Global Educational Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology

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TitleTopic / SubtopicLevelPresenterDate RecordedDuration (Min)Feedback
Aeronautical EngineeringSynopsis:
My presentation is on the history of flight, the physics of flight and the different types of aircraft that exist. This includes the Wright brothers , the Bernouli effect and jet propelled aircraft.		Engineering / AeronauticalUndergraduate ages 18-22Hiller, LorneApr 22, 201011Feedback
Antarctic Auto-Sub Design - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
Designing an automated under-ice submarine.		Engineering / GeneralHigh - ages 14-19Miles Pebody, Miles14Feedback
Bugs that Digest Sulphur to Help Plants GrowSynopsis:
microbes help in the remediation of contaminated groundwaters and soils		Engineering / General interest - all agesSchmalenberger, Achim6Feedback
Building Services Engineer - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
How science and art are used to design modern buildings.		Engineering / GeneralHigh - ages 14-19McGowan, Sara14Feedback
Computer Engineer - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
James, who describes himself as working in science engineering, software development, clothing design and psychology originally intended to go to University straight from school and then to go straight into working in industry but he got the opportunity to do a Masters Degree and then a Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham where he worked on wearable computer technology for use in forensic field archeology.		Engineering / ComputerHigh - ages 14-19Cross, James14Feedback
Geoengineering: a brave new world?Synopsis:
This is a very new and rapidly developing area of science and technology and the proposals range from placing giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight to fertilising the oceans with nutrients in order to produce more phytoplankton to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide.		Engineering / GeoengineeringHigh - ages 14-19Various, PresentersJan 19, 201062Feedback
Mass Production Engineer - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
Despite a hard childhood, leaving home at 10 years old, being taken into care at 15 and failing her GCSE`s first time round at school Faye Banks went back to school and has since won the young woman engineer of the year award and works in Europe`s largest deodorant factory.\n\n \n\n \n\n\nThis video is available in the following formats:\n \nFlash Video Real Video\n\nFaye was head hunted and is the only woman engineer at the Lever Plant in Leeds. She was chosen as one of Britain`s brightest woman engineers, modern thinking, with drive and enthusiasm! She is also the youngest woman engineer at the plant at 24. Her job is to keep production going 24 hours a day and it is a big responsibility as she has to source and find a way to fix any problem. Faye breaks all the normal stereotypes for being an engineer - she is a woman, only in her 20s and did not follow the traditional career path into engineering. She gets a lot of respect from her male colleagues.\nBrought up in Hemsworth, a colliery town in West Yorkshire she had little prospects. She had a difficult childhood leaving home at 10 and things did not improve until she moved in with a best friend`s family at 15 and was given a second chance. She retook her GCSEs passing 8 in a year and then went on to train in engineering. Now she is being supported by the Lever Plant to do an Open University degree course.\nNot forgetting her past Faye has become an ambassador for the NSPCC, visiting NCPCC drop in centres to work with young girls as a role model. She feels that she is probably one of the 1% that that made it from her background, and says that if you want to achieve something you can. Faye says that she wants to make the most of every opportunity!		Engineering / GeneralHigh - ages 14-19Banks, Faye14Feedback
Mind-reading machines: technologies with People SenseSynopsis:
People Sense refers to the remarkable capacity of humans to sense and have a commonsense understanding of others' affective-cognitive states and behaviors. The ability to understand and predict people's behavior varies from person to person and even within the same individual.		Engineering / ComputerUndergraduate - ages 18 - 22el Kaliouby, RanaSep 27, 200769Feedback
Multi-field problems involving multi-fracturing solids and particulate mediaSynopsis:
For many problems involving multi-fracturing solids and/or particulate media, the system response is governed by the presence of an additional phase, either gaseous, liquid or both, or by the need to consider other physical phenomena, such as thermal effects or multi-scale behaviour.		Engineering / GeneralGraduate - ages 21 - 25Owen, DavidJul 09, 200915Feedback
On the Air - from Vega.org.ukSynopsis:
Michael Garrett discusses the physical properties of gases and demonstrates how air is liquefied. Liquefied gases are a key resource for survival with an amazing range of applications and there are now few industries which are not in some way dependent on this major raw material. Life-saving operations in hospitals, the purification of polluted rivers and lakes, and superconductivity are but a few fields which require liquefied gas supplies. The presentation also includes a demonstration of superconductivity and flux pinning.		Engineering / GeneralHigh - ages 14-19Garrett, Michael58Feedback
Plastic electronics: the science and application of molecular electronic materials and devicesSynopsis:
Plastics have become ubiquitous structural materials due to the ease with which they can be processed at low cost into complex shapes. Imagine a world in which metals and semiconductors have similar attributes – that is the world of Plastic Electronics.		Engineering / ElectronicHigh - ages 14-19Bradley, DonaldMar 02, 201060Feedback
Self-Lubricating SkisSynopsis:
Find out how Professor Peter Styring came up with a design for self-lubricating skis, and discover what stringent tests he performed before realizing the finished product.\nA chemical engineer, Styring has devoted much of his working life to designing systems whereby liquids flow continually. His first attempts at designing the self-lubricating ski were basic but they proved the idea was possible.		Engineering / FluidHigh - ages 14-19Styring, PeterJun 01, 200714Feedback
What’s going on Underground? Tunnelling into the FutureSynopsis:
Urban congestion is a serious problem in many cities, so the creation of underground space and in particular the development of underground transport is environmentally essential. How can tunnels be built in ground sometimes as soft as toothpaste? What can go wrong?		Engineering / CivilHigh - ages 14-19Mair, RobertFeb 18, 200962Feedback

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