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Engenius
by Engenius
This is Engenius, a podcast brought to you by Engineers without Borders Bristol.At Engenius, we explore the future, by talking with the pioneering engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators of today.Check out our episodes to meet people whose jobs change the world, in fields as diverse as robotics, energy, aerospace, healthcare, agriculture and the built environment.We explore their backgrounds, their motivations, and the impact their work will have on our lives, and on our planet.----Engenius is produced by a team of engineering students at the University of Bristol. To ask a question, submit an idea, or just say hi, email us at [email protected]/outro music kindly provided by @yemzo.
Episodes
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#47 | Meet Your Lecturer 4 - Flavia De Luca
Manas, Saif and John speak with Dr. Flavia De Luca, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Bristol. Her expertise is within the field of structural and earthquake engineering, with a specific focus to Reinforced Concrete frame structures. She is part of the...
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#46 | Meet Your Lecturer 3 - Becky Selwyn
Manas, Saif and Yassin speak with Dr. Becky Selwyn, a senior lecturer in thermodynamics and researcher in engineering education. Alongside her award winning teaching work, she undertakes pedagogic research investigating ways of improving student engagement in their learning. Read more about…
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#45 | Degrees of Freedom #4: Matt From Bristol City Council's Innovation Team
How’s this for a late Christmas present on the 12th day of Christmas? DOFPOD Thursdays are back! Alby and Ellie sat down with Matt from Bristol City Council for our last recording of 2022 to talk behaviour change, heat pumps, community engagement, “sprinkling innovation” and much more. This is a...
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#44 | Degrees of Freedom #3: Year in Industry Bonus
BONUS EPISODE!! Join Ellie and Alby as we invite our fellow Engineering Design friends Phil, Aasav and Frank to talk about our experiences on our Years in Industry. We talk about the highs and lows of the application process, what it is like to be the youngest in a company and our most…
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#43 | Degrees of Freedom #2: Liz From Esoterix
BUSES ARE COOL! Tap on and welcome aboard as we sit at the back of the bus and chat all things public transport with Liz Davidson. Liz tells us all about the power of public transport and the important effect that network optimisation can have on community mobility, economic growth and reducing...
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#42 | Meet Your Lecturer 2 - James Norman and Dominika Malkowska
Manas and Saif talk to James Norman and Dominika Malkowska, about the future of sustainable civil engineering. James is an award-winning engineer and teacher, he has designed landmark buildings and developed innovative teaching that combines practice with learning. He’s written several books for...
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#41 | Degrees of Freedom #1: Jay From Fabrio
Hello! We are back with another episode of Degrees of Freedom. For our first ever proper episode we sit down for a chat with Jay Sahnan. Jay is only 23 and, whilst being an all round nice guy, has founded a software business and sent face masks round the world during the pandemic. Jay's business,...
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#40 | Degrees of Freedom: Intro
Welcome to Degrees of Freedom, a new podcast from Engineers without Borders Bristol. Join Ellie and Alby each fortnight as they sit down for a wide-ranging chat with a new guest - someone with an engineering background and a passion for using their skills to benefit people and planet. This...
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#39 | Meet Your Lecturer 1 - Hermes Bloomfield-Gadêlha
Welcome to the new Meet Your Lecturer series. Over the next few weeks, we will be interviewing a number of lecturers at the University of Bristol, getting to know them better, learning about their research projects and asking them what motivates their ventures. Beth and John kick off our Meet…
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#38 | The Growth of Renewable Energy
Beth and Emma speak to Colin Palmer, a naval architect turned renewable energy engineer, who has been working in the sector since its inception. He has been active in renewable energy since the late 70s, working first on wave energy with Gifford and Partners near Southampton. In 1988 he founded...
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#37 | An Introduction to Transition Engineering
Beth and Emma speak with Daniel Kenning, a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, Energy Engineer, and Chartered Environmentalist. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a member of the Energy Institute and an Associate of the Institution of Environmental Management and Assessment....
