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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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#319 Revisited: Green Engineering, with Bison

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2025/03/06

Britain’s biodiversity has been declining sharply over the last 50 years. The country is now one of the most nature-depleted nations in the world. Despite legislation and efforts to stem the tide of wildlife population decline, little has helped. In February 2025, the UK government announced a new approach to reintroductions of beavers in England....The post #319 Revisited: Green Engineering, with Bison first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#318 Gaming Out a Career in Nuclear

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2025/02/27

At a unique hackathon in Manchester, a diverse group of hackers, coders, and gamers gathered to design digital solutions for the nuclear industry, blending innovation, teamwork, and pressure-driven problem-solving. The event, called HackAFuture, served as a groundbreaking careers initiative, offering the winning team not just bragging rights, but jobs with AtkinsRéalis developing their solution. This...The post #318 Gaming Out a Career in Nuclear first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#317 Human Factors, Human Error, and Safety by Design

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2025/02/20

When we search for causes of accidents, we often assume a binary: either mechanical failure, or human error, were to blame, and we must pick between them. But labelling an accident as caused by human error doesn’t teach us anything. It makes no effort to understand what caused people to make the decisions they did....The post #317 Human Factors, Human Error, and Safety by Design first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#316 What Can AI Engineers Learn From Medical...

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2025/02/13

AI is evolving so fast it eludes definition. The potential impact of the field is barely understood, even by those working in it. ‘Move-fast-and-break-things’ practitioners are deploying AI systems in autonomous vehicles, in courts, in medical diagnosis, and now even at the heart of the US federal government. Few of the constraints that govern individual...The post #316 What Can AI Engineers Learn From Medical Professionals? first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#315 Renewing the World, Without Costing the Planet

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2025/02/06

How should engineers think about their duty to design safe structures? For IStructE’s head of climate action Will Arnold, this duty extends beyond the structure, to the safety of everyone on the planet. With renewable energy cutting operational carbon emissions, the majority of the engineering sector’s impact on climate change now comes from embodied carbon....The post #315 Renewing the World, Without Costing the Planet first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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44:54

#314 Remote Operation, To the Moon and Back

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2025/01/30

Ten years ago, Fugro set out on an ambitious mission: to bring expert staff off of vessels, and into a purpose built remote operations centre, or ROC. The first of these ROCs, in Houston, now allows specialist staff to work on multiple projects at once, giving customers the real time data and analysis they need...The post #314 Remote Operation, To the Moon and Back first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#313 Introducing: Mapping Italy’s Seagrass for...

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2025/01/23

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has a 100 year history of mapping the world’s oceans. John Nyberg, technical director, explains how the organisation’s role in understanding our oceans is evolving. Now, rather than just recording ocean depths for mariners, the organisation is setting standards for how we record environmental data. In Italy, this approach is...The post #313 Introducing: Mapping Italy’s Seagrass for Biodiversity Gain, from Planet Beyond first appeared on Engineering

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#312 Lifting Each Other Up: Engineering Matters...

Engineering Matters ·

2025/01/17

What do engineers build? Often, the answer will be bridges and dams, apartment blocks and factories. But in everything they do, engineers are also helping to build communities. They are contributing to building people’s careers, and it is those jobs that are central to building a better world. In this episode, the last of four...The post #312 Lifting Each Other Up: Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist — People first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#311 Transforming the World, and the Economy –...

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2025/01/16

At the core of engineering and manufacturing, is the transformation of materials. A tree becomes a book. A stone is transformed into a concrete bridge, rocks into steel and glass skyscrapers. Each of these transformations are inefficient. Raw materials are lost to waste. Mechanical energy is converted into lost heat. In this inefficiency, we gradually... The post #311 Transforming the World, and the Economy – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#310 Manufacturing a Brighter Future – Engineering...

Engineering Matters ·

2025/01/15

Across every sector, from manufacturing to transportation, energy to construction, the race toward a net zero future is reshaping how we work, produce, and consume. These industries have powered global growth for decades, but now, they must also lead the way in securing a sustainable future. The scale of the challenge is immense. Achieving a...The post #310 Manufacturing a Brighter Future – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#310 Manufacturing a Brighter Future – Engineering...

