Engineering Podcasts

A series of speakers at public meetings of the Innovation Resource Network – topics include invention, innovation, patents, trademarks, designs, startups and more.

The OptoVideo podcast from industrial automation manufacturer Opto 22 quickly gets you up to speed with the latest Opto 22 SNAP PAC and other products and gives you a close look at the many applications they’re used in. Join Opto 22 system and application engineers for short, 60-second OptoMinute video tutorials that teach you to […]

Presented in Spring 2012, the Alumni Studies course “The Future of Nuclear Power” introduced nuclear fission and fusion energy as power sources, exploring the technologies from various perspectives and assessing their future prospects in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

The Department of Mechanical, Biomedical, and Manufacturing Engineering offers courses in Mechanical Engineering. Biomedical Engineering, and Advanced Manufacturing.

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering offers courses in a number of areas including structural and civil engineering.

Life is full of risk. In this unit ‘risk’ describes the probability and consequences of harm or, at worst, disaster. Risk management involves many stakeholders and integrated management systems help to ensure that safety, quality, environmental and business risks are all managed correctly. This unit also looks at emergency preparedness, that is, the management of […]

This unit is the fourth in the MSXR209 series of five units on mathematical modelling. In this unit you will be taken through the whole modelling process in detail, from creating a first simple model, through evaluating it, to the subsequent revision of the model by changing one of the assumptions. The problem that will […]

Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic human needs for food and shelter to the generation of wealth by trade. This unit looks at the impact of changes in temperature on a variety of objects and looks at the problem of boiling water. This […]

How are designs turned into products? What resources, materials and methods used and what set of activities that goes under the heading of ‘manufacturing’? This unit will introduce manufacturing as a system and will describe some of the many different ways of making products. We will illustrate how the required properties of the materials in […]

This unit examines system engineering and why it is important. You will learn to identify and evaluate the importance of relationships within the process and assess the relative importance of stakeholders. You will also be able to classify a systems engineering project in terms of the balance of demands, choice and constraints. This study unit […]

Why do products fail and who finds out why? This unit enters the complex world of forensic engineering and examines how scientists analyse product failure. From investigating a ladder accident to determining the reasons behind the failures in medical products, you will understand how the ‘truth’ can be established. This study unit is just one […]

Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic human needs for food and shelter to the generation of wealth by trade. Engineers see the problems more as challenges and opportunities than as difficulties. What they appear to be doing is solving problems, but in fact […]

Podcasts of interviews with the presenters of the ‘Manufacturing Thursdays’ seminar series. Manufacturing Thursdays is a programme of free evening presentations organised by the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). It is open to the local business community and all staff and students of the University of Cambridge. The presentations span all aspects of […]

On December 28th 1879, the Tay Bridge collapsed as a train passed over it, killing all 75 passengers on board. At the time of this tragedy, the Tay Bridge was the longest bridge in the world, and to this day the accident remains the worst structural disaster the UK has ever seen. This album attempts […]

How is safety built into the design of new structures? What sort of tests are used to ascertain the safety of proposed designs? Structural integrity, the study of the safe design and assessment of materials and structures under load, has become crucial in engineering design. Concepts within stress analysis have wide applicability, as there are […]

The Kinzua rail viaduct, in Pennsylvania, collapsed when it was hit by a tornado in 2003. First built in 1882 and redesigned 1900, it was at one time the highest bridge in the world. The two video tracks in this album tell the story of the Kinzua catastrophe. The subsequent forensic investigation has cast new […]

What’s it like working as an engineer, and what career opportunities are available? On this album, 6 practicing engineers talk about the work they do and the career path they have followed. This material forms part of The Open University course T191 Personal and career development in engineering.

To celebrate Science Week 2008, DSE organised a series of lectures aimed at improving the level of understanding of the role that science and engineering play in our everyday lives.

A guided tour of Parkers The Parts People and the history of the business.

Podcasts of the Centenary of Engineering Science: 1908 – 2008. A series of Centenary Lectures in video.

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This podcast is all about having fun. We plan to do everything from building aircannons to blowing up consumer electronics. Just watch our first episode to find out more. In this episode we test out our air cannon.

Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois and is considered by some writers to be the true inventor of the variable resistance telephone, despite […]

Families and businesses across the West are feeling the burden of high energy costs. At the same time, we’re dealing with the effects of increasingly extreme weather events, meaning more stress on our energy grid from hotter and colder temperatures, wildfires, hurricanes, and more. But even as we face similar challenges, the West still operates […]

Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois and is considered by some writers to be the true inventor of the variable resistance telephone, despite […]

Reuters Plus, in partnership with Aramco, present Powered by How Podcast, an eight-part podcast series, exploring the role innovation and technology can play in the energy sector towards a more sustainable future. Hosted by award-winning journalist and news presenter Nisha Pillai, this series seeks to drill deeper into the world of energy to find what […]