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New Child-Safety Prototype unveiled

Evie, a pupil at Much Woolton Catholic Primary School, submitted her engineering idea to Primary Engineer’s annual UK STEM competition which asks pupils aged 3 –19 the question “If you…

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Clean Sweep: Pupil design Unveil as a Street Cleaning ProtoType

The Super Sucking Machine (SSM) aims to clean the streets as you pedal which makes it both helpful for local communities and great for the environment. It shows how engineering…

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A Great Final Update on the Super Sucking Machine Prototype!

Addressing manufacturing challenges As the Super Sucking Machine prototype moved closer to completion, the GKN Aerospace ProtoTeam focused on one final challenge, bringing all the individual subsystems together into a…

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A Great Midpoint Update on the UpClip Prototype!

Planning One of the main challenges facing the CAA STEM ProtoTeam was the lack of facilities needed to build the UpClip prototype. While this could have slowed progress, it instead…

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From Personal Injury to Aviation Innovation: The Civil Aviation Authority reveals the ‘UpClip’ prototype

The UpClip, designed by Year 11 student Jacob, is an innovative mobility aid that supports users when sitting down or standing up. The original concept for the UpClip was inspired…

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Young problem-solvers honoured at Isle of Man engineering celebration

For May to July, we’ve been travelling around the UK celebrating pupils across 25 regional awards. These events are the highlight of our “If you were an engineer, what would…

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Talented pupils wow audience with their creative solutions at the Greater Manchester regional award ceremony

The Sea Water Filter, Umbrella Cooling System and Snap Car Raptor were some of the ideas from Greater Manchester pupils, aged 3-19, which were on display and celebrated at the University of…

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Farming the Future: Thales Unveils Barnaby’s Robotic Farming Machine ProtoType

Barnaby’s Robotic, Plow, Plant, Water Machine (R.P.P.W.M.) is an innovative farming concept designed to help farmers carry out multiple tasks with a single machine. Submitted while he was in Year…

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From robot helpers to smart pavements: Liverpool, Merseyside and Cheshire pupils’ inventions celebrated at Regional Awards

Pupils from across Liverpool, Merseyside and Cheshire gathered for Primary Engineer’s regional exhibition and awards ceremony at the Liverpool John Moores University on 7th July to celebrate innovate ideas and recognise the next generation of engineering…

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South West England’s young inventors shine at Primary Engineer Awards 

Big ideas, brilliant inventions and the next generation of engineering talent took the spotlight at the University of the West of England on 3rd July, as pupils from across South…