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Ice ice baby

Chris has an ice cool engineering job making ice creams in Naples, in Italy - the home of modern ice cream. He helps make the swirling Cornetto patterns on a large scale for people in parks the world over.

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Charged up

Cars and road vehicles are responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK in 2012 and Steve Large hopes to make a dent in this figure working as an engineer to create electric car charging points.

Academic / Vocational

Forward thinking foot fashion

We put ourselves in Asha's shoes, to find out what it's like to be a footwear production engineer at famous British boot brand Dr Martens.

Academic

Clean manufacturing

How can engineers make some of our most popular products in an efficient, sustainable and environmentally-friendly way as possible?

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Green means GO!

10 million car journeys, half a million cycle rides and 6 million bus trips every day - Kamlah Kew tells us about the challenges of traffic control engineering for London!

Academic

Cricket, wickets, maths and physics

Dr David James is a sports engineer and course leader for the Sports Engineering MSc at Sheffield Hallam University. Read about how he helps big sports companies, sports governing bodies and professional teams in their quest for cutting-edge sports equipment.

Vocational

Tunnel vision

Regina’s an apprentice tunnelling engineer working on London’s Crossrail. London's a busy place and it needs Europe’s largest current construction project to keep it running smoothly! Regina took us 30 metres underground to tell us more.

Academic

Engineering and disaster relief

Hurricane Haiyan caused devastation in the Philippines in 2013 - find out how Alice Bond is using her engineering skills to help the local communities.

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A new track record

Structural engineering can play a crucial role in sports by building stadiums that allow everyone can see the action. We spoke to Pete about his involvement with the Velodrome and other projects!

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Engineering in the army

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

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Crash, bang, wallop, what a job!

Kimberley is a graduate at vehicle engineering, test and development company MIRA, keeping drivers safe on the roads through crash barrier testing and more.

Academic

Virtual sports

Patty Srinath works in the Digital Sports department at the Nike headquarters. She uses her engineering knowledge and her love of sports to make brand new gadgets to track and measure our fitness!

Academic

Chocs away!

If Willy Wonka was an engineer, he might have a job like Rob Sharpley! Rob has been working to increase the amount of chocolate that his factory can produce in an energy-efficient way.

Academic

Building a sustainable future

40% of UK carbon emissions come from the built environment, and building services engineers like Sally are helping make buildings more sustainable and comfortable.

Vocational

Wave! You're on CCTV

Jennie's watching you... to help keep you safe on the roads! She's an apprentice traffic maintenance engineer at Transport for London watching over London's traffic lights, signposts and junctions to keep everyone safe as they drive to work!

Vocational

Mix master Mandy

Mastering engineer Mandy Parnell puts the final touches to musicians' recordings to make them sound great, and has worked with The XX, Björk, Feist, Brian Eno, and more.

Academic

A sound apprentice

We caught up with Glenn Ward from the BBC's The Apprentice, now an electronics engineer at Cadac, to see what kind of sound magic happens behind the scenes at your favourite show.

Case Study

One Direction's sound engineer

What's it like working as a globe-trotting sound engineer to the world's biggest pop band? David Martell is the man who has the answers.

Academic / Vocational

Get set for jet-set engineering

If you’re flying high across the sky to get to your destination, it’s thanks to engineers like Craig Johnstone.

Vocational

Maintaining a nuclear power plant

Nuclear power stations provide a stable, low-carbon energy supply to power our homes and more. Engineering apprentice Victoria Brown explains what goes on inside the plant.

Vocational

A rail-y good apprenticeship

There were 1.65 billion train journeys made over the last year - that's a lot of passengers! And they all need to arrive safely and on-time, which needs a lot of engineering work behind-the-scenes.

Academic

Driven to succeed

Nazia Ali is a graduate working in the Body Engineering department at Jaguar Land Rover. She's part of the team behind the distinctive shape of their vehicles, as well as the less obvious, but equally important things that go on inside the cars!

Academic

Loving cars

Stephanie Alexander is an automotive engineer who loves all things car!

Vocational

Rising star

Kaifer is a 25 year old engineering apprentice enrolled in an advanced multi-skilled apprenticeship for PepsiCo UK.

Vocational

A big fan of wind energy!

Conor Lewis is a mechanical engineer working for Ørsted on an off-shore windfarm in Cumbria. Often at the very top!

Academic

Down the drain?

Dealing with water and drainage infrastructure, Jack Huggins is a graduate engineer at Arup in their water sector in Cardiff.

Academic

If you don’t ask, you don’t get

Brittany Harris explains how there are many people out there who want to help young people get into engineering and work abroad. All you need to do is ask!

Academic

On software engineering

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