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<\/p>\nDue to their popularity with schools, we started the Live Online Engineer Events earlier for the Leaders Awards 2019\/2020 \u2013 and what a start we\u2019ve had!<\/p>\n
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Our first host, in late September, was Richard Browning of \u2018Gravity Industries\u2019, who you may have seen in numerous videos on YouTube and the like, flying around using only mini-jet engines strapped to his arms. \u00a0He told an enthralling tale of scrapes and mishaps in the past, as he experimented with different sizes of engines and honed his flying skills.<\/p>\n
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Into October and we were honoured to have Dawn Childs from \u2018Merlin Entertainment\u2019 back with us to tell over a thousand pupils from, 13 schools, about her fascinating life as an engineer – from the Red Arrows, to the Galactica Roller Coaster at Alton Towers and other theme parks around the world.<\/p>\n
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For a more down-to-earth point of view, we welcomed Craig Lulek, a Project Engineer from Network Rail.\u00a0 He told us all about his current projects (47 of them, if I recall correctly!), from extending station platforms, to building bridges \u2013 enthralling stuff!<\/p>\n
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All-in-all, from late September to the end of October, we have held\u00a015<\/strong>\u00a0Live Online Engineer Events with\u00a064<\/strong>\u00a0participating Primary and Secondary schools who, between them, have registered\u00a05,501<\/strong>\u00a0pupils to the Leaders Award.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next Online Engineer Interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n Jamie Crooks \u2013 Senior Asset Engineer \u2013 Network Rail: Tuesday 5th November 2019<\/p>\n Glenn Mitchell \u2013 Senior Project Engineer \u2013 Network Rail: Thursday 7th November 2019<\/p>\n Alex Worrall \u2013 Hardware Engineering Manager \u2013 Facebook: Monday 11th November 2019<\/p>\n Shane Miller \u2013 Senior Engineer \u2013 Network Rail: Wednesday 13th November 2019<\/p>\n Giovana Delfino \u2013 Software Engineer \u2013 Facebook: Friday 15th November 2019<\/p>\n Nick Valentine \u2013 Robotics Engineer \u2013 University of Salford: Wednesday 20th\u00a0November 2019<\/p>\n Filip Hrenic \u2013 Production Engineer \u2013 Facebook: Friday 22nd November 2019<\/p>\n Dominic Mottram \u2013 Area Manager at Chiltern \u2013 Network Rail: Tuesday 26th November 2019<\/p>\n Miriam Cristofetti \u2013 Electronic Engineer \u2013 Renishaw: Friday 29th November 2019<\/p>\n Gerry Ward \u2013 Manufacturing Engineer \u2013 Lightweight Manufacturing Centre: Thursday 5th December 2019<\/p>\n Mike Jeschke \u2013 Materials Engineer \u2013 Siemens: Tuesday 17th December 2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We still have plenty more throughout the year! If you would like to be involved, you will need to register for the \u2018If you were an Engineer, what would you do?\u2019 competition here\u00a0https:\/\/leadersaward.com\/teacher-registration\/<\/a> \u00a0and email us at info@leadersaward.com<\/a>\u00a0 to discuss which online engineer interview you would like to be a part of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Due to their popularity with schools, we started the Live Online Engineer Events earlier for the Leaders Awards 2019\/2020 \u2013 and what a start we\u2019ve had! \u00a0 Our first host,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":12685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,171],"tags":[174,175,164,173],"yoast_head":"\n