In this article for aspiring engineers, a Cambridge Engineering 1st class graduate and Systems Engineer at Jaguar, discusses everything you need to know about getting into Engineering, tracing his journey from secondary to university & beyond. Find out how to prepare your own university application, whether to seek work experience, and what David is most excited about for the future of Engineering and technology.

Joy is an engineer enrolled on the unique Innovation Design Program, the product of a partnership between Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. Working on design and creative engineering within an often futurist context, Joy is tasked with imagining our future on a daily basis: what will XYZ be like 10-20 years from now, and how can we find opportunities in the present so that we can reach that vision? From designing and programming censorship goggles with Google Object Detection, to building a tangible interaction game exploring the experience of street harassment, find out how Joy became involved in the world of invention at the nexus between the arts and sciences.