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I’m an Engineer Ireland is back for Engineers Week 2016! There’ll be two zones running between 29th February – 11th March, Space Zone and Coding Zone. The ten engineers in these zones will be competing for hundreds of school students’ votes in fast-paced live chats and answering questions on everything from robots, to programming, to satellites, to artificial body parts. For the latest news and announcements about the event, find us on Twitter, @IAEGMOOH, and follow the hashtag, #IAEIE. Let’s meet the engineers, and the schools from all over Ireland that they’ll be interacting with in… Coding Zone The Engineers Ilaria Cinelli | PhD student,  NUI Galway I study biomedical engineering and computational modelling. Sarah Doran | Technical Lead, Mobile Travel Technologies I lead a team making a cool website that’s like Facebook but for people who travel with their job and use our website on their phones, tablets and on laptops. Frederik Gossen |  Lero – The … Continue reading →

I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here will run for two weeks from Monday 29th February to Friday 11th March 2016. With 2 different zones, we’re looking for 10 engineers and have space for more than 600 students. Here is a list of the zones we will be running, or if you want to skip straight to the application, teachers register here: imanengineer.ie/teacher-registration, engineers apply here: imanengineer.ie/engineer-apply. Coding Zone Once upon a time codes were for sending secret messages between special agents. Now that coded computer programmes run, rule and create so much of the modern world, they’re still mostly hidden from view… Until now! Engineers in the Coding zone could be working on the communication systems connecting companies across the world, or researching powerful ways to make sense of huge data sets, or developing the websites you use everyday to inform/distract yourself. They might use coding skills to analyse the results of the Large Hadron Collider, or to model new fuel … Continue reading →

After every event we ask the engineers and moderators to select the students who stood out for them; the students they thought asked the best questions, or engaged most in the live chats. Well done to everyone who took part in November’s Metre Zone. There were so many interesting questions, and comments, but there could only be one winner… So, for fantastic engagement during the event: Saoirse from Gaelcholaiste Chomain will receive a certificate and a gift voucher! After taking part in I’m an Engineer, we ask the students to answer a few questions to help us gauge their attitudes towards engineering and science. We randomly choose one student who filled in the questions to win a voucher. That student is Elena.

November’s I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here! saw 350 students ask more than 600 questions covering topics from toilet design to the greatest inventions ever, and it certainly had an impact on students and engineers alike: If this sounds up your street, you’ll be pleased to hear there is another chance to take part during Engineers Week: The next I’m a Engineer event will run from 29th February to 11th March 2016! Teachers register by Sunday 24th January: imanengineer.ie/teachers Engineers apply by Sunday 24th January: imanengineer.ie/engineers-apply Teachers will get an email in January asking them to choose their classes’ zones. The event is supported again by Science Foundation Ireland and will coincide with Engineers Week! We can already confirm we will be running the Coding Zone and the Space Zone, thanks to funding from Science Foundation Ireland.

I’m an Engineer, get me out of here! is back with the Metre Zone, running in Science Week! Between 9th–20th November the five engineers in this general engineering zone will be competing for the school students’ votes in fast-paced live chats and answering questions on everything from robots, to coding, to sewers systems, to medical microwaves. For the latest news and announcements about the event, find us on Twitter, @IAEGMOOH, and follow the hashtag, #IAEIE. Let’s meet the engineers, and the schools who’ll be measuring them up in… Metre Zone The Engineers Alex Jaeger | Bioelectromagnetics Group, UCC I help build robotic tubes to investigate the inside of peoples’ lungs. Antonio Vargas-González  | Google I make programs to find bad webpages in the internet. Martin O’Halloran | National University of Ireland Galway I use microwave signals to diagnose and treat diseases, such as cancer and stroke. Nicola Greene | Sanitation Consultant, UNICEF I work in Africa trying to improve access to … Continue reading →

I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here will run for two weeks during Science Week from Monday 9th to Friday 20th November 2015. We need engineers who are keen to talk about their work and find out what school students think about engineering. This is your opportunity to tell them how they can apply what they learn in their Maths, Technology, Design or Science classes in the real world. General Engineering Zone Metre Zone Engineers are more than Structural Engineers or Mechanical, more than Electrical Engineers or Civil; engineers aren’t defined by just one field. We’re looking for five engineers from different areas of engineering to help show students the breadth engineering, and that it isn’t all spanners and hard hats. Thanks to Science Foundation Ireland’s Discover Programme for funding I’m an Engineer Ireland. Apply now to take part! Teachers Teachers apply here: imanengineer.ie/teachers Apply before Sunday 20th September. We’ll send … Continue reading →

February’s I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here! saw over 370 students ask more than 600 questions covering topics from burning lasers to biggest professional fails, and it certainly had an impact on students and engineers alike: ‘Students enthusiasm in the live chats and fantastic questions really made this competition a great event to be part of…. are we allowed to enter again next time???’  – Padraic Morrisey, engineer and winner February 2015 If this sounds up your street, you’ll be pleased to hear there is another chance to take part this year: The next I’m a Engineer, Get me out of here! event will run from 9th to 20th November 2015! Teachers register by Sunday 20th September: imanengineer.ie/teachers Engineers apply by Sunday 27th September: imanengineer.ie/engineers-apply Teachers will get an email in early September asking them to choose their classes’ zones. The event is supported again by Science Foundation Ireland and will coincide with Science Week! We’re still working on the list of zones, which will be … Continue reading →

After every event we ask the engineers and moderators to select the students who stood out for them; the student they thought asked the best questions, or engaged most in the live chats. Well done to everyone who took part, there were loads of interesting questions, and comments, but there could only be one winner in the Boole Zone. So, for fantastic engagement during the event, for posting brilliant questions and comments, the student winner will receive a certificate and a gift voucher. Winner: freddo, Castlecomer Community School After taking part in I’m an Engineer, we ask the students to answer a few questions to help us gauge their attitudes towards engineering. We randomly choose one student who filled in the questions to win a voucher. That student is 263beb24.

During Engineers Week, from Monday 2nd to Friday 13th February, we will be celebrating the bicentenary of George Boole’s birth with the Boole Zone. George Boole was an mathematician, philosopher and logician. He worked in algebraic logic, and was appointed as the first professor of mathematics at University College Cork in 1849. For the latest news and announcements, find us on Twitter, @IAEGMOOH, and follow the hashtag, #IAEIE. Let’s meet the engineers and schools taking part… Boole Zone The Engineers Sinead Quirke | Irish Aviation Authority I’m really lucky to work making flying safe and secure by trying to figure out what might go wrong and fix it before it does. Padraic Morrisey | Tyndall National Institute I break electronics, but then try to discover how and why it broke; It’s the how and why that matter to me. Nathan Quinlan | National University of Ireland Galway I like learning and teaching about how liquids, gases and heat flow, and I’ve used … Continue reading →

After every event we ask the engineers and moderators to select the students who stood out for them; the students they thought asked the best questions, or engaged most in the live chats. Well done to all of the student winners, and everyone who took part. There were so many interesting questions, and comments, but there could only be one winner in each zone. So, for fantastic engagement during the event, for posting brilliant questions and comments, the student winners below will each receive a certificate and a gift voucher. Energy Zone Winner: Rach, Mount Sackville Secondary School Kelvin Zone Winner: Emes, Coláiste Bhaile Chláir After taking part in I’m an Engineer, we ask the students to answer a few questions to help us gauge their attitudes towards engineering and STEM. We randomly choose one student who filled in the questions to win a voucher. That student is Sarah.