Youngsters scoop engineering prize
A pair of talented youngsters from Hamilton College picked up a top award recently.
Junior 2 pupils David Law and Jamie Walker won the primary two category at the Scottish Engineering Leaders Awards, from over 15,000 entries in Scotland.
Over 260 Scottish schools took part in this year’s Primary Engineer Programme, designed to encourage young people considering careers in Stemrelated professions.
Pupils were asked to consider, if you were an engineer what would you do?
David designed the pothole detector for cars, which would send details of potholes with their exact location via sat-nav to allow them to be repaired.
And Jamie created the Trouble Bubble, an airbag for phones or other devices which activates either when dropped, or via a voice command, to stop screens being damaged.
Both pupils attended the award ceremony which was held in the University of Strathclyde’s Barony Hall.
This is the second time Jamie attended the award ceremony, as he was also the Primary 1 winner in 2017 with his design of a Space Viewing Dome.
Three other Hamilton College pupils received Highly Commended certificates for their designs, which included a Gluten Detector Watch by J1 pupil Rafe Chesworth, a SIG (Snow, Ice, Grit) Shovel by J7 pupil Amie Mcmurray and a Heated Ice Cream Scoop by Alex Duncan in J6.
Hamilton College are keen to continue to develop the interest in engineering and STEM and have created a dedicated STEM classroom, or Makerspace, in their Junior School.