WiEMentoringMarch2016

Women in Engineering

Mentoring Newsletter

In this Issue

Launch of WiE Mentoring Scheme p2
Benefits of Mentoring p3
The Thermodynamics of Networking p4
Girls get Coding p4
Women making Connections p4
Master’s Scholars 2015/16 p5
Mentor’s Voice - Hayward Tyler p8
Mentee’s Voice - Pamella Nnakayindi p9
Get Involved p10

Issue 3 March 2016

Women in Engineering Newsletter Issue 3

Launch of the WiE Mentoring Scheme

Giselle Hayward, Mentoring Manager

The challenge was for the
mentors – they could only watch
and use their mentoring skills to
assist their mentees. Watch Tom
Wujec talking about “Building a
tower, building a team”

www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_
build_a_tower?language=en

Nine weeks after the appointment of the new Mentoring Once the winners were
Manager, Giselle Hayward, the 2015/16 Women in congratulated, a delicious hot
Engineering Mentoring Launch took place at Brunel’s buffet was on hand to ensure that
Eastern Gateway Building. The aim of the launch was to the first introductory meeting
reiterate Brunel’s commitment to supporting our female between mentor and mentee went
engineers, to brief the new mentors on the scheme and for off on a good start. The hubbub of
the students to meet their mentors for the very first time. conversation was then non-stop
until the very end of the evening.
We were delighted to invite Marshmallow Challenge. The
Amanda Bouch, Bouch resources were twenty strands of I would like to thank the mentees
Consulting to train and brief the spaghetti, one marshmallow, one for all their input. They all had
mentors. This session enabled yard of wool and one yard of received training for the
good discussions between masking tape. The challenge was mentoring process prior to the
previous mentors and those to build the tallest free standing launch, but it was very daunting
newly recruited to the scheme, tower in eighteen minutes, with for them to meet these
as best practice and new ideas the marshmallow whole and on professional engineers for the
were introduced. the top. The competition element first time. I would also like to
soon got the mentees talking. extend my thanks to the
Supported by senior members of mentors, some of whom came
the management team including from afar to attend the evening
Professor Andrew George and and all had to fit this event into
Professor Stefaan Simons, the their busy work schedules and
scheme was formally launched to made the first meeting with their
over 100 people. We were mentee so successful.
delighted to host 32 different
companies, with whom we have
excellent working relationships with.

The Big Reveal

There were over 40 matched
pairs and when it was revealed
who they were matched with an
instant buzz filled the room. The
crescendo of talking doubled
when they were tasked with The

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Benefits of Mentoring

“Knowing what you want out of mentoring is critical to getting what you want!”
Clutterbuck D, ‘Everyone Needs a Mentor’, 2014.

At the WiE Mentoring Scheme in November we were given a detailed insight into the
benefits in mentoring and how to make the most of this unique opportunity by a mentor
and mentee who were involved in the pilot.

Sanjit Matharu is Engineering Benefits for the mentee

Capability/Resources Lead, Training • Helps you to develop your potential and
Services, BAE Systems Maritime Services. He reflect on the value of your work, skills and
stresses that “mentors need to remember abilities
not to give their mentees the answer, but to
give guidance”. He also highlights that there • Helps you to identify strengths and
is a “complete support network at Brunel for weaknesses
students which the mentors can make good
use of”. For Sanjit “the benefit was to see my • Improves your self confidence
mentee grow in confidence over the months • Receive independent career advice
of mentoring and then move forward in their
engineering career”. and direction
• Helps you identify and clarify issues,

problems and obstacles
• Source new ideas and practices
• Offers the opportunity to network
• An opportunity to challenge and be

challenged

Benefits for the mentor Margherita Barlotti was mentored by

• Gives you a chance to reflect on your Alan Ellis, Associate Director Capital Project,
own personal development NEBU, Coca Cola Enterprises Ltd. She
successfully applied to Coca Cola Enterprises
• In such a fast moving for a graduate role and has been working as
environment, it is very Graduate Supply Train - Production Planner
interesting to hear about since September 2015. She says “Invest your
current advances in your time, be self-motivated, curious and assertive
subject from current with your mentor and ask a lot of questions”.
students
Visit https://youtu.be/SrF8gmtX4zM
• Satisfaction from seeing the to see their full interview.
mentee grow in confidence
and move forward out of the 3
mentoring relationship

