TWO talented pupils are one step closer to engineering victory after winning a place in the finals of the UK’s National Science and Engineering Competition.
Emma Jones,17, and Seung Yoo 18, of Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, excelled in the heats of the competition with a project that saw them design and make a warning system to alert drivers and pedestrians to the potential danger ahead on a single track road.
The pair will now go head-to-head with students from across the country in an attempt to claim one of the UK’s most sought-after engineering honours for young people.
Representing Monmouth, the students will travel to the The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair at The NEC, Birmingham for the finals of the competition in March 2014 .
There, the girls shortlisted entry will be showcased to over 60,000 visitors and they will come face-to-face with top celebrity judges in a Dragons’ Den style pitch process.
Emma said: “The National Science + Engineering Competition has taken me on an amazing journey and I’ve definitely got my sights set on the big prize whilst at The Big Bang Fair in Birmingham next March.
“The best and most important discoveries and inventions are down to science and engineering, and this contest has helped me to realise that I want to be a part of that in the future.”
Visit www.nsecuk.org for more information about this year’s competition.
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