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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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#145 Andrew Smyth – Engineering with Cake

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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

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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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#133 COP26: The Legacy of the Lac Megantic Disaster

Engineering Matters ·

2021/10/27

Early in the morning of 6 July 2013 a freight train carrying 7.7 million litres of crude oil derailed, destroying downtown Lac Megantic, a small town in Quebec, Canada. The disaster claimed 47 lives and destroyed over 30 buildings and condemning a further 36. As part of the rebuilding efforts, the town saw an opportunity... The post #133 COP26: The Legacy of the Lac Megantic Disaster first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#132 COP26: Decarbonising Buildings

Engineering Matters ·

2021/10/26

Every year buildings around the world are responsible for 13.6bn tonnes of carbon equivalent to 40 percent of all emissions. These are generated by the materials that shape them, the energy that illuminates them and the molecules that heat them. As countries gather in Scotland at COP 26 for the world’s biggest climate change conference,... The post #132 COP26: Decarbonising Buildings first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#131 Cranes: How to Plan a Lift

Engineering Matters ·

2021/10/21

Modern construction cranes are highly optimised. They’re designed to lift as much as possible, as far or as high as possible, while being able to fit into tight spaces when needed. To work safely and efficiently, they need to spread the weight of the load, and the crane, down to the ground they stand on,... The post #131 Cranes: How to Plan a Lift first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#130 Navigating New Construction Technology

Engineering Matters ·

2021/10/14

The money flowing in to new construction technology is unprecedented. In the in the five years from 2009 to 2014, $8 billion was spent on digital investments to boost productivity, improve design and optimise project management. But in the following five years – 2014 to 2019 – this more than tripled, with investors pouring more... The post #130 Navigating New Construction Technology first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#129 A Vision for Clean Growth in Bradford

Engineering Matters ·

2021/10/07

Bradford in the North West of the UK was at the heart of the industrial revolution. Its world class textiles industry made it one of the richest cities in the world. But now it needs a new vision for the future and in this episode we have partnered with WSP to discover how the UK’s... The post #129 A Vision for Clean Growth in Bradford first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#128 Positioning Satellites in New Space

Engineering Matters ·

2021/09/30

As the regions of space around Earth become increasingly crowded with new satellites, the most popular orbits of all are becoming hazardous. Beyond a point, the crowding will reach a level at which a collision between two objects would result in a cascade. The initial collision would lead to yet more collisions until Low Earth... The post #128 Positioning Satellites in New Space first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#127 Tools for Thinking

Engineering Matters ·

2021/09/28

In today’s episode we are looking from the dawn of engineering to the modern day, at ‘tools for thinking’. These are the intellectual methods and the physical tools that engineers have used throughout history to work through their ideas and prove viability. Each advance makes it possible to work with numbers in new ways, and... The post #127 Tools for Thinking first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#126 Propping up Vienna

Engineering Matters ·

2021/09/23

Vienna, the capital city of Austria is also known worldwide as The City of Music and this musical metropolis is fine tuning the way that it constructs underground. In order to expand its metro system it has turned to the use of hydraulic props to hold back the pressure from the earth during construction of... The post #126 Propping up Vienna first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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