• Chance to take some
reflective time out from
your busy work commitments

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The Thermodynamics Girls get coding at Brunel
of Networking with Code First: Girls

Gary Henderson, Maria Vasquez Caroprese

Head of Engineering, studying Mechanical Engineering, Year 2

TMD Technologies Ltd In Maria’s own words…

After volunteering as a mentor for the I had wanted to learn coding for a while, so during
Women in Engineering programme I the summer of 2015 I started looking for courses. I
was invited to their Innovia Christmas came across Code First: Girls, a social enterprise that
meal. As if to demonstrate the power teach women to code, for free! I was thinking of
of networking I ended up sitting next enrolling to one of the general courses but I decided to get in touch
to a very bright student studying with the organisation to see if I could bring their courses to Brunel so
Aviation Engineering with a particular many other girls could benefit from it and learn as well as me.
interest in thermodynamics.
“I spent my summer organising everything from room booking and
Before the main course was cleared looking for instructors to marketing the course. We had an
away Vivian had explained how she outstanding response for the first ever course ran at Brunel, offering 25
hoped to join Professor Tassos places, we had nearly 100 applicants. We are currently running our
Karayiannis’s research group to do a second beginner’s course due to high demand. We are looking forward
PhD in Thermodynamics after finishing to opening more courses in the following years for both beginners and
her degree. While we enjoyed dessert, at advanced level.
I described how microwave Travelling
Wave Tubes (TWTs) work and the The courses have a final competition, which involves all the coding
challenges that engineers at TMD languages (HTML, CSS, java, jQuery and bootstrap) learnt by the
Technologies face in the design and students, being reflected on the design of their own websites. If you
manufacture of high power RF would like to get involved and sponsor a prize I would love to hear
amplifiers for Radar transmitters. The from you [email protected]
high power typically involved in these
systems, which can be 100’s of Women making Connections
Kilowatts, means there is a lot of
waste heat to remove, most of which Zarina Aisha Meeran studying Computer Science
is concentrated in a small area under at Brunel University London
the collector of the TWT. Just the kind
of problem a young thermodynamics I have a huge passion for encouraging women to have something to read
researcher can get their teeth into. So more women to get involved with and relate to.
before too many drinks were computing. Recently I have been
consumed we had arranged to get in working on a female blogging website, We currently have articles from girls
touch and as a result a group from which I developed with a friend of mine at Brunel and Manchester University as
TMD was invited to visit Brunel. who is also a Computer Science student well as Accenture. I am also working
studying at Manchester University.  with male employees from Accenture,
During the visit Professor Karayiannis Sky and O2 on a series of videos
explained the research that he and his Together we used up-to-date web where they discuss the importance of
team were pursuing. To put his work technology to develop the site in less having a balance of gender on their
into context a typical domestic than a month. The purpose of the site team and how much they appreciate
radiator dissipates around is to give girls from various the women they already work with.
0.001MW/m^2 and they had universities an opportunity to write an
demonstrated a capability of more article regarding their experiences on The link to my website is
than 2MW/m^2. Given the thermal being in the technology field. This in www.tech-logica.com. If you would
challenges Engineers at TMD face I’m turn gives women a voice that they like participate or write an article,
looking forward to our next meeting feel does not have a gender please feel free to contact me
and the development of our mutually imbalance and also allows other at [email protected] I look
beneficial relationship. forward to hearing from you. 

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Women in Engineering
Master’s Scholars 2015/16

Brunel University London are
offering 30 scholarships to
female engineering graduates
who graduated in 2015. Partly
funded by HEFCE and partly by
Brunel, the £10,000 scholarship
will enable them to study one
of our Master’s programmes in
Engineering. Students who are
awarded a scholarship are
required to participate in the
Women in Engineering
Professional Development
Programme, which runs for the
duration of the course. One of
the strengths of the scheme is
the mentorship received by
recipients.

We currently have 7 scholars Structural Engineering, Engineering International, Brompton Bike Hire Ltd,
studying a variety of courses Management, Advanced Engineering Frazer Nash Consultancy, Heathrow
including Advanced Electronic and Design and Aerospace Engineering. Airport Ltd, Morgan Tucker Ltd and
Electrical Engineering, Wireless TMD Technologies Ltd.
Communication Systems, Project and The scholars are currently being
Infrastructure Management, mentored by engineering See overleaf for the rest of the
professionals from Babcock
scholar’s case studies.

