COMMUNICATIONS BRIEFING: 14 to 20 April 2018

INSTITUTION IN THE NEWS

The Institution’s response to the publication by the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence (House of Lords) was picked up by the trade press.

The Press Office’s Throwback Thursday Twitter campaign to celebrate the Institution’s heritage featured an image of a breathing apparatus dating from 1882.

In order to promote the Institution as an events space, the Institution has also launched a Twitter campaign showcasing the fascinating paintings, artefacts and models on display in the Institution’s rooms. This week’s image is of the painting of James Watt which hangs in the Council Room.

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• 17/04/2018 Response to the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence – Engineering Update

  Dr Jenifer Baxter’s response to the AI report published by the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence (House of Lords) in which she highlights that as AI becomes a more integral part of our day-to-day lives, regulation must be specific to each sector, rather than an overarching framework.

• 18/04/2018 The only surviving Prototype de Havilland Mosquito aircraft receives Engineering Heritage Award – Design Solutions

Continued coverage of the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world, being presented with an Engineering Heritage Award by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Also featured in Machinery Market and Connecting Industry.

• 16/04/2018 RGU Engineering students win IMechE Award – Process and Control

  News that a group of engineering students at Robert Gordon University have won a project award from the Institution, which allowed them the opportunity to present research at a major industry conference.

• 20/04/2018 AI and robots probably won’t take your job – Machinery Market

  Article which highlights a feature from the Institution which quotes a forecast that 47% of jobs in the USA in 2010 were at “high risk” of being automated over the following 20 years, and in the UK, the figure stands at 35%.

• 19/04/2018 Satellite launched to tackle space junk – Machinery Market

  Article which highlights that a report from the Institution which says that Surrey Space Centre’s RemoveDebris satellite will test a net and harpoon for catching fragments of obsolete spacecraft. 

• 18/04/2018 Torquing up success at Formula Student – Sensors and Instrumentation

Profile of the team from the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal which is developing a high performance electric motor for their car. Also featured in Sensors Online and Electronic Specifier.