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

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Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). This graphic novel takes on controversial topics like climate change and fracking to separate the truth from the fiction in a fun but informative way. Two years in the making, the book and its associated resources are now published, with school kits heading to every state secondary school in the UK. 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. I believe that engineers are undercover superheroes, who save lives in many different ways, by building safe bridges, planes, medical equipment and much more.

Working in partnership with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Imperial College London will be sending two copies of this book free of charge to every state secondary school in the UK as a part of a school kit which also includes the Teacher’s Guide, 12 posters and a timeline. Having time to read this book and discover more about the engineers featured is sure to inspire young people and show them that a career in Engineering is within reach. And the projects displayed in the book are diverse and intriguing: for instance, developing fabric from excess carbon dioxide, building flood alleviation schemes, 3D printing prosthetic limbs and converting waste chicken feathers into packaging.In the Powering our Future chapter – one I was very interested in as an engineer working in energy – Somara surprised me with a nuclear fusion apprentice, a head of hydrogen systems and integration, and an engineer working on uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. Biography: Dr Shini Somara is passionate about making science and technology accessible to all, through a variety of media platforms.

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! Am not sure about all the negative things said about this seller by other people,,, because my experience was completely different, totally positive. 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.Dr Shini Somara is passionate about making science and technology accessible to all, through a variety of media platforms. Although there were a few diagrams that I puzzled over, I felt that the book generally did a good job of explaining complex ideas in a way that is accessible to non-expert readers. His work contains limited palettes, clean geometric shapes and exacting lines and has featured in museum exhibit displays around the UK, such as the Science and Media Museum.