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Wet behind the ears? Building.co.uk, February 2014
It turns out that the problem of flood protection, which has flummoxed generations of politicians, can be solved in an afternoon by some engineering undergraduates. But will the government listen?
View ArticleA riff on the luxury of time, Building.co.uk, October 2013
The Royal Designers Summer School inspires Chris Wise to reflect on the civilising quality of time and buy a flamenco guitar
View ArticleDesigner's putty, Building.co.uk, July 2013
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View ArticleSustainability is for sharing, Building.co.uk, February 2013
Establishing a new educational model for sustainable building design could be a smart idea, but only if the whole industry works on it together, says Chris Wise
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Creative Conceptual Design Teaching: it's not about retail curtailment
Between 2011 and 2013 Oliver Broadbent collaborated with Martin Gillie and Tim Stratford at the University of Edinburgh to enhance the way the conceptual design is taught. This paper describes the innovations they developed.
View PublicationInteractive real-time physics: an intuitive approach to form-finding and structural analysis for design and education
In this paper Gennaro Sennatore describes the approach he and collaborators took to developing structural simulators Push Me Pull Me and Catastrophe.
View PublicationEd McCann - Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Innovation End of Year 5 Report
This report summarises the work that Ed did during his tenure as a RAEng VP in Innovation at UCL and Strathcylde
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Embedding Sustainability in the Undergraduate Civil Engineering Curriculum
This report provides lectures with practical suggestions for ways to enhance the way sustainability is taught to undergraduate civil engineers.
View ReportHow to Think like a Civil Engineer
To think like an engineer we need to think about how we shape the physical world to meet our needs whilst protecting future generations.
View ReportEngineer's toolbox
We have developed a unique collection of useful material data, rules of thumb and guidelines to help you carry out quick design calculations.
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