Winner Reports

What Stevie Wray did with his prize money…

Stevie was voted the winner of the Energy Zone in November 2015. Here he reports back on how he used his £500 prize money for more engineering outreach. If you’re an engineer who’d like funding to support your own STEM outreach activities, apply now for I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here at imanengineer.org.uk/engineers My winnings from the 2015 Energy Zone of I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here have now started to be put to good use! I’ve donated the money to Science Oxford who organise Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) outreach activities in Oxfordshire (and beyond). They’ve restarted a club that is close to my heart called the Creative Computing Club; in this incarnation they are using BBC micro:bits to teach children to code and understand a bit about computing in general – even down to the electronics level! The initial plan for the money … Continue reading →

Posted on March 1, 2017 by in IETWinner, Winner Reports | Comments Off

What Zoe George did with her prize money…

Zoe George was voted the winner of the the Food Zone in June 2014. She used the money to facilitate workshops in the Chemical Engineering department at the University of Birmingham for 100 school students. Zoe spent £200 on a microscope and camera that allows the students to take their own images of different substances in the workshops. Zoe said ‘My main aim was to get across the role a food engineer plays in the development of everyday products that you eat, which you probably don’t even think about.‘ The rest of the funds were used for workshop supplies and travel expenses. If you’re an engineer who’d like funding to support your own STEM outreach activities, apply now for I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here at imanengineer.org.uk/engineers

Posted on February 15, 2017 by in Winner Reports, WTWinner | Comments Off

What Rhys Archer did with her prize money…

Rhys won the Space for All Zone in June 2015. Since then she’s been hard at work setting up her own outreach project: Women of Science, and here she tells us about the experience. If you’re an engineer who’d like the funding to develop your own outreach activities apply for I’m an Engineer at imanengineer.org.uk/engineer-apply. I had done quite a lot of science outreach within schools before I took part in the Space for All Zone last March, so I had a good idea of the issues I wanted to try and address with the prize money – namely being 1) under representation of women in science, and 2) misrepresentation of what science and engineering is. My first idea was to create leaflets to send to widening participation schools, one a very illustrative one showing the different types of science and engineering jobs which affect everyday life, and the second … Continue reading →

Posted on December 7, 2016 by in UKSAWinner, Winner Reports | Comments Off

What Matt Maddock did with his prize money…

Matt was voted the winner of the Measurement Zone in 2012. Since then he’s been busy developing his project, and here he reports on his progress. If you’re an engineer who’d like the funding to develop your own outreach activities apply for I’m an Engineer at imanengineer.org.uk/engineer-apply. The money was used to buy a LEGO EV3 Mindstorms Educational set to take part in an educational outreach program run by some colleagues at Diamond Light Source. We’ve developed designs for a fully working diffraction interferometer made from the Mindstorms kit, but we needed the newest version of the LEGO to help test the current designs and develop them further. Here are some pictures of the current model and a few of its immediate predecessor in various states of completion and use. We’ve already been able to take the model out and about to show the public, including open days at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory … Continue reading →

Posted on November 16, 2016 by in STFCWinner, Winner Reports | Comments Off

What Nicola Lazenby did with her prize money…

Nicola was voted the winner of the Environment Zone in March 2013. Nicola and two of her PhD colleagues run The Energy Community, a website raising awareness of how you can save money on your energy bills. The site aims to make energy advice simple and easy to understand, and also run energy workshops and support lessons in local schools. Nicola’s prize money was used to develop an interactive game on the site, ‘Energy Explorer’. In it you can explore the different rooms of a house, interacting with different objects and reading about how to save energy. Follow the Energy Community blog for more of Nicola’s work raising awareness about energy saving.

