6 to 12 June 2015

This week the Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter was interviewed again about the roller coaster crash in Alton Towers, with interviews on Sky News and LBC Radio. There was an interview in the Brentwood Gazette with the Institution’s new President Prof Richard Folkson and follow up coverage in a range of trade press for our latest report looking at heat energy. There was also local media coverage about the TE Connectivity team from Swindon taking part in this year’s Railway Challenge.

• 06/06/2015 Alton Towers crash (broadcast links currently unavailable) – Sky News

The Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter was interviewed on Sky News about the Alton Tower’s roller coaster crash. The same interview featured in a number of other new bulletins during the day. She was also interviewed for LBC radio while comments from Institution Fellow Dr Tony Cox about the accident were also picked up by the Express & Star.

• 06/06/2015 Warley professor issues call for young engineers – Brentwood Gazette

Article featuring an interview with the Institution’s new President Prof Richard Folkson.

• 10/06/2015 Graduates target trophy in the railway challenge – Swindon Advertiser

Article about the TE Connectivity team taking part in this year’s Railway Challenge. The news was also covered in This is Wiltshire and The Business Exchange Swindon and Wilts.

• 09/06/2015 Call for new legislation to create national property insulation standard in UK – Property Wire

Article about the Institution’s latest report Heat Energy: the Nation’s Forgotten Crisis. There was also follow up coverage, following last week’s report launch in Builders Merchants Journal,  Rural Energy News, Heating & Ventilating, Roofing Today, The Construction Index and Specification Online.

• 08/06/2015 All terrain wheelchair to scale the heights of Kilimanjaro – The Engineer

Article about five members of the Spanish Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers that will design and make a wheelchair, as well as accompany a Paralympic athlete using the wheelchair, on a journey to the Tanzanian mountain in September.

• 12/06/2015 NUST students qualify for motorsport competition – DAWN

Article in Pakistani English-language news website about NUST University students taking part in this year’s Formula Student competition.

• 10/06/2015 HellermannTyton help students get into gear for national competition – Electrical Contracting News

Article about the support the company HellermannTyton are giving to Birmingham University’s Formula Student team. The news was also covered in Electrical Engineering.