28 January to 3 February 2017

This week the Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter was quoted in an article in the Observer and Guardian online about the shortage of female engineers in the energy sector, there was trade coverage for the launch of Formula Student and the Institution’s investments through the Stephenson Fund.

• 28/01/2017 Energy sector faces struggle to find the female engineers of the future – The Observer

The Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter is interviewed in an article about the shortage of female engineers in the energy sector, saying that the root of the problem lies not just in education but in society more generally.

• 31/01/2017 Gearing up for Formula Student 2017 – Eureka Magazine

Article about the launch of this year’s Formula Student competition. The news was also picked up in Process & Control Today.

• 30/01/2017 Institution invests in innovative company reducing gas leakage in utility networks – Process & Control Today

  Article about the Institution’s latest investment through the Stephenson fund into Southampton-based company Utonomy. The news was also picked up in Efficient Energy and there was also reference to the Institution’s activities via the Stephenson Fund in Angel News, Nuclear Engineering International and World Nuclear News.

   

• 02/02/2017 Institution celebrates £2,500 gift from the Patron’s Fund – Engineering Update

  News story about the Institution receiving a £2,500 gift from The Patron’s Fund, the charitable fund set up to acknowledge the work of the charitable organisations for which Her Majesty, The Queen acts as Patron.

   

• 30/01/2017 BP and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers join forces to boost UK skills – Engineering Update

  Article about the Institution and BP agreeing to work together to support BP engineers access training and work towards professional registration.

   

• 30/01/2017 The future of transport – Artefact Magazine

  Feature on the future of transport which cites London-based architect Lars Hesselgren, speaking at the Institution’s headquarters, about the potential to build underground tunnels for cars.

   

• 30/01/2017 World farming – Strength in numbers – CPM

Article which references the Institution’s research into food waste in India.