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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 5.7million people work in engineering related enterprises from manufacturing and agriculture to construction and transportation. Their work ensures that the country has sustainable power supplies, better connectivity between cities, increasing efficiency in production processes; advanced manufacturing methods; and is embracing the digital transformations that include virtual modelling of our environment, and development of intelligent machines. Our episodes will examine the vital work of engineers...

#363 Uncrewed Vessels and Unprecedented Data

36 mins; March 26, 2026

#362 Revisited: Skyscrapers, Predicting The Future

44 mins; March 12, 2026

#361 Revisited: Space – The Robotic Age

28 mins; February 26, 2026

#360 Systems Change: Thinking in Patterns

31 mins; February 12, 2026

#359k Transit-Oriented Communities in Toronto

12 mins; January 29, 2026

#359j – Modern Vernacular in Saudi Arabia

12 mins; January 29, 2026

#359i Stone as Structure

15 mins; January 29, 2026

#359h Sustainability in Paris

10 mins; January 29, 2026

#359g An Intergenerational Approach to Sustainability

12 mins; January 29, 2026

#359f Sustainability and Adaptation in East London

12 mins; January 29, 2026

#359e A Better View of Stadium Design

10 mins; January 29, 2026

#359d A Digital Path to Nuclear’s New Generation

12 mins; January 29, 2026

#359c A Fusion of Minds at ITER

12 mins; January 29, 2026

#359b Water, Energy and the Environment in the Middle East

11 mins; January 29, 2026

#359a Australia’s Most Flooded Town

13 mins; January 29, 2026

#359 Intro – A Sustainable and Resilient World

12 mins; January 29, 2026

#358 Experts in Risk

25 mins; January 15, 2026

#357c Well-Grounded Decisions: Construction and Operations

34 mins; December 22, 2025

#357b Well-Grounded Decisions: Design Development

25 mins; December 19, 2025

#357a Well-Grounded Decisions: Site Selection

31 mins; December 18, 2025

#356 Making Space for Wastewater Treatment

29 mins; December 11, 2025

#355 The Real Value of Nature

33 mins; December 04, 2025

#354 AI in Infrastructure: Adoption and Guardrails

30 mins; November 27, 2025

#353 Carbon Assessment in a Time of Housebuilding

28 mins; November 20, 2025

#352 Health Monitoring for Offshore Wind

31 mins; November 13, 2025

#351 Rough Seas and Reliable Defence Partnerships

34 mins; November 06, 2025

#350 Living in Space: The Next Generation of Astronauts

33 mins; October 30, 2025

#349 Never Again: Embedding Safety in Engineering

30 mins; October 23, 2025

#348 Modelling Distributed Energy Storage

25 mins; October 16, 2025

#347 Revisited: The Pipeline to Net Zero

42 mins; October 09, 2025

#346 Scaling Carbon-Free Cement

33 mins; October 02, 2025

#345 Pinpoint Precision in Space Positioning

39 mins; September 25, 2025

#344 Networks Under Water: Transport, Flooding and Resilience

31 mins; September 18, 2025

#343 Weaving Software into Automation

49 mins; September 11, 2025

#342 Real Solutions and the Industrial Metaverse

33 mins; August 14, 2025

#341 Opening the Door to Engineering – Engineering Matters Awards winners

19 mins; August 07, 2025

#340 Diving Deep into Electric Machinery

29 mins; July 31, 2025

#339 Integrated Contracts and Innovative Delivery

40 mins; July 24, 2025

#338 Bio-Inspired Innovation & Systemic Sustainability

38 mins; July 17, 2025

#337 Breaking Barriers to STEM with Lightyear Foundation – Engineering Matters Awards winners

27 mins; July 10, 2025

#336 Gravity-Powered Heavy Haul – Engineering Matters Awards winners

23 mins; July 03, 2025

#335 Monitoring Methane: The Tech Behind the Tech – Engineering Matters Awards winners

