• Question: do you travel a lot because of your job?

    Asked by Lauren to Chris, Paul, Priyanka, Ryan, Sarah on 6 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Priyanka Dhopade

      Priyanka Dhopade answered on 6 Mar 2016:

      Yes I do get to travel a lot and present my research at international conferences (where engineers from all over the world come to share their knowledge and research on new, exciting stuff). I’ve been to conferences in New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Canada. This year, I’m going to Seoul, South Korea and I’m pretty excited!

    • Photo: Ryan Bakewell

      Ryan Bakewell answered on 6 Mar 2016:

      I don’t get to go to as exciting places as Priyanka! (sounds great)

      My ‘travel’ is testing our cars on dedicated test tracks around the UK…where there are no speed limits and it’s safe to push cars to their limits! We have to make the most of the testing and do a specific set of tests, but its great fun at the same time!

    • Photo: Sarah Hargreaves

      Sarah Hargreaves answered on 7 Mar 2016:

      I get to travel mostly with the UK to the different Royal Navy Bases and also to Barrow in Furness where the submarines are built and tested. Whilst I don’t get to travel to anywhere near as exciting as Priyanka, it’s great to get out of the office and see in real life what you are working on everyday.

    • Photo: Christine Coonick

      Christine Coonick answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Hi Lauren,

      I do get to travel sometimes. Normally a few days every month I am sent out on a mission somewhere in the UK or to meet a client. Normally to either survey a new site for solar or to assess a system that is not working properly.

      In a previous job I got to travel to wider and more interesting places as most of my work was for aid & development. My favourite place I was sent was the Comoros Islands, in the Indian Ocean. Check it out on google maps.

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