Aoife Considine is a railway engineer who ensures the safety of trains. She enjoyed logic puzzles and riddles, which is why she studied mechanical engineering.
For festival season or for Duke of Edinburgh, a heavy tent is no fun. Engineers helped set the world record for the lightest tent available – less than half a kilo.
Sinead O’Sullivan works on aerospace engineering, technology, business and policy. She also uses her own technology to monitor interference in elections.
Dr Anh Tran is a humanitarian engineering researcher. Her research focuses on energy, water, food, and computer technologies for people with limited resources.
Litelok re-invents the bike lock - it's tough, flexible and lighter than normal. The secret is a new material, a mixture of metal and polymer called Boaflexicore.
Engineers have invented Q-Bots - robots that can enter inaccessible and dangerous areas and install underfloor insulation without messy construction work.
Eloise is a sound engineer and designer – creating the realistic sound behind radio dramas. She dropped into Tomorrow's Engineers to reveal how she got into this...