and we're very proud to be associated with the improvements he made to the Newcomen steam engine," said the head of the James Watt School of Engineering, Professor David Cumming. "The world has ...

Surely a horse should have one horsepower (HP), right?Well, according to a 1993 letter written between two scientists, that’s ...

A graduate from the James Watt School of Engineering has received a prestigious award from one of Glasgow’s historic trade ...

Engineers Ireland has named Clare-native Dr Róisín Buckley has won the Chartered Engineer of the Year Award for 2024. Dr ...

Every two years the IMechE awards the James Watt International Gold Medal to an eminent engineer who has attained world-wide recognition in mechanical engineering in any direction. This year’s winner, ...

A very large white marble statue was erected in St Paul's chapel in Westminster Abbey in memory of James Watt (died 1819), the great civil engineer, by the sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey. This cost ...

DOM:'When he grew up, he became a mechanical engineer and started to eagerly explore how steam engines worked.' DICK:'James Watt's genius was to take the steam engine an invention that had been ...