Engineering

New Zealand engineer who worked on crowd modelling and pedestrian movement at the Olympics in London, Sochi, and now Rio de Janeiro. He is the winner of the 2016 IPENZ Young Engineer of the Year… Audio

The agricultural sector might be at a low ebb but in Rakaia, a rural township in mid-Canterbury, the community spirit is alive and kicking. With Liz Depree from the Rakaia Medical Trust, agricultural… Audio, Gallery

A new book by two heavyweight academics, Engineers of Jihad, contends that engineers are nine times more likely to be terrorists than you would expect by chance. Audio

University of Auckland Computer Science Lecturer, Paul Ralph, says when it comes to the public procurement of big software design projects - don't! He says the total cost of larger IT projects always… Audio

'Lost Oscillations' is a contribution to the Audacious Festival in Christchuch from sonic artists Dugal McKinnon and Jim Murphy. They tell Eva how it works, and what was involved in its creation. Audio

Low-damage precast concrete bridges featuring flexible steel tendons and energy dissipators that act as fuses are being tested at Canterbury University Audio

Dale Carnegie is the head of Victoria University's School of Engineering and Computer Science. He was last week given the 2015 Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence award for his engaging teaching… Video, Audio

New Zealand acoustician reveals the process in designing the new Philharmonie de Paris. Audio

The Vintage Aviator recreates old airplanes, mainly from World War I, using century old techniques as well as modern science and engineering Audio

The Vintage Aviator manufactures and restores World War 1 airplanes, using state-of-the-art ascience and engineering. Audio

The Vintage Aviator manufactures and restores World War 1 airplanes, using state-of-the-art ascience and engineering. Audio

What will music look and sound like in the future? At Victoria University in Wellington, PHD students who are part of an integrated engineering and music composition programme SELCT, (Sonic… Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 12 April 2014. Audio

University of Auckland engineers join forces with the German Fraunhofer Institute to develop robots for industry. Audio

Sir James Dyson, chief engineer and founder of Dyson Appliances in Britain. His designs - including a bagless cyclonic vacuum cleaner, air-blade hand dryers, and a fan without blades - have changed… Audio

Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy is training illiterate African grandmothers to be solar engineers at his Barefoot College in India. Audio

Ruth Beran goes to watch as science and engineering students from Victoria University compete in the Tell Us A Story challenge Audio