Ammaarah Aziz is studying Wireless Communication Systems MSc 5

and is being mentored by Paul Firth. Paul is Director, Broadcast
Operations at Babcock International. Ammaarah is used to studying in a
male dominated environment, when she was doing her BTEC Level 3
Extended Diploma in Information Technology at Uxbridge College, she
was the only female in the class. Currently in Wireless Communication
Systems MSc, there are only three females. Ammaarah has found that
her career so far has just fallen into place. With a scientific family she has
always found technology and coding interesting. She is open to
opportunities that come her way but she would not have been studying
a Masters had she not been awarded the scholarship.

She says that Paul asks her probing questions which challenge her. She
likes the way this opens her eyes to think about possibilities. She and
Paul have already met several times and he is arranging for her to have a
tour of the broadcast operations at the BBC in the coming months.
Ammaarah is aware that companies will be interested in having her as
part of a male dominated team and with her academic skills, interest and
easy going nature she will go far.

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Taiwo Famakin is studying Engineering Management MSc. With a solid

background in Oil and Gas Management from studying a BSc at Plymouth University,
Taiwo is very keen to progress her engineering career. Her ideal job would be a
project manager in a blue chip company and she is very keen to work towards
Chartered Engineer status.
With her formative years being spent in Nigeria and being fluent in English and Yoruba,
you can see where the idea for her final dissertation topic germinated from. She will be
researching “Large projects are increasingly becoming multi-national and global in
nature, where project teams are drawn from different cultures, time zones and
language. The project is to review the impact of those personal differences in a team
and identify the important aspects necessary, in the leadership and management of
multinational teams.”
We are still looking to match Taiwo with a mentor, so if interested, please contact
Giselle Hayward, Mentoring Manager at [email protected].

Zakiya Daniel-Garwood always wanted to study Product Design at Brunel.

However, without Maths or Physics at A level she did not meet the eligibility criteria
for the BSc course. She studied at University of East London and achieved a first
class degree. During her studies she quickly realised that product design was about
designing products that “look good”, but she is more interested in what makes them
work. At the beginning of her third year she was already looking to the future and
was delighted when she was accepted to study MSc in Advanced Engineering
Design as a scholar here at Brunel.
As first generation in her family to go to higher education and without any
engineering role models, Zakiya has found the support from her mentor invaluable
already. Mark Beavis, Technical Director of Brompton Bike Hire was a mentor on the
pilot scheme last year, and his experience and mentoring skills are giving Zakiya the
confidence to clarify her goals. He has given her support and advice on her CV and
on her portfolio and is encouraging her to focus on the type of graduate roles she
really wants.
In addition to working three days a week and applying for graduate positions Zakiya
has to deliver her dissertation on time. She is researching the “Design and development
of an artificial limb that will be used to reduce phantom limb pain”. She will have to
design and produce a fully functional prototype which costs less than £100.

Aarani Thangarajah studied Maths, Physics, Biology and French at A level.

She really was unsure about her next step. A conversation with her Maths tutor
opened up a career path that she had not considered. As an electrical engineer he
advised her that she could use her maths and that he had really enjoyed being an
engineer. The only reason he was teaching was because he had a young family and
did not want to travel any more. Aarani successfully applied to study Electrical and
Electronic Engineering at Queen Mary University of London. However, everything
was not plain sailing, she nearly quit her course in her second year. She was still
unsure about her career path.
Her persistence was rewarded when she was doing her final year project on
magnetic levitation with position sensors. She suddenly made the connection that
“you could use maths to build something physical”. She says “Engineering is
everywhere” and her passion for studying has now led her to an MSc in Advanced
Electronic and Electrical Engineering here at Brunel. At last, she is using what she
has learned in her BSc and seeing the theory turned into practice. Her chosen
dissertation is “Humanoid dynamics modelling and control of cyclical legs motion”.
Her mentor, Gary Henderson of TMD Technologies Ltd has helped her with her CV
and discussed her dissertation topic with her. He is also helping to increase Aarani’s
confidence by giving her tips on presentations skills.
Aarani knows that to be a good engineer you have to keep up with fast moving
developments in your field. She reads IET and New Scientist to broaden her
knowledge. She knows that she wants her future career to be hands-on and in the
field – all she needs now is some work experience.

