The session had fantastic engagement, with pupils sending in over 100 questions to the panel of four amazing engineers from the West of England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Questions and discussions led by the students covered a huge number of topics, including job interviews, working abroad, the transition from school to the workplace, gap years, influences, chosen subjects, and being a woman in STEM. All mixed in with the real stories and experiences of local engineers, from roast potatoes and chocolate, to the enjoyment of rooting through people\u2019s bins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olivia Sweeney<\/strong> talked about her experiences studying Chemical Engineering, and her opportunities working abroad in Sweden, Romania and Pakistan. She also surprised us all by saying that her favourite part of her job as a sustainable waste consultant was looking through people\u2019s bins! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Olivia collects first hand data to understand what people put in their bins, when they do so, and why so that she can work to make it easier for people to recycle, reduce waste and make the process more circular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked about her route into a role as a Naval Architect, Laura Star <\/strong>got the pupil\u2019s tastebuds tingling by talking about her experience as a food engineer working with lots of chocolate! An unexpected route into naval architecture, where she helps plan how different parts fit together like a jigsaw to form enormous ships and sea-vessels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Laura also gave the pupils some strong advice about being a woman in STEM, and her experiences of working in a largely male-dominated environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rich Moorcraft <\/strong>spoke about his journey to becoming a technical design engineer and manager at a packaging company, through an aerospace engineering apprenticeship. The pupils were really interested to hear about the choices he made when leaving school at 16, and his advice for pushing through into STEM without taking the traditional academic and higher education route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When talking about the favourite parts of her job as a mechanical design engineer, Temi Odanye<\/strong> showed the pupils some great shots of her and hundreds of her colleagues that she helped to grow! It was her first batch of crops at a company that works to make farming more sustainable and efficient, helping to tackle some of the world\u2019s most important challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n DETI Inspire also talked to the pupils all about some of the projects that we have been working on, including the Engineering Curiosity<\/a> card games, lesson plans and resources<\/a> being developed for DETI Inspire\u2019s Big Beam In<\/a> during Science Week from the 5th of March.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was clear that the pupils really engaged with and responded to the advice given, and our thanks go to the engineers that kindly gave their time to inspire the engineers of the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The session is available to view below at the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/zoom.us\/rec\/share\/xHYLzOP177paGlPchCwmQzJuZRjNxPt6zL4x2qf3ZVQcZ5ytkusFq9_CG6aPoMID.UxRgLPpC0ALuHZaS?startTime=1613570432000<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation (DETI) is a strategic programme<\/a> of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA)<\/a>, delivered by the National Composites Centre<\/a>, in partnership with the Centre for Modelling & Simulation<\/a>, Digital Catapult<\/a>, the University of the West of England<\/a>, the University of Bristol<\/a>, and the University of Bath<\/a>. Industry partners include Airbus, GKN Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, and CFMS, with in kind contributions from UWE, Digital Catapult and Siemens. DETI is funded by \u00a35m from WECA, with co-investment from the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and industry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over 200 Year 9 and 10 pupils from across the country tuned in to an online webinar this week, to hear engineers in the West of England talk about their routes into STEM careers. The live Q and A panel was organised by DETI Inspire in collaboration with the EDT Routes into STEM programme. 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