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JuteX’s jute fibre bicycle: For a better environment The bicycle stands out through the durability, affordability and eco-friendly production system. Photos: Courtesy of JuteX Labiba Kabir Labiba Kabir JuteX is a durable, natural fibre, and an affordable bicycle brand, started by like-minded social entrepreneurs.The startup is the idea of Team Matrix, consisting of Syed Wasim Ul Huda, Tahsin Toqi, and Sadia Turna, recent graduates from the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST). They won the Hult Prize at AUST (on campu...

How sustainable and resilient production helps secure future competitiveness 30th Aachen Machine Tool Colloquium How sustainable and resilient production helps secure future competitiveness The Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT will discuss the question of how the Internet of Production (IoP) can support this process and at the same time make companies crisis-proof during the 30th Aachen Machine Tool Colloquium (AWK) on September 22 and 23, 2021, at Eurogress Aachen and in digital...

Professor Akii Ibhadode is a distinguished Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and Shell Professor of Lightweight Automobile Engine Development. He obtained a B.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering) in the First Class, University of Lagos in 1981, M.Eng. (Production Engineering), University of Benin in 1984, and a Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1987. Prof. Ibhadode’s unprecedented footprints as a distinguished scholar, researcher and administrator bestride the University of Benin from 1982, and the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FU...

Share THE National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the running of Forensic Science and 13 other environmental/engineering courses at the First Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Based on the approval, the institution has become the first university to offer the course in Nigeria after the Nigerian Police Academy. The approval was contained in a letter from the NUC dated February 10, 2021, based on a recent verification exercise the commission conducted at the university. According to a statement issued by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Akee...

Toyota Celebrates 30 Million Vehicles Made in North America Photo: Toyota This week, Toyota Motor North America celebrated the production of 30 million vehicles, and we decided to do some math. The first vehicle that Toyota produced in North America, a white Corolla FX16, rolled out of the New United Motor Manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, on Oct. 7, 1986 — a little over 18.5 million minutes ago. In other words, Toyota has since cranked out an average of 1.62 vehicles per minute, and the automaker’s production pace is only accelerating. It reached 10 million units in 2002, 16 y...