Category: EngTog News

Hartlepool’s Favourite paper Stockton Billingham Life included an article today about about our Chair.

Read all about it in the February issue – 2 February 2023 Issue 142 – Hartlepool Life

Our Chair Paula was joined by one of the Women’s Engineering Society Tyne and Tees members Sally Postle. at the Glebe Primary school in Norton, Stockton-on-Tees.

Students remembered Paula’s visit over a year ago and knew all about her work as a Civil Engineer. However they gained a wider understanding of Civil Engineering as Sally told them all about her work as well.

Bewley Primary have drawn up their ideas of a Greener Future in Billingham building on the Climate Change, Scientists & Engineers Needed sessions our Climate Champion Julie delivered.

These sessions are funded by the UK Space Agency and include looking at space travel and living to think about how they use water, recycle everything and have their own energy supplies. This is used to help students think beyond the here and now and imagine a greener future in space and on earth.

Here are Engineering Together we loved them all including… Eco-Ville, Rose-Ville, Eco-Heaven, Solar City, Eco-Paradise

Here are EngTog we do like to celebrate however before we do we thought what is more important is inspiring the next generation, working together and ensuring the future is sustainable.

So before our Christmas festivities started we assessed and gave feedback on the wonderful work from Dyke House School as part of the ‘Climate Change, Scientists & Engineers Needed’ UK Space Agency funded project.

We were pleased to see the many different sustainable solutions proposed, many of which utilised lessons from the International Space Station.

Paula was presented at the North East Chamber Business Awards with the Community and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Inspiring Female of the Year. 

Then just a few hours later her work as a STEM Ambassador was recognised with her receiving an award for the most hours – the second year in a row!

Congratulations!

Green Careers Week Monday 7^th to Friday 11^th of November 2022 was a very busy week for our Climate Champion Julie. She interacted with 1351 students during the week.

Julie delivered a Green Careers talk for all year groups at Dyke House Secondary & Sixth Form as well as an in person ‘Climate Change, Scientists & Engineers Needed’ session as well as online sessions and a workshop at Bewley Primary who have submitted their Green future designs to our engineers at Engineering Together to look at and decide which ones we would like to see developed further.

Julie is looking at an exhibition in the Spring of 2023 where students will present their ideas for a Greener Future.

This is all possible due to the Inspiron Learning Climate Change, Scientists & Engineers Needed project UK Space Agency funded project where sustainable solutions on the International Space Station are used to demonstrate how we can be more sustainable on earth. Julie and her STEM helpers use examples of water supply, recycling, energy supply and experiments with mushrooms which highlight the contrast between current systems on earth and those on space. The aim is to encourage students to become more sustainable and move away from the use of fossil fuels whilst thinking of how space can help now and in the future.

The Cleveland Scientific Institution funded H2 solar powered model cars are put to good use throughout the projects and the students were amazed to see the cars working using only water and solar power.

Week commencing 7 to 11th of November is Green Careers week. Our Climate Change champion Julie is delivering ‘Climate Change, Scientists & Engineers needed’ to approx. 500 students in Teesside that week.

The workshops demonstrate what our engineers are doing to tackle climate change. Using Green hydrogen as an example, Julie will be using the model solar powered hydrogen cars so young people can see an alternative energy source to fossil fuels.

Julie will also be delivering a UK Space Agency funded workshop that demonstrates how we can use sustainability in space here on earth. Using the International Space Station as an example the sessions cover, energy supply, water recycling and experiments with fungi as an alternative material.

If you are a STEM Ambassador who wishes to get involved please email we.are.engineering.together@gmail.com and we shall put you in touch with Julie.

Our very own Julie Harrison has won a Stockton on Tees Community Star Award 🙂

We have always known she is a star but it is lovely to know that her work is being recognised more widely.

Well done Julie and thank you for all that you do.

Julie has been having some ‘wild’ adventures at Front Street Primary.

Children explored fossil fuel alternatives, biodiversity and our oceans, plastics and its alternatives, and made a pledge of one small change.

Jullie inspired students to be more eco in their everyday lives, and look after the beautiful world we live in.

Check out more photos at The Whickham Wilders – Front Street Primary School

Congratulations to our Diversity Lead Dr Jo who today became a Freeman of the City of London, following her admission to the The Salters’ Company earlier this year.