Engineering Matters ·

2025/01/15

Across every sector, from manufacturing to transportation, energy to construction, the race toward a net zero future is reshaping how we work, produce, and consume. These industries have powered global growth for decades, but now, they must also lead the way in securing a sustainable future. The scale of the challenge is immense. Achieving a... The post #310 Manufacturing a Brighter Future – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 2 first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#309 A Generation of Change – Engineering Matters...

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2025/01/14

What links draught excluders and nuclear reactors? Or carbon capture and methane monitoring? As we enter a generation of change, these and other ideas will be key to developing efficient, decarbonised energy, and to how we use this energy in our homes. This week, we introduce the shortlisted entries for the 2025 Engineering Matters Awards....The post #309 A Generation of Change – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet Part 1 first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#308 Building Bandwidth in the 1920s

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2025/01/09

We live in a world where data and connectivity are essential to almost everything we do. Cable and satellite connections add value to business through trade and collaboration, and enrich our personal lives with the ability to engage with friends and family around the world. Maintaining these connections is a central aim of engineers in...The post #308 Building Bandwidth in the 1920s first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#307 Giving the Gift of Engineering

Engineering Matters ·

2024/12/19

For many of us, now is a season of giving. A well chosen gift can bring lasting joy. But it’s easy to get wrong. One of the finest gifts anyone can give, is the gift of engineering. But how can engineers and designers ensure that when they share their gifts, they really meet the needs...The post #307 Giving the Gift of Engineering first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#306 Revisited: Building Rothera Wharf

Engineering Matters ·

2024/12/12

This week, we are returning to Rothera, in the Antarctic, where, in 2021 the British Antarctic Survey had just completed work on a project it has called ‘the world’s most extreme construction site’. Pour yourself a warming drink, and enjoy the episode. We’ll be back with a new episode next week. Since the end of...The post #306 Revisited: Building Rothera Wharf first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#305 Making the Case for Nature-Based Solutions

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2024/12/05

Nature-based solutions are emerging as vital tools to tackle the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss by leveraging nature’s inherent resilience to protect and restore ecosystems. This episode explores how innovative approaches can make these solutions mainstream and economically viable while addressing complex challenges like urban flooding, ecosystem restoration, and sustainable investment opportunities....The post #305 Making the Case for Nature-Based Solutions first appeared on

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#304 Grounded in Knowledge – Ireland’s Biggest...

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2024/11/28

During the last Ice Age, glaciers scored huge trenches through the land beneath the Irish Sea. Today, those valleys are filled with softer material and sit between tracts of hard rock, creating a diverse landscape that wind farm developer Codling Wind Park has had to research in painstaking detail before it can begin installing its...The post #304 Grounded in Knowledge – Ireland’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#303 Gathering data at the speed of a train:...

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2024/11/21

Monitoring and maintaining an entire rail network can be costly, slow and, for those working on the track, very dangerous. Specialised trains were developed that could be mounted with sensors for collecting data on track gauging and track condition, however these couldn’t be mounted together. In this episode we look into the development of RILA...The post #303 Gathering data at the speed of a train: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Health & Safety Gold Champion – Fugro RILA first appeared on

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#302 Engineering Matters Awards: iNaturalist –...

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2024/11/14

From habitat destruction, to use of pesticides, the arrival of invasive species and the growing impact of climate change, life, in all shapes and sizes, is fighting to survive. To protect the world’s biodiversity, first we have a better understanding of what and where that biodiversity is. In this episode we delve into iNaturalist, the...The post #302 Engineering Matters Awards: iNaturalist – Conservation, Community and AI first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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#301 Electrifying Sydney: Transformational Energy...

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2024/11/07

In the early 1900s Sydney was transformed by its first electric lighting system, which was so bright compared to gas lamps it was hailed as “turning night into day”. The network did much more than just light up the streets. It democratised power, electrifying communities, homes and businesses for the first time. The system, designed by...The post #301 Electrifying Sydney: Transformational Energy Systems first appeared on Engineering Matters.

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