Real engineers

Rollercoasters are an adrenaline rush, but did you know that it's engineers putting the thrills and chills into your favourite rides?

Postgraduate student Bhavik Mehta explains how and why he came to study chemical engineering.

Zavier is an apprentice working on transforming the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stadium where TeamGB, Mo Farah, Usain Bolt and many other athletes won medals during the London 2012 Olympics.

About 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, and engineers like Martin Chan help to create ways of travelling across it. From transporting products to different countries, to protecting the seas and helping get energy from under the sea-bed, Martin helps Rolls-Royce create the propellers, boats or products their customers need.

If you’re engineering parts for planes, trains or nuclear plants, how do you measure how well they’re working? How do you know if they’re feeling the strain in certain areas or might break? And how can you do this with objects made of metal, when it might not be obvious to the human eye?

As an amputee engineering student Rishi Vegad acutely understands how engineering can make life better.

Angela Malynn is a mechanical engineer, bringing buildings to life so we can live and work in them - from offices to train stations to swimming pools

A chance encounter changed Mimi-Isabella's career path towards becoming a Materials Engineer.

Daniel Newman is a graduate engineer at Rolls-Royce, working in the Aerospace sector.

Jemima Armstrong from GSK is an Engineer on a Mission to help find medical cures.

Ashley's Higher Apprenticeship Degree meant he got paid a salary while studying.

Professor Rebecca Shipley leads a team developing tools to understand the structure of cancerous tissues.

Holly tells us about her life studying and working in motorsport engineering, and the exciting and challenging times she has along the way.

Environmental engineer Serena Cunsolo is trying to stop microplastics from entering the ocean.

Geoffrey Morgan works for the United Nations promoting quality infrastructure for sustainable development.

Simon Crowther from Flood Protection Solutions is an Engineer on a Mission to help people stay safe in the home.

Sally helps to make buildings more sustainable, as well as more comfortable places to live, learn or work, looking at heating, humidity, CO² levels and more.

Engineers work for the British Army - what do they do? Major Matt Smith tells us.

Hanna Sykulska-Lawrence can truly claim to be ‘reaching for the stars' by helping to send a NASA mission to Mars! 

Roma Agrawal is a structural engineer working at WSP Group in London. She's won a national award and worked on one of the most attention-catching buildings in the London skyline.

As an automation engineer, Ben Phillips gets to go behind the factory gates of West End musical production Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We found out what working on a world-class theatre production involves.

Lorena is an engineer at Cummins, an international engine manufacturing and power-generation company, where she improves engine fuel efficiency.

Acoustic engineers make gigs, concerts and speeches sound great. Arthur works with architects to improve sound in new buildings through good design...

If you’ve ever wondered how blockbusters get to look so good, it’s down to the work of people like Eugenie von Tunzelmann who make ground-breaking visual effects. 

Think of the most exotic trip you can...India? Thailand? Maybe South America? What about outer space? Well, Pamela Melroy has been there, and now she's back to tell us all about it.

Samantha works with technology to make communication easier for those who might find it difficult.

Sean is building new hi-tech artificial football pitches that can be used all year round.

Choung Kyu Ryu from the Red Cross is on a mission to help people recover from disasters.

Vinita Marwaha Madill is a Space Operations Engineer.

Abbie Hutty talks us through her top ten misconceptions about a career in engineering and the ExoMars Rover Vehicle!