195 results found for 'bridge'
Look what we've achieved together!
9 Dec 2021
As the year draws to a close, we look back at all we've accomplished in 2021 – we couldn't have done any of it without you.
Mitigation
28 Oct 2021
Unite with your profession to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – to limit additional warming and minimise the increasingly widespread effects of climate change.
International acclaim for bioengineering
19 Sep 2021
Professor Merryn Tawhai has been instrumental in putting New Zealand on the global bioengineering map. But while she – and the institute she helps lead – are renowned internationally, they’re lesser known back here at home.
Crossing the Divide
12 Aug 2021
Professor Regan Potangaroa, an Academic at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, discusses the power of technology, his fascinating experience working in humanitarian aid projects, and more.
Five minutes with Paul Ewart
14 Jun 2021
This month, we chat with academic Paul Ewart from Wintec's Centre for Engineering and Industrial Design.
Rules of thumb
9 Jun 2021
What are rules of thumb, and when should they – and shouldn’t they – be used?
Hans Huizing (1924 - 2017)
5 Feb 2021
Hans Huizing graduated in the Netherlands in 1948, emigrating to New Zealand in 1952 to work for the Ministry of Works on the Cobb River Power Station in Nelson, later moving to Upper Hutt then Napier.
Alexander William Aitken (1921 - 2017)
2 Feb 2021
Alec Aitken started work in the Public Works Department in 1938. When World War II intervened he joined the RNZAF as a flight mechanic, serving two tours of duty in the Pacific.
Five minutes with Peter Xu
6 Dec 2020
We caught up with Peter Xu, Professor at the University of Auckland and Chair of mechatronics engineering.
Engineering gone wild
2 Dec 2020
We’ve all heard about animals as engineers – beavers and their mud-and-branch lodges, the ovenbird’s ingenious nest, and, of course, bees and their perfectly wrought hexagonal hives. But human engineers working on behalf of animals? That story’s less familiar. From perfecting zoo habitats to improving veterinary surgery, here are some instances of New Zealand engineers bringing their skills to the animal kingdom.
