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From 1999 to 2049: looking back and looking forward
We asked Ingenia contributors to share the engineering that’s impacted them since 1999 – and the engineering advances that could change the world in the next 25 years. Why not share your thoughts too using #IngeniaMag?
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How ABBA Voyage was made
ABBA said they’d never tour again. Bringing them back required a technological marvel, a fully demountable arena, and an array of engineering disciplines working in tandem to make it all come together. Leonie Mercedes goes on a voyage to explore the engineering behind the show.
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- Issue 100
How a shrimp inspired nuclear fusion technology
First Light Fusion is setting records in its plans to commercialise nuclear power. It has taken inspiration from a shrimp to develop a process to compress pellets of fusion fuel to create thermonuclear fusion energy.
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- Opinion
- Issue 100
The imperative of social sustainability in engineering
As Ingenia's guest editor for its 100th issue, Dr Shini Somara sets out the need to grow our commitment to widening participation in engineering and ensure social sustainability.
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- Design & manufacturing
- Environment & sustainability
- Innovation Watch
- Issue 100
The engineers turning surplus feathers into packaging
London-based startup Aeropowder is turning surplus feathers into a biodegradable thermal packaging material, designed to keep items such as medicines or vaccines insulated and cold during transport.
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- Environment & sustainability
- Design & manufacturing
- Opinion
- Issue 100
The art and science of engineering with living things
Christopher Bellamy trained as an engineer at the University of Cambridge and worked for Jaguar Land Rover and Salomon. Now, he's a biodesigner working with living things to create materials that make us feel closer to nature.
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- Environment & sustainability
- Materials
- Issue 99
How engineers are fighting microplastic pollution
From the deepest reaches of the sea to the innermost tissues of our bodies, humans have found microplastics everywhere we’ve looked for them. Now, engineers are trying to stop microplastics from getting into our water systems and the environment.
- Design & manufacturing
- Materials
- Issue 98
Greening the UK’s steel industry
Steel has made modern life as we know it possible, but it needs to clean up its act. Leonie Mercedes investigates how engineers are working to decarbonise this important global industry.
- Chemical
- Environment & sustainability
- Issue 97
How to remediate forever chemicals
Move over, microplastics, there’s a troubling new pollutant in town, used to manufacture iPhone chips, firefighting foams and many more everyday items. So how do we get rid of forever chemicals for good?
People in engineering
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- Issue 100
Q&A: Abigail Berhane, aerospace engineering researcher
Sci-fi films first got Abigail Berhane interested in STEM. Then, a visit to CERN cemented a future in engineering. About to hand in her PhD, she plans to continue her work in aerospace engineering to help increase diversity in the field and work towards a greener future.
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- Aerospace
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- How I got here
Q&A: Meganne Christian, reserve astronaut
Initially, Meganne Christian's background in engineering prepared her for research expeditions to Antarctica and experiments with materials in zero gravity. After earning a position as a reserve astronaut with the European Space Agency in 2022, she is now a part of the exploration team at the UK Space Agency.
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- Environment & sustainability
- How I got here
Q&A: Harvey Hudson, building services engineering apprentice
Family inspiration and diagnosing problems on his mountain bike set Harvey Hudson on the engineering apprenticeship route. He was since named the National Apprentice of the Year and featured in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s ‘This is Engineering’ campaign.
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