Aeronautical Engineering
My presentation is on the history of flight, the physics of flight and the different types of aircraft that exist. This includes the Wright brothers , the Bernouli effect and jet propelled aircraft.
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James, who describes himself as working in science engineering, software development, clothing design and psychology originally intended to go to University straight from school and then to go straight into working in industry but he got the opportun....
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A short film including some of the exhibits and interviews with academics involved in the event that took place Summer 2011
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This is a very new and rapidly developing area of science and technology and the proposals range from placing giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight to fertilising the oceans with nutrients in order to produce more phytoplankton to soak up atmosp....
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is routinely used in hospitals to image internal structure and blood flow within the human body. Research has shown that it is possible to harness these techniques to study non-biological systems, with many applicatio....
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Mass Production Engineer
Despite a hard childhood, leaving home at 10 years old, being taken into care at 15 and failing her GCSE's first time round at school Faye Banks went back to school and has since won the young woman engineer of the year award and works in Europe's la....
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Looking at stress patterns in components using polarised light, part of the 'Engineered by US' exhibition
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Michael Garrett discusses the physical properties of gases and demonstrates how air is liquefied. Liquefied gases are a key resource for survival with an amazing range of applications and there are now few industries which are not in some way depende....
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Plastics have become ubiquitous structural materials due to the ease with which they can be processed at low cost into complex shapes. Imagine a world in which metals and semiconductors have similar attributes ? that is the world of Plastic Electroni....
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Self-Lubricating Skis
Find out how Professor Peter Styring came up with a design for self-lubricating skis, and discover what stringent tests he performed before realizing the finished product.nA chemical engineer, Styring has devoted much of his working life to designing....
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The Rev. Stirling and heat engines
Roy Darlington explains the attractions of the remarkably simple Stirling engine
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Urban congestion is a serious problem in many cities, so the creation of underground space and in particular the development of underground transport is environmentally essential. How can tunnels be built in ground sometimes as soft as toothpaste? Wh....
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