Engineering Academy facilitator Dr. Yu-Chieh Jessie Yen believes that "People need just a little bit of encouragement to do amazing things."
As we gear up to the Cohort 1 graduations, we take a look back at the Design Challenges that our Cohort 1 participants had to face. It truly has been a journey of learning, designing and growth!
On their second day of the site visits, Academy Cohort 2 learners explored the aviation sector with a tour of South Africa's Airlink.
Johannesburg's Engineering Discovery has reached 3 170 Grade 8 learners across the city since launch in 2022. This year, the team is aiming to reach 1 000 more!
Johannesburg kicks off Year 3 of Engineering Academy, welcoming Cohort 3.
Learners had the task to design what could possibly be the solution to South Africa’s energy crisis. The learners had to tackle a challenge called Power of Wind.
As we approach the end of the 2023 Engineering Academy program, our participants, in Cohorts 1 and 2, will be exploring the Aeronautical and Electrical Engineering fields respectively.
The second installation of the Next Engineers: Engineering Camp Johannesburg may have been the coldest yet, but the heat of fun and learning was undeniable!
Next Engineers: Engineering Academy Johannesburg Cohort 1 learners spent two days with engineers from GE South Africa in their field of work.
After a short break in our sessions, the Johannesburg team has resumed the Discovery sessions in selected schools around Johannesburg.
Our Engineering Academy learners have completed their first Design Challenges for 2023!
The Next Engineers Johannesburg team is thrilled to announce one of our teams as winners of the Global Engineers Week Cross-Site Challenge
Engineering Discovery has started on a high note for 2023, already reaching 200 learners!
February marked a year since the official launch of Next Engineers in Johannesburg - see what the program has accomplished!
GE Next Engineers has been a wonderful journey since inception last year. At Protec, it has kept us very busy and we are thrilled with the results.
An exciting taste of all things engineering was given to 208 Grade 9 learners – 122 girls and 86 boys – from schools around Johannesburg in July at PROTEC’s first GE (formerly General Electric) Next Engineers Camp at Wits University.
Meet Faiqa, a 10th grade student at the UJ Metropolitan Academy in Johannesburg who loves baking and science. This year, she became one of the first Engineering Academy students in South Africa.
The first 50 learners to form cohort 1 of the Next Engineers: Engineering Academy in Johannesburg were selected and given their first design challenge to tackle.
After having received over 120 qualifying applications, the next step for the selection of the first 50 learners to participate in the Next Engineers: Engineering Academy kicked off.
The first cohort of over 550 high school learners from Johannesburg will be the first to develop their engineering identities through ‘Next Engineers.’ Watch the live event recording and learn more.
Balan Moodley, CEO of Protec, discusses Next Engineers in Johannesburg.
It’s full steam ahead for the launch of GE’s inaugural Next Engineers.
GE Invests $2.5 Million in the Next Generation of Johannesburg Engineers.
