Daniel from St Ambrose Barlow RC High School in Swinton has developed an educational programme to inspire school children to think about civil engineering.
As subject leader for Design, Engineer, Construct! and a STEM coordinator he first approached the ICE Manchester Branch five years ago to start a STEM outreach programme, using his school as the base. Following some hands-on bridge building sessions he recognised the potential to do more and inspire pupils.
He now runs a summer school programme that extends to four days, seeing some 200 pupils engage with activities such as the ICE Bridge to Schools kit and tetrahedron building. Daniel has also gone on to help develop a primary school education pack, alongside other primary school teachers, which has been successfully used in six local schools establishing civil engineering alongside the existing curriculum.
On receiving his ICE 200 medal Daniel said: "It all started relatively small but with the support of ICE and other teachers it has grown considerably. All the kids get an invaluable opportunity to experience civil engineering and have fun at the same time. What could be better than that?”
He was presented with his medal by ICE President Professor Lord Robert Mair.