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Rishicca Kamalarajah came from Italy to study Civil Engineering. She chose

to study at Brunel University London because she really likes the applied way that
engineering is taught here, learning how to solve real life situations. She is very
keen to use her engineering skills to make a difference to communities “To see
people walking over a bridge that you have designed, would be amazing” she said.

Rischicca has established herself as a valuable member of the student community
here at Brunel. She is a London STEM Ambassador and has helped set up Brunel’s
Engineers Without Borders. In 2015 she was Winner of the IstructE Thames Valley
Region Prize for Best Structural Level 3 Project in Civil Engineering. In November
she presented her project on the reliability of corroded concrete structures in
seismic excitation. www.brunel.ac.uk/cedps/news-events/ne_456936 

She has also already been published with IAENG for the World Congress of
Engineering 2015, awarded Certificate of Merit, presenting her paper at the
International Conference of Mechanical Engineers and with Civil-Comp for the
Fifteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental
Engineering Computing.

Now studying MSc in Structural Engineering, Rishicca is being mentored by Chris
Priestley, Technical Director, from Morgan Tucker Ltd. He quickly assessed her
skills and passion and has already involved her in project meetings with his
colleagues. Coming to study from abroad, Rishicca feels that it is vital to make a
big effort to get involved and make the most of all the opportunities that are
available to her.

Ameerah-Hannah Ibrahim is fascinated by how machines are built and

developed so rapidly and aerospace engineering is a fast developing industry.
Leading engineers are the creators of the future and she aims to be one of them.
She would love to be involved in the Emirates Mais Mission which was
announced recently by President of the United Arab Emirates. The intention is to
send the first Arab-Islamic probe to Mars, on a scientific voyage of discovery. Her
interest in this project was cemented when she visited the Mohammed Bin
Rashid Space Centre in Dubai in December 2015.

Ameerah is developing four main qualities that she feels are vital to be an
outstanding engineer. These are strong analytical aptitude, attention to detail,
excellent communication skills and a team player. Prior to starting her MSc in
Aerospace Engineering, she has a wealth of business work experience including
being a financial trader and recruitment consultant. Running two businesses
alongside her studies shows the variety of her strengths and strong work ethic.
Ameerah is bringing her business head to the engineering design table and is
going to build a rocket for her dissertation.

We are still looking to match Ameerah with a mentor, so if interested, please
contact Giselle Hayward, Mentoring Manager at [email protected].

Jessica Okobia is a mother of four, with her youngest child born 7 months

ago. Both her brothers are engineers and her interest in the oil industry led her to
study Petroleum Marketing and Business Studies in Nigeria followed by a BSc Oil
and Gas Management at Plymouth University. She developed a passion and
interest in civil engineering and was delighted when she saw the MSc in Project
and Infrastructure Management course to study here at Brunel. Family
commitments meant that she had to defer her studies until September 2015.
Being awarded the scholarship has meant everything to her and has opened the
door to this next stage of her career. Her children are so proud of her “going to
school too”.

Having to study on the train journey to campus or in the middle of the night is a
testament to Jessica’s self-motivation and commitment to learn. She is delighted
with her mentor, Alexandra Knight, Senior Consultant, from Frazer Nash
Consultancy. They both have young babies and manage to juggle family and
deadlines, meeting in Croydon over coffee to progress the mentoring relationship.

Jessica has a wealth of work experience in management and sales development,
which has helped with her research on her dissertation on “Investing the issue
affecting delay end disruption client resolution”. Once completed, her goal is to
gain a graduate level position in infrastructure.