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#36 | Intelligent Mobility
Beth and Gabriel speak with Alastair Boswell, a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineering and Technology, and the Associate Director for Intelligent Mobility Schemes for Arup. With over 20 years’ experience in the field, Alastair has worked on a wide range of projects, including a…
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#35 | Gravity Storage on the Road to Net Zero
Harshinee and Beth speak with Miles Franklin, a mechanical engineer with expertise in innovation and sustainable energy. Having previously worked at Dyson, and participated in numerous "appropriate technology" projects in developing countries, Miles' current role is as the Lead Engineer at an...
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#34 | The Future of Energy
Emily, Tom and Harshinee speak with John Armstrong, a mechanical engineer by training, current Chief Operating Officer at the British Pipeline Agency, and author of a recent book entitled The Future of Energy. We discuss personal and professional development as an engineer, some major trends in…
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#33 | Humanitarian Maps
Seren and Gabriel speak with Antoni Ros Martinez, Program Manager of Disaster Services at Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, which supports global humanitarian action and community development through open map data. Toni has acquired extensive working knowledge of humanitarian action and disaster...
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#32 | An Unconventional Career in Renewable Energy
Harshinee, Beth and Ellie speak to Patricia Darez, an Aerospace Engineering graduate from the University of Bristol who is now a successful engineer and leader in the renewable energy sector. After starting her career as a physics teacher, Patricia is now a director of the Chilean Association for...
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#31 | From Aeroplanes to Ventilators
Harshinee, Emily and Tom speak with Martin Bolton about his two roles as Head of Assembly at the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow project, and over the past year, assembly lead for VentilatorChallengeUK: one of the UK government's flagship programmes in the fight against COVID-19. It was fascinating to…
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#30 | Packaging with a Soul
Harshinee, Beth and Seren speak with Ved Krishna, Strategy Head at Yash Pakka: an India-based paper manufacturing company, which uses agricultural sugar cane waste to create its products. In 2017, Ved launched CHUK, an offshoot of the Yash Pakka brand which specialises in creating 100% home...
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#29 | Nonlinear Dynamics and Inspiring Young Minds
Tom and Jade speak with Alan Champneys, a Professor of Applied Non-linear Mathematics at the University of Bristol's unique department of Engineering Mathematics. Alan's candid and engaging lecturing style is loved throughout the Engineering faculty, and we talk about this at length in this...
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#28 | Data and Development at the UN Environment Programme
Seren and Tom speak with Sven Schmitz-Leuffen, an environmental engineer and information management expert at the United Nations Environment Programme. Sven has over 12 years of work experience in 10 different countries, tackling water, sanitation and resource management challenges using…
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#27 | Inspiring Women in Engineering
Jade from the EWB Bristol committee chairs a panel event as part of the Inspiring Women in Industry talk series. Our panelists are Amanda Heslop, Chief Design Engineer at Rolls-Royce, Prof. Deborah Greaves OBE FREng, a Royal Academy of Engineering fellow and world authority in renewable energy…
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#26 | The Global Engineering Mindset
Gabriel, Beth and Seren speak with Nav Sawhney, the founder of The Washing Machine Project and elected trustee of Engineers Without Borders UK. The Washing Machine Project aims to limit the burden of hand washing clothes for people all over the world by creating a single, standalone, off-grid...
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#25 | A New Vision for Collaborative Learning
Tom and Harshinee speak with Ilham Said, an aerospace engineering graduate and founder and CEO of Engineer 2 Engineer. E2E is an online platform for engineering students and academics, which enables flexible collaboration and problem solving. The platform has already seen rapid and enthusiastic...
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#24 | Explaining Explainable AI
Beth, Seren and Harshinee speak with Tom Bewley, a PhD student in explainable artificial intelligence at the University of Bristol, and one of the co-founders of this podcast. We learned about Tom's journey from wanting to become an inventor at a young age to studying cutting-edge machine…
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Welcome to Engenius Season 3
Beth, Seren, Gabriel, Harshinee and Tom welcome you back to the third season of Engenius, a podcast brought to you by Engineers Without Borders at the University of Bristol. At Engenius, we explore the future, by talking with the pioneering engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators of...
