To coincide with its conference on Advances in Protective Clothing on 25 April 2012, the IOM3 Defence, Safety and Security Committee, with support from Dstl, organised a student design competition. The winners have now been announced.
Andrew Nichols of the University of Bradford has taken home the trophy for first prize in the 2012 Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management "New Generations" competition, held at Arup in Leeds, for his work on remote characterisation of wastewater flows using piezoelectric sensors.
Leeds Bradford Materials Engineering Society (LBMES), 29 Mar 2012
The use of sustainable materials in construction can
contribute to significant improvements in subsequent energy consumption and CO2
emissions. Dr Deborah Pullen, Director of Knowledge Exploitation at the
Building Research Establishment, Watford, UK, outlines the possibilities of new
materials and their implementation.
Replicating ceramic tile may be challenging, but there’s growing demand
in the USA, writes Roger Mayland, of North Prairie Tileworks in Minneapolis, USA.
