#37 Mariana Velho from CERN Switzerland on Public Engagement

Attracting students to study engineering, and helping society understand what engineers do, are ongoing challenges within engineering education.In this episode we spoke to Mariana Velho, Communication, Education and Outreach Manager for CERN openlab. Mariana draws upon her background in psychology, education and outreach, to manage various communication projects and campaigns, and manage stakeholder relationships.Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the use of science communication and outreach in encouraging students to study engineering.Timestamps0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode0.23 Podcast Intro0.48 Experiences with science communication and outreach from Natalie and Neil3.20 Introduction to Mariana6.47 The importance of science communication7.28 ATLAS Experiment and CERN8.44 The role of psychology in science communication11.46 CERN14.44 CERN openlab16.47 Mariana's role within CERN19.28 Developing the scientists and engineers of tomorrow21.22 The Summer Placement27.36 Science communication skills31.32 Educational resources37.11 Microsoft Dreamspace and spatial skills43.24 Engineering in the future48.11 What's next?51.54 Key Takeaways from Mariana53.20 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil  Key Resourceshttps://marianadantasvelho.com/https://openlab.cern/about/collaborate-us https://atlas.cern/Resources/Colouring-Books https://dreamspace.microsoft.com/en-us/dreamspace/irelandJoin us! Become a member of the European Society for EngineeringEducation, SEFI, Europe's largest network of engineeringeducators: www.sefi.be Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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