Tagged: engineering
scientist 52: the civil engineer – Robert Mair on Crossrail and Westminster (2014)
visitors this year: 405 Asking someone to send you an “engineer” will conjure up all sorts of people who build and fix things. But today’s show is about civil engineers. Professor Robert Mair of...
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scientist 50: the chemical engineer – Mark Haw fluid and process engineering (2013)
visitors this year: 400 Hear about measuring the properties of materials that are not just solids or liquids or gases but are all three in one. The soil under your feet is one such material – it is...
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scientist 46: the bioengineer – Michelle Oyen develops and uses new materials (2012)
visitors this year: 329 Dr Michelle Oyen is a Reader in bioengineering at the University of Cambridge. Dy Oyen explains how materials science can be put to use in medicine where there’s a need to create surgical...
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scientist 23: the engineer – Bloodhound the fastest car on earth (2012)
visitors this year: 236 Roger Frost finds out about Bloodhound, an engineering initiative for students to build the world’s fastest car. He speaks with Ian Galloway, Bloodhound’s Education Professional Development Director about the bid...
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scientist 12: the materials scientist – properties of materials (2012)
visitors this year: 401 Stuart Dye from Granta Design in Cambridge explains how the company help engineers choose materials to make a product. Tagged engineering, chemistry, materials, choosing, physics, Granta Design, Cambridge, Nicola Terry, Stuart Dye...
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Ensuring quality wheat – CAMGRAIN 105science
visitors this year: 80 This podcast is about what happens when wheat leaves the farm. We take up the story after the August crop harvest and speak with Dr Andrew Wingate who tells how CAMGRAIN deliver quality...
Fracking for shale gas and purifying fracking water – 105science
visitors this year: 67 Fracking was once uneconomic, but today’s energy crisis has led to new options. Just as the government has issued licences to drill in the UK, so too there have been...
Fluid physics and chemical engineering with Dr Mark Haw – 105science
visitors this year: 49 Hear about measuring the properties of materials that are not just solids or liquids or gases but are all three in one. The soil under your feet is one such material – it is...
Civil Engineering with Professor Robert Mair – 105science
visitors this year: 70 Asking someone to send you an “engineer” will conjure up all sorts of people who build and fix things. But today’s show is about civil engineers. Professor Robert Mair of...
Aerodynamics – Professor Holger Babinsky – 105science
visitors this year: 202 This week we find out about aerodynamics and what it involves. We meet Professor Holger Babinsky at Cambridge University Engineering Department. He talks about wind tunnels and the need for bumps on aeroplane...
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The Nissan LEAF electricity powered car – 105science
visitors this year: 43 About the technology behind the world’s best selling electric vehicle. Called the Nissan LEAF, it’s a car to drive across town with the thought that you’re not pumping out pollution, or adding...
Bioengineering research in Cambridge – 105science
visitors this year: 52 Dr Michelle Oyen is a Reader in bioengineering at the University of Cambridge. Dy Oyen explains how materials science can be put to use in medicine where there’s a need to create surgical...
A building scientist’s home + Infra red and the Mona Lisa – 105science
visitors this year: 46 Building scientist David Crowther explains how a heat pump, underfloor heating and good insulation keep his Cambridge house warm. He was talking to the Science Show’s Nicola Terry. And with news...
How houses lose heat + Scientists who help the choice of materials – 105science
visitors this year: 23 Dr Ray Galvin talks about ways that our houses lose heat. He suggests that we might look at dehumidifiers and heat pumps to reduce our energy bill. Stuart Dye from...
