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Join Sukanya Sarkar, Senior Project Engineer at Hitachi Energy, as we hear about her exciting journey to a career in renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/live-sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/02\/Sukanya-Sarkar-Photo-1-634x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A photo of Sukanya Sarkar\" class=\"wp-image-290 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Sukanya Sarkar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sukanya&#8217;s father was an engineer who encouraged her interest in building things, which motivated her to move into engineering herself. After working with her father, Sukanya moved from India to Glasgow to study a Masters in Control and Automation Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University. She overcame challenges in her degree and early career thanks to the sense of determination and resilience instilled in her by her mother, who was a teacher and encouraged her enthusiasm for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2990,"template":"","events_category":[58,47,46,77,76,63,66],"acf":{"age_restriction":["11 and over"],"start_date":"2026-04-24 16:06:04","header_before":[{"acf_fc_layout":"header_embed","embed":"<iframe title=\"Engineering the Future\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZyTx3sX9_cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"}],"header_after":[{"acf_fc_layout":"header_embed","embed":"<iframe title=\"Engineering the Future\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZyTx3sX9_cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"}],"short_description":"Have you wondered what an engineer does, and how their work helps us to power the future sustainably? 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