The ‘Engineering Week of Wonder’ is an initiative organised by the professional body Engineers Ireland, to promote science and engineering among children. The Siemens event was a great success, with the Discovery Box generating great interest among all who attended – children, parents and media alike.

 

The Discovery Box was developed exclusively for Siemens and consists of two large wooden boxes packed with lots of tools and information on the topics of Energy & Electricity and Environment & Health. The materials are completely safe and the workshops was led by fully trained supervisor Ms Angela Clerc from Siemens AG. In addition there were short presentations on technology from the Siemens portfolio by technical experts.

 

The ensuing media coverage in the press and on a popular children’s television programme resulted in a huge expression of interest from Irish schools about the Siemens Discovery Box programme. As a result, Siemens Ireland has decided to extend the initiative and our engineers will visit a select number of schools with the Discovery Box to encourage children to embark on exciting careers in science and technology.

Siemens in Ireland

Siemens has a long-standing tradition of delivering key infrastructure projects in Ireland including the first direct Trans-Atlantic cable in 1874 and Shannon Hydro-electric Scheme which continues to produce green electricity. The company recently completed the largest on-shore wind farm in Ireland for Airtricity. The first electrical railway in Ireland, the Giants Causeway tramway was built by the company in 1882 and brought holiday makers from Portrush to the great natural wonder of the North Antrim coast. More recently in 1984 Siemens delivered the overhead line system for the DART network.

 

Siemens is one of the world’s leading engineering and electronics companies. The company pioneered electric rail transportation with the first electric railway presented at the Berlin Trade Fair 1879. More recently the company has developed the Metro in Bangkok, Boston, Japan and Germany. Siemens has offices in Dublin, Cork and Belfast and employs more than 1100 people in Ireland.