Engineers should be renamed 'ingeniators' says professor who claims trade ...
Engineers should be renamed 'ingeniators' says professor who believes TV and washing machine repairers have stolen the title Elena Rodriguez-Flacon thinks engineers should be called 'ingeniators' The academic claims the term has been 'lost' to people who 'fix TVs' She hopes the name-change will encourage more women to take up profession
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Despite engineering being one of the most respected professions in the world, one academic has called for the job title to be changed to 'ingeniators', to differentiate the discipline from the repair trade industry.
According to Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon this country 'needs to wake up to what engineers actually do' claiming that the word has been hijacked by people who fix TVs, washing machines, cars and boilers.
Rodriguez-Falcon, who is CEO of the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE), said that she has been campaigning for 25 years for perceptions to change to help inspire young people and
