Engineering Matters

Engineering Matters


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#315 Renewing the World, Without Costing the Planet
February 06, 2025

How should engineers think about their duty to design safe structures? For IStructEs head of climate action Will Arnold, this duty extends beyond the structure, to the safety of everyone on the plane

#314 Remote Operations, To the Moon and Back
January 30, 2025

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, or ROC. The first of these ROCs, in Houston, now allows s

#313 Introducing: Mapping Italy’s Seagrass for Biodiversity Gain, from Planet Beyond
January 23, 2025

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has a 100 year history of mapping the worlds oceans. John Nyberg, technical director, explains how the organisations role in understanding our ocean

#312 Lifting Each Other Up — Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, People
January 17, 2025

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 to build communities. They are contributing t

#311 Transforming the World, and the Economy — Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 3
January 16, 2025

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, rocks into steel and glass skyscrapers. Each of

#310 Manufacturing a Brighter Future – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 2
January 15, 2025

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. These industries have powered globa

#309 A Generation of Change – Engineering Matters Awards 2025 shortlist, Planet, Part 1
January 14, 2025

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 be key to developing efficient, decarbonised

#308 Building Bandwidth in the 1920s
January 09, 2025

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 trade and collaboration, and enrich our personal

#307 Giving the Gift of Engineering
December 19, 2024

For many of us, now is a season of giving. A well chosen gift can bring lasting joy. But its easy to get wrong. One of the finest gifts anyone can give, is the gift of engineering. But how can engine

#306 Revisited: Building Rothera Wharf
December 12, 2024

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 has called the worlds most extreme construction site. P