The INSPIRE publication will be available at the BSRIA Bookshop as a free download until the closing of the survey. Hard copies are limited and are only available upon request.
BSRIA is asking industry members to vote for their favourite engineer.
To coincide with its 60th anniversary, the association recently launched its INSPIRE commemorative publication which looks at 120 engineers of the past and present, highlighting their achievements and the great impact they’ve had on the world.
In addition, BSRIA has narrowed down the engineers to a list of 15 for the industry to vote on who is the most influential.
The choices are:
- Alan Turin
- Bill Gates
- Frank Whittle
- George Stephenson
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- James Watt
- Katherine Blodgett
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Marie Curie
- Michael Faraday
- Nikola Tesla
- Rosalind Franklin
- Steve Wozniak
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Willis Carter
Chief executive of BSRIA, Julia Evans, said: “Science fiction has shown that the unbelievable can become reality. We now have wearable technology, video calls and tablets are a normal part of our personal and work lives, no one bats an eyelid at flat screen televisions. Yet these ideas were once viewed as technologically impossible, a dream. It is STEM that has made those dreams into a reality and not just for Back to the Future fans.
INSPIRE, researched and designed by sixth form student Jason Finch, commemorates the achievements of STEM and celebrates the impact it has had on the world. By featuring 120 notable past and present engineers BSRIA hopes the book will inspire the next generation by showing them what they are capable of.
To vote visit the website at: www.bsria.co.uk/goto/influentialengineer.
The survey will be open until 31 December and results will be published in early 2016.
The INSPIRE publication will be available at the BSRIA Bookshop as a free download until the closing of the survey. Hard copies are limited and are only available upon request.