The struggle for talent is worldwide and technology skills are subject to vigorous competition. Only eight per cent of engineering and technical workers are female, so companies who want a skilled, experienced and diverse workforce should re-examine their policies and concentrate on recruiting more women.

 Just another challenge for design engineers to contemplate in their quest for perfection

 The Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) National Robotics Engineering Center selected the Quantum3D Thermite Tactical Visual Computer (TVC) and IData Human-Machine Interface (HMI) software tool suite for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (TUGV) Operator Control Unit (OCU).

Inventors and engineers have been registering bright ideas with the world's
patent office for over 150 years.
how has technology changed the world?
while the flush toilet, aspirin, the computer, the pill,
the photo-copier and the mobile phone have proved invaluable,
the same cannot be said of every innovation.
but, huuu... what makes a good invention? 

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have released new research results that could affect how we measure a kilogram - the last SI unit based on a manufactured object. 

 AS engineers continue with exploration, looking for new fields of black gold - 

PETROCHINA became the world's largest company by market value today, overtaking US giant ExxonMobil as shares in Asia¿s top oil and gas producer surged by 191 per cent.

 We put Lambo's latest limited-edition, $1.4 million supercar through its paces on an abandoned Italian airstrip. Video, engineering data and photos galore inside

 New building codes and soaring insurance costs are triggering a drive by engineers to develop new materials and structures that are more resistant to hurricanes, as well as other natural calamities such as earthquakes.

Even engineers need to live a balanced life -- 

 Roz Savage's satellite phone--her primary connection to the outside world as she rowed the Atlantic Ocean from the Canaries to Antigua last year--­stopped working 24 days before the end of her 103-day journey. With no ability to text message, blog or receive weather reports, it was then that she finally "got into the zone."

 Railway engineering was at the forefront of the industrial revolution and a good mass transport systems is still critical   --  Keith Ludeman will take his place at St Pancras Station on Tuesday to witness the Queen opening Eurostar's new London terminal .

 The nuclear industry ratchets up another notch as engineers gear up for expansion -

 Auto engineers will be studying the trends as this much expected event occurs and there is a "rearranging" at the top as 

 Life Cycle Costing (LCC) has long been used in planning for reliability and maintenance for complex engineering systems in defence, airline, railway, offshore platform, power station, and other applications.

 Engineers are challenged to control mother nature - 

 "Fly me to the moon" is a song which best describes the price of oil - Maybe ??

 As the price of crude hits new highs , Sylvia Pfeifer looks behind the scenes to discover where the market will end up once the speculative froth has washed away

 Always good to see how the auto engineers make it all JUST  "come together"

 Environmental engineers review a number of issues -

 Testing parts to see if they’ll work on the space shuttle sounds interesting to Austin High School student Sean Goodman who wants to know what being an engineer is really like