Imperial Engineering Project

company made soaps. Additionally, we learnt how to structure a report and now know how to transfer these skills into future experiments. We both found that ‘CREST’ club was extremely rewarding and allowed us to work nearly completely independently and creatively. It allowed us to work with our friends on a topic we were interested in, and we got to learn along the way because we would plan our experiments on our own.

Imperial Engineering Project

Vysali Sivakumar, Eliza Beresford and Sia Patel Year 12 January 2022 saw the launch of an engineering and science project with Imperial College London that involves the year 12 physics students from NHEHS working in collaboration with science students from local schools, including Drayton Manor, Cardinal Wiseman and Greenford to solve the ever-growing problem of sustainable agriculture and how it can be put into practice around the world. The aim of the project is to stretch students beyond the curriculum and provide networking and learning opportunities to wider groups of students. Our main task is to design a solution that can contribute to ‘a greener life’ by preventing loss of biodiversity and making agriculture and everyday life more sustainable. We had a lecture from an Imperial PhD student who spoke to us about her work in conservation that has taken her to various different countries. Over the next few months we will be working in-person and online with our groups to produce a report and presentation explaining our proposal, which we will then deliver to academics at Imperial in April. The winning team will hopefully have their design made into reality and possibly have the chance to present it along the Great Exhibition Road Festival next year. We all thought that this would be a great opportunity to develop our problem solving skills and provide an insight into the real-world applications of science and engineering. Hopefully we can devise innovative solutions to a problem that is affecting so many countries around the world.