Environmental
#123 Engineering Plants: Intelligent Growth Solutions
The world is on the brink of a climate related disaster. The solution requires a combination of engineering disciplines that do not come together very
Environmental
#121 Batteries: The Lithium-Silicon Age
After a decade of growth, there were 10 million electric cars on the world’s roads by the end of 2020. This growth trend is set
Environmental
#113 Food Waste: Making a Net Zero Jet Fuel
Every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food are wasted. The waste occurs all through the supply chain, from the farm itself, all the way to
Environmental
#109 Spiders Versus Plastic
For millions of years spiders have been spinning naturally occurring proteins into an incredibly strong and durable silk. By studying the anatomy of these arachnids,
Environmental
#93 Tomatoes and the Road to Net Zero
Something remarkable is happening in East Anglia. Waste heat from sewage treatment is being pumped into two enormous greenhouses creating low carbon heat for growing
Build
#87 So That Was 2020
Welcome to the very last Engineering Matters of 2020! In this episode we go back to some of the biggest stories that we covered over
Digital
#78 Reinventing invention
A revolution is approaching manufacturing, one that will see costs and time to market cut by as much as 50%. The digitalisation of engineering will
Environmental
#71 Stewards of the Soil
Historically civilisations have sprung up wherever the land was most fertile, soils that supported good crop productivity to meet the food requirements of highly concentrated
Build
#64 EDAROTH
Manchester – the city has been on the cutting edge since the birth of the industrial revolution. From John Dalton’s Atomic Theory in 1803, to
Make
#62 The Washing Machine Project
Hundreds of millions of people in the most economically disadvantaged places in the world spend up to 20 hours per week washing clothes by hand.
Make
#57 Printing versus the pandemic: COVID 19
The coronavirus pandemic that has torn through society has also seen supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) depleted at an alarming rate. As doctors and
Digital
#53 Technology vs biology: fighting COVID 19
As cases of COVID 19 explode, the World Health Organisation is urging countries around the world to learn from South Korea. Before even recording its