Contents
Volume 45 Number 6
Regulars Features
COVER STORY: STEM ENGAGEMENT
Hitting the right note 6
An inexperienced amateur string quartet
was the inspiration for an engineering
educational outreach programme involving
some 2,500 schoolchildren, more than 50
engineers and one piano
Recumbent cycle desert racing 10
A London South Bank University project to
develop a high-speed competitive recumbent
racing bicycle has successfully moved from
faculty research to student initiative
Profi le: Kids Invent Stuff 14
Two prize-winning engineers collaborate to
produce internet video site Kids Invent Stuff
E&PDE CONFERENCE
Identifying design trends 16
This prize-winning visual paper came out of
a student project that analysed novelties at
a Dutch design conference
View from the Chair 4
Colin Ledsome CEng
FIED contends that
design must evolve with
the times
Asides 5
The magic of
mechanics: explaining
the planimeter, a paperbased
measuring tool
Patent Offi ce 28
New round-up section
Wright Hassall 28
Intellectual property in
its various guises
What’s Happening 33
IED Elections &
Registrations 34
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Going beyond object sketching 18
This prize-winning visual paper contends that
drawing remains relevant in the IT age
Innovation in bricks and mortar 20
The University of Portsmouth houses its new
multidisciplinary innovation engineering course
Medical minicapsules 22
A new way to diagnose intestinal problems
relies on a novel manufacturing process
Bendy spokes 24
Independent developments from the US and
the UK both combine composite materials and
innovative designs to improve spoked wheels
Phil Bateman EngTech profi le 30
The new Vice Chair speaks about his life
Innovation management 31
Dr Benjamin W Watson CEng CTPD CEnv MIED
discusses the context for innovation
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