Digital
#317 Human Factors, Human Error, and Safety by Design
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
Digital
#316 What Can AI Engineers Learn From Medical Professionals?
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
Build
#315 Renewing the World, Without Costing the Planet
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,
Digital
#314 Remote Operations, To the Moon and Back
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,
Digital
#313 Introducing: Mapping Italy’s Seagrass for Biodiversity Gain, from Planet Beyond
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
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#312 Lifting Each Other Up — Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, People
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
Environmental
#311 Transforming the World, and the Economy — Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 3
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,
Environmental
#310 Manufacturing a Brighter Future – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 2
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.
Environmental
#309 A Generation of Change – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 1
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
Build
#308 Building Bandwidth in the 1920s
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
Build
#307 Giving the Gift of Engineering
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
Environmental
#306 Revisited: Building Rothera Wharf
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