Latest Geomatic Podcast Episodes

Keep It Civil 302 - The Future of Infrastructure

Keep it Civil - UCL Engineering Podcast - August 10, 2017 14:47 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
For the second episode of series three we are joined by Professor Brian Collins to talk us through the work of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC), which aims to address the insufficient and unsustainable value extracted by services using national infrastruct...

Keep it Civil 301 - Solar Energy in Rwanda

Keep it Civil - UCL Engineering Podcast - June 09, 2017 09:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
In this new episode of Keep it Civil, Iwona Bisaga talks about her work with solar energy in Rwanda, and the Beacon Bursary grant project bringing the user story to the people of Kigali and London. Follow Iwona on twitter (twitter.com/IwonaBisaga)or through her blog (photovoice.org/through-the-l...

Keep it Civil 203 - Biodiversity in the City

Keep it Civil - UCL Engineering Podcast - September 07, 2016 09:15 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
For the last episode of this mini series, we're joined by EngD Researcher Alison Fairbrass to discuss her research measuring and monitoring biodiversity in cities and the built environment using sound recordings, and the ways in which this research can help make these places more habitable for wi...

Keep it Civil 202 - Earthquake Search and Rescue

Keep it Civil - UCL Engineering Podcast - August 31, 2016 10:31 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Josh Macabuag, Research Engineer at UCL with the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience (USAR), joins us to talk about his work with the charity Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters (SARAID). Working with SARAID, Josh was deployed to Nepal as a Structural Engineer as part of the reli...

Keep It Civil 201 - Adaptive Building Structures

Keep it Civil - UCL Engineering Podcast - August 10, 2016 09:08 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Keep it Civil is back for series two, and we're joined by EngD Researcher Gennaro Senatore to discuss the design philosophy of adaptive building structures he developed here at UCL with the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience (USAR) and Expedition Engineering, with the work sponsored b...

Keep It Civil 116 - Density Matters!

Keep it Civil - UCL Engineering Podcast - December 02, 2015 10:09 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Rachna Leveque, Urban Planner and doctoral student at UCL, joins us to talk about how density relates to governance and resilience in cities, with a special look at Mumbai. What exactly do planners mean when they talk about density, and why is it important? How are resilience and density linked? ...