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How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future?

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Civil engineering Dr Alice Alipour is a civil engineer, working in the branch of engineering that focuses on the design and construction of infrastructure, such as buildings, roads and bridges. She is leading a team of engineers from a range of disciplines who are designing smart façades for buildings.

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Living in a material world: the importance of materials science and engineering

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This covers anything you make things out of and is true across a huge range of scales, from the atomic level through to civil engineering structures.”. A material’s chemical properties are equally important. I chose MSE through a process of elimination – I knew I wanted to study engineering but wasn’t sure which type.

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Seven Different Types of Bridges and Why We Build Them

Science and Steamteam

This bridge is one of the most photographed bridges globally and was voted one of the “Seven Wonders of the Modern World” by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The wires are spread far apart so that the weight on the deck, load, is spread out equally. Tell students that they are civil engineers.