After each event we ask the winning engineers to write a short blog that is sent to everyone who took part in their zone. It’s a chance for them to reflect on their I’m an Engineer experience and thank the students for their questions and votes.

Here is what the winners from June had to say…

 Lizzie, Artificial Body Zone

It was great meeting you through the chats and answering your questions. So many of you asked really good and insightful questions that really made me think.

You all helped remind me what an amazing field I work in and have encouraged me to continue doing my research and future outreach. You have inspired me and I hope I have inspired some of you – both boys and girls to study engineering.

Lee, Energy Zone

I am delighted to have won an amazing competition. I was really impressed how the students had the confidence to ask some tough and personal questions, finding out what it is really like to be an engineer. I genuinely hope that some of those who participated will now consider engineering as a career.

Zack, Environment Zone

What a whirlwind! My colleagues in the office have never seen me work so hard 😉 But it was really rejuvenating to get so much inquisition about the topic that I love so much, especially when I think back and remember that I hadn’t even heard of “engineering” until after A-levels.

…I learnt loads about earthquake, gas and hydro engineering myself!!

Will, Hospitals Zone

Winning was the icing on an already awesome cake! The last two weeks have been an absolute blast; the sheer volume of questions coming in tells me everything I need to know about the next generation of scientists and engineers. You’re all an inquisitive bunch and will all become fantastic at what you do.

I’m so very pleased that we as engineers and scientists have inspired you to pursue becoming engineers yourself; hearing many of you saying you wish to become engineers during our conversations has made it all worth it.

Rhys, Space Zone

I am so thrilled to have been able to talk to so many of you, and hopefully been able to tell you something you didn’t know about engineering.

Especially over the last few weeks, I have seen how important it is that young people in schools have access to role models within science and engineering, access to information about what engineers do and who they are, and I am looking forward to using the prize money to put together leaflets to send through to schools in the UK!

Norbert, Kelvin Zone

We, the engineers should all feel obliged to translate engineering to youths. We want them to be the future, world-leading engineers of the UK. Personally, I think this is a fantastic event and I am glad it takes place three times a year. I was very glad to talk to all of you. I received plenty of questions and a lot of them were really clever. I am thrilled by the level of depth to which students were reaching in their questions. I am already noticing young scientists and engineers out there.

If you think you can take the inquisitive questions… Want to inspire the next generation….Want to discover new ways to communicate your work… And want to show what engineering is really like…

Apply now to take part in the next event

I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here runs in March, June, and November. For more information on the zones happening in the November 2015 event, take a look at this post.