# Engineering the Modern World

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Dame Sue Ion, Sadie Morgan OBE, Roger Ridsdill Smith
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/engineering-world)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The UK’s nuclear power reactors have provided a significant proportion of the UK’s low carbon electricity over their lifetimes. Most will retire in this decade. Advances in technology mean that modern systems can compete with other forms of low carbon energy. The lecture will discuss the progress made in development of Small Modular Reactors which make these systems promising for future deployment and the additional functionality offered by next generation systems for hydrogen production and heat as well as electricity.

## Lectures

1. [What Is the Role of Nuclear Power in a Net Zero System?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-engineering-world/88571e3ff833) (YouTube)
2. [Architects and Engineers: Making Infrastructure Beautiful](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-engineering-world/a148d510ba66) (YouTube)
3. [The Future of Tall Buildings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-engineering-world/24016d823208) (YouTube)