The project director of the Bloodhound SSC is visiting ECSA on Monday 27 Feb at 17:45.
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Transport

Transport is the movement of people and goods from one location to another. Transport is important since it enables trade between peoples, which in turn establishes civilisations. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations.

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While the Jetsons lived in the far-off year 2062, one aspect of their futuristic world will become a reality next year: flying cars!

We previously reported on the Transition, the two-seater drivable aircraft that the Massachusetts company Terrafugia has been developing over the past four years.

The Federal Aviation Administration recently approved the vehicle, and the company expects it to be available by the end of 2011.

Engineering Projects

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Bloodhound SSC

Welcome to the BLOODHOUND Project, the engineering adventure for the 21st century. The United Kingdom has long been famed for its engineering heritage, but in recent years we have had little to shout about, until now!

The primary objective of the Project is to inspire the next generation to pursue careers in science, engineering, technology and maths - by demonstrating how they can be harnessed to achieve the seemingly impossible, such as the BLOODHOUND 1,000 mph land speed record.

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SAWomEng@network will host its first set of workshops in November. Ideally geared at young graduates in the engineering industry, this year, they aim to tackle Ethical Leadership and the contribution engineers make to ethical leadership and decision making. For further details visit www.sawomeng.org.za

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Dr Louis Kirsten

Louis studied civil engineering, did PHD research in the area of soil erosion, was a Director at a civil engineering construction company and is now working at Vela VKE as Principal Engineer.  To read more about Louis’ world visit www.velavke.co.za or www.arbitrators.org.za

 

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Agricultural engineering isn't limited to planet Earth. NASA uses agricultural engineers to develop systems to grow food in space. One NASA project is developing hydroponic techniques the science of growing food in water without soil that will keep some future human colony on Mars well-fed.