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Q&A: Deborah Meaden
Ahead of this year’s National Engineering Day, green Dragon, Deborah Meaden emerged from the Dragon’s Den to share her a few secrets of success with Ingenia.
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- Energy
- Environment & sustainability
- Electricals & electronics
- How I got here
Q&A: Mark Goudie
Mark Goudie is one of the youngest engineering Fellows in the UK, an inventor, and an engineer in the energy sector.
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- Civil & structural
- Environment & sustainability
- Opinion
- Issue 95
Building a greener future
Will Arnold, Head of Climate Action at the IStructE, says we need a total rethink of how we create, maintain and power our buildings to better protect our planet.
- Design & manufacturing
- Environment & sustainability
- Issue 95
Turning jeans green
The engineering behind the trusty wardrobe staple, and how new technologies are attempting to lessen their well-documented environmental burden.
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- Energy
- Environment & sustainability
- Chemical
- How does that work?
- Issue 96
How do electrolysers work?
Electrolysers are a critical net zero technology used to produce green hydrogen.
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- Environment & sustainability
- Energy
- Innovation Watch
- Issue 96
The clean energy pioneers
Ceres Power have found a way to make green hydrogen – thought to be an essential part of our energy transition – at scale.
- Environment & sustainability
- Civil & structural
- Issue 96
Protecting the UK’s coasts
Settlements on the UK’s coastlines are increasingly at risk of being lost to erosion. How can different engineering approaches protect them?
- Environment & sustainability
- Issue 95
How do we pay for net zero technologies?
Engineering holds an abundance of answers to our decarbonisation problems. But how do we finance it all? Find out in our demystifier.
- Civil & structural
- Environment & sustainability
- Issue 95
Building with fungi
Materials made from mycelium, the hair-like threads that sustain all fungi, are now finding uses in construction.
- Design & manufacturing
- Chemical
- Environment & sustainability
- Materials
- Innovation Watch
Kicking single-use plastics to the curb
This spider-silk inspired plastic alternative produces no plastic alternatives – unlike existing "compostable" plastics.
- Environment & sustainability
- Maritime & naval
- Issue 94
How artificial reefs boost biodiversity
Coral reefs and coastlines face growing challenges from climate change. Two UK startups are developing artificial reefs that protect and renew marine ecosystems.
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- Chemical
- Environment & sustainability
- How I got here
- Issue 94
Q&A: Isabelle Pickett
A chemical engineering degree set Isabelle Pickett on a path to advocating for girls in STEM and net zero careers – and setting up her own tutoring business along the way.
- Electricals & electronics
- Environment & sustainability
- Materials
- Issue 94
Powering the pursuit of net zero
It's electrifying: what’s needed before emerging battery technologies are fully charged for a clean green future?
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- Chemical
- Energy
- Environment & sustainability
Why safety engineering is key for green hydrogen and net zero
When engineering goes wrong, it makes the headlines. Thankfully, there’s a whole field dedicated to making sure it goes right: safety engineering.
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- Environment & sustainability
- Opinion
A young engineer’s perspective on the good, the bad and the ugly of COP27
Engineering Leaders Scholar Isabelle Pickett attended COP27. She wrote about some of her takeaways for Ingenia, including important actions for the future that engineers can take.
- Energy
- Environment & sustainability
- How I got here
- Issue 93
Q&A: Katie Ireland
On coming back from a career break, Katie Ireland switched fields from oil and gas to renewables, and was awarded ‘Returner of the Year’ at the 2022 Engineering Talent Awards.
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- Environment & sustainability
- Materials
- Innovation Watch
- Issue 92
Imaging the plastic recycling process
Chemical engineer Dr Kit Windows-Yule is using an innovative imaging technique to improve the chemical process of breaking plastics down into oil.
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- Environment & sustainability
- Civil & structural
- Opinion
- Issue 92
How do we make the UK more resilient to flooding?
Extreme flooding is becoming a regular occurrence across the UK, with flash floods causing significant damage to homes and businesses.
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- Chemical
- Environment & sustainability
- How does that work?
- Issue 88
Compostable plastics
Compostable plastics can be turned – alongside food and other organic waste – into compost. But how environmentally friendly are they really?