Engineering Matters

Engineering Matters


Latest Episodes

#325 Real world sustainability and the digital revolution
April 17, 2025

The rise of AI and machine learning promises a revolution in how we live and work. Expert reasoning and mundane tasks will be completed for us in the cloud. But the cloud is not ethereal or abstract.

#324 A Shift of Power on Europe’s Borders
April 10, 2025

This February, with the flick of a switch, there was a vast shift of power on Europes borders. The Baltic states electrical grids, built in the 1960s while these countries were forcibly incorporated

#323 Engineers Deliver Impact: The Engineering Matters Awards 2025
April 03, 2025

Engineers from around the world gathered at the Postal Museum in London for the Engineering Matters Awards 2025, presented in partnership with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IMechE, and Engi

#322 Engineering Ecosystems: Italy’s Seagrass Meadows
March 27, 2025

Seagrass meadows are the engineers of the marine ecosystem. They provide habitats, support biodiversity, prevent coastal erosion and sequester carbon dioxide. For this reason Italy has embarked upon a

#321 Circular Construction – Designing for Disassembly
March 20, 2025

We can reuse and retrofit buildings to extend their lifespans, and reduce their embodied carbon impact. But some structures may not be suitable for full reuse: some will have reached the end of their

#320 International Year of Quantum: 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics
March 13, 2025

Quantum mechanics has transformed our understanding of reality, but how did we get here? In this episode, we celebrate the International Year of Quantum, marking 100 years since the birth of this grou

#319 Revisited: Green Engineering, with Bison
March 06, 2025

Britains 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 w

#318 Gaming Out a Career in Nuclear
February 27, 2025

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 pr

#317 Human Factors, Human Error, and Safety by Design
February 20, 2025

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

#316 What Can AI Engineers Learn From Medical Professionals?
February 13, 2025

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