Winner reports

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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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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Martin won the Metre Zone of I’m an Engineer Ireland in 2015. He reports on how he used his €500 prize money for further engineering outreach work.

The take-home message from my work with the I’m an Engineer project was that the future of engineering in Ireland is extremely bright.

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voted the winner of Space Zone in February 2016. Here he reports back on how he used his €500 prize money for more public engagement with space engineering.

The charity Brighter Communities (formerly Friends of Londiani) brings together schools in Ireland and Kenya to share experiences, break-down barriers and promote understanding around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. One of the methods used is Skype conferencing.

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adraic was voted the winner of the Boole Zone in February of 2015 and got straight to work making the most of his £500. Here he tells us what he’s been up to in the last year…

Since 2015 was the International Year of Light I thought the most fitting way to spend the prize money from I’m an Engineer was to develop some workshops to explain how lasers and light are used in high speed internet connections and data transmission.

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