Engineering Heroes: Recent Episodes
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If you are concerned or interested about the current and future life as an engineer, then this Podcast is for you. We look closely at what it means in today's society to be an engineer, and we discuss some challenges our guests are facing or working on.
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The conversation on diversity has been going for decades. Lauren Mua spoke to Mel & Dom about Progressive Diversity. She has seen and experienced changes in the industry during her 10+ years as an engineer.
“I put progressive in front of that diversity, because I see it as something that … is about moving forward, promoting change and improving our current diverse industry”
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What is in a title? When you’re an engineer, a title could mean a lot.
Stephen Howe spoke to Mel & Dom about his observations of a worrying situation in the engineering industry where engineers are chasing the grandiose role title, even if their experience doesn’t equate.
“But don't play into this phenomenon of "job title, scope creep" that I think is a disservice to the industry and to the individuals and clients.”
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Grace Kennedy is a Systems Engineer. She specialises in understanding, modelling and communicating the interaction of humans and technical systems.
She spoke to Mel & Dom about her thoughts and experience on Human Systems Integration and expresses her concern with engineers ensuring they keep the human interaction at the forefront of their mind as they are creating new systems.
“Technological systems are evolving at a really great pace, and we really need to ensure that humans are not an afterthought.”
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Electricity in mines is a very concerning hazard. And while there have not been any fatalities in Australian mines due to electrocution in well over 30 years, this does not mean engineers are not working on it. Peter Stepien spoke to Mel & Dom about his concern that engineers must stay vigilant with evolving technology, specifically currently with variable speed drives in mines.
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Ami Pasricha has been thinking about the Internet Of Things (IOT) since very early in her career. In fact, her very first project at university utilised this technology. Ami spoke to Mel & Dom about her incredible work in this cutting edge area of IOT and describes some of the challenges facing this technology in the future.
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Our reliance on computers means the fact of cyber-crime is more of a question “when”, not “if”. Renee Wootton spoke to Engineering Heroes about how society is now facing cyber-attacks on a daily basis and how it is of vital importance that cyber engineers are involved in the development and upgrade of computer systems.
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Craig Smith has worked in the engineering industry for over 2 decades. He notes that we are living in a real infrastructure boom, an era of mega projects. And he’s deeply concerned about the real skills shortage being experienced in Australia. No longer can Australia rely upon engineers from overseas bolstering the engineering ranks, we must look towards our own society for the future engineering leaders of our community
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Sue Murphy is a highly regarded engineer who has worked in the industry for nearly 4 decades. She spoke to Engineering Heroes about the importance of water management, which is a key priority in WA, and how the key to any successful engineering project is communication and co-operation with the community and all stakeholders.
"Politicians of Western Australia have always understood that water's a long-term problem and you have to approach it sensibly."
This is a special episode recorded to celebrate International Women's Day.
"International Women's Day is a time when people my age can look around and say, Oh my God, it feels like nothing's happened. But when I look back, quite a lot's happened. "
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Disaster Resilience is all about managing floods and fires and everything nature can throw at us. Well, this would be wrong. According to Paul Gleeson, you can’t consider disaster resilience without also considering climate change.
If you want to consider and manage Australia’s disaster resilience, you need to look deeper, towards climate change, which is creating a larger occurrence of disasters upon the world. “when I think about disaster resilience.... I think about (it) through the lens of climate change.”
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“Smart communities are sustainable communities”. This week Mel & Dom speak to Zoe Eather, the host of The Smart Communities Podcast.
Zoe discusses that the technology the is required to improve our living in our communities, but it also goes a step further. A mindset change is needed, and sustainability is more than just an individual or community level. The big businesses of the world also have a very important role to play in the future of our Sustainable Communities.
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Consider walking into a supermarket, placing your order for fruit & vegetables and then getting them picked fresh from the rooftop garden.
Today’s guest is Brandon Miller from Sprout Stack and that is exactly his vision for the future. His engineering has the potential to completely revolutionise the way society experiences food.
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This is another mini-episode in the lead up to World Engineering Day 2021. In this episode we speak to Dr Xiaojing Hao about her work in energy and finding ways to boost the world’s solar power. Imagine if your mobile, or car, or building could become a solar panel and actually generate enough energy to run itself. "There are lots of scientists and engineers working on how to integrate the solar panel into different areas” Dr Hao told Engineering Heroes.
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World Engineering Day for 2021 is upon us, and Engineers Australia is proud to present Ashley Brinson as he shares with us how important engineers are in ensuring a healthier planet.
Ashley discusses how important the circular economy is to a sustainable future and the important roles engineers have in ensuring this.
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“If you’re in space, you’re in the future”. Today is the final REFOCUS episode for season 4, and we revisit a very, very early episode where we spoke to Anntonette Dailey, the Executive Director of the Australian Space Agency.
Anny spoke to Mel & Dom about how the agency “is not going to be a NASA” and the role is aims to play in forming our modern society.
