'If you were an engineer' Competition Supporters and Partners

Prize-winning pupils from across London applauded at Primary Engineer exhibition and award ceremony hosted by Kingston University

The annual ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’ competition and exhibition has been held at Kingston University’s Town House, seeing school pupils from across London honoured for…

'If you were an engineer' Competition

Primary Engineer and Canterbury Christ Church University celebrates with young engineers and their award-winning ideas

School students from across the south east were welcomed to Canterbury Christ Church University recently to receive awards and celebrate their innovative engineering designs aimed at solving real-world problems. All…

'If you were an engineer' Competition

Primary Engineer awards showcase young people’s ‘ingenuity and creativity’

A power aid designed to help a person with memory function, directions, warnings, and hearing better scooped the top prize at a presentation ceremony for the Primary Engineer Leaders Award…

'If you were an engineer' Competition

School pupils impress with their award-winning engineering ideas at Edge Hill University

Primary and Secondary School children were welcomed to Edge Hill University’s campus to celebrate their inventive engineering ideas.Pupils from across Liverpool, Merseyside and Cheshire participated in the Leaders Award Competition,…

'If you were an engineer' Competition ProtoTeams

Thales, a global leader in technology and services, is excited to announce a ground-breaking collaboration with Primary Engineer to develop an innovative plant prototype designed by a talented young student. The winning design, named “A Face for a Plant,” emerged as part of the annual UK-wide initiative, ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’ which encourages students to identify problems and devise creative solutions.

The “Face for a Plant” prototype revolutionises how we monitor plant health by utilising sensors strategically placed around the plant. These sensors monitor environmental conditions, such as light levels, temperature,…

'If you were an engineer' Competition Case Studies

Case Study – Year-on-year Doonfoot Primary School experience in our Leaders Award competition

Jenn McEwan, lead science teacher at Doonfoot Primary School in South Ayrshire, has been involved with the Leaders Award since its launch in 2012 and has participated in the annual…

'If you were an engineer' Competition

Space, Satellites and spacecrafts.. Ian Jones answers it all!

On Friday 3rd February we had the pleasure of interview Ian Jones, CEO of the Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, for our Leaders Award competition! We were overwhelmed and blown…

'If you were an engineer' Competition

Academics take flat-pack wind energy to Africa

A flat-pack wind turbine developed by Glasgow Caledonian University students is to bring low-cost power to the Kenyan economy and education thanks to UK Government funding. The University project is…

'If you were an engineer' Competition

Exciting line up of LIVE Engineer Interviews!

We were absolutely thrilled to be back last week with our first live engineer interview for our ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’ competition! Yip Yip! As…