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#23 | Going Solo with a High-Tech Startup
Phoebe and Gabriel speak with Maria Hansen, the founder of Bristol-based startup GM Scientific. The company designs and manufactures cutting-edge radiation sensor technology. Our conversation ranges from Maria's motivations and experiences in the first years of her entrepreneurial journey, the...
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#22 | Crossing Disciplines in an Uncertain World
Phoebe and Jade speak with Professor Rich Pancost, a geochemist, head of Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, and former Director of the interdisciplinary Cabot Institute for the Environment, which explores how we depend on and shape our planet. We talk about the Cabot's value for bringing diverse...
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# 21 | Tech Against Terrorism
Gabriel speaks with Tech Against Terrorism research manager Jacob Berntsson about the work the NGO does. Jacob tells us about the UNCTED project to combat terrorism whilst respecting human rights. He also explains how offline factors manifest themselves in the online world, and how smaller tech...
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#20 | Swarm Engineering Across Scales
Seren and Tom speak with Dr Sabine Hauert, an Assistant Professor in the Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the University of Bristol. We discuss her work to design and build swarms across scales, from nanobots for cancer treatment to flocks of autonomous drones. We also talk about her outreach work…
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#19 | Energy and Development
Seren and Tom speak with Dr Sam Williamson, a lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Bristol, whose research aims to develop renewable energy microgrids using technologies for autonomous energy management and peer-to-peer electricity trading. We discuss the major...
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#18 | Origami in Space
In the first episode of our third season, Charlotte and Gabriel speak with Dr Mark Schenk, a lecturer in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Bristol. Dr Schenk tells us about his career history and current research, which includes engineering applications of origami and collapsible...
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#17 | Humanitarian Making
Tom and new co-host Charlotte speak with Andrew Lamb, the former CEO of Engineers without Borders UK and current Global Innovation Lead at Field Ready. Field Ready revolutionises disaster relief by makes essential and life-saving supplies in the field, and on demand. Our conversation went…
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#16 | Buildings for People
Phoebe and Tom speak with Rachael De'ath, a senior structural engineer at Arup, who also lectures part-time at the University of Bristol. In June 2018, Rachael was announced as one of the Telegraph's 'Top 50 Women in Engineering’. We discuss the excitement that Rachael feels when working on...
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#15 | Bristol, Leading the World
Harshinee and Tom speak with James Sterling, the Marketing and Communications Lead for Bristol City Council's Energy Service, and the ideal person to tell us all about Bristol's exceptional commitment to sustainability and renewable energy. We talk about the myriad of projects that have emerged...
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#14 | The Programmable City
Phoebe and Tom speak with Julie Snell, the Managing Director of Bristol is Open. Bristol is Open is a joint venture between the City Council and the University of Bristol, which aims to create a world-leading 'programmable smart city'. We learn about Julie's varied career history, during which…
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#13 | Tech and the Planet
Tom and Jade speak with Professor Chris Preist, a professor of sustainability and computer systems at the University of Bristol. We delve into the oft-overlooked environmental impact of digital technologies such as smartphones and streaming websites, Chris' experience of interacting with...
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#12 | Protecting Our Coasts
Harshinee and Tom speak with Jess Durdy, a Graduate Engineer in the Flood & Coastal Risk Management team at the Environment Agency. We learned about how volunteering with Engineers without Borders inspired her career choices, how her challenging role involves managing many complex professional...
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#11 | Being an Innovator
For the first episode of our second season, Tom speaks with Dave Jarman and Sam Crawley, who both teach at the University of Bristol's Centre for Innovation. We discuss how great ideas emerge and develop over time, common pitfalls of young startups, the unique value of engineers in the design...
