Professional Engineering

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News
Union fears over Indian jet fighter order

Editor’s comment
Government policy is having a negative effect on engineering within schools

Commentary
Jane Burston talks about the need for improved carbon measurement kit

Westminster focus
MPs grill experts about the perception of risk on nuclear power projects

Analysis
Mike Rowles from Jonathan Lee finds reasons for a static jobs market

Survey
Readers’ views on professional status

Soundbites
Educational toys that inspired engineers

Letters
Great inventors and flying bombers

Cover story
Train makers Bombardier and Hitachi are surprisingly bullish about the prospects for new rolling-stock orders in the UK

Cracking up
Hydraulic fracturing is an established technology in the US, but attempts to introduce it to the UK are proving highly controversial and face stiff opposition

On the back burner
Carbon capture and storage has been talked up as a new method of lowering emissions, but establishing a large-scale demonstrator is proving difficult

Risky business
The decision to build a solar-powered flying robot required a leap of faith. But it all worked out well in the end

In the pipeline
Shell’s executive director of technology Matthias Bischel outlines the oil and gas giant’s plans for the future

Breathing spaces
The Low Emission Zone in London

Maintenance
PE looks at advances in condition monitoring

Maintenance
Early warning system for wind turbines

Archive
The beautiful and iconic Jaguar E-Type

Agenda
News and views from the IMechE

Review
The National Coal Mining Museum