21 to 27 January 2017

This week there was national pick up following comments from the Institution’s Dr Colin Brown on the industrial strategy. Dr Helen Meese wrote an article for The Engineer looking at the role engineers can play in helping to improve the NHS. Elsewhere, there was pick-up for the Institution’s educational events, Formula Student and the UAS Challenge.

• 23/01/2017 Here’s what UK tech thinks of Theresa May’s modern industrial strategy – City AM
  Comments from the Institution’s Dr Colin brown on the Government’s industrial strategy are picked up. The quotes were also featured in Connecting Industry, Process & Control Today, iNews, Environment Analyst, Engineering Materials, Process Engineering and Eureka.

• 25/01/2017 Engineers: the forgotten problem-solvers of the NHS – The Engineer
  Opinion piece by the Institution’s Dr Helen Meese on how engineers can help improve the NHS.

• 23/01/2017 This is what we need to do to get fusion energy on the grid by 2030 – International Business Times
  Article which cites the Institution’s involvement, through the Stephenson Fund, in a project to put fusion energy at the forefront by 2030.

• 25/01/2017 First metrology apprenticeship in the pipeline – Ads Advance
  Article which cites the Institution’s flagship Formula Student event.

• 27/01/2017 JUST THE JOB: DMU graduate gets job at McLaren V8 and Bugatti Veyron business – Leicester Mercury
  A profile of a young engineer who took part in Formula Student for her final year project at university.

• 23/01/2017 Northrop to sponsor Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ UAS Design Competition – GovCon Wire
  Article about Northrop Grumman who are gold sponsors of this year’s UAS Challenge.

• 27/01/2017 Drone conference looks at emergency response, investigation and data collection – Emergency Services Times
  Article about an upcoming Institution event.