Engineering Matters

Five times winner of the Publisher Podcast Awards, including Best Technology Podcast, Engineering Matters celebrates the work of engineers who use ingenuity, practicality, science, theory and determination to build a better world. In the UK alone 5.7milli

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#122 Decarbonisation: Growing Roads on Trees

Posted August 26, 202100:19:10

In this episode we look at how a new plant-based bitumen will be incorporated into asphalt mixtures currently being developed. The hope is that this...

#121 Batteries: The Lithium-Silicon Age

Posted August 19, 202100:25:41

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 to continue, with...

#120 Recycled Plastic: The Canadian Potential

Posted August 12, 202100:25:53

In 2019, Justin Trudeau declared war on plastic waste. And single-use plastics were listed as a toxic material in Canada in May of this year. Before...

#119 The Grange: Saving Time, Saving Lives

Posted August 4, 202100:27:27

As COVID-19 rampaged across the UK in 2020, society shut down and hospitals reached breaking point. For engineers building The Grange University Hospital...

#118 Gateway: The Lunar Space Station

Posted July 29, 202100:32:15

The last time a person walked on the moon was 14 December 1972. Almost 50 years ago. Since then, human operations have been confined to Earth orbit....