Dr Shini Somara said: “Engineers are problem-solvers and I’m keen to highlight how much their ingenuity, creativity and logic impacts us all. The book is aimed at 12–15-year-olds in secondary school who are considering their future educational and career choices. The book is authored by Dr Shini Somara, award-winning mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist turned TV producer and presenter, children’s book author, podcaster, TEDx Speaker and mentor to MEng and PhD students at Imperial.

As the title suggests, Somara is keen to demonstrate the many ways in which engineers make the world a better place, whether tackling climate change, building flood defences, creating prosthetic limbs or improving the lives of the underprivileged. In this book youll meet 46 engineers, from apprentices and lab technicians to university professors and start-up CEOs and hear what problems they are solving and why they love their jobs. Adam Allsuch Boardmanis an illustrator based in Leeds, UK who constructs imagery to inform and amuse in a clear and concise manner. We are very grateful to Lord Sainsbury and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation for their vision and generosity.Dr Shini Somara is passionate about making science and technology accessible to all, through a variety of media platforms. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

This book will be of particular interest to children who already have an interest in pursuing STEM careers as it shows the variety of areas in which they could work and the pathways they could follow to get there.From apprentices at the start of their careers and tech startup CEOs, to professors with Royal Academy Fellowships, the engineers profiled in this book demonstrate the ways that engineers make a difference in the world. It includes our space physicist Professor Michele Dougherty, Notpla's Pierre-Yves Paslier, CERN engineer Jamie Pinnell and more.