Real engineers

Teli Chinelis is a forensics engineer specialising in acoustics who works as an expert witness advising courtrooms in legal cases.

Hiba Khan keeps people's homes safe from flooding and erosion.

Special effects engineer Dave Cooper is on a mission to entertain.

Roshni helps design buildings so that people can escape safely in the event of a fire – and so that the fire brigade can fight the fire safely and effectively.

Working with psychologists, designers and engineers, Jack and his team looked at ways new tech can help with stress and anxiety.

Georgia Grace works offshore on the Race Bank wind farm near the Lincolnshire coast

Sarah Cain from Wrigley Company is an engineer on a mission to help people access safe food.

Oliver Jefferies from Mott MacDonald is an engineer on a mission to build transport links.

Sujith Kollamthodi from Ricardo is an engineer on a mission to help people get the right air quality.

Avery Bang from Bridges to Prosperity and Marion O'Dowd from Bechtel are engineers on a mission to help the developing world.

Samuel is a biomedical engineer working in the field of blood flow and blood pressure.

Philex is an electrical engineer working in ecological friendly electronics, collecting energy from thin air!

Maria Ferreira is a Civil Engineer at DP World London Gateway, a brand new port facility. She tells us how negotiation is a useful skill to keep things running!

Lauren is a water engineer who makes sure the liquid we pour from our taps is clean and safe to drink.

Lead Signalling Power Engineer on the UK Rail network, Abdul Rehman, tells us about his varied working day and how his Electronic Engineer mother was a career inspiration.

Phil Kirby is a civil engineer and has worked on projects not only on the computer but all around the world.

STEM ambassador Ayisha is keen to highlight that there is a place for women in the engineering sector.

Atkins structural engineer Christina Varnava tells us about the projects she works on, what she enjoys and how she first became interested in engineering!

What do you want to be when you grow up? Graduate chemical engineer Will Sharpe tells us how his dreams have changed slightly from aged five to 25.

Stephanie Alexander talks about how she is encouraging diversity in engineering and why it is so important.

Siu answers the top ten questions she gets about being an engineer.

Today was the day I re-enrolled for my 2nd year at Plymouth University… I’m starting to feel scared, but excited to be learning new engineering skills that will help me be a better engineer in the future.

Rachel Nixon tells us her four favourite things about her job.

Let’s get one thing straight, I am passionate about engineering – like really passionate, to the point that family members have been worried about how excited I get looking at the underside of a bridge

Maria Torres works for Wrigley's - she tells us how engineering got her involved in making gum.

"It’s only when people start asking me about my role that they appreciate how interesting and challenging my job is" says Network Rail engineer Louise Bungay

How my first eleven years in engineering helped me see the world and contribute to helping it.

From acrobatic elephants to Robbie Williams' giant head, James Solly tells us about how he's helped artists and creatives make some incredible structures - as well as how he got started in engineering!

A day in the life of graduate structural engineer James Rushton

Conor Graham talks about why he enjoys software engineering, and how you can get involved.