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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.
Set for life
4 Dec 2019
Think replacement body parts, and The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman of 1970s television might spring to mind. But while permanently attached, fully functioning, replacement limbs remain in the future, engineers are behind the replacement of complex joints, attractive artificial limbs and other advances helping build better – and longer – lives.
C–SUITE: Darryl-Lee Wendelborn
1 Dec 2017
Get to know Darryl-Lee Wendelborn, Beca New Zealand's Managing Director.
Lights, camera, engineer!
10 Jun 2019
From digging hobbit holes to strengthening iconic cathedrals, new Distinguished Fellow Arthur Park’s 45-year career has been packed with ingenuity and innovation.
Geoffrey Garth Thornton (1922-2017)
29 May 2019
Geoffrey Thornton’s lifelong interest was in the study of New Zealand’s engineering heritage and he was influential in gaining recognition for engineering and industrial heritage in New Zealand.
