Interviews about Engineering

If a time came that we needed to alter our atmospheric chemistry, how physically could we do it? Meera and Dave...

What is a computer chip and how does it really work? Meera and Dave investigate...

Physical sciences director Trevor Rayment looks back at Diamond's highlights and developments in 2010...

Whilst driving on motorways or busy roads at night, many of us will have noticed the small beacons of light in the...

Amputees can struggle with the inflexibility of artificial limbs. At Blatchford Prosthetics, they have engineered a new...

Dave and Meera visited the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics at Cambridge University to find out how...

Physicists might use sticky tape to extract and test graphene, but that's not much use when it comes to making...

Graphene is a very versatile material which we should soon see turning up in a range of applications. Dave spoke to...

One of the outstanding problems in energy provision is how to store it in such a way that it can be accessed rapidly...

Meera and Dave explore the structures that can shape-shift from one shape to another - also known as bistable...

Dave and Meera make some waves to find out how damaged ships interact with the movement of the sea...

How can we make shipping more sustainable? Tristan Smith from University College London is here to shed some light on...

One idea put forward for sustainable shipping in the future has been to find ways to harness the power of the wind in...

Now, here’s an easy science question: What temperature does water freeze at? Zero degrees, right? Actually, that’s...

This year, Cambridge University Engineering students had the chance to re-live their childhood, and play with Lego in...

This week, the winner of the Rolls-Royce Annual Science Prize was announced during a special ceremony held at the...

When most people hear the word ‘turbulence’ they immediately think of being thrown around inside an airplane and...

Turbulence occurs in fluids and one way we often transport fluids around is in pipes. Tobias Schneider from Harvard...

Meera and Dave explore how the principles of convection can be manipulated to cool down, and warm up, our buildings...

The Tour de France is an annual cycle race which takes place in July throughout France and its surrounding countries....

With cyclists reaching speeds of up to 100 kilometres an hour on descents down mountains, and wanting to preserve their...

Endurance events like the Tour de France rely on strong, sturdy, yet fast equipment to win points, time and stages. So...

Geoff Brown explains how he, and his team of mechanics, maintain and repair bikes on a daily basis throughout the tour...

We meet sprint cyclist Tyler Farrar to find out how he puts the technology, nutrition, and fitness together to try and...