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A.H. Cottrell led a large team of scientists and engineers as Deputy Director of the Metallurgy Division of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, between 1955 and 1958. The team sought to develop a fundamental understanding of the effect of aggressive operating conditions on the properties and behaviour of materials used in the construction of reactors, which provided important and critical insights into their design, operation and safety. The story is told through the experiences and research activities of one of Cottrell’s junior research staff. It offers an insight into the contributions made by Cottrell to the science and technology regarding materials used in the early days of building reactors for the generation of nuclear energy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the history of Peel, Williams & Co., an engineering company in Manchester, England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Popularity of the company; Description of its founders and how they formed the business; Distribution of printed catalogs, which is early evidence of standardized mass production of engineering goods in anticipation of demand; Expansion of the business; Progression of the company and its eventual demise.

The article focuses on the visit by intrepid members and friends of the Cleveland Institution of Engineers (CIE) to the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge which is over the river Tees in England, in May 2012.

The article features Molley Stevens, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM³). She cites that her desire to help patients and impact human health is the primary factor that motivates her to do research. She states that she was appointed as lecturer at Imperial College London in England in 2004. She explains her background on biophysics, pharmaceutical sciences and bioengineering. She advises young researchers to work hard on something they find important.