• Question: How old were you when you got inspired to be an engineer

    Asked by Alfred Batmans Butler to Chris, Holly, Lyd, Mark, Michael on 12 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by Maggie.
    • Photo: Mark Dougherty

      Mark Dougherty answered on 12 Nov 2015:

      When I was 16 I did some work experience… me, my teacher, 3 other pupils and a local engineer had to solve a real life engineering problem of too much waste and rubbish going into a river.

      We designed a filtration system that actually got built and is still there today (over 10 years laters)!

      Before this I knew I liked science but didn’t really know what to do with it so it introduced me to how cool engineering could be!

    • Photo: Michael Sulu

      Michael Sulu answered on 19 Nov 2015:

      I never thought about it till i came to university but I had some really good lecturers that inspired me to carry one with engineering! So for me I was about 23 years old! its never too late!

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