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READ THE FULL REPORT The Robotics Zone was a themed zone funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering. It involved scientists working with robotics in a variety of areas. Stuart designs tools for underwater robots, Melanie is a PhD student researching machine learning, Abbie works as Lead Engineer for the structure design on the first European Mars Rover, Tom is a PhD student who works for a robotics laboratory and Paul is an Engineering Supervisor for the Village Bakery. Questions from students were often thoughtful and intelligent, with the engineers providing detailed and engaging answers on topics such as the future of robotics and the gender balance in engineering. The zone was quite quiet in ASK with a below average number of questions submitted by the students compared to the rest of the March zones. The live chats also demonstrated that students had a good idea of the work the … Continue reading →

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.

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.