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Engineering Matters

Five times winner of the Publisher Podcast Awards, including Best Technology Podcast, Engineering Matters celebrates the work of engineers who use ingenuity, practicality, science, theory and determination to build a better world. In the UK alone 5.7million people work in engineering related enterprises from manufacturing and agriculture to construction and transportation. Their work ensures that the country has sustainable power supplies, better connectivity between cities, increasing efficiency in

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#153 Recycling Carbon: Biofuels from Waste

Engineering Matters ·

2022/03/10

What if we could take the waste that no one wants, the kind of waste that is shoved into landfill and turn it into sustainable fuel? Thanks to developments in gasification technology this is now possible at a commercial scale. In this episode we visit the Varennes Carbon Recycling Plant to discover why engineers are... The post #153 Recycling Carbon: Biofuels from Waste first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#152 Crisis Shelter Revisited

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2022/03/03

As hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians flee their country which is under attack by Putin’s Russia, we find that the number of forcibly displaced people is at an all-time high. This episode, first run in 2019 and created with Mott MacDonald at the UK Shelter Forum examines the issues affecting shelter provision for refugees. Original... The post #152 Crisis Shelter Revisited first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#151 Electrification: the future of industry

Engineering Matters ·

2022/02/24

In this week’s episode we will learn about the technologies that have driven the development of electrification for a variety of well-known industrial OEM brands. Electric motors, high-frequency battery chargers and motion controllers have made electric and hybrid vehicles more and more ubiquitous. And industry is just getting started. Guests Claes Avasjo, Executive Director, ZAPI... The post #151 Electrification: the future of industry first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#150 Green Hydrogen: Creating the System

Engineering Matters ·

2022/02/17

Green hydrogen, created from renewable energy resources, has been hailed as a panacea to decarbonisation of heat and fluctuation in natural gas prices. But the reality is that not every application will be either cost effective or practically viable. In this episode we explore the case for green hydrogen and find that its success is... The post #150 Green Hydrogen: Creating the System first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#149 Roads: Invention needs Ambition

Engineering Matters ·

2022/02/10

In the UK in 2020, 80% of freight was moved by road and 90% of passenger miles were travelled by road. It is considered a high-carbon form of transport today, but this is changing as new technology is rapidly making electric vehicles and alternative fuels more attractive. With the decarbonisation of road transport, its popularity... The post #149 Roads: Invention needs Ambition first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#148 Skyscrapers: Predicting the Future

Engineering Matters ·

2022/02/03

Predicting the future is difficult, every year would-be prophets fail to predict major events and over-eager journalists seize on the words of ancient mystics to fill column inches. But there are some people who need to be able to predict what society will need, up to a decade in advance. Developers of skyscrapers need to... The post #148 Skyscrapers: Predicting the Future first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#147 Flooding: Making Space for Water

Engineering Matters ·

2022/01/27

In the summer of 2021 record rainfall overwhelmed river systems across Europe. People in the Limburg region of the Netherlands held their collective breath as water levels in the River Meuse rose. Floods in the 1990s had taught them what devastation flooding could bring. Fortunately, the government had already acted, investing in a unique and... The post #147 Flooding: Making Space for Water first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#146 Small Modular Reactors

Engineering Matters ·

2022/01/20

The 2021 energy crisis saw coal power plants fire into life as natural gas prices spiralled and wind turbines stood idle. The combination of circumstances emphasised the need for firm power that is also zero carbon. Fortunately, a quiet revolution has been underway in the nuclear industry as Small Modular Reactor (SMR) plans are maturing.... The post #146 Small Modular Reactors first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#145 Andrew Smyth – Engineering with Cake

Engineering Matters ·

2022/01/13

When Andrew Smyth turned the handle on his clockwork pies on Great British Bake Off in 2016, it brought together two disciplines that had never been combined before. Engineering and baking were combined in the glory of eight mechanised pies. For aerospace engineer Andrew this was just the beginning of a new career as a... The post #145 Andrew Smyth – Engineering with Cake first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#144 Enhancing an Estuary, Restoring a River