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Mentor’s Voice

Giselle Hayward, Mentoring Manager

Established in 1815, Hayward Tyler is a specialist engineering group has already given Pascale a mock
who design, manufacture and service performance-critical electric interview and she has had an
motors and pumps for high pressure, high temperature opportunity to visit Luton for some
applications in the harshest environments across the global energy work experience. She was given a
industry. In October 2015 they completed the acquisition of the factory tour, took the Gemba 5S
trade and assets of the Peter Brotherhood business from German module in Hayward Tyler’s own
industrial giant Siemens. training academy and met with
several of the employees. Chartered
In November Hayward Tyler was introduced Stator Cruser™, Rotor Engineer and Commercial Director,
crowned “Exporter of the Year” and Cruser™ and Flexible Moulding™ Geoff Robinson gave her an overview
runner-up for “The Manufacturer of centre lean manufacturing products of the oil & gas business. Pascale will
the Year 2015”, “Leadership & with patent pending. With his be coming in to work with the health &
Strategy Finalist” and “People & Skills previous experience of graduate safety manager on work experience
Highly Commended” at The mentoring and interest in Oil & Gas shortly. Oliver is passionate about
Manufacturer MX Awards Ceremony. engineering he is an excellent match Brunel’s mentoring schemes. He
They were also awarded the “South for Pascale. believes it creates value for both the
East Regional Runner Up - Developing mentees and the sponsoring
People” EEF Award. Pascale is currently studying an MSc businesses. He wishes this scheme
in Engineering Oil and Gas, having would have been available when he
This year Hayward Tyler have offered already graduated with BA in was studying. It has been very
us 3 mentors for the Women in Information Systems with Business satisfying for him and his mentee on
Engineering Mentoring Scheme and Management and an MSc in Oil and the widening participation scheme the
to date we have successfully matched Gas Management. Through her previous year and helped him develop
Oliver Buhlinger with Pascale Gahuidi. mentoring relationship she is his mentoring skills. He says it is great
particularly looking to find out more playing a part in getting more women
Oliver is a Continuous Improvement about employment routes in the oil into engineering.
Engineer and has just successfully and gas industry and also is looking
completed his graduate development for some essential work experience. Hayward Tyler have not only
programme at Hayward Tyler. supported Brunel’s mentoring
Experienced in working with Oliver and Pascale were introduced to programme, but they have provided
knowledge transfer partnerships to each other at the WiE Mentoring a summer internship for Prince Mash
develop prototypes and marketable Launch on the 11 November 2015. and Sarah Adejubu was mentored by
products, Oliver has developed and Meeting once a month so far, Oliver Sue Henshaw and then joined
Hayward Tyler for work experience.
Sarah is still actively in touch and is
currently applying for a place to
complete her masters, supported by
her mentor. Rupert Knowles,
Technical Director and Sue Henshaw,
Learning and Development Manager
met Shakeer Choudhury at Brunel
Engineers in 2015. She joined
Hayward Tyler for 2 months work
experience, successfully secured a
role as a design engineer and is
performing extremely well. Sue,
having previously worked for Brunel’s
Learning & Development team, is
keen to continue with this positive
partnership as both parties are
benefitting from the experience.

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Mentee’s Voice

by Pamella Nnakayindi

Pamella Nnakayindi, Engineering Department based at St for the TFL application process,
studying Civil Engineering James’s Park for two days. I met the which provided me with more
with Sustainability, is assessment team who deal with the confidence and preparation to deliver
mentored by Ricardo assessment of existing structures. the best I could.
Inniss, Project Engineer, This was very insightful for me and
Tube Lines. very relevant as I had just completed I am looking forward to doing some
a year work placement with Geoffrey more work experience with TFL and
“The Mentee training helped Osborne Ltd, working on a continue to develop my knowledge of
Multi-functional Framework with the company. I have applied for a
me understand how the Network Rail. graduate role at TFL and have
managed to get through the first three
whole mentor programme I was able to use my experience and stages. I am now waiting to hear about
learning to compare the form of work attending an assessment day.
worked and what I could that the two various major rail sectors
delivered, which helped me In the meantime I am concentrating
achieve from the experience understand an area of work that I on my dissertation “The study of how
hope to work in. BIM (Building Information
of having a mentor. I was able Management) affects cost estimating
The team was very friendly and in the UK construction industry”.
to prepare some key happy to talk to me. I spent some
time with Assessment Director, Nick I could not have done all the above
questions that would help me Burgess and learned about charter without the help and inspiration of
ship and Assessment Manager, my mentor Ricardo Inniss. I have
get to know my mentor Richard McCoy who guided me to learnt a lot from him professionally
some resources for my dissertation. and personally which has encouraged
professionally and personally, I also had the opportunity to learn me to carry on with pursuing a career
how different people in the office do in civil engineering. The mentoring
which helped me build a good their work, such as the designers. I scheme has been very helpful so far
appreciated the theory of my studies and I have made some excellent
relationship on our first and how it fits into the real world of contacts via my mentor.
civil engineering. I also had the
meeting. I learnt different chance to interact with some
graduates who gave me some tips
ways of communicating with

my mentor and learnt other

approaches I had not

considered before.”

