Engineers Making a Difference: Inventors, Technicians, Scientists and Tech Entrepreneurs Changing the World, and How You Can Join Them

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Every day in the UK, two women lose their lives to cervical cancer, and nine receive a life-changing diagnosis. There are all sorts of engineers: aeronautical, agricultural, civil, environmental, materials, communications, development, and so on – something to suit everyone’s interests! Testament to my recommendation, after reading this book, I got four more copies to give to our Women’s Engineering Society summer work experience scheme students! Adam Allsuch Boardmanis an illustrator based in Leeds, UK who constructs imagery to inform and amuse in a clear and concise manner.

The author, herself a mechanical engineer, has spoken to a diverse group of people from across the globe who are passionate about making the world a better place. Somara has fronted several innovation television series, including The Health Show on BBC World News, TechKnow on Al Jazeera, Tomorrow’s Food on BBC1 and Razor on CGTN Europe.

Engineers are superheroes: as she points out, they save lives every day by building safe bridges, planes, medical equipment and more. In this book you'll meet 46 engineers, from apprentices and lab technicians to university professors and start-up CEOs and hear what problems they are solving and why they love their jobs. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. From which GCSE and A Levels to choose, right through to a Doctor of Engineering and Chartership, young people will see a clear career-path. Over the past ten years or so, I have spent a lot of my time telling others about the excitement of engineering and the vast variety of careers it opens up.

Each engineer profile comes with a “fact file”, a small text box in the corner of the page containing quick career highlights and the most fun thing about that person’s job. Through brightly illustrated pages, readers discover how the engineers found their way into the industry, their inspirations and how their work makes a difference. Also included are Imperial alumni, such as Pierre Paslier, co-founder of sustainability startup Notpla, Dr David Trevelyan, who can be found transforming audio at TikTok, and Dr Ugur Tanriverdi, whose unhindr startup is helping to change the lives of those who wear prosthetics.As someone who did not have the option of engineering apprenticeships when I was choosing next steps at school, I also appreciated Somara’s decision to include the nuclear apprentice and others like them. This review was written by Stephen Dilley Stephen Dilley is head of English at a secondary school in Reading, having previously taught in four other secondary schools over the last 15 years.

The project is supported by Lord Sainsbury, whose Gatsby Charitable Foundation does significant work around improving the provision of career guidance in schools, including the promotion of technician job roles and encouraging young people to consider the variety of educational options available to them. Engineers are problem solvers and innovators, and embarking on an engineering career will give you a chance to tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges.

Professor Alice Gast, President of Imperial College London, said: “Lord Sainsbury has recognised the critical need to excite young people about engineering.

She has worked together with brands such as Williams Racing, Google, Dyson and National Grid, The Institute of Engineering and Technology and The Royal Academy of Engineering. Doing things differently should be encouraged in manufacturing, which is why we need more young people to join the industry. To help bring engineering careers into the spotlight further and reaffirm that anyone from any background can consider a career in engineering, the collaborators of Engineers Making a Difference , are sending out a school kit to every state secondary school in the UK, which includes two copies of the book, a teacher’s guide, 12 posters and a four metre-long timeline wall chart.

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