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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…

Men > 90 % Women 5-8%

not helped by …

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:

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What is an engineer?

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3D printing

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How hydrogen fuel cells work

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Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Cars

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Recycling lithium

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Formula Student: how to design your own racing car

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Composite materials

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Advanced manufacturing

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Emulsions

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School activity: cargo drop

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Tissue regeneration (scaffolding)

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Tissue regeneration (blood vessels)

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Computer modelling

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The life of an engineering undergraduate

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The life of an engineering apprentice

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Biomechanics of arthritis

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Accelerometers: recording your every move

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Bio-medical engineering for hearts

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The amazing mechanical properties of spider silk

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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

• f submissions)

Thank you