The first I’m an Engineer event is just around the corner, so it’s time to announce the engineers and schools taking part.
Selecting engineers for March 2012 from teacher and student ratings
The event will be running from 12th-23rd March, coinciding with National Science and Engineering week. The Energy and Transport Zones tie in particularly well with this year’s theme Our World in Motion.
Schools
Over 80 schools are taking part and we’re hoping they’ll enjoy the experience. One teacher who took part in I’m a Scientist June 2011 said: “You could have powered a small town off the energy the kids produced this during our session”.
Engineers
Competition for engineers was tough and choosing the final engineers to take part wasn’t easy. We had to turn down lots of engineers involved in cutting-edge projects.
Energy
Engineers
| Usaid Rauf | EDF Energy | I am an engineer customising the design of a simulator for the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for over 15 years. |
| Robin Stafford Allen | Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) | I engineer and design parts for the next generation Fusion Reseach reactor (ITER) making sure that they will withstand the forces and heat that they will see during their life. |
| Kelly Walker | E.ON | I am a combustion engineer developing sustainable energy solutions – converting coal power stations to biomass to provide greener electricity. |
| Caroline Roberts Haritonov | Astrimar Ltd. | When oil and gas equipment is installed in deepwater, it breaks down and is very difficult and expensive to repair. I work to predict all the possible ways it could break down and suggest ways of improving the design so they work better. |
| Becky Selwyn | University of Bristol | I’m looking at how heat from the sun can be used to keep things like food cold. |
Schools
The County High School, Leftwich
Wolsingham School and Community College, Wolsingham
Kinochbervie High School, Kinochbervie
St Benedict’s School, Ealing
Sirius Academy, Hull
The Ridgeway School, Wroughton
Spen Valley Sports College, Roberttown
Wallace High School, Stirling
Chichester High School for Girls, Chichester
Putney High School, Putney
Woolwich Polytechnic, Thameasmead
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Chafford Hundred
Small Heath School, Birmingham
St. Brigids School, Denbigh
Health
Engineers
| Paige Brown | Louisiana State University | I am an engineer and a communicator – I engineer ‘smart’ nanomaterials with biomedical applications and I translate engineer-speak into everyday language. |
| Martin Wallace | Sidhil. Ltd. | I am a mechanical design engineer and work for a company that designs and manufactures a vast range of hospital equipment and medical aids to help people recover from illnesses and operations and to improve their daily life. |
| Joanne Davies | Elekta Ltd. | A mechanical engineer, who can make anything from cup-cakes to turbines; currently working on radiotherapy devices that save lives…. |
| Emily Bullen | AstraZeneca | I’m scaling up of a processes to manufacture drugs in development. Optimisation and trouble shooting on pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. Chartered engineer |
| Amit Pujari | University of Leeds | Previously, I worked on the X-ray devices used to repair clogged hearts, I then worked on developing a vibration device for increasing muscle strength. Now I help to design an artificial knee to replace a broken natural knee |
Schools
King James’s School, Knaresborough
Longdendale Community Language College, Hollingworth
Drumchapel High School, Drumchapel
St Mordan’s High School, Stirling
Lampton School, Hounslow
The Royal Docks Community School, London
The Rochester Grammar School, Rochester
St. Helen and St. Katharine, Abingdon
Marshalls Park School, Romford
Gateacre School, Gateacre
Bentley Wood High School, Stanmore
The Chalfonts Community College, Chalfont St. Peter
Trinity CE High School, Hulme
University of Chester Church of England Academy, Ellesmere Port
High Performance
Engineers
| Rain Irshad | University of Oxford | Space systems engineer, designing and building instruments for planetary missions. |
| Kayleigh Messer | Lotus F1 Team | I work for an F1 team and run computer simulations to help the race engineers on the pitwall decide on the best parts to put on the car before each race. |
| Grant Cairnie | AVL Powertrain Engineering | I make engines do what you expect them to do, then test them to their limits. |
| Bill Price | WSP Group | We design tall buildings to make sure they dont get blown over by the wind or shaken to the ground by an earthquake. |
| Andrew Hearn | Thales Avionics | I create software that makes sure other important flight mission-critical software (created by other people) is OK! |
Schools
Parliament High School, London
Newcastle-under Lyme College, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College, Widnes
Mid-Cheshire College, Chester Road
David Young Community Academy, Seacroft
Winterbourne International Academy, Winterbourne
Smithycroft Secondary School, Riddrie
Arnold Hill Academy, Arnold
Alcester Grammar School, Alcester
Honywood Community Science School, Coggeshall
Brockenhurst College, Brockenhurst
Slough and Eton College, Slough
Measurement
Sponsored by the Science & Technology Facilities Council.