Posted on November 9, 2016 by in RAEngWinner, Winner Reports | Comments Off

What Naomi Green did with her prize money…

Naomi was voted the winner of Health Zone in March 2015. Here she reports on how she got on using her £500 prize money over the last year. If you’re an engineer who’d like the funding to develop your own outreach activities, apply for I’m an Engineer at imanengineer.org.uk/engineer-apply. Taking part in and winning the Health Zone of I’m an Engineer was such an amazing experience! It was wonderful to talk to so many enthusiastic students and share my love of engineering and the research I do. I spent my £500 prize money on developing a new workshop for secondary school students called the Accident and Emergency Engineering Challenge. The students work in teams to design, build and test a device for holding a broken bone in place whilst it heals. Each team is given a model of a “broken” femur bone, a design specification, and a budget for buying materials … Continue reading →

Posted on October 26, 2016 by in Winner Reports, WTWinner | Comments Off

What Will Scott-Jackson did with his prize money…

Will was voted the winner of Hospitals Zone in June of 2015. Here he updates us on what he’s been able to do with his £500 prize money since winning… My Year Since “I’m an Engineer…” As I bask in the glory of my victory just over a year ago; I stop and take stock. I reflect on all the ideas I had, promises and pledges made to invest the winning money wisely; and now today I reveal unto you the fruits of said labour! Let’s get real here, big projects don’t always go as planned. Plans change, tasks that seemed simple at first turn out to be gargantuan in nature and some ideas just don’t pan out. But luckily, my plans didn’t go ENTIRELY terribly, some good progress was made and I have some cool stuff to show for it. Without further ado, here is what I have been up … Continue reading →

Posted on August 11, 2016 by in Winner Reports, WTWinner | Comments Off

What Neil Taylor did with his prize money…

Last year, Neil was voted the winner of the Safety Zone. Here he tells us what he’s been able to do with his £500 prize money since then… It’s now been a year since I took part in the March 2015 I’m an Engineer Safety Zone. Participating in the event was great fun, and it was a privilege to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) alongside Philippa, Pete, Paula and Matthew. I also learned a great deal from the experience, so a big thank you again to all involved. Here’s how I’ve used the £500 prize money over the past year: I’ve brought together a team of 5 engineers from my company to design, create, and deliver a new, fun, STEM-based activity idea for students — a Puzzle Room. The activity is designed to take around 30-45 minutes for a team of 5 students to complete, and features a series of … Continue reading →

Posted on April 20, 2016 by in Winner Reports | Comments Off

What Stacey Cutten did with her prize money…

Stacey was voted the winner of the Apprentice Zone in March 2015. We caught up with her to see what she’s been able to do over the last year with her £500 prize money… On the 15th October 2015, I invited Year 8’s from the Cavendish School to participate in an engineering-based activity day. The day was split into 2 halves, 60 students participating in the morning session, and 60 students participating in the afternoon session. The activity programme was called Making Knexions, created by Young Engineers. It is a STEM programme that enables students of all abilities to explore and engage through hands on design and build activities. The particular session I chose to run was based on Wind Turbines. The aim of the session was to encourage students to work together to create a solution to a problem, to learn new skills and to learn about potential future careers in engineering. … Continue reading →

Posted on April 6, 2016 by in Winner Reports | Comments Off

What Mark Greaves did with his prize money

Mark won the Cities Zone in June 2014. We asked him to tell us what he’s got up to with his £500 prize and this is what he said… I’m an Engineer — What a brilliant experience! It started as a bit of fun with the added benefit of speaking to a wide audience of young people. As the two weeks went on, I began thinking more about the skills required to be an engineer and it struck me… Communication skills are of the utmost importance! I had never thought of that before I had done I’m an Engineer. It’s great to see more and more I’m an Engineer events being run, the regular updates and twitter feed do genuinely bring a smile to my face 🙂 I wanted to use the prize money to design and build a demonstration rig which exhibits some aspects of mechanical engineering in the water industry. The … Continue reading →

Posted on August 12, 2015 by in Winner Reports | Comments Off

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What is I’m an Engineer?

I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here is an online activity where school students get to meet and interact with engineers.

It’s a competition between engineers, where the students are the judges.

Students challenge the engineers over intense, fast-paced, online live Chats. Then they Ask the engineers all the questions they want to, and Vote for their favourite scientist to win a prize of £500 to communicate their work with the public.