Isaac Newton Trust / Newnham Engineering Fellow (University of Cambridge). Founder (BKwai). Using engineering to support cities be more resilient. Own views.
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Stuck on plane that should have arrived 1hr40 ago, but diverted to another city due to bad weather. Not allowed to leave the plane. Not allowed tap water. Not allowed to open the cabinet to sell water. Breastfeeding mother & children on board. @Ryanair let your staff sell water!
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@RyanairPress - surely you need to let people, especially mothers with babies access water somehow??
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A hotel agrees to give a refund for one night - we just have to go to @bookingcom to get the refund. Why are all of our correspondence messages deleted? Why is no one arranging this refund? Months and months we are waiting, and all our message history is wiped?
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Congratulations to this impressive group of volunteers, who are now UN classified and will continue to support those in regions impacted by disasters.
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oh, and in case you missed why Sri Lankans need help right now, it's because of this whole situation aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/31…
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We are with @Cambridge_Uni researchers discussing digital twins. Digital twins are a way of getting better insights about the assets you commission, design, construct or manage, enhancing their performance and the outcomes. #DW2021 bit.ly/DigitalTwinJourneys
@NicolaNcla @sakthys
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Very excited to have Construkt @SeriouS_A_Youth back in person! Some impressive tender presentations, with young people passionate about finding solutions that reduce carbon and climate impacts as well as being safe, efficient and cost effective. #Construkt #netzero
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Join us this afternoon for our CSIC Distinguished Lecture, given by Prof Jim Hall, from the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford
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Who knew a hobby in making structural tensegrity sculptures as art could be so threatening? 🤷🏿♀️
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To try making one: you need some solid pieces (e.g. bamboo) and some wire. Simplest example is 3 pieces, which you can connect with the wire being slack, then tighten each wire up bit by bit until they're all in tension but the bamboo pieces don't touch. Roughly done example:
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Can also do it with elastic bands and small bits of cane or down rod with slits cut into either end ... makes for an fun #stem activity with kids :)
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This is a beautiful thread that speaks a lot to me. For the father that moved to give his family a better life, who didn't have a father of his own, who doesn't say much but shows through his actions how much he loves us. Happy Father's day to one gave his daughters the world ♥️
Happy Father's Day to the immigrant Papas who moved across the world to plant roots in an unknown land. The ones who didn't have a roadmap and are trying their best. The ones who never looked back in order to create a life where we can intentionally make choices they never had.
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Today marks 16 years since since the devastating Boxing Day #Tsunami that swept away entire communities around the Indian Ocean.
Over 228,000 people were killed as a result of the 9.1 magnitude quake one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Indonesia.
Great time joining the Cambridge Physics Centre lecture for 6th formers & chatting about monitoring the built environment using satellites. Online for anyone who knows a #futureengineer or #futurephysicist -> next session + lecture by Dr Claire Barlow @Cambridge_Eng in January!
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Inspirational @ICE_engineers presidential address by @Rachel__Skinner reminding us of our obligations of #civilengineers to reduce carbon emissions and not harness nature, but support our world in flourishing. #shapingzero #netzero #climatechange #Engineers
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What is the potential for materials with lower embodied carbon to be used more widely in both small-scale domestic projects and larger-scale residential and commercial projects? Philip Isaac and Jonny Hawkshaw explore in #TheStructuralEngineer ow.ly/T9T950BjEHD
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We're gearing up for our next Virtual Open Days on 17-18 September!
Aimed at prospective applicants in #Year13 (or equivalent), join us for a webinar featuring a panel of academics. Each of our webinars will contain a Q+A session.
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ALT Female students working in our Dyson Centre for Engineering Design.
Shame I can't run as a social occasion these days, but anyone fancy joining me in spirit for a run to support @team_saraid who have just returned from supporting the Beirut disaster? There's a cool t-shirt in it for if further incentive is needed...
