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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 on What Matt Maddock did with his prize money…

What Graham Wiggins did with his prize money…

Graham won the Apprentice Zone in June 2014. Here he tells us how he decided to use his £500 prize money as donations to outreach programmes …  I know what you are thinking…. “ why choose a donation, and why those recipients? “ I hope the next 229 words will explain my thoughts. Having read the guidance notes for the event, I needed to get as much effect for the cash as I could, while providing a traceable paper trail at the same time. This favoured a donation, but to whom? I decided to split the cash into 3 unequal parts, £200 to WISE, £200 to the Vulcan to the Sky Trust, and £100 to Science Oxford. WISE spent their cash on their Create Your Future project which is a series of workshops around the country to encourage more girls to consider STEM careers and, in particular, apprenticeships. The cash for Vulcan to the Sky went on their public engagement and … Continue reading

Posted on June 3, 2015 by in News, STFCWinner, Winner Reports | Comments Off on What Graham Wiggins did with his prize money…