The winners of The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition have been named. The Big Bang Competition, run by EngineeringUK, is a national competition for young engineers, scientists and technologists aged 11 to 18. The top three winners each receive £1000 prize money. Kanav Jain, a student from Broxburn, Scotland is crowned UK Young Engineer of the Year 2026, supported by Thales, for his project ‘AeroAid: Autonomous VTOL quadplane’. Kanav is currently in S4 and entered via community group, First Step Robotics.

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