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

Posted on 14 Jul 2023 by James Devonshire

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 competition held at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).

The competition inspires school pupils aged three-19 to take an interest in engineering by asking one simple question: ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’  They were tasked with interviewing an engineer, identifying a problem they see in the world around them and design a creative solution for that problem. Judges praised the…

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