According to an article, a young entrepreneur/engineering named Sam Etherington has been shortlisted for entry into the engineering hall of fame for the UK. Sam is only 24 years old and is the youngest to ever be considered for the award.
Others included on the list are Sir James Dyson, Apple’s Sir Jonathan Ive, Tim Morgan and David Gow. Mr. Etherington couldn’t believe he was nominated at such a young age. Being considered among the other people he said is a huge honor. He literally had to pinch himself because he couldn’t believe it was true.
Of the five candidates one will be included on the current 10 member list in the hall of fame.
Sam Etherington is being acknowledged for his multi-axis wave convertor. The idea came to him as he was out kite surfing while being pounded by wave after wave. He felt first hand how powerful the waves were and he decided at that instance that he wanted to harness that energy in an efficient way.
He is the founder of the company Renewable Wave Power and has been successful proving his technology on a small scale. He believes that if he were to win this coveted award it would help him raise more funding to build a new prototype and to get to the next level as a business.
Sam Etherington thinks engineers don’t get nearly the amount of attention they deserve. Nowadays all that people care about are the end users, not the people who enabled that person to do what they are doing. Sam brought up the point of a runner. They might go out and win a huge race, but did you consider the shoes that helped that person win the race? Engineers make other people successful.
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