Meet inspiring and diverse engineers whose ground-breaking work is making a difference and inspiring writers who create compelling fiction.
Engineering is at the heart of being human: for thousands of years we’ve been inventing things, from stone tools through to modern smartphones, We’ve created technology that have made our lives better and have also radically changed society. And yet as a subject Engineering is strangely hidden in plain sight. Inventive explores new ways of telling Engineering's story by mixing fact and fiction. Through this, we inspire our listeners about the contribution engineering makes.
Host: Professor Trevor Cox, Acoustical Engineer
Producers: Anna Scott-Brown and Adam Fowler
Publicity: Gill Davies
Visuals and animations: Annabeth Robinson
Curriculum materials associated with this podcast will appear on the Nustem website at Northumbria University.
Overtone Productions for University of Salford, UK
Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Meet inspiring and diverse engineers whose ground-breaking work is making a difference and inspiring writers who create compelling fiction.
Engineering is at the heart of being human: for thousands of years we’ve been inventing things, from stone tools through to modern smartphones, We’ve created technology that have made our lives better and have also radically changed society. And yet as a subject Engineering is strangely hidden in plain sight. Inventive explores new ways of telling Engineering's story by mixing fact and fiction. Through this, we inspire our listeners about the contribution engineering makes.
Host: Professor Trevor Cox, Acoustical Engineer
Producers: Anna Scott-Brown and Adam Fowler
Publicity: Gill Davies
Visuals and animations: Annabeth Robinson
Curriculum materials associated with this podcast will appear on the Nustem website at Northumbria University.
Overtone Productions for University of Salford, UK
Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Manufacturing engineer Greg Bowie uses science to make stuff that heals broken bones. The material he works with has something in common with the network of pipes at the bottom of the ocean that carries the internet around the world and Greg himself has something in common with former US President Barack Obama. There's a Neo-fascist government in America in writer Emma Newman's short story, influenced by Greg's work, focusing on espionage and a tribute to people who go up against tyrants, Emma is interested in the interaction between humanity and technology and how people can use technology in the fight against fascism. Edge of the seat stuff!
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