

General

Is hydrogen being left out in the cold?
Business Green

The global challenge
The Independent

The race is on
Waste Management

Fat reduction paper wins Food Engineer of the Year Award
Food Development Association

Foundations of the green economy
The Independent

SKF man wins highest international tribology prize
Design Products & Applications

Food Engineer of the Year Award
EuroGraduate Live

IMechE report Manufacturing: A Future for Scotland?

National

Scotland on Sunday
Scotland on Sunday
Sunday Times Scotland
The Times online
The Scotsman
The Scotsman online
Daily Record
The Telegraph online
The Herald
The Herald online

Regional

Press & Journal Aberdeen
Ayrshire Post online
Batley News online
Berwickshire News online
Perth Courier online
Arbroath Herald online
Bexhill Observer online
Blairgowrie Advertiser online
Buckingham Today online
Burnley Express online
Buxton Advertiser online
Carrick Today online
Dundee Courier online

Manufacturing Excellence Awards

Derby Evening Telegraph
Leicester Mercury
Express & Star
This is Derbyshire online
Antrim Guardian
This is Business East Midlands
Business7
Irish News
New Post Leader
Northen Echo
Northern Echo Online
Star (Doncaster)
Star (Sheffield)

Formula Student

Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Professional Engineering
Examiner online
Hindustan Times online
Whtimes online

IMechE Greenpower

Birmingham Post
Nuneaton Telegraph
WestHighland Free Press
Western Gazette
Holsworthy Post
Oban Times

March 2009

Climate Change Report: Adapting to the Inevitable

National
The Observer
The Observer online
The Daily Telegraph
Telegraph online

Regional
Irish Sun
Evening News Norwich

Trade
The Chemical Engineer
Geographical
Triple Pundit
Professional Engineering
Water, Energy & Environment Journal
Building
Truth Out

Overseas
The Times of India
Energy Tribune

Taipei Times
Chinalyst
Zibb

Cooling the Planet competition
That's Green
Caterham Advertiser
Sutton & Epsom Advertiser
New Addington Advertiser
Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser
Croydon Guardian
Wandsworth Guardian
Individual Online
Eureka
The Malaysian Star
Tenaga Nasionale
Community Newswire
PA News Wire

IMechE reunites war veterans with Engima code breaker
The Daily Mail online
Mail On Sunday online
BBC News Online
Citizen First
MK News 
Culture 24
Public Technology
BCS Computer Conservation Society
The Maui News
Valley Morning Star 
The Register
Boston Globe
Toronto Star
Hindustan Times
Professional Engineer
Bakersfield Now
GMA News

General

Elektra showcases hi-tech new kit
Mid Sussex Times

Diffuser discontent
The Engineer Online

Female engineers celebrated
New Car Net

Can the UK bridge the gap in nuclear power?
MWP

Renewable power targets 'will be missed' without energy from waste
Packaging News Online

Inspire the next generation...
The Times

How to inspire the next generation to do well
The Times Online

War hero honoured by IMechE
Engineering Designer

History in the making
Hexham Courant

Flight risk
The Engineer

Budding Brunels learn about a career in engineering
PA News Wire

Apprentices soar to take national titles
Flintshire Chronicle

Recession hits freight hardest
Rail Business Intelligence

Formula Student
The Oxford Times
Ripon Gazette & Boroughbridge Herald
Harrogate Advertiser
WHTimes online
Daily Mail
The Independent
Chamberlink
Chester Chronicle
Pugwash Online
Welwyn and Hatfield Times
Swindon Advertiser
Racecar Engineering
Irish Independent
Imperial College London

Greenpower
Villager
This is Sussex online
Sussex Express

February 2009

Climate Change Report: Adapting to the Inevitable

National
Times Higher Education Supplement
PA News Wire
BBC News
BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
Teletext
Financial Times
The Guardian
Reuters
Msn
The Peninsular, Middle East.
India Online
Yahoo

Trade
New Scientist
New Scientist online
Professional Engineering
CSE Live
Homeland Security Daily Wire
Heating & Ventilation News
Construction News
Vnunet.com
Business Weekly
Business Weekly online
Business Green
Energy Saving Trust
The Green Car
Gather
Energy Current
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Contract Journal
Planet 2025
Carbon Positive Online
Planet Arc

