“Forward-thinking” ideas on how London could tackle its future transport needs have been presented by pupils from two Sutton schools at a design competition.

Students from Sutton Grammar School and Wallington High School for Girls put forward their solutions at an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) futuristic transportation contest.

Taking top prize were Adamant Edindon, Jassim Araim, and Yuvan Chikka from Sutton Grammar School for their flying “Petocopter” at the 2018 #ICanEngineer competition.

The four-coptered pod would be operated with artificial intelligence and allow commuters and tourists to “avoid congestion hotspots”.

They cited the late Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the most celebrated engineers in history, as their inspiration.

After being crowned #ICanEngineer prize winners for this year, they won a day shadowing experts in the field.

Akankshya Sahoo, Amineh Abbas, and Yuvathi Kumar from Wallington High School for Girls were the brains behind the “AeroVan” design.

It’s powered by solar energy and a vehicle which converts into a plan to also avoid congested traffic in densely populated areas while slashing carbon emissions.

They shared the sustainability award honour with pupils Millie Webster and Molly Freedman from Chigwell School in Essex.

After being named joint winners, they were given a range of gifts from engineering organisations – such as Arup, Highways England, as well as Price and Myers.

The #ICanEngineer competition was for secondary school pupils aged between 12 and 15 years old who were asked to create futuristic transport for London.

Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake, who attended the event, said: “Congratulations to Wallington High School for Girls for being joint winners of the sustainability award in the ICE’s #ICanEngineer competition.

“It was great to meet the teachers and students from both Wallington High School for Girls and Sutton Grammar to hear about their future transport solutions.

“Civil engineering is central to society, and initiatives like the #ICanEngineer competition bring to life the variety in the sector and help participants picture it as a future career.”

ICE London director Jonathan Baggs said: “The #ICanEngineer Competition has shown that our schools are full of the engineers of tomorrow. I’ve been so impressed with the quality, detail and thought that have gone into all the entries.

“Every group should be incredibly proud of themselves.”