The Engineering Bloggers

Will's Energy Blog

I'm Will. I grew up in the Yorkshire Dales - a great part of the world, but being the middle of nowhere when growing up it is sometimes difficult. I stayed there until completing my A-levels after which I spent a year working in Doncaster on the Year In Industry. I spent four great years at the University of York gaining an MEng in computer systems and software engineering. Half my waking hours were spent studying, the other half spent enjoying myself - the ideal "life-life" balance of industrious dedication to learning and creative relaxation.

Since 2004 I've been working with British Energy, initially on their 2 year, 4x6 month placement, graduate training scheme. It gave me the knowledge and skills to pursue a fruitful career in the nuclear and energy industries. I now work in the central engineering support functions in Gloucester, designing and engineering solutions to many of the challenging issues our stations have. Throughout this I've used my free time to enjoy myself, going on adventurous holidays around Europe, improving my car mechanics skills to keep my car going, spending time with those who make my life better and generally making sure I maintain my life-life balance.

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Mark, Travel Engineer
I'm Mark, and have been working as Performance Engineer for Metronet's Metropolitan Line fleet since the start of 2007. I joined Metronet onto their MPDS  training scheme immediately after graduation from Hull in 2002. After two years as a trainee, on placements all around the company, I moved to work permanently for fleet.

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Sun May 11, 2008

Alex's science communication blog.
Alex Cheung is a science writer currently based at CERN. Following a first degree in environmental science, Alex recently graduated from a masters in Science Communication at Imperial College. A newcomer to the world of particle physics, she is jumping into the deep end by joining CERN's public outreach team. Join her as she takes a crash course in particle colliders, quarks, and the ever elusive Higgs boson.

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Tue May 06, 2008

Nell's blog

Nell Barrie works in science communication. She studied biology at Oxford University and found herself more interested in writing essays explaining biology than in pursuing research, so she decided to try to find a career in communicating science.

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Mon Nov 26, 2007

Michelle's blog
Michelle joined British Gas as an apprentice service engineer, qualifying as a technical engineer in 1994. She has taken on a variety of roles including technical adviser and technical support, moving in 2003 into education liaison with the British Gas Engineering Academy. She is also a science and engineering ambassador, supporting the work of organisations such as STEMNET in enthusing young people about the possibility of engineering as a career. She was among a select group of outstanding women nominated as a Woman of the Year in 2005/2006. Michelle is currently on secondment to WISE (Women into Science Engineering & Construction).

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Wed Oct 24, 2007

Colin's blog

Hi! My name is Colin and I am a Physics with Astrophysics student at The University of Manchester. I have always loved science and was one of those children constantly asking the question: Why? Now that I am studying science at University I am learning about some of the most fascinating topics in the universe!

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Tue Aug 21, 2007

Doug's blog
Hello, my name is Doug Conquest and I’m a Materials and Corrosion Engineer for Shell UK currently based at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex near Chester in the North West.  The main purpose of my role is to support the Inspection Department who act as an independent body on site to advise the refinery on the integrity of its plant.  There are many, many facets to this job that I will be illustrating through the blog.  I’ve been in my present job for three years now and am about to move to Shell’s consulting division, Shell Global Solutions International (SGSI), based in Amsterdam, and I can’t wait!  How did I get to this point in my life?  Well to cut a long story short I studied Materials Engineering at Brunel University before completing a PhD on the excellent but sadly now defunct Postgraduate Training Partnership (PTP) scheme with the University of Cambridge and TWI Ltd.  Away from refineries my interests include road and fell (mountain) running, anything to do with cars and motorbikes and (reluctantly) endless DIY.

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Tue Aug 14, 2007

Gareth's Blog

Gareth Pemberton AIMECHE. Graduated 2004 from Warwick University with a masters in Mechanical Engineering. During his time at Warwick he participated in Formula Student and has since been a design judge for the event.

Through his degree, Gareth was sponsored by Air Products and he started his career with them. He has had a number of roles within Air Products ranging from their R&D group, developing software and control system for liquid installations, to a project engineer for customer installations.

Gareth moved to Brussels in 2006 to work for the Packaged Gases Group's Quality Control Team as a specialist in analytical equipment, control systems and delivering projects for the group. He is also currently following the EIIL's Fellowship programme.  His spare time is spent with his daughter and fiancé enjoying Europe.

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Sat Jul 28, 2007

Barbara's blog
Barbara Axt talks a lot. So much that soon she found out spoken words were not enough – and started writing, eventually becoming a journalist. The popularisation of internet (the greatest invention ever, followed from a distance by ready-to-eat pasta) brought new opportunities of spreading her numerous opinions all around the world. If it is good or bad, judge for yourself.

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Wed Jul 25, 2007

Vimal's Blog

Hi, I am Vimal, working as a Graduate Process Engineer @ M W Kellogg Ltd. I have got masters degree in Advanced Chemical Engineering from Imperial College, London and bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from India. I have been in London since last 3 years and the journey so far has been very much smooth and enjoyable – I love this place. My interests include reading, listening music and traveling. I love to move around and discover new places. My biggest surprise came when I was awarded gold medal from the University for securing top position during my bachelor’s degree. Right now I am working on Shell Pearl GTL project. Apart from chemical engineering I do love designing websites and doing their search engine optimization (which also gives me break from chemical engineering). It’s really exciting how major search engines perform the ranking of the websites.

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Wed Jul 18, 2007