Category Archives: Engineering

CAD data sharing

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

CAD drawing software has been around now for many years, actually since the early 1960s. Primarily used to speed up design work, increase reliability and ease of sharing drawings and design ideas amongst the design team and the wider company. … Continue reading →

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Engineering Innovations: The Compass

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

A compass is defined as a device used to determine direction on the surface of the earth. The most familiar type of compass is the magnetic compass, which relies on the fact that a magnetic object tends to align itself … Continue reading →

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Engineering Innovations: The Printing Press

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

Knowledge is power, and the invention of the mechanical movable type printing press helped spread knowledge wider and faster than ever before. German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the modern printing press around 1436, although he was not the first … Continue reading →

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Engineering Innovations: Wind Turbines

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

Wind Turbines and Windmills are ingenious devices that are able to convert wind power into useful mechanical work. This is achieved by using turbine blades or ‘sails’, to impart a rotational force to a main shaft. This, in turn, is … Continue reading →

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Leadership: Succession Leadership

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

Succession leadership is the ability to pass on your leadership responsibility to another capable of the task. To be able to spot potential leaders to take your place, as you step down, in a smooth hand over of responsibilities confident … Continue reading →

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Leadership: nature or nurture?

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

Can good leadership be taught directly or caught by osmosis? Or are we born with leadership genes? Or is it a combination of both? In today’s society we need good leaders. Studies show ‘80% of people do not trust their … Continue reading →

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3D CAD – The Evolution Journey

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

3D CAD was first introduced in the 1990s and was a game changer at the time. Before this CAD was 2D and replicated traditional hand drawn engineering or archtitectural drawings on film or paper, a process that had been around … Continue reading →

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Reverse Engineering

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

A rather counter intuitive title for a blog, but as I have often heard ‘one has to retreat to advance’ ! Reverse engineering in essence is the design process in reverse. The need for reverse engineering arises when one has … Continue reading →

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Integrity in engineering & governance

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

   Jet Engine under test Recent events in the UK and US led me to think about integrity in our world today, especially in places of leadership and governance, and even within our own professions – mine being engineering. Their … Continue reading →

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A train that’s ahead by a nose !

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH

  ALPHA-X                                                                        Maglev Trains are accepted to be less polluting than aircraft but to truly rival plane travel as a valid alternative they are being developed to go faster. In Japan they are testing the ALPHA-X which stands for Advanced … Continue reading →

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