On my first meeting with my mentor, I
learned about how my mentor got to
where he is now in his career and life.
He told me about the various
challenges that he had to overcome,
the experiences he had gained
through these challenges, which
helped me reflect on my situation in a
better light and inspired me to stay
composed. We discussed my current
achievements (including the
difficulties that I faced) and we
looked at ways we could overcome
these problems. Despite my mentor
not working in my particular area of
study, he was able to put me in
contact with someone who did and I
was able to learn about the various
types of roles currently available
within the industry.

He arranged for me to shadow the
Transport for London (TFL) Civil

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Get involved!

Shaping the Future

Thursday, 7 April 2016
Eastern Gateway Building, Brunel University London 10.30 onwards

A major event to celebrate the work of Brunel’s Centre for Advanced Solidification
Technology (BCAST) and the:

• Opening of the Advanced
Metals Casting Centre

• Launch of the Constellium
University Technology Centre

• Partnership between
Constellium, Jaguar Land Rover
and BCAST and EPSRC LiME
Hub and AMCC II funding
awards

• University’s 50th Anniversary
Please RSVP to
[email protected]

The UK’s Hardware Made in
Revolution Brunel

Thursday 31 March 2016, 16:00 – 19:00 Thursday 16 –
The Old Vinyl Factory, Hayes, London UB3 1HA
www.centralresearchlaboratory.com Sunday 19 June 2016

Central Research Laboratory (CRL) is London’s exciting new home www.madeinbrunel.com
for innovative start-ups that design and make physical products. The
event will bring together those behind the CRL with some of the exciting Made in Brunel Is a
new businesses located there as well as leading voices shaping today’s student led collaborative
hardware revolution, from fast growing UK start-ups such as Pavegen, to platform focused on
global players such as SONOS. We will also hear from investors that are showcasing good design.
backing the next wave of innovators shaping the world around us. It is an opportunity for
students to show their
The Old Vinyl Factory was the original EMI Central Research Laboratory. skill to the world with
Here, scientists and inventors pioneered innovations such as stereo events and publications,
sound and airborne radar; they turned television into a commercial culminating in an annual
product and developed the CAT scanner.  exhibition located in
central London.
The product of a unique partnership between U+I, Brunel University
London and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, CRL is Interested in finding
recreating this model of creative, collaborative and commercial out more?
innovation. Interested in finding out more? Contact
[email protected] [email protected]

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WiE Mentoring Event STOP PRESS

Tuesday, 24 May 2016, 14:30 – 18:45 WiE Trip to Ford
Hamilton Suite, Brunel University London
Thursday 26 May
Attend the Strength Based Leadership in
Engineering presentation, contact [email protected]

followed by strength finders activities. We will then reflect WiE BAE Mentees
on the mentoring process to date, review goals and assess to BAE Portsmouth
learning and start to think about the final chapter of the
mentoring phase. Wednesday 1 June
http://wiementoringevent24may.eventbrite.co.uk
contact [email protected]
In the evening
Brunel Engineers, 18:30 - 21:00 If you are interested in getting
involved and volunteering some
The Brunel Engineers Project is an initiative between the mentors for the mentoring scheme in
departments of Electronic and Computer Engineering and September, please contact
Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering. This event Giselle Hayward, Mentoring Manager
celebrates the final year project work of our BEng, MEng by phone 01895 266343 or email
and MSc students, and is an opportunity to engage with [email protected].
our up and coming engineers.
www.brunelengineers.com/showcase.aspx

Promoting STEM subjects

Brunel’s STEM Outreach Lab will promote STEM subjects to primary and secondary school children in West
London and the Thames Valley. We are currently in the midst of doing the preparatory works on a building
and finessing our plans for the centre.  It will be a fantastic new facility which will open in Autumn 2016.

Central to the concept of the centre is that it is a jig-saw piece amongst existing provision and we want the
activities at the centre, to make a contribution to the curriculum of the young people. We want to base the
provision around projects and activities, and our own undergraduates and postgraduates will be involved,
to enliven the learning for those who visit. To achieve these aims we want to work with key partners.

If you would like to share expertise on promoting STEM and explore how your company can be involved
please contact [email protected].

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