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How a text-only Chat helped a student with selective mutism communicate with adults


The text-based Chats on I’m an Engineer and I’m a Scientist can work particularly well for students for whom face-to-face communication is inaccessible. This was demonstrated when Daniel, a child with selective mutism, entered Vicky Heslop’s classroom.
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Posted on July 18, 2022 by modemily in Case Studies, Evaluation, News | Comments Off on How a text-only Chat helped a student with selective mutism communicate with adults

Showing students the multitude of pathways into STEM careers

“It’s always amazing to think that you might have helped one person to think, ‘Hey, this might actually be for me.’”

— Aisling Lee, Technical Architect

Through I’m an Engineer, Aisling Lee was able to show school students a different pathway into STEM.

Aisling Lee, a Technical Architect and part-time Masters student, didn’t expect to become an engineer: “I liked maths, but I was terrible at it. I knew you had to be good enough at maths to go to college, and I didn’t know about any other routes into engineering. Continue reading →

Posted on May 18, 2022 by modemily in 2022, Case Studies, Evaluation, News | Comments Off on Showing students the multitude of pathways into STEM careers

Under-served and WP

Here at I’m an Engineer we want to connect students with STEM professionals. Our events are all about providing an environment that allows, and encourages, school students, to have real interaction with scientists and engineers.

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Posted on January 7, 2021 by modemily in Case Studies, Evaluation, News | Comments Off on Under-served and WP

March 2020 winners’ blog post

After every event we ask the winning engineers to write a short post to be sent to all the students who took part in the zone. It’s the perfect way for the engineers to reflect on the previous two weeks, thank all the students for voting for them, and talk about how they plan to use their €500 prize money.

If you’re an engineer keen to experience the ‘best crash course in scicomm’, apply now for the next event, at imanengineer.ie/engineer-apply

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Posted on March 26, 2020 by modemily in Evaluation, News, Winner reports | Comments Off on March 2020 winners’ blog post

What Graham Cullen did with his prize money…

Graham was voted the winner of  in 2018. Here he reports back on using his €500 prize money to do purchase 3D printers for the members of a local CoderDojo club to use. If you’re an engineer who’d like funding to support your own STEM outreach activities, apply now for I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here at imanengineer.ie/signup/c

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Posted on April 3, 2019 by modemily in News, Winner reports | Comments Off on What Graham Cullen did with his prize money…

March 2019 winners’ blog posts

After every event we ask the winning engineers to write a short post to be sent to all the students who took part in the zone.

It’s the perfect way for the engineers to reflect on the previous two weeks, thank all the students for voting for them, and talk about how they plan to use their €500 prize money.

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Posted on March 26, 2019 by modemily in News, Winner reports | Comments Off on March 2019 winners’ blog posts

What’s been happening in I’m an Engineer Ireland

Over the last week, students and engineers have been engaging online in I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here. Together they’ve talked about everything from how astronauts communicate with earth, to what goes wrong in your job, to how on earth computer mice function, and even biggest career regrets and most important of all: Bourbons or Custard Creams?

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Posted on March 11, 2019 by modemily in Evaluation Report, News | Comments Off on What’s been happening in I’m an Engineer Ireland

Health Zone Report – Feb-March 2018

This event was quieter than expected due to bad weather causing many schools across Ireland to close during the first week of the event.

The disruption meant that teachers had to cancel lessons they had planned to run on I’m an Engineer. In total, sixteen chats had to be cancelled across the event with many teachers unable to rearrange.

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Posted on April 17, 2018 by modemily in News | Comments Off on Health Zone Report – Feb-March 2018

Space Zone Report – Feb-March 2018

Thirteen students and three engineers logged in for an evening chat on the last Thursday of the event where students could show their parents the event and ask questions.

This was the first time we had run this evening session and most of the students stayed online chatting with the engineers for the full hour.

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Posted on April 17, 2018 by modemily in News | Comments Off on Space Zone Report – Feb-March 2018

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What is I’m an Engineer?

I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here is an online activity where school students get to meet and interact with engineers.

It’s a competition between engineers, where the students are the judges.

Students challenge the engineers over intense, fast-paced, online live Chats. Then they Ask the engineers all the questions they want to, and Vote for their favourite scientist to win a prize of £500 to communicate their work with the public.