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Asked by Migle05 to Alison, Hannah, Rory, Sita, Stephen on 8 Mar 2019.
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Stephen O'Connor answered on 8 Mar 2019: last edited 8 Mar 2019 2:11 pm
Just my brother – he is an electronic engineer – they design and test semiconductors and other electrical components.
Semiconductors are special materials that have electrical conductivity halfway between good conductors (metals like copper or aluminium) and bad conductors (like wood or plastic).
They basically allow you to control the flow of electricity through electronic circuits – acting as switches and valves, and other such control points.
They are the basic building block of modern technology – computers, mobile phones, tvs, etc.
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Hannah Currivan answered on 12 Mar 2019:
No! Just me!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 I am a physicist and an engineer 🙂 🙂 🙂 I have been part of the I-LOFAR build (Irish Low Frequency Array Radio Telescope) team, and I have also been to training at the European Space Agency for Spacecraft Operations, and currently I am building a Tupper Sat which is a lunchbox with a experiment inside which will launch on a weather balloon 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Alison Dufresne answered on 13 Mar 2019:
Yep! My dad is an engineer. 🙂 He’s a biomedical engineer and a big space nerd. He and I would fight a lot when I was a teen so I didn’t want to follow in his footsteps but engineering is just too cool to not pursue, so here I am!
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gabi commented on :
do you sometimes work together
Stephen commented on :
Not directly but he has helped me since I was young with maths and other stuff big brothers are for! He is twelve years older than I am and is always there for advice.