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Every episode of Engineering Heroes, Mel & Dom ask our guest what is an engineering item they admire? In this REFOCUS episode, Mel & Dom compiled the most popular engineering items. Items include Bridges, Space and the Snowy Mountain Scheme. With honourable, interesting mention going to the Deathridge Wheel and Crash Test Dummies.
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This is a REFOCUS episode... an episode where we revisit to refocus on a topic from an earlier time in our podcast history.
Dan Taylor thinks it's well past time for engineers to step forward and promote themselves as the experts they are... “Be a Kevin McCloud of engineering”
Being reserved at the start of your career is expected, but there comes a time in every engineer’s career when they must recognise that it’s time to actively and loudly promote the work they are doing and the expertise they have gained.
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Every episode of Engineering Heroes, Mel & Dom ask our guest what a piece of advice is they would offer an engineer just starting out. In this final episode of 2020, we have compiled to top advice from some of the leading engineers in Australian industry.
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REFOCUS is a short episode where we revisit some of the key ideas from some of our previous guests on the podcast.
This week we refocus on the message presented to us by Dr Mary Stewart. She speaks to us about the important role engineers have to ensure our planet’s climate doesn’t continue to spiral out of control. But engineers, and others, won’t want to engage until policy certainty is obtain by all sides of the government.
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James Glastonbury is 3rd generation engineer. And he believes that, in construction “as an industry, we're underperforming.” James believes that engineers have a very important role to play in meeting the challenges being presented, but also unlocking the opportunities of innovation within the construction industry.
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Kathleen Boseley spoke to Mel & Dom about how she and her team at Airbus are coping with COVID. Because while work and life has become a challenge, if you're creative with it, it can actually be really beneficial.
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Richard Hopkins is an EA Companion. He left school at 16 to work in Formula One which he saw “formula one as a bit of an avenue to make something of myself.“ And he has.
Now Richard is a Professor of Practice at UNSW and is training the engineers of the future on keep up with the innovations that are regularly happening. “What we don't want to do is create engineers that then have another further 12 months of onboarding in the workplace to familiarize themselves with that technology”
Richard discusses how universities and industry can work together to ensure we a training our future workforce to be up to date with the technology they will be asked to work with.
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This is a special short episode of Engineering Heroes. Mel & Dom speak to Marcus Thompson about his involvement with Remembrance Day 2020.
Lest we forget.
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Ruby Heard is concerned about “how to deliver responsible, sustainable energy solutions to remote communities”. She works in the remote communities of Australia and the Pacific and see so many examples of abandoned engineering – “We've just left them with no support and no money to have these things maintained”. Unfortunately, the solution is complex. From ensuring good systems are installed in the first place, through to robust community engagement and financial support for proper life-long maintenance. That is just the beginning to the changes that need to be made.
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Stewart Garden joins us to discuss that design in infrastructure is a real issue in Australia. This has been a problem building over the last 20 years, and we are at “an intergenerational low in the quality of design information and design output”. And it’s an issue that will require changes is design standards, training, fee structures, politics, contracts and diversity, to name a few.
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Joyce Ferng believes we need “a change in the whole concept of how we design things and how we construct things”.
Change is inevitable, but Joyce Ferng spoke to Mel & Dom about how the engineering industry is falling behind, it needs to be more progressive. She points out that engineers need to be more future-focused in not just solving problems of today, but also avoid creating the problems of the future.
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Tony Irwin started working in power plants at 15 and has loved every minute of it. He is now ‘retired’ - yet busier than ever! - Tony is passionately communicating to the wider community about generating energy from clean emission sources, of which nuclear must be part of the solution.
Tony believes that the key to moving Australia from one of the worst carbon polluters on the planet to having clean emissions is in Small Nuclear Reactors installed on the sites of decommissioned Coal Fire factories.
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Alexandra Radulovich doesn’t feel she has experienced any direct impacts of discrimination, in fact her career is progressing well. And, as her career has progressed, Alex has started experiencing Imposter Syndrome.
“Being a female in engineering has never really bothered me”. But she can’t stop the voice in her head asking... “why are they listening to you?”
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Mel & Dom speak to Major General Marcus Thompson, the current Head of Information Warfare for the Australian Defence Force. He spoke about the many, many challenges facing all of society now and how engineers are perfectly placed to rise to the challenge and help tackle the issues.
He also discusses how the solutions and the technology being utilised, requires collaboration across disciplines. Conversation particularly focuses on his experience and knowledge in fields of Cyber, Artificial Intelligence and Space.
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Rosanna Mosely has seen that increasingly, engineers require a more diverse range of skills. No longer is it just about maths and problem solving. Engineers must be able to broaden their scope of what is required of an engineer to include the soft skills that are so often spoken about.
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What is the cause of engineering failures? This is a question that Sean Brady has examined a number of times, in a number of ways. Sean is an engineer and a podcaster and is driven to present to society the multitude of reasons things fail. And urges “we really have to start thinking about failure in a different way.”
