Engineers, unless we wave our arms a bit we'll never inspire the next generation

Today I was thrilled to be announced as the recipient of this year’s Royal Academy of Engineering Rooke Award, but I’m concerned that engineering in general is hiding in plain sightPicture the scene. We’re filming a TV documentary called Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb, doing the first test drop of our “bomb”. But when the drop cable gets badly tangled, filming grinds to a halt and it looks like the show may be cancelled. Ian, the director, is pacing around with his phone in han