Engenius Films: Sharing the genius of engineering DR. EMMA CARTER - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Engenius Films: Sharing the genius of engineering DR. EMMA CARTER UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

A problem to be solved… Skills shortage…. Economic impact

A problem to be solved… Women 5-8% Men > 90 %

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Aims  Film around 10 engineers from different areas of engineering  Make around 10 short films on engineering aimed at children aged about 9-14  Make films freely available and promote to schools, children, parents, other organisations  Create a guide for other engineers to make more films 8 months, 7 film days, many hours of video later…

Bio-mechanical engineers (modelling arthritis and measuring movement)

Bio-medical Engineers (cardio-vascular technology)

Formula Student

Engineering artificial spider silk

Bio-engineers (tissue regeneration)

Composite materials

Advanced manufacturing

Chemical Engineering (Food, Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Metal Recycling)

The life of an Engineering undergraduate

Engineering apprentices

Primary school : workshops and vox pops

Science demonstrations

28 Engineers Filmed  3 lecturers  5 post-docs  9 PhD students  2 graduates  7 undergraduates  2 apprentices

Material for 20 films: What is an engineer? Tissue regeneration (scaffolding)   3D printing Tissue regeneration (blood vessels)   How hydrogen fuel cells work Computer modelling   Renewable Energy and Hydrogen The life of an engineering undergraduate   Cars The life of an engineering apprentice  Recycling lithium  Biomechanics of arthritis  Formula Student: how to design  Accelerometers: recording your every your own racing car  move Composite materials  Bio-medical engineering for hearts  Advanced manufacturing  The amazing mechanical properties of  Emulsions spider silk  School activity: cargo drop How planes fly  

Dissemination  Marketing and media professionals (Dept, Faculty, University level)  LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter  Sheffield Festival of Science and Engineering public lecture  School Science Teacher conference  Teacher resource sites and magazines  Other organisations (WES, IMechE, IChemE etc.)

Feedback from teachers  Some prefer Vimeo, some YouTube  The shorter the better (5 minutes max.)  Animations are good  Some would be used even in GCSE lessons  Thumbs up from panel of 9-11 year-olds

Legacy  Complete ‘Engineer’s Guide to Film - making’  After films are finished and uploaded, open up to film submissions from other people  Legacy funding (training workshops, editing and quality control of submissions)

Thank you