Inside the chamber of secrets
By Lee Hibbert, .
Ann Dowling is a world authority on noise and acoustics and the public face of Cambridge University’s engineering department. PE hears her plans for better collaboration
Professional Engineering
Issue: 2011-10-3
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Atomic Bomb by Peter Rice-Evans
By Lee Hibbert, .
How physics underpinned the development of nuclear weapons during the 20th century
Explosion of creativity
By Laura Gardner, .
Two 19th-century Italians have been credited with developing the internal combustion engine, but the pair failed to profit from their invention
Questions over funding for nuclear expansion
By PE, .
Costs and risks associated with nuclear construction raise further questions
£35 million boost for Scottish renewables
By PE, .
The fund was announced at the second Scottish Low-Carbon Investment conference in Edinburgh
The missing 51%
By Holly Else, .
Women make up more than half of the population yet are still seriously under-represented in engineering. But recent initiatives are encouraging campaigners on the issue
Peter’s Railway paperbacks by Christopher Vine
By PE, .
A new batch of paperbacks maintains the high standards of the earlier versions
Smart moves
By Richard Lucas, .
A combination of software and wireless technology developments is taking process control out into new large-scale and very small-scale applications
The economy remains fragile. How should the government help to stimulate growth?
By PE, .
Readers offer their views
Can lasers solve the energy crisis?
By Ben Hargreaves, .
Research on nuclear fusion is hotting up. PE reports on the latest advances on both sides of the Atlantic