Local
Canary Wharf online
East Anglian Times
Lowestoft Journal
Irish Sunday Mirror
East Anglian Times
Manchester Evening News
Evening Star
Scunthorpe Telegraph
Shropshire Star

Broadcast coverage 2009

February

Click here to view footage of Climate Change: Adapting to the Inevitable

Brian Robinson, IMechE's Head of Energy, contributes to a live debate on nuclear energy on BBC Radio Wales

December 2008 - January 2009

John Ling, IMechE's Head of Transport, speaks on the reasons to why the Hudson plane crash occurred to Sky News

Brian Robinson, IMechE's Head of Energy, speaks about renewable energy and generating electricity from energy from waste on BBC Radio Scotland

Hudson Plane Crash
Sky News

Colin Brown, IMechE's Director of Engineering, speaks about taking energy for granted on BBC1's The One Show

Marine Energy Report - Taking Scotland's Reputation for Engineering Innovation into the 21st Century
Scotland Today broadcasting clip
BBC Radio Scotland - Newsweek

Energy from Waste - A Wasted Opportunity?
BBC Radio 4 - You & Yours programme
BBC Radio Scotland


Other coverage

February 2009

General

Investigators probe fatal air crash
PA News Wire

Bird Trouble
Professional Engineering

Beating the birds
Professional Engineer

Tribology Gold Medal goes to SKF director
AZ Materials

The truth about recycling
The Guardian

The truth about recycling
Guardian.co.uk

IMechE Bus 2009 Conference
Coach & Bus Week

Government must deliver on retrofit promises
Heating & Ventilation News

Double joy
The Star online

Damian's dedication is rewarded
Whitehaven News online

Young members' network event
Structural Engineer

Business big shot
The Times

Heritage award for Crossness Engine
Old Glory

Engineer says coasts are lost
Ipswich Evening Star

Energy from Waste - A Wasted Opportunity?

Gloucestershire Gazette

Manufacturing Excellence Awards

Independent

Coach & Bus Week
The Manufacturer

Formula Student

East Herts Herald
Portsmouth.co.uk
Wiltshire Business online
Engineer
Welwyn & Hatfield Times
Argus
Potters Bar Times
Manchester Evening News
Machinery Market
Connecting Industry
Architects Choice
IT Analysis
Independent
Whtimes.co.uk
Specify

Greenpower

Western Gazette

Villager

January 2009

Energy from Waste - A Wasted Opportunity?

Daily Telegraph online
Daily Telegraph online
Daily Telegraph online
Daily Telegraph online
Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Sunday Telegraph
Independent on Sunday
The Guardian
Recycling Waste World
The Municipal Journal
CIWM Waste Management
Coventry Green Voice

Heathrow's Third Runway

BBC News Online
The Engineer

Sewage Works Honoured with Rare Heritage Award

Civic and Public Building
News Shopper Bexleyheath & Welling
Mercury
This Is London
Newsshopper.co.uk
Bexley Times
ADF
Housebuilder & Developer

The Italian Job Cliffhanger

The Press & Journal
Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph online
The Herald
Surrey Advertiser
Daily Record

General

Registered engineering technicians on the rise again
Professional Engineering

IMechE President addresses Score
Buchan Observer

Technology to be discussed
The Shuttle

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Rail Professional

IMechE honour
Plant & Works Engineering

Engineering students help the world's poor
Professional Engineering

Tribology Industrialist takes the Gold Medal
Plant & Works Engineering

Bentley celebrates V8's 50th birthday
Channel4.com

Wahonoured by IMechE
Machinery Market

Bentley engine half-century
Car Keys

50 years of the Bentley V8 engine
Auto News

50 years of the Bentley V8 engine
Easier.com

Bentley V8 hits 50
NewCarNet.co.uk

Engineers without Borders showcased at Imperial College
24 Hour Museum

Oil free lubrication
UK Power

St Mary's achieves top marks
Lancashire Evening Post