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Issue 96

September 2023

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  • Environment & sustainability
  • Civil & structural
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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?

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  • Electricals & electronics
  • Technology & robotics
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Undersea information sharing

Undersea cables transport vast amounts of data across the world – and even detect whales and earthquakes.

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An aerial photo of a wind farm producing renewable energy, which is used by electrolysers to make green hydrogen.
  • Environment & sustainability
  • Energy
  • Innovation Watch
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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.
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  • Civil & structural
  • Maritime & naval
  • Issue 96

Ensuring engineering’s endurance

Offshore lighthouses are constantly getting battered by waves and wind. Rather than replacing them, engineers are looking into clever ways to prolong these (and other) structures.
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  • Civil & structural
  • Mechanical
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Bridging the Eurasian gap

The world’s longest suspension bridge (for now) spans about 5 km. Just how did they build it, and what was the secret to it being a year ahead of schedule?
  • Mechanical
  • Transport
  • Profiles
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Keeping complex systems on track

Kuldeep Gharatya FREng has been a key advocate for systems thinking at TfL – to the advantage of all London Tube users.

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  • Civil & structural
  • How I got here
  • Issue 96

Q&A: Nyasha Mutembwa

A summer school in Shanghai inspired civil engineering student Nyasha Mutembwa to reach for every opportunity on offer.

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  • Energy
  • Environment & sustainability
  • Chemical
  • How does that work?
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How do electrolysers work?

Electrolysers are a critical net zero technology used to produce green hydrogen.

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  • Electricals & electronics
  • Technology & robotics
  • Opinion
  • Issue 96

Securing the Internet of Everything

Our IoT devices need engineers to safeguard our privacy, say Oktay Cetinkaya and Peter Novitzky.