enginerds

By Nick, Craig & Madeleine

A monthly podcast about all things engineering hosted by @ND_Martin @DrCraigWarrent and @ml_combrinck. We are academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle.

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The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.

enginerds episodes:

February 17, 2019Episode 10: Live!
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/episode-10.mp3
On this episode we talked live about:
Trains that use lasers remove leaf jam:
https://youtu.be/Kh6U4QJmutA
Aeroplanes with memory shape alloy wings:
Landing on the far (dark…) side of the moon:
https://youtu.be/6SJwpcnw404
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38min
December 24, 2018Episode 9: Christmas Engineering
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Episode-9.mp3
This episode we talked about:
Christmas tree syphoning
The worlds longest straw:
Flying Reindeer
The acceleration of Santa
Enginerds LIVE!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/293741771475006/
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33min
December 18, 2018Episode 8: Aerodynamics
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Episode-8.mp3
Things we talked about in this episode:
Mercedes F1 rim details
A better descriptions of entropy:
Overtaking your wake
Enginerds live!
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42min
November 03, 2018Episode 7: Pumpkins & Wedding Rings
Thomas Kienzle/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/episode-7.mp3
Things we talked about on this episode:
The JPL pumpkin carving competition:
World record breaking pumpkin statistics:
Spinning wedding rings:
Video of wedding ring spinning on Teflon
GPR for autonomous vehicles: link
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44min
October 07, 2018Episode 6: Whips, TNT and flying
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/episode-6.mp3
Things we talked about in this episode:
Research article on bullwhips
The healing effects of TNT
How To Fly (book by Richard Ferris)
This months article on AI gliders
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46min
September 06, 2018Episode 5: Helicopters and Space
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/episode-5.mp3
Things we talked about in this episode:
The “Long-Lance” torpedo
Torpedoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c–fP017Xoc
Landing a helicopter on Mt Everest
The Tennis Racket Effect
The cost of putting things into space
...more
44min
August 02, 2018Episode 4: Snurfers and Phil Collins
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/episode-4.mp3
Things we talked about on this episode include:
High-frequency anti-loitering devices
Human hearing test:
How the sound of the 80s was invented by accident:
Snurfers!
Spiders flying with electricity
Wake power monthly article
This episode also features a short audio clip of “In the air tonight” (1981) by Phil Collins.
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41min
July 15, 2018Episode 3: Slides and Aerofoils
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/episode-3.mp3
This month we talked about:
Aerofoils in supermarket fridges
Antipodal points
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39min
June 17, 2018 Episode 2: Trains, Bridges and Robots
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/episode-2.mp3News/Research article:
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/human-corneas-bioink-newcastle/
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel:
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45min
May 18, 2018 Episode 1: Pilot
News article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43823883
Research article:
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6387/eaao1082
https://enginerds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/episode-pilot.mp3
Music is Enthusiast by Tours and is provided via a Creative Commons license.
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33min

FAQs about enginerds:

How many episodes does enginerds have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.