Projects

Top job: engineering Brighton’s 180m ‘i360’ tower

Mechanical engineer and amusement rides specialist Dave Inman talks about the ups and downs of the ‘ride’ that will take 200 people to the top of Brighton’s new observation tower.

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Lane drain: a civil engineer’s job keeping the M25 dry

More road, more run off – civil engineer Rob Sutcliffe worked on the M25 widening project to design sustainable drainage systems that would keep traffic flowing.

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Getting to the heart of the job: a design engineer optimises a processor core

Graduate electrical and electronic engineer Jacky tussled with the biggest challenge in processor core design: getting the speed high and the power consumption low.

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A sweet job for an engineering graduate: upgrading a sugar refining plant

How do you keep a sugar refinery running while upgrading the four main process units? Process engineer and troubleshooter Bowden Maingay shares his experience of such a challenge.

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Graduate engineers as experts: a trainee’s research project on biofuels and shipping

Becoming an expert on a new area very quickly is a good challenge for any engineer. Trainee shipping surveyor Dan Griffiths briefed his company’s CEO for a lecture on biofuels and how the shipping industry could transport them.

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Front line fighting tractor: an unusual engineering job for graduates

Fighting vehicle meets Swiss army knife... business development manager, Steve Simpson and project engineer Simeon Tulip engineered and built an armoured vehicle to support frontline troops.

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How a chief signal and telecoms engineer kept a rail upgrade job on track

From Paddington to Penzance, rail signalling upgrades are in the hands of chief signal and telecoms engineer Peter Martell.

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Hot engineering job: installing a combined heat and power plant into a refinery

When process technology manager Stella Summers developed plans to install a combined heat and power plant into a refinery, there was little history to go by. Advancing new ideas, co-ordinating teams and modifying an active refinery were all key challenges.

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