Engineers Making a Difference: Inventors, Technicians, Scientists and Tech Entrepreneurs Changing the World, and How You Can Join Them

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Divided into sections such as human needs, climate and environment, healthcare, robotics, entertainment and many more, the book explores how engineering is at the heart of everything in day-to-day life. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

He was probably the main reason why I chose to follow a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) career myself. The book also includes an engaging introduction and an overview of the different branches of engineering, as well as a timeline, glossary and index. Doing things differently should be encouraged in manufacturing, which is why we need more young people to join the industry. We offer readers a flexible range of subscription options and you are certain to find one that suits your needs. I believe that engineers are undercover superheroes, who save lives in many different ways, by building safe bridges, planes, medical equipment and much more.

Adam has authored and illustrated two non-fiction titles; An Illustrated History of Filmmaking and An Illustrated History of UFOs, the former now translated in over 6 languages. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Dr Shini Somara Engineers Making a Difference: Inventors, Technicians, Scientists and Tech Entrepreneurs Changing the World, and How You Can Join Them: Inventors, . His work has been published and recognized in numerous book illustrations and book covers, such as Pinocchio, Snow White, The Night Before Christmas and Steampunk Frankenstein, amongst many others. But there is also a broader ‘how stuff works’ appeal: all readers will be intrigued to discover how engineers replace giant escalators at London underground stations, for instance, or how audio filters are created on TikTok.

Another feature of note: the double page spreads that close chapters, going into depth on a particular technology relevant to the chapter theme and offering a future focus for the reader to further pique interest – lab-grown meat, drones, and nuclear energy are a few of the areas covered. In this book you’ll meet 46 engineers, from apprentices and lab technicians to university professors and start-up CEOs and hear what problems they are solving and why they love their jobs.Others we meet that drive home the variety of careers enabled via engineering include: an agricultural engineer who devises ways of keeping fruit and vegetables fresh after harvest, someone who makes packaging from seaweed to reduce plastic waste, engineers who work on prosthetics and, my personal favourite, an engineer in the theme park industry who loves “experiencing the rides I have worked on, with family and friends”.