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#249 The Cables That Bind Our World Together
Engineering Matters
01/25/24 • -1 min
The modern world is bound together with cables. As our economy moves to the cloud, the vast majority of data traffic passes through subsea cables. As we transition to renewable energy, hundreds of kilometres of cabling are needed within each wind farm, and to connect wind farms to the shore. When the first cables were...
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#245 Transparent Concrete
Engineering Matters
12/21/23 • -1 min
What would it mean to be able to look at a bag of concrete, and see its embodied carbon? That’s the goal of the new benchmark rating scheme for concrete, developed by the UK Low Carbon Concrete Group. It will allow suppliers, contractors and developers to consider the carbon footprint of projects, alongside cost and...
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SHORT: Junade Ali – The Youngest Fellow at the IET
Engineering Matters
10/24/23 • 13 min
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a renowned professional organization at the forefront of advancing engineering and technology. The IET plays a pivotal role in fostering innovation, knowledge sharing, and networking within the engineering community, making it a cornerstone institution for professionals dedicated to shaping the future of technology. Becoming an IET fellow...
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#239 The resilience mindset, on Planet Beyond
Engineering Matters
11/09/23 • 44 min
This week, we’re bringing you a guest episode from the Planet Beyond podcast. In this episode, Planet Beyond host Jon Baston-Pitt talks to Resilience Association vice chair Peter Power, about how organisations in the public and private sectors can develop a ‘resilience mindset’. We live in a world of unparalleled complexity and risk. The structure...
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#128 Positioning Satellites in New Space
Engineering Matters
09/30/21 • 38 min
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...
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#260 The Engineering Matters Awards – Net Zero, part 1
Engineering Matters
02/15/24 • 26 min
This March, the industry will gather at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London, for the inaugural Engineering Matters Awards. Over two weeks of episodes, we’ll be introducing all of the shortlisted entries. The Awards will demonstrate why engineering matters. We’ll be sharing some exciting innovations. And we will be looking at a range of ways...
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#153 Recycling Carbon: Biofuels from Waste
Engineering Matters
03/10/22 • 31 min
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...
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#21 Electric Aviation: Meeting demand for low emission flight
Engineering Matters
05/09/19 • 16 min
Norwegian airline Widerøe needs a new fleet of planes to serve its regional passenger base. But it doesn’t want to buy conventional aircraft. It wants a zero emission fleet to undertake its 450 flights per day, and move 2.8 million passengers per year. But so far, no electric planes have been certified for commercial flight...
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#248 Revisited: Secrets of the Hoover Dam
Engineering Matters
01/18/24 • -1 min
Are there really bodies buried in the Hoover Dam? Was the hard hat really invented here in 1931? And why was it originally called Boulder Dam? In this episode, first aired in 2019, we explore and uncover the secrets of one of the greatest engineering projects ever built. The unique and formidable Hoover Dam. Learn...
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FAQ
How many episodes does Engineering Matters have?
Engineering Matters currently has 330 episodes available.
What topics does Engineering Matters cover?
The podcast is about Earth Sciences, Podcasts, Technology and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Engineering Matters?
The episode title '#164 Under the North Sea: Threat and Promise' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Engineering Matters?
The average episode length on Engineering Matters is 30 minutes.
How often are episodes of Engineering Matters released?
Episodes of Engineering Matters are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Engineering Matters?
The first episode of Engineering Matters was released on Jun 25, 2018.
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