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News Release from: Tees Valley Engineering Partnership
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The Tees Valley Engineering Partnership recently hosted Engineering and Science Superstars, an interactive presentation aimed at promoting the sector to a key Stage 3 audience.
The Tees Valley Engineering Partnership has given young people from across the region the chance to learn more about careers in engineering in a fun and entertaining way The partnership, which has a membership of more than 50 engineering-related companies, recently hosted Engineering and Science Superstars, an interactive presentation aimed at promoting the sector to a key Stage 3 audience
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Presented by Huw James of educational group Engineering Explained, the event looked at the powers of well-known superheroes, including Spiderman, Batman and the stars of Heroes, examining how they could be explained by engineering and science.
Covering topics such as X-ray vision made possible through lasers, super strength, as used for the construction of bridges and the ability to fly, the hour long presentation highlighted a range of career options including those in the medical, civil engineering and aerospace sectors.
The live demonstrations, which included examples of how lasers are used to transfer information and how curved wings help a plane stay in the air, were mixed with video testimonies from young engineers who are currently thriving in the sector.
Engineering and Science Superstars was performed at the University of Teesside and Grangefield School, Stockton over two consecutive days, attracting more than 1000 students from 15 schools across the Tees Valley.
Malcolm Potter, Manager of the Tees Valley Engineering Partnership, says: "The purpose of this year's Christmas lecture was to inspire the next generation of prospective engineers, showing them just how varied work in this sector can be".
"We wanted to show them that without engineers, many of the everyday things we take for granted, like the Internet, aeroplanes and bridges, simply would not exist".
"Engineering Explained are highly experienced in communicating the complexities of these subjects to a younger audience and I know that everyone who attended found the presentation to be informative and enjoyable, particularly as it was based on a superheroes theme".
"I would like to thank Engineering Explained and SetPoint for their hard work in helping us to organise this event".
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