Engineers/Engineering

Shortage of engineers becomes a bottleneck for Ukraine’s defence tech

The labour shortage is emerging as one of the biggest bottlenecks to expanding Ukrainian weapons production and accelerating innovation, industry insiders say.

How allergies sparked one teen’s passion for engineering

Sahana Ramaprasad, 17, is among 200 recipients of the Ministry of Education’s Engineering and Tech Programme Scholarship.

Rescue mission for aging NASA space telescope fails

A spacecraft built by space startup Katalyst Space that will tow NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory into a higher orbit awaits encapsulation aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, U.S. June 8, 2026. REUTERS/NASA/Ron Beard

EGP Energy shares close 21.6% above IPO price on trading debut

EGP Energy executive chairman and CEO Frankie Fan (right) with executive director Nicholas Fan.

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The great tech manhunt: East Asia’s billion-dollar race for ASEAN talent

wstalent - Many Vietnamese join the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in Fukuoka, which caters to those aged 18 to 30. At this Hakata Dontaku Festival held in May 2026, members of the group promoted Vietnamese heritage and interacted with local residents and international visitors.
Credit: VIETNAMESE YOUTH AND STUDENT ASSOCIATION IN FUKUOKA

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South Korea’s hunt for 100,000 tech workers

25-year-old Indonesian student Maharani Bahar arrived in February to do her Masters degree at the Sungkyungkwan University and found it relatively easy to settle into life in South Korea.

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No poaching, just ‘enticing environment’: Fukuoka, capital of Japan’s ‘Silicon Island’

wstalent - Hiroyuki Kano, the director of new industry promotion at the Fukuoka City government, introducing the Engineer Cafe, which was born out of a campaign to make the city a place where engineers can gather, be active and grow.

Credit: Walter Sim

Car crisis takes toll on Germany’s young engineers

Total employment in the German automotive sector fell eight per cent in the five years to 2025, even as it grew a little over one per cent overall.

Sense of pride and achievement for engineers involved in completing Circle Line

(From left) Senior civil project engineer Sheron Lee, former LTA deputy chief executive for infrastructure Chua Chong Kheng, Senior Project Engineer for Rail Services, Jega Devarajan and senior project engineer Jeryl Ong.

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