Engineers
| Steph Tomlinson | STFC | I take the research scientists crazy ideas and turn them into something that works in the real world. |
| Mike Salter | STFC | I design electronics for scientific instruments on satellites, at the moment I’m working on a camera for the International Space Station that will broadcast “live” pictures of the Earth over the internet. |
| Matt Maddock | STFC, Diamond Lightsource | I work with the nuts and bolts of a giant microscope to keep it up and running! |
| Dan Veal | National Physical Laboratory | I work in mechanical vibration – the science of how things shake – and make instruments that test satellite parts in a lab so when they eventually fly into space I can guarantee they’ll work properly. |
| Anthony Hollingsworth | STFC, University of Edinburgh | I work in an underground laboratory trying to find the mysterious dark matter we can see pulling galaxies and stars around out in space |
Schools
St. Gregory’s Catholic College, Bath
Cheadle Hulme High School, Stockport
Stockley Academy, Yiewsley
Kirk Hallam Community Technology & Sports College, Kirk Hallam
Our Lady & St. John Catholic College, Shadsworth
Ysgol Dinas Bran, Llangollen
Chipping Norton School, Chipping Norton
Healing School, Healing
Auchinleck Academy, Auchinleck
Marshalls Park School, Romford
Wolsingham School and Community College, Tunstall Rd
Orleans Park School, Twickenham
CTC Kingshurst Academy, Kingshurst
Transport
Engineers
| Omar Mustufvi | Jaguar Land Rover | I work in the advanced hybrid research group at Jaguar Land Rover designing the cars of tomorrow. |
| James Vokes | Thales UK | I write computer programmes that is part of a larger computer programme that will control and manage an unmanned air vehicle. |
| Ivanka Brown | Mott MacDonald/London Underground | I’m an engineer who knows a lot about mud and how to build underground spaces like Victoria Station Underground in London. |
| Emma Bould | Royal Navy | Deputy Weapon Engineer on a Royal Navy Warship, responsible for ensuring the availability of all Weapon and Sensor systems on a Type 23 Frigate. |
| Al Bartlett | United Arab Emirates (Dubai) Air Force and Air Defence | I am an aircraft engineer on one of the world’s most advanced airplanes – we travel all over the world and transport weird and wonderful cargo – Every day is different!! |
Schools
Dixons City Academy, Bradford
St. Mary’s School, Greenock
Buckie High School, Buckie
St Paul’s Catholic College, Burgess Hill
Langside Primary School, Glasgow
Bearsden Primary School, Bearsden
Colne Community School and College, Brightlinsea
St. Marylebone School, London
St. Monica’s Primary School, Pollok
Sandiag, Glasgow
Moor End Academy, Crosland Moor
Risedale Sports and Community College, Catterick Garison
Hameldon Community College, Burnley
All Saints’ Primary School, Greenock
All Saints’ Academy, Cheltenham
Glenalmond College, Perth
Water
Engineers
| Ken Gibbs | UNICEF, now retired. | Development and disaster relief, specialising in water supply, sanitation and public health. |
| Jed Ramsay | Environment Agency | Civil engineering on the River Thames to keep the river running well. |
| Harriet Fletcher | MWH Global | I design treatment to get clean water and renewable energy from sewage. |
| Chris Hill | British Antarctic Survey | I am leading a team of engineers and scientists who aim to access and sample one of the worlds most isolated ecosystems – a liquid subglacial lake buried beneath over 3km of Antarctic ice. |
| Alexander Zacheshigriva | Babcock International Group | I work with a large group of people from all over the country designig and building the new Aircraft Carriers that will be the most advanced and largest ships that ever served in the Royal Navy. |
Schools
St. Edmund Arrowsmith RC High School, Ashton in Makerfield
The Petersfield School, Petersfield
Churston Ferrers Grammar School, Brixham
Streatham and Clapham High School, London
Park-High School Colne, Colne
Wallace High School, Stirling
Carlton Bolling College, Bradford
Glyncoed Comprehensive School, Ebbw Vale
Kent College, Canterbury
Long Stratton High School, Long Stratton
The Gilberd School, Highwoods
Moreton School, Busbhury
Mid Cheshire College, Hartford