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End of Season One
Engenius is taking a break over the summer, but we'll be back with more fantastic guests from the end of September! ---- Engenius is produced by a team of engineering students at the University of Bristol. To ask a question, submit an idea, or just say hi, email us at [email protected]...
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#10 | Life in Aviation
Tom speaks with Loraine McIlree, a systems engineer at Airbus, the manufacturer of commercial airliners. We discuss the trajectory of her career so far and why she has enjoyed it so much, the many exciting developments on the horizon in the aviation industry, and how school students can learn…
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#9 | Saving the Great Iron Ship
Jade, Insyirah and Tom speak with Nicola Grahamslaw, the newly-appointed ship conservation engineer at the SS Great Britain. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and constructed in Bristol, this majestic iron-hulled ship was the largest passenger vessel in the world at the time of its launch, and...
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#8 | Breaking the Code
Phoebe and Tom speak with Ruth Bourne, a former member of the Women's Royal Naval Service who operated mechanical 'bombe' computers at the Bletchley Park codebreaking centre during World War II. Ruth now volunteers at the Park, teaching the public about its incredible history. We discuss what it...
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#7 | Hand Crafted
Tom visits the Bespoked tradeshow to speak with Caren Hartley, an award winning bicycle framebuilder and former sculptor who owns two companies which sell beautiful handmade bikes. We discuss the small features that make her bicycles special, the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship, and…
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#6 | Change Here Now
Tom and Insyirah speak with Dr James Norman, a lecturer in sustainable civil engineering at the University of Bristol. We discuss James' career as both a designer of iconic buildings and an inspirational educator, and his views on the future of sustainable construction. We also focus on the…
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#5 | Electric Everything
Tom and Jade speak with Dr Jason Yon, who has held a number of research and teaching posts at the University of Bristol since gaining his MEng and PhD here. Jason's work focuses primarily on building green electrical systems for aerospace and automotive applications, but covers a broad range of...
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#4 | Robot Planes and the Future of Learning
Tom, Georgiana and Jade speak with Dr Steve Bullock, an aerospace researcher, teaching fellow and Widening Participation Officer at the University of Bristol. We discuss Steve's technical research into building robot aircraft that can refuel themselves in mid-air, what the future of engineering...
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#3 | The Bridgemaster
Tom and Phoebe speak with Trish Johnson, a chartered civil engineer and Bridgemaster at the iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. We discuss the varied nature of Trish's work, the suspension bridge's illustrious history and hidden secrets, and the importance of role models in widening...
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#2 | A New Way to Keep Things Cool
Tom speaks with Ian Tansley, designer, founder and CTO at Sure Chill, a Cardiff-based company developing a unique new cooling technology with the power to impact on people and business around the world. We discuss the trajectory of Ian's career, the origin of the Sure Chill technology, and his...
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#1 | Sustainable Custom Homes for Everybody
Tom, Jade and Insyirah speak with Mat Mew, a design engineer and the founder of Huxlo, a small company which designs and builds bespoke wooden furniture. Huxlo has big plans for the future, to transition into building entire custom homes that are sustainable and low cost. We discuss the past,...
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Welcome to Engenius
Tom, Insyirah and Jade welcome you to Engenius, a brand new podcast brought to you by Engineers without Borders Bristol and recorded at the Burst Radio studios. At Engenius, we explore the future, by talking with the pioneering engineers of today. Listen to our upcoming episodes to meet people...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is Engenius, a podcast brought to you by Engineers without Borders Bristol.At Engenius, we explore the future, by talking with the pioneering engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators of today.Check out our episodes to meet people whose jobs change the world, in fields as diverse as robotics, energy, aerospace, healthcare, agriculture and the built environment.We explore their backgrounds, their motivations, and the impact their work will have on our lives, and on our planet.----Engenius is produced by a team of engineering students at the University of Bristol. To ask a question, submit an idea, or just say hi, email us at [email protected]/outro music kindly provided by @yemzo.
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