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I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here! is back this June 16th–27th, coinciding with National Women in Engineering Day on the 23rd. 20 engineers will be talking with students from nearly 40 schools across 4 zones; Apprentice, Cities, Food, and Health! There’s all types of engineers, from a Food Zone engineer helping farmers to grow the best quality grains and a Cities Zone engineer making buildings and bridges stand up, to a current electronics Apprentice and a Health Zone engineer making better ankle joint replacements. For the latest updates on the event, follow @IAEGMOOH on Twitter. Our hashtag for 2014 is #IEng2014. Let’s take a look at the schools and engineers taking part this June! Apprentice Zone The Apprentice Zone is funded by the STFC. The Engineers: Ruth Gregory Amey Consulting Rail Engineer on Great Western Electrification from an Apprenticeship Programme with Professional accreditation training who has moved around company; experiencing many different teams … Continue reading →

The first ever National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) falls on Monday 23rd June 2014. Perfectly, that’s slap bang in the middle of our next I’m an Engineer event (June 16th – 27th). NWED is all about celebrating women in engineering, and encouraging more girls to consider engineering as a career. Both to raise the profile of women in engineering, but also to address the skills gap in the engineering sector where less than 10% of the workforce are female. Around 35% of the 280+ engineers who’ve applied to take part in I’m an Engineer to date are female, and 65% male. The % of female engineers who’ve taken part is slightly higher at 38%. But we want 50/50. Sign up for June The 4 zones we’re running this June, around NWED, are an Apprentice Zone, Cities Zone, Food Zone & Health Zone and we’d like a 50/50 split of female … Continue reading →

The next I’m an Engineer event: 16th to 27th June 2014 This June we’re running four brand new I’m an Engineer zones! This means 20 engineers chatting with and answering questions from around 1,400 secondary Maths, D&T and Science students. Keep reading for zone details, or if you want to skip straight to the application, teachers register here: imanengineer.org.uk/teacher-registration, engineers apply here: imanengineer.org.uk/engineer-apply. Apprentice Zone For engineers currently on an apprentice scheme, or those who’ve entered engineering through an apprenticeship. Students will learn about apprenticeships and the vast array of career opportunities they open up. The Apprentice Zone is funded by the STFC. It is open to any engineers with links to the STFC, for more information: imanengineer.org.uk/information-for-stfc-engineers. Cities Zone The Cities Zone is will look at a broad range of engineering areas; from building bridges and cable networks, to solving congestion and reducing power consumption. From fire safety to earthquake-proof buildings. How … Continue reading →

As we finish one event we’re straight into planning for the next one, this June. This time there’s a lot more planning to do, as we’re pleased to announce more funding for I’m an Engineer over the next few years. Thanks to the Royal Academy of Engineering (our main funder over the next year) we’ve been awarded an Ingenious Grant to run 6 more zones covering all areas of engineering; 1 this June 2014 and 5 in March 2015. The grant is also to produce marketing materials, to develop the website, and to work with a funding consultant to grow I’m an Engineer further. We’re also going to be running 8 zones on biomedical engineering themes over the next 3 years, thanks to a People Award from the Wellcome Trust. The first 2 biomedical engineering zones will run this June 2014, with 6 further zones taking us through to March 2017. … Continue reading →

Over the past two weeks 5 engineers in the Space Zone have taken part in live chats with nearly 250 registered students and answered more than 150 questions. We’ve been evicting engineers since Tuesday, and this afternoon we said Goodbye another. Now just two engineers remain, ready to battle it out for the £500 prize money, and the title of I’m an Engineer Champion! Congratulations Jessica and Alexander: Jessica Marshall vs. Alexander Finch The winners will be announced at 3pm on Friday! Thanks to the Science and Technology Facilities Council for funding I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here!

With no live chats booked in today, the Space Zone has been a little quiet, but there has been plenty of discussion in the posted ASK questions. Questions in the Space Zone have covered everything from whether it’s possible to colonise the moon, to why engineers need to know about outer-space. We’ve picked out a couple of our favourites: Would we be able to colonise the moon to make the conditions good enough that we can live there for extended periods of time? What do you think is going to become the biggest challenge for engineers in the future? To what extend is relevant for us to gain understanding of outer space? When asked what the engineers’ “biggest achievements” have been, Jessica says that even though her projects won’t launch until 2016, sometimes it’s the little wins that keep us motivated; worth remembering! There are plenty of live chats to … Continue reading →