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Electronics Weekly has teamed up with RS Components to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today.

EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Sergio Miguez Aparicio

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Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Sergio Miguez Aparicio, a MEng Hons Electronics and Computer Science Student at the University of Edinburgh. Achievements ...

The EW BrightSparks class of 2022 honoured at IET Savoy Place

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The EW BrightSparks Awards, a partnership between Electronics Weekly and RS Grass Roots, held its celebratory award event at the headquarters of the IET in central London. The classes of both 2022 and 2020 received their awards, with the latter having seen their year’s event affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Thirty three young engineers received their trophies, in total, at ...

President of European Young Engineers completes EW BrightSparks selection panel

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We’re very pleased to announce another addition to the EW BrightSparks 2022 judging panel, with Nadja Yang – President, European Young Engineers (EYE) – agreeing to come on board. Nadja adds to what is an expertise-packed set of judges from across the industry, joining (alphabetically) Clive Couldwell (Group Editor, Electronics Weekly), Graham Curren (CEO, Sondrel), Dr. Ollie Folayan (Co-founder, Chairman, ...

IET’s Lizzie Truett boosts EW BrightSparks selection panel

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Every year since 2017, when the first EW BrightSparks was hosted at the Houses of Commons, the IET’s prestigious Savoy Place has been the venue for the Awards Day, and the IET has been a big supporter of the programme. This is particularly true with Lizzie Truett, the IET’s Young Professionals Strategic Development Manager, who has very kindly agreed to ...

Lindsley Ruth backs EW BrightSparks to help celebrate engineering

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Since we first began EW BrightSparks, back in 2016, RS Components has been our partner throughout all the awards. A key part of that has been the valuable support of Lindsley Ruth, its CEO, who strongly identified the need to highlight the achievements of younger engineers within the industry. The good news is that Lindsley will be joining the EW BrightSparks judges ...

RS Grass Roots’ Isabella Mascarenhas strengthens EW BrightSparks selection panel

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We recently shone a spotlight on new additions to the EW BrightSparks selection panel. Today, we’re very happy to announce a mainstay of the  judges will also be adding her considerable support: Isabella Mascarenhas, Vice President, Grass Roots & Shining Stars at RS Components. The UK-based distributor has been ever-present in its support of EW BrightSparks, from the beginning, and again this ...

Imagination Technologies’ Chief of Innovation backs EW BrightSparks 2022

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We’re very proud to announce that Tim Mamtora, Chief of Innovation at Imagination Technologies, is joining our selection panel for EW BrightSparks 2022. It’s great to have Tim on board, for what is a diverse and experienced panel, packed with expertise. And he highlighted the role of programmes such as EW BrightSparks in showcasing the success of younger people in ...

Sondrel’s Graham Curren joins the EW BrightSparks 2022 selection panel

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With the EW BrightSparks nomination deadline fast approaching (Friday 1 April), it is good highlight one of the judges who has been a mainstay of the Awards and a constant supporter: Graham Curren, the CEO of Sondrel, the specialist IC designers. He has kindly supported EW BrightSparks since 2018 and we are delighted to have him on board once again ...

The search begins for the EW BrightSparks of 2022

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We are delighted to say – after a pandemic pause for a year – that we are launching EW BrightSparks 2022, our annual programme to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronics engineers in the UK today. We have teamed up again with RS Grassroots to showcase young talent within the industry. EW BrightSparks is now in its fifth ...