Careers in Mechanical Engineering - mech-ing endoscopies safer by using robots you can swallow

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Suitable for 14-19-year olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in careers advice meetings, in the classroom, STEM clubs and at home.

This resource links to careers and KS4 & KS5 Engineering

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource gives an overview the work of Dr Mark Rentschler and his team, based at the University of Colorado Boulder in the US, who are developing mobile robotic capsule endoscopes.
• This resource also contains an interview with Dr Rentschler and his top tips for students. It includes ‘thinking points’ to prompt students to reflect on their own skills.

This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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