Support for engineering ‘Nobel Prize’

Posted on 28 Mar 2011 by The Manufacturer

The aerospace and defence industry has expressed its support for a new international prize in engineering, along the lines of the Nobel Prize, as touted by government in last week’s Plan for Growth.

Government says it is working with the private sector to create an endowment for the prize with the aim of making “engineering a desirable profession again, where young people aspire to be great engineers.” The prize would have a wide scope, incorporating every type of science applied to improving human life and sustaining the natural…

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