25 mins; June 26, 2025

#334 Digital Construction’s Past, Present and Future

33 mins; June 19, 2025

#333 Agents of Change – AI in Industry

49 mins; June 12, 2025

#332 The Future of Airports Around the World

33 mins; June 05, 2025

#331 Life Extension for Infrastructure

36 mins; May 29, 2025

#330 A Village Full of Maths Tutors – Engineering Matters Awards’ winners

19 mins; May 22, 2025

#329 Scaling Low Carbon Innovation – Engineering Matters Awards’ winners

27 mins; May 15, 2025

#328 Listening for Leaks – Engineering Matters Awards Innovation Champion, FIDO

24 mins; May 08, 2025

#327 Nuclear Engineering for School Children – Engineering Matters Awards 2025

19 mins; May 01, 2025

#326 Revisited: The Green, Green, Shores of Home

36 mins; April 24, 2025

#325 Real world sustainability and the digital revolution

33 mins; April 17, 2025

#324 A Shift of Power on Europe’s Borders

48 mins; April 10, 2025

#323 Engineers Deliver Impact: The Engineering Matters Awards 2025

41 mins; April 03, 2025

#322 Engineering Ecosystems: Italy’s Seagrass Meadows

32 mins; March 27, 2025

#321 Circular Construction – Designing for Disassembly

20 mins; March 20, 2025

#320 International Year of Quantum: 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics

35 mins; March 13, 2025

#319 Revisited: Green Engineering, with Bison

23 mins; March 06, 2025

#318 Gaming Out a Career in Nuclear

33 mins; February 27, 2025

#317 Human Factors, Human Error, and Safety by Design

28 mins; February 20, 2025

#316 What Can AI Engineers Learn From Medical Professionals?

43 mins; February 13, 2025

#315 Renewing the World, Without Costing the Planet

43 mins; February 06, 2025

#314 Remote Operations, To the Moon and Back

44 mins; January 30, 2025

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

40 mins; January 23, 2025

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

44 mins; January 17, 2025

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

59 mins; January 16, 2025

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

0 secs; January 15, 2025

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

62 hours 45 mins; January 15, 2025

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

55 mins; January 14, 2025

#308 Building Bandwidth in the 1920s

32 mins; January 09, 2025

#307 Giving the Gift of Engineering

19 mins; December 18, 2024

#306 Revisited: Building Rothera Wharf

41 mins; December 12, 2024

#305 Making the Case for Nature-Based Solutions

39 mins; December 05, 2024

#304 Grounded in Knowledge – Ireland’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

43 mins; November 28, 2024

#303 Gathering data at the speed of a train: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Health & Safety Gold Champion – Fugro RILA

21 mins; November 21, 2024

#302 Conservation, Community and AI: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Community Gold Champion — iNaturalist

20 mins; November 14, 2024

#301 Electrifying Sydney: Transformational Energy Systems

36 mins; November 07, 2024

#300 Bonus: Powering Net Zero

37 mins; November 05, 2024

#299e Highways UK Live – A Legacy of Excellence

42 mins; November 01, 2024

#299d Highways UK Live – The Journey to Net Zero and Resilience

52 mins; October 31, 2024

#299c Highways UK Live – Next Generation Asset Management

45 mins; October 30, 2024

#299b Highways UK Live – Roads Reimagined

55 mins; October 29, 2024

#299a Highways UK Live – The Future of Highways – Mini-series Preview

15 mins; October 28, 2024

#298 Making Everyone Welcome in Construction: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Diversity & Inclusion Gold Champion — EKFB

32 mins; October 24, 2024

#297 Revisited: A Deep Dive Into the Past

31 mins; October 17, 2024

#296 A Safer, Faster, Way to Build Offshore Wind

26 mins; October 10, 2024

#295 Decision Time for the Hydrogen Economy

47 mins; October 03, 2024

#294 A View of the Future from Coire Glas

31 mins; September 26, 2024

#293 Cleaning clothes and changing lives: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Community Gold Champion — The Washing Machine Project

21 mins; September 19, 2024

#292 Place is the Space for Growth

33 mins; September 12, 2024

#291 Making the Case for Cutting Carbon

28 mins; September 05, 2024

#290 Racing for Innovation: Inside Formula Student

31 mins; August 29, 2024

#289 Bringing lean production to agriculture: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Sustainability Gold Champions — Intelligent Growth Solutions

22 mins; August 22, 2024

#288 Counting carbon costs of the world’s infrastructure: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Net Zero Gold Champion – Whole Life Carbon Assessment, 2nd edition

20 mins; August 15, 2024

#287 Engineers Without Borders: The Design Challenge

28 mins; August 08, 2024

#286 AI In the Real World

27 mins; August 01, 2024

Bonus: Engineering a Low Carbon Paris Olympics

17 mins; July 26, 2024

#285 Delivering the Floating Offshore Wind Revolution

41 mins; July 25, 2024

#284 Queensway Tunnel: The Miracle Under the Mersey

36 mins; July 17, 2024

#283 Power, without the power brick: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Net Zero Gold Champion AmberSemi

23 mins; July 11, 2024

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