Contents
Volume 45 Number 1
Regulars Features
Sticking points 6
Increasingly, automotive manufacturers are
turning to mixed materials in their designs.
As this accelerates, the use of structural
adhesives will undoubtedly rise
Chain reaction 8
When the Great Britain Cycling Team was
having problems with the chain it was using
in the run-up to the Rio Olympics, it went in
search of the right solution
Winners, one and all! 10
The IED has again singled out for special
recognition what it considers to have been
the best 2018 fi nal-year university projects
COVER STORY
Race is on for parts production 17
The Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team fi nished
the 2018 FIA Formula One Constructors’
Championship in 8th place. Now the push
has begun for greater success
View from the Chair 4
Colin Ledsome CEng
FIED turns his focus on
Continuing Professional
Development and the
learning experiences it
can bring to any career
Asides 5
Today, calculators give
us the answers we once
used to work out on
paper or in our heads.
Here, Colin Ledsome
CEng FIED reminds us
of how it was done in
medieval times
What’s Happening 16
Elections &
Registrations 30
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After the fl ood 20
The number of people in the UK living in areas
at signifi cant risk of fl ooding could rise from
1.8 million today to 2.6 million by 2050. One
young engineer is trying to help communities
step up their resilience
CPD – what is it? 22
Continuing Professional Development, Life-long
Learning, Continuing Education – all phrases
that are interchanged and used widely within
the professions, but what do they signify?
The future is T-shaped 24
The complex and multi-disciplinary nature of
engineering projects means that a new type of
engineer may be required. But how can those
future talents be found and developed?
Cutting-edge performance 27
University of Malta graduate David Sciberras
has designed a packaging system that has
won the most innovative student project award
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