2016

Surgery Zone Report – March 2016

READ THE FULL REPORT The Surgery Zone was a themed zone funded by the Wellcome Trust. Within the zone, Matt is a Systems Administrator in a cardiothoracic hospital, Dominic is head of the Surgical and Prosthetic Design team at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Monica who designs medical devices for the heart, Maedeh is a Postdoctoral Research Associate who designs devices for patients with hand abnormalities and Matthew designs tools for brain surgery. The zone had a higher than average amount of questions and votes compared to the other March zones, and live chats were busy and energetic. Much of the topics discussed were career focussed, with some more theme- specific questions being asked as the event went on and students had the chance to talk to the engineers through the live chats, which were often busy and fast paced.

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Metre Zone Report – March 2016

READ THE FULL REPORT The Metre Zone was a general zone and funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, with five engineers from five different areas of engineering. Andrew is a Senior Engineer working in intelligent transportation systems, Ele is a bicycle Design Engineer for Brompton, Emma works in the design and construction of underground stations, Angela is a Post-Doctoral researcher at King’s College, London and Kene is a Systems/Reliability Engineer at a nuclear power station. This zone was one of the busiest of all the March zones and had a higher than average amount of questions approved and answers given, with students showing interest in topics such as different career paths and University courses. Most of the engineers interacted well with each other within the ASK section and live chats, with Andrew and Ele accounting for a majority of all activity by engineers.

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Fuel Zone Report – March 2016

READ THE FULL REPORT The Fuel Zone was a themed zone, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Ryan designs powertrains for Jaguar Land Rover, Sarah designs mini nuclear power plants for the Royal Navy’s submarines, Priyanka researches aerodynamics and heat transfer for jet engines at Oxford University, Paul is an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer at a nuclear power station and Chris works for the BRE National Solar Centre researching new storage for renewable energy. The zone was lively with most of the engineers highly active in the CHAT and ASK section throughout the event. There were many interesting and thought provoking questions, with a lot of interest in the future of engineering and topics such as solar power and transportation.

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Food Zone Report – March 2016

READ THE FULL REPORT This zone was a themed zone funded by the Wellcome Trust, with five engineers working in a variety of areas relating to food. Ross works in Bournvillle investigating and developing chocolate, Abi is researching how to grow meat in a lab, Dean is Group Senior Packaging Engineer for Burtons Biscuit Company, Tom designs new snack foods for PepsiCo and Blanca is a sustainability consultant making agriculture easier and accessible for people at home. Students showed lots of interest in the engineers’ individual jobs, with lots of questions directed at Abi about growing meat and Ross about chocolate, for example. All of the engineers were highly active throughout the event reflected in an even spread of activity within the ASK section and the live chats. Engineers often carried on attending chats and answering questions even after they had been evicted. The zone had the fewest schools taking … Continue reading →

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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.