Lindsley Ruth returns for EW BrightSparks 2018
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In 2017 Electronics Weekly and RS Components teamed up to find the brightest and most talented young electronics engineers in the United Kingdom to crown them as EW BrightSparks. The search across the country uncovered those already making a difference in the first years of their working life and others who are still studying but are showing the promise to become the people behind big future innovations in electronics.
The first cohort of EW BrightSparks received their uniquely commissioned trophies at the Houses of Parliament last year having been selected by a panel of judges from across the industry and each winner was featured in a special edition of Electronics Weekly.
One of those judges was the Group CEO of Electrocomponents, Lindsley Ruth, who is proud to be returning to the panel once again in 2018 following the success of last year.
He told DesignSpark.com “We have a responsibility to promote engineering and nurture the next generation of engineers. Electronic devices are everywhere in our daily lives and the trends towards ever more automation and smart interaction with our environments are set to continue.
“The problem is that the electronics industry is facing a huge skills shortage globally. In the UK alone we are going to need one million additional engineers by 2020. The technological world around us is changing so quickly that keeping pace is a real challenge. We need to find the young minds that intrinsically ‘get’ electronics design and engineering. We can then nurture and support them throughout their careers.
“Quite frankly the future is limitless. Engineering is everywhere and in lots of things that people don’t even realise. Engineers can design solutions for safer, greener transport or to minimise damage from earthquakes. They might develop life-saving medical equipment or enable us to explore further into space. Design engineers of tomorrow could be developing futuristic wearable technologies or the apps of the future. Whatever ideas engineers can think up, they can potentially build.
“Really, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to get into engineering and as the global distributor for engineers, RS is delighted to partner with Electronics Weekly to find the engineering BrightSparks of the future."
To find out more about EW BrightSparks, or to nominate a young engineer, please Click Here.
