About I’m an Engineer

I’m an Engineer is like school lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which engineer gets a prize of £500 to communicate their work.

Engineers and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.

STFCThis zone is the Space Zone. It has a range of engineers studying all different topics related to space and communication. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!

The Space Zone is funded by the Science & Technology Facilities Council.

About this zone

Artist's rendering of a Mars Exploration Rover. | Image: NASA/JPL/Cornell University, Maas Digital LLC

Artist’s rendering of a Mars Exploration Rover. | Image: NASA/JPL/Cornell University, Maas Digital LLC

The Sun to be the centre of our solar system, just as other stars form the centre of many other solar systems. The Earth and the other planets in our solar system revolve about the Sun. But our sun is on the outskirts of a galaxy called the Milky Way, and the Milky Way is not the only galaxy. The universe is thought to contain something like 100 billion galaxies, and each galaxy might contain something like 100 billion stars.

Engineers design build satellites, and robots that will map and explore those distant planets and stars. We’ll be looking at rockets, robots, probes, and satellites. How does a toilet flush in space? How do you control a robot on another planet? What’s the fastest rocket engine ever built?

The engineers in this zone build flying equiptment that can be used to explore the planets in our solar system, design spacecraft that look at climate change, and build robots to test navigation and sensors for robots being used to explore Mars and the Moon. There’s also an engineer building computers to help spacecraft navigate, and one designing parts for satelites.

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I'm an Engineer ASK the EngineersStudents, this is your chance to ask the engineers anything.

Once you’ve registered using the link on the card that your teacher gives you, you can ASK questions to the engineers.

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Click this to visit the ASK page, where you can ask the engineers your questions.