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FeME launches new webinar series: FeME Perspectives – Showcasing our people, practice, and purpose
Failure Modes of Engineering (FeME) is delighted to announce the launch of a new quarterly webinar series, FeME Perspectives: Showcasing our people, practice,...
FeME launches ‘No Boundaries’ Conference and Festival
FeME is excited to launch the Call for Proposals for No Boundaries, one-day conference and festival exploring transdisciplinary practice and collaboration,...
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Leading with Inclusion and Imagination: A Conversation with Maty Tall, Chair of the FeME Advisory Board
FeME’s Independent Advisory Board brings together global leaders in engineering, systems thinking, and inclusive innovation to help guide the network’s growth and impact. The Board’s role is to advise, challenge, and amplify FeME’s mission to ensure our values of...
FeME Climate Challenge: An Event for Engineering Futures
The inaugural FeME Climate Challenge gathered more than 60 participants from 18 countries for two days of collaboration, reflection, and experimentation in Edinburgh in September 2025. It marked the launch of the Failure Modes of Engineering (FeME) network plus, a...
The FeME Tapestry: Weaving Stories of Inclusive Engineering
When we launched the Failure Modes of Engineering Network (FeME), one of our first priorities was to create a way to showcase the breadth and depth of people and projects working to reimagine engineering for a just and sustainable future. That vision has become the...
Why Failure: Engineering Lessons for a Just Future
Engineering has always been about problem-solving. We design systems to work reliably, products to perform consistently, and infrastructure to endure. But here is the uncomfortable truth: engineering fails all the time. We see it when flood defences collapse, when...
Launching FeME: Reimagining Engineering Together
We are proud to launch the Failure Modes of Engineering Network (FeME), a collaboration between the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Heriot-Watt, supported by £2.2 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). FeME has grown from...