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Derrick John Willer was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth in the New Years Honours List for 2018 for his services to education.

At the time Derrick was a volunteer Schools Liaison Officer for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and an active STEM Ambassador. His role was to engage with school pupils to encourage them to consider careers in STEM, Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Previously he was a Neighbourhood Engineer in the 1980's and also led the YES, Year Of Engineering Success, and CPE, Campaign to Promote Engineering, in the Coventry and Warwickshire area of the United Kingdom in the 1990's.

His work as a Schools Liaison Officer has led him to organise contact by his fellow engineers and himself with many thousands of young people annually at events including in-school careers fairs, career presentations by engineers and scientists, Big Bang and Imagineering Fairs, and by publishing and running pupil challenges for both primary and secondary school pupils.

For the pupil challenges that Derrick and others have developed please sign in at the IET's Schools Liaison Community, https://communities.theiet.org/communities/home/31 They are all free to download and use in all education environments. . 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire  Order of the British Empire 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II Elizabeth II 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_New_Year_Honours    2018 New Year Honours 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution_of_Engineering_and_Technology   Institution of Engineering and Technology 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics   Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 6. https://communities.theiet.org/communities/home/31   IET's Schools Liaison Community