I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here is back! In March students at nearly 50 schools will be interacting with 25 engineers across 5 different zones during this year’s British Science Week.

Between 7th–18th March school students will put the scientists through their paces in fast-paced live chats and probing questions on everything from surgery and food, to fuel and robotics.

For the latest news and announcements about the event, find us on Twitter, @iaegmooh, and follow the hashtag, #IAEUK.

Let’s meet the engineers and schools taking part in…

Food Zone

This zone is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

The Engineers

Tom Bullock | Pepsico International (Walkers Snack Foods)

I design tasty new snack foods like crisps and crackers; I look at what ingredients, recipes and machines we need to make them in a big factory!

Ross Miller | Mondelez International

I look at the science and processes that help make millions of chocolate treats around the world!

Keir Bailey | Phd Student, York University

Yum, yeast tikka masala for dinner?! I’m spicing up yeast, making it produce medicinal curry spices that are normally made by plants.

Dean Miles | Burtons Biscuits Company

I think of ideas, solutions and design new machines to help my company make new tasty biscuits

Abi Aspen Glencross | Phd Student, Kings College, UK & Maastricht University, NL

I’m a cellular agriculturalist and……I GROW MEAT IN THE LAB!

The Schools

• Adcote School For Girls, Shropshire
• Auchinleck Academy, East Ayrshire
• Brayton High School, North Yorkshire
• Copleston High School, Ipswich
• Lawnswood, Yorkshire
• Madley Brook Primary School, Witney
• Roding Primary School, Essex
• Scarning Vc Primary School, Norfolk
• St Wilfrid’s R.C. College, Tyne & Wear
• The Oxford Academy, Oxford
• Woodlawn School, Tyne And Wear

Fuel Zone

This zone is funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The Engineers

Sarah Hargreaves | Amec Foster Wheeler

My job is designing mini nuclear power plants that are used in submarines by the Royal Navy and to make sure that they are safe to people when under the sea or in dock.

Ryan Bakewell | Jaguar Land Rover

I design electric powertrains for cars of the future so that one day we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.

Priyanka Dhopade | University Of Oxford

I research how to improve jet engines to make them more efficient.

Paul Duff | PX Limited

As an Electrical, Control and Instrumentation Engineer on a Combined Heat Power station I am responsible for the design and maintenance of anything that uses or generates electricity and steam.

Christine Coonick | Building Research Establishment

I’m an engineer in disguise. I am based at the BRE National Solar Centre at the Eden Project in Cornwall, where we are developing a Smart Solar test site.

The Schools

• Fakenham Academy Norfolk, Fakenham
• Farr High School, Thurso
• Harlaw Academy, Aberdeen
• Mackie Academy, Stonehaven
• Merchant Taylors Girls School, Liverpool
• Parson Street Primary School, Bristol
• Poole Grammar, Dorset
• Queen Elizabeth’s School, Dorset
• St Patrick’s Rc Primary School, Stockton On Tees
• St. Bridget’s Primary, Glasgow

Robotics Zone

This zone is funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The Engineers

Tom Rooney | Bristol Robotics Laboratory

I spend my time working on robotic whiskers, so we can give underwater robots a sense of touch and a sense of water flow around the robot.

Stuart Inglis | Subsea 7

I design tools and upgrades for underwater, remote controlled robots using cool new technologies

Paul Webb | Village Bakery

I work on all the machines that make crumpets, welshcakes, bread and the robotics that move and pack pancakes on the worlds largest pancake line, I keep the line running and also involved in projects to make a new factory and how to build it an what cool.

Melanie Zimmer | HSSMI Ltd

BREAKING NEWS! Machines taking over the world! – I’m working on a secret mission to make sure this doesn’t happen!

Abbie Hutty | Airbus Space and Defence

I’m a Spacecraft Structures Engineer, currently designing the body of Europe’s first Mars Rover- which launches in 2018!

The Schools

• Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School, Dronfield
• Hans Price Academy, Weston-Super-Mare
• Hindley Green C.P School, Wigan
• King Edward Vi Handsworth School For Girls, Birmingham
• Ladybridge High School, Bolton
• Merton Park Primary, London
• Notre Dame School, Plymouth
• Old Palace Of John Whitgift Senior School, Croydon
• Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, Marlow
• Spen Valley High School, Liversedge
• Speyside High School, Banffshire

Surgery Zone

This zone is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

The Engineers

Monica Rozeik | Department Of Biomedical Engineering, University Of Strathclyde

I am a Biomedical Engineer and I design heart valves for children and adults to help improve their heart condition.

Matthew Round | Royal Brompton Hospital & Imperial College

I look after specialist computer systems and hardware that can see inside your guts, brains and all the other gooey bits.

Matthew Oldfield | Imperial College London

I analyse and improve the design of a robotic needle that can be steered inside the brain during surgery.

Maedeh Borhani | Imperial College London

I use my engineering skills to look at the patients with abnormal joints, muscle activity or skeleton and then I advice the surgeons and clinicians on their treatment.

Dominic Eggbeer | PDR

I work with medical specialists, such as surgeons and those who make prostheses, in the application of computer design technologies and 3D printing to help patients.

The Schools

• Broadlands Academy, Keynsham
• Community College Whitstable, Whitstable
• Fowey River Academy, Cornwall
• Francis Holland , London
• Shrubland Street Community Primary School, Leamington Spa
• St Mary’s School, Calne
• The Cooper School, Oxfordshire
• The Fulham Boys School, London
• The Royal High School Bath, Bath
• Thornton Primary School, Fife
• Wellfield High School, Leyland

Metre Zone (A General Engineering Zone)

This zone is funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The Engineers

Kene Ugochukwu | EDF Energy

I build nuclear reactors to produce 1600MW of electricity.

Emma Bradley | Atkins Global

I’m a Structural Engineer currently designing and building massive new underground stations in London for Crossrail – my team are doing both Tottenham Court Road and Woolwich Stations, and you’ll be able to see our handiwork for yourself in 2018!

Eleanor Rogers | Brompton Bicycle Limited

I design new parts for fold-up bicycles, including how they will work and look, and then I make them and test them out on my bike rides.

Angela Oliveira Pisco | AE

I apply engineering principles in the study of stem cells to try to improve medical care in diseases such as cancer and aging.

Andrew Pidgeon | Jacobs

By using electronics, software and hardware I design technology networks that help control traffic and pedestrians helping them get to their destination on time, safely and without being annoyed!

The Schools

• Alderman Peel High School, Norfolk
• All Hallows Catholic High School, Preston
• Arbroath Academy, Arbroath
• Arbroath High School, Angus
• Bolton St Catherine’s Academy, Lancashire
• Chosen Hill School, Gloucester
• Gordon’s School, Woking
• Harlaw Academy, Aberdeen
• Old Palace Of John Whitgift Senior School, Croydon
• Prince Henry’s High School, Evesham
• St Machar Academy, Aberdeen
• Stockley Academy, Uxbridge
• Walbottle Campus, Newcastle