Engineering Matters ·

2022/01/06

In this first episode of the New Year, we are telling a story about renewal. A project in 1950s New Zealand called the Kaituna Cut re-diverted a river, draining wetlands to create pasture. But working against nature can have negative consequences. The process caused the Maketū estuary to silt, and biodiversity to crash. Now, following... The post #144 Enhancing an Estuary, Restoring a River first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#143 Learning From Adventure

Engineering Matters ·

2021/12/23

This week we bring you a guest episode from the Planet Beyond podcast. An adventurous spirit in people has made many successful organisations what they are today. To be truly great, we often find these people are guided by a moral compass, possessing core values that provide that relentless pointer to the right way, even... The post #143 Learning From Adventure first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#142 Blue Carbon: The Forgotten Store

Engineering Matters ·

2021/12/16

Humans can feel that we have built a world to live in that is above and apart from nature. We concrete the ground, we regulate the temperature of our spaces, and we shield ourselves from storms. But increasingly wild and frequent weather events are making us doubt the endurance of our fortress of glass, steel,... The post #142 Blue Carbon: The Forgotten Store first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#141 Setting up a Vaccine Factory

Engineering Matters ·

2021/12/09

By the end of 2021, 8 billion doses of COVID19 vaccine had been administered around the world. This achievement has only been possible thanks to world leading scientific research creating vaccines in record breaking time. However not many people realise that this is only part of the story. To get these vaccines into the arms... The post #141 Setting up a Vaccine Factory first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#140 HS2 and the Golden Thread of Station Design

Engineering Matters ·

2021/12/02

High Speed 2 is the UK’s latest transport megaproject. Billed as the largest ever investment in the country’s rail, its first phase will link London in the south via 230km of high-speed rail with Birmingham in the West Midlands. With a focus on innovation and new technologies available, the project is determined to avoid the... The post #140 HS2 and the Golden Thread of Station Design first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#139 Offshore Wind: Scotland’s World Leader

Engineering Matters ·

2021/11/25

At 4.1GW Berwick Bank is planning to become the largest offshore windfarm in the world. This is enough generating capacity to power Scotland’s homes twice over and it would play a critical role in meeting the UK’s wind energy targets. But in order to move ahead it must overcome a range of challenges from obtaining... The post #139 Offshore Wind: Scotland’s World Leader first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#138 Space Resources: The Next Leap

Engineering Matters ·

2021/11/18

Ever since the beginning of the space age, scientists and engineers have considered the role extra-terrestrial resources could have to supporting missions of exploration and science. However, early missions to space and the moon were too brief to benefit from in-situ supplies. Now with a new drive to return to the Moon, this time to... The post #138 Space Resources: The Next Leap first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#137 The Calculator that Could Still Save the World

Engineering Matters ·

2021/11/11

Two years ago the world was preparing for COP25 in Madrid, and we released this episode (#36) about a calculator that was helping countries around the world to lower their greenhouse gas emissions and create more sustainable energy systems. Just as relevant now as it was then, and for the benefit of newer listeners, we... The post #137 The Calculator that Could Still Save the World first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#136 The Future of Mobility

Engineering Matters ·

2021/11/04

In the 20 years before Covid-19 the proportion of 17- to 20-year-olds with a driving licence fell from nearly half to less than a third. Even before lockdowns and remote working, the way people moved was changing. As we organise for the future, we need to understand that the decisions on what to build and... The post #136 The Future of Mobility first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#135 COP26: Decarbonising Transport

Engineering Matters ·

2021/10/29

Decarbonisation of transportation and shipping will require us to leverage improvements to green technologies and adapt to new ways of thinking and organising. It will require us to make different choices, on an individual and collective level. This is the final episode in our series of specials in the run up to COP26. We will... The post #135 COP26: Decarbonising Transport first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#134 COP26: Working in a Climate Conscious World

Engineering Matters ·

2021/10/28

The world is in a climate emergency and as its inhabitants, we have a narrow window of opportunity to take control. And the infrastructure industry has a fundamental and important role to play in reducing global emissions. In this episode, the third of our series leading up to COP26, we look at some ambitious targets... The post #134 COP26: Working in a Climate Conscious World first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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