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Newcastle University - Ask our Experts

Newcastle University - Ask our Experts

By Newcastle University STEM Outreach

In this podcast we ask Scientists and Engineers at Newcastle University questions asked by school students. See who we have coming up and submit your own questions at go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts
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Ask our MP, Chi Onwurah

Newcastle University - Ask our ExpertsMar 08, 2021

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Ask our MP, Chi Onwurah

Ask our MP, Chi Onwurah

To celebrate International Women's Day, we're sharing Clare's full conversation with Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne Central and Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Digital. Learn more about Chi's experience as an engineer, her transition into politics and discover what the government are doing to increase diversity in STEM.

This was originally recorded for the Holmes Memorial Lectures 2021 on Women in STEM. This is available here: https://youtu.be/DWIOzZfLuGk 


Mar 08, 202118:10
Ask our Medicinal Chemist

Ask our Medicinal Chemist

Medicinal Chemist and PhD student, Catherine Salvini answers your chemistry questions. Find out how medicines are made, what happens when you mix the wrong chemicals and of course, what happens when you mix dry ice, liquid nitrogen and orange juice...

Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube Channel. 

Visit go.ncl.ac.uk/stemnewcastle to find out who is coming next and submit your questions. 

Feb 08, 202116:13
Ask our Mechanical Engineer

Ask our Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer and PhD student at Newcastle University, Jenny Olsen answers your engineering questions.

Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube Channel!

Find out which Scientists and Engineers will be interviewed next and submit your own questions at go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts


Feb 01, 202112:04
Ask our Biochemist

Ask our Biochemist

Biochemist and PhD student, Ruth Walker, answers your question on making medicines, our immune system and what it's like to do a PhD.

Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube Channel.

Find out who is coming up next and submit your own questions at http://go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts.

Jan 25, 202126:30
Ask our PhD Students

Ask our PhD Students

Here is a taste of what is to come from series two in January, when we'll be interviewing some of Newcastle University's PhD students. 

Dec 21, 202003:03
Ask our Physicist

Ask our Physicist

Physicist Paul Branch answers your question on magnets, electricity and superconductivity. 

Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube Channel.

Find out who is coming up next and submit your own questions at http://go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts.

Dec 14, 202023:12
Ask our Computer Scientist
Dec 07, 202023:25
Ask our Chemical Engineer

Ask our Chemical Engineer

This week we're interviewing Chemical Engineer, Fernando Russo Abegao. Fernando answers all of your questions on Chemistry, Engineering and how things are made.

Watch the highlights of this episode on our Youtube channel - STEM Newcastle.

Find out who we have coming up next and submit your own questions at go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts or tweet us @STEMNewcastle

Nov 30, 202023:12
Ask our Epidemiologists

Ask our Epidemiologists

Newcastle University's Prof. Mark Pearce and Dr. Emma Slack answer all of your questions on data and disease. Don't worry, the first question answered is what is Epidemiology!  You'll also get to hear about their career journeys in STEM as well as why COVID-19 affects some people more than others, how diseases spread and more.

To find out who we have coming up and to submit your own questions to our experts, visit go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts. You can also see video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube channel.

Nov 23, 202022:11
Ask our Naval Architect

Ask our Naval Architect

Naval Architect, Maryam Haroutunian, shares her journey to becoming an engineer as well as answering all of your questions on how boats float, how submarines find their way around how we test new ship designs at Newcastle University. 

Nov 16, 202026:54
Ask our Biologists

Ask our Biologists

Newcastle University Biologists Louise Mair and Rike Bolam answer children's questions on animals, plants and biodiversity. 

Nov 09, 202017:00
Ask our Hydrologist

Ask our Hydrologist

Hydrologist, Liz Lewis answers your questions on water and climate change. Her research has a particular focus on the effect that climate change has on flooding and droughts. 

Nov 02, 202023:45
Ask Our Astrophysicist

Ask Our Astrophysicist

In our first episode, we interview Astrophysicist, Tami Rodgers to ask her all of your questions about Space.

See who we're interviewing next and submit your own questions at go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts 

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