From Monday 1-3 November 2021, Institute of Applied Sciences (INES Ruhengeri) hosted an International Conference on Civil Engineering Education. The conference theme is:“Repositioning Civil Engineering Education for Sustainable Development”. “The objective of the conference is to bring together a number of higher education institutions and industries in sub-Saharan Africa, and beyond, to discuss the latest […]

London conference organized by the Royal Academy of Engineering has the theme Problem-based learning – teaching engineers to tackle the SDGs. This conference marks the launch of World Engineering Day, a global celebration of the contributions made by the engineering profession to sustainable development, and an opportunity to highlight the role that the next generation […]

An international team of student engineers from different universities across the UK, the US and China has won a global engineering competition with an elegant and practical idea to empower women in developing countries by providing cheap sanitary pads made from recycled clothing. The Empads concept was developed by Juncheng Shen (University of Nottingham Ningbo, […]

George Winfield, Founder and CEO of SPYRAS, announced as winner of the prestigious JC Gammon award, receiving a £15,000 prize with support from the Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub. SPYRAS is developing a low-cost, paper-based sensor to help identify sepsis in hospital patients by accurately monitoring their breathing rate. Finalist innovations ranged from a […]