Two SL Controls Engineers, Andrew Ryan and Volker Winhausen, have started a new 10-week STEAM program. They are teaching engineering principles to 5th class primary school pupils at Youghalarra National School in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland.
STEAM is an organization that delivers programs in partnership with industry to inspire children in STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering, and maths. The initiative with the class of children in Tipperary is the fourth STEAM program that SL Controls engineers have been involved with.
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Volker Winhausen, Systems Architect at SL Controls, said: “Inspiring the next generation of engineers has always been important for us at SL Controls. We believe it is the responsibility of all stakeholders in the engineering sector to not only provide information, but to also show how engineering is fun, challenging, and rewarding.”
Andrew Ryan, Senior Validation Engineer at SL Controls, said: “We have completed the first lesson of a 10-week program and the children at Youghalarra are fantastic. They were enthusiastic about everything that we did and really enjoyed the practical elements of the lesson. Volker and I are looking forward to working with the kids and exploring new engineering topics with them over the next couple of months.”