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Design and Technology/Science KS3 & KS4/GCSE: The Imagineers

The Imagineers sets out to meet the next generation of engineers working on major global challenges, the women and men who design solutions to beat cancer, design stoves to stop millions being killed from smoke inhalation in the developing world and create our future clothing.

Presenter Fran Scott gets hands-on with the science behind the innovations, as the series provides inspiration for teenagers considering their future careers.

Suitable for: Design and Technology as well as Chemistry/Physics at KS3 and GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 3rd and 4th Level in Scotland.

Dr Bernali Gosh is working as a seismic engineer to plan the new underground network needed in Delhi and evaluates experimental models of the effect of earthquakes on buildings on this type of soil.

Earthquake engineering

Fran Scott describes how Dr Veronika Kapsali from Northumbria University is researching fabrics with several uses and touches upon the development of multi-functional clothing inspired by nature.

Inventing clothes inspired by nature

Fran Scott describes how PhD student Jon Sumanik-Leary from the University of Sheffield is developing a DIY wind turbine for isolated Third World communities.

Inventing DIY wind turbines

Engineer Dr Manel Torres from Imperial College in London invented Fabrican – a fabric sprayed from a can that can be used in fashion, healthcare and even to help clear up an oil slick.

Inventing future fabrics

Two students from the University of Nottingham are working to develop a smoke-free stove. Their stove creates sound waves which move a magnetic in a coiled wire to make an electric current.

Inventing smoke-free stoves

Dr Eleanor Stride is using engineering to tackle a major challenge for medicine. She is using nano-technology to explore how to give cancer medication which are less poisonous than current treatments.

Nano-bubbles and drug delivery