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Videos (13)
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The power of sound: repairing spinal discs with ultrasound
Globally, more than 600 million people suffer from chronic back pain, and if you’re one of them, you know…
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The Future of Automation in the Home
There’s quite a lot of discussion surrounding the future of paid work, and how certain livelihoods may be impacted…
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s superalloys!
Did you know that aeroplanes are able to fly because of tiny, TINY structures, less than the width of…
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Lessons from Lockdown Energy Use
The months of lockdown were difficult. From an energy perspective, however, we were able to learn a lot. In…
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Origami Inspiration – 3D Printing and Robots
What does origami have to do with engineering…and 3D printing…and robots?! Quite a lot, it turns out! In this…
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Doing a PhD on Your Hobby – Scooters
Combining your work with your favourite hobby – surely that’s the dream? Meet Sebastian Pearson, an Engineering PhD student…
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Electricity Access for All
How can we sustainably electrify parts of the world that don’t currently have access to clean and reliable energy?…
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Electric Vehicles and the Future
What does the future hold for electric vehicles? We know that they represent a cleaner, greener way of getting…
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Positioning in challenging environments
From driving, to crop harvesting and timing in the financial markets, many aspects of our modern lives are reliant…
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A smart patch that promotes shoulder repair
A smart patch that promotes shoulder repair. Tearing of the rotator cuff tendons results in a debilitating and painful…
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Materials for nuclear fusion: how do you confine a sun to a box?
We face an energy crisis, so the idea of a clean, potentially limitless supply of energy is deeply appealing. Nuclear…
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Power People
Did you know that you are in charge of a power station? It’s true. Every time you flick a…
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Jet Plight
Jet engines are in many ways the ultimate mechanical engineering endeavour. The flow temperatures, pressures and accelerations involved are…
Podcasts (26)
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Could stuff be living on Saturn’s moon?
Are we alone in the Universe? It’s surely one of the biggest questions out there. In our first episode…
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What can batteries of the future learn from eels?
Electric eels are pretty amazing creatures. Their bodies can release powerful electric charges – in some cases reaching 650…
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How do I keep my house cool without air conditioning?
Summer is here, and with heatwaves forecast, how do we keep our homes cool without relying on air conditioning?…
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How can origami help make energy?
Discover how the ancient art of origami is revolutionising sustainable energy! Researcher Jingyi Yang, from the Department of Engineering…
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How can we use sound waves to eliminate infections?
Many of us will have had to deal with a bacterial infection at some point or another. The solution?…
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Can you make a dengue fever forecast?
More than half the world’s population is at risk from dengue fever, a viral infection that is spread via…
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How could spider sex unlock secrets to engineering?
Not everyone is the biggest fan of spiders…we know that. They might not be the first thing that springs…
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What is green steel?
Steel has become an essential commodity in modern society – used in everything from our cars and our buildings…
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How do you create autonomous robots that can investigate under the sea?
How do you retrieve data from sensors embedded in underwater settings – such as those monitoring ecosystem change, for…
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Is the energy crisis going to get worse?
Over the past year, we’ve seen our energy bills reach unimaginable heights. The war in Ukraine is having devastating…
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Can we build an eco-friendly aeroplane?
Remember those days when it was possible to climb aboard a plane and jet off around the world? Well,…
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Can we diagnose heart attacks faster?
With one person admitted to hospital every 5 minutes in the UK because of a heart attack, the ability…
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How do you build a super sewer?
What do you do when a city outgrows its 150 year old sewer system? Build a super sewer of…
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Why does my phone battery suck?
Most people use their phones every single day for communicating with others, using the Internet, playing games via apps.…
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How do you teach a robot social cues?
As robots are increasingly deployed in settings requiring social interaction we asked the Big Question: How do you teach…
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How do you become an astronaut?
Millions dream of being an astronaut, but how many of us have what it takes? In this episode of…
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How do you run a marathon with two kids?
Last month Jessica attempted to break a world record for pushing a double buggy, with two children inside, while…
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What does Hollywood get right and wrong when science is in the storyline?
What came first: the science or the sci-fi? Settle down with some popcorn as we ask: what does Hollywood…
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How do you teach a machine to a drive a car?
Autonomous cars have been a staple of science fiction for years featuring in films like Minority Report and I…
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Will supersonic transport ever make a comeback?
The Concord is seen as an iconic aircraft and a technological breakthrough – so why can we only see…
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Earthquakes, can we make smarter buildings?
Major earthquakes across the world have damaged or destroyed numerous buildings, bridges, and other structures. But is there a…
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Can bubbles help cure cancer?
On this episode, can bubbles cure cancer? What do you think of when you hear the word ‘bubble?’ Does…
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Could you connect to the internet through your lights
Can we receive information through our lighting? Prof Dominic O’Brien explains how light might be the answer to adding…
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How can remote water pumps be monitored?
Water pumps are a lifeline for many communities in developing countries. But how can you monitor them all to…
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How do you create a machine that learns?
Professor Nando de Freitas explains that understanding how our brains work has helped us create machines that learn, and…
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How does artificial intelligence spot patterns
Professor Stephen Roberts explains how machines, whose job it is simply to learn, can help researchers spot scientific needles…
Scientists (21)
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Veerle Brans
Veerle Brans is a bioengineering researcher at the University of Oxford, specialising in using sound waves for non-invasive medical…
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Yujia Zhang
Yujia Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Microengineering at the Institute of Electrical and Microengineering at EPFL.…
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Nicole Miranda
I got interested in cooling because when looking to get back into research (I was working in industry for…
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Jingyi Yang
I obtained my bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Nanyang Technological University. I then completed my D.Phil in the…
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Sara Keller
I always knew I wanted to be an engineer but it wasn’t until an undergraduate research experience at Vanderbilt…
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Ollie Shorthose
I am a DPhil student in the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. I work within the Soft…
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Sarah Sparrow
From a young age I was interested in weather and climate, studying clouds and recording weather data with homemade…
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Zhiyao Luo
I am Zhiyao Luo, a DPhil student at Reuben College and the Department of Engineering Science at the University…
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Misha Patel
Hello, I’m Misha. I am a PhD student at the University of Oxford, working in the Engineering Science Department…
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Shenghong He
I am a postdoctoral research scientist at the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit (BNDU), Nuffield Department of…
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Barbara Rossi
Barbara Rossi joined the University of Oxford in March 2019 as Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in Engineering Science…
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Nick Hawes
I am an Associate Professor of Engineering Science in the Oxford Robotics Institute which is part of the Department…
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Victoria Strutt
Having completed my undergraduate degree at Oxford University in the Department of Materials Science, I joined the atom probe…
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Chenying Liu
I’ve been so fascinated by origami, i.e., its origin as art, its magic in maths, and its potential for…
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Sebastian Pearson
I started doing tricks on scooters when I was 13 and I was hooked. A few years later, when…
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Gladys C Ngetich
My Story I was born and raised in a family of nine in a tiny village of Amalo in…
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Shamit Shrivastava
I always wanted to be a physicist but growing up in a middle income family in India means that…
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Ben Williams
As a Chemical Engineering graduate of Bath University I have spent my career within the petrochemical and refining sectors,…
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Brian Sheil
My interest in underground construction stems from my long-standing fascination with civil engineering ‘mega projects’ such as Crossrail and…
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Min Chen
My Story I was born in Shanghai, China. The majority of my school education took place during the infamous…
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Priyanka Dhopade
My Story I was born in India 31 years ago and since then I’ve lived and worked all over…
