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Keep it Civil, the biweekly engineering podcast from UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, explores the fascinating and diverse world of engineering. We sit down with top engineers from UCL and beyond to discuss some amazing projects tackling real-world problems and shine a light on aspects of engineering science that may not have been on your radar. http://www.cege.ucl.ac.uk Banner image: Pointcloud of La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey, by Charles Thomson, 3DIMPact Research Group (H ...
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Keep it Civil 304 – The past, present, and future of transport
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In this week’s episode of Keep it Civil, we are joined by Dr Clemence Cavoli from the UCL Centre for Transport Studies, to speak about the past, present, and future trends of transport use. The centre for transport studies is a multidisciplinary research centre at UCL, the work they do covers established transport networks to developing solutions t…
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In this new episode of Keep it Civil, Julie Elkouby, the president of the UCL Student Society of Women Engineers, joins us to speak about the issues facing women in the engineering industry, and what her soceity is doing to improve the numbers of women studying engineering.Follow the UCL Student Society of Women Engineers on facebook (https://www.f…
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Keep It Civil 302 - The Future of Infrastructure
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For the second episode of series three we are joined by Professor Brian Collins to talk us through the work of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC), which aims to address the insufficient and unsustainable value extracted by services using national infrastructure. We analyze the motivations for this project, and…
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Keep it Civil 301 - Solar Energy in Rwanda
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In this new episode of Keep it Civil, Iwona Bisaga talks about her work with solar energy in Rwanda, and the Beacon Bursary grant project bringing the user story to the people of Kigali and London.Follow Iwona on twitter (twitter.com/IwonaBisaga)or through her blog (photovoice.org/through-the-lens-energy-access-stories-of-solar-home-system-users-in…
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Keep it Civil 203 - Biodiversity in the City
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For the last episode of this mini series, we're joined by EngD Researcher Alison Fairbrass to discuss her research measuring and monitoring biodiversity in cities and the built environment using sound recordings, and the ways in which this research can help make these places more habitable for wildlife.Keep it Civil will be back soon with new episo…
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Keep it Civil 202 - Earthquake Search and Rescue
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Josh Macabuag, Research Engineer at UCL with the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience (USAR), joins us to talk about his work with the charity Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID). Working with SARAID, Josh was deployed to Nepal as a Structural Engineer as part of the relief efforts following the devastating earthquake in 20…
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Keep It Civil 201 - Adaptive Building Structures
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Keep it Civil is back for series two, and we're joined by EngD Researcher Gennaro Senatore to discuss the design philosophy of adaptive building structures he developed here at UCL with the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience (USAR) and Expedition Engineering, with the work sponsored by EPSRC.Unlike conventional structures, adaptive stru…
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Rachna Leveque, Urban Planner and doctoral student at UCL, joins us to talk about how density relates to governance and resilience in cities, with a special look at Mumbai. What exactly do planners mean when they talk about density, and why is it important? How are resilience and density linked? What can we learn from Mumbai's example?Follow Rachna…
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