A lot of the discussions in the Health Zone were focused on the medical theme: from drug delivery to repairing joints, probably due to students being able to relate to the topic. The live chats were particularly engaging, with lots of interesting health queries, but also a lot of general questions about an engineer’s work and life, and this mix was also apparent in ASK.
You can download the full zone report here.
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.