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Adele Faraone made the decision to shake things up and moved her engineering career to the Northern Territory.... just as the impact of COVID started to hit society. Adele spoke to Engineering Heroes about how, pre-COVID a key challenge for engineers was getting flexible working options. And how COVID has actually forced the solution – but will it stick? Taking the lessons learned about flexible working that we have gained during COVID is one of the greatest challenges for the industry at this present time.
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Tom got into engineering to gain further understanding in the world around him. And he realised there was so much still unknown, especially in the area of safety engineering. He has realised the key is to keep innovating... “keep anticipating where things might go wrong”. And that even when it seems difficult or too much of a challenge, to not shy away.
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When thinking about the future, Jillian Formentin sees that one of the main challenges facing engineers is the need to create the interface between things and people. And to do that, the industry must have diversity of thinking. We need to be encouraging a new breed of engineers into the industry, ones with a flexible mindset who can create this interface.
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Dr Scott Martyn became an engineer to make the world a better place. He is passionate about Sustainable Health and helping to make this world a healthier place for everyone. But it’s not just about living well and eating right. The built environment is an integral component in ensuring sustainable health. And engineers themselves are responsible in ensuring they build the tomorrow we need, today.
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Jessica Qiu spoke to Engineering Heroes about Holistic Engineering. She discusses the risk that is taking place right now as we move away from holistic engineering due to the higher level of size and complexity of projects. This is a collaboration challenge on a grant scale. We must create a common source for data and improve trust by managing risk in a different way.
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Australia’s engineering capability is at risk. Duncan Gibb from Fulton Hogan spoke to Engineering Heroes and suggests that “as an industry we need to be more intentional about improving the capability and capacity of our people.”
Duncan urges the engineering industry to consider the culture of the industry and suggests that collaboration is key in improving how to deal with risks.
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Like all good superhero stories, today’s episode will take you on a journey of discovery into modern leadership. Anne Koopmann-Schmidt is an engineer from Germany, but has travelled the world in her career. Her discussion starts with bias in the workforce and how old-fashioned ideals of leadership – power and authority – need to be a thing of the past. Once you focus on your strengths and not your weaknesses, this will unlock the power to overcome your bias and allow you to become a more productive and inspiring leader.
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People are being failed by technology every day. Dr Anusha Withana spoke to Engineering Heroes about his work in ensuring the individual’s needs are at the centre of every technology that is created. But with millions of people around the world, how is this even possible?
Because when all individual person is at the centre of design... "that's like changing … a disability to ... superhuman ability”.
Anusha is one of the 2020 Most Innovative Engineers.
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Diversity on boards.. isn’t just about gender or age. Only about 3% of directors come from STEM, and without this there is a real risk of boards not performing at their highest potential. Stacey spoke to Mel and Dom about her journey in engineering through to her new book.
Stacey Daniel is one of the 2020 Most Innovative Engineers.
“it's fair to say that if we have a few more engineers on boards, then perhaps we might be able to make some more efficient and effective decisions.”
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Engineers have a great responsibility to society. And as we continue to push artificial intelligence engineers have to ask… what are the ethical implications associated with that? It’s time for engineers to become philosophers and help build a better society for the future.
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Alex Kingsbury spoke to Engineering Heroes about the Australian manufacturing industry. She discusses that the industry is going through a transformation and asks the real question - what kind of manufacturing should Australia be doing?
Australia needs to be able to compete on value, not on cost. If you could sum up where the future of manufacturing is for Australia, it will be in the creation of that high value, niche, product.
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Adrian Piani is ACT’s Chief Engineer and spoke to Mel & Dom about the need for engineers to start solving the right problem. Engineers solve problems to improve the quality of our lives, but we can't do that at the expense of the environment.
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The buildings you live and work in can improve your spirit or make you sick. Alicia Maynard spoke to Mel & Dom about her awareness in ensuring the longevity of buildings by connecting the occupant's needs to the natural environment.
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Grant Maher is an indigenous engineer who has just started his own consulting firm. Engineering wasn’t much on the radar growing up and it was a random comment from his father that set him on his path. Grant spoke to Engineering Heroes about the need to bring awareness of engineering as a career path to indigenous communities around Australia. “As my dad always says, you still gotta have that connection to your community, cause that's what we need.”
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Nicole Locke is a passionate engineer who has strived throughout her career to merge her desire to help with her skill as an engineer. “If the engineering work doesn't have a human element and it's not actively trying to provide some kind of service to a community, I just don't have time for that.”
She spoke to Engineering Heroes about the Value of Volunteering, and by freely giving of your time and skills, it can make you a better engineer.
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Matthew Dunbabin has had a diverse career path that “has led me to some really interesting things by experiencing different types of engineering”. Now in his role as professor at QUT, he spoke to Engineering Heroes about his work as being a connector for multiple disciplines to ensure the best solution to a problem is created.
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Welcome to a new dawn of engineering conversations. Our first guest is Dr Bronwyn Evans, CEO of Engineers Australia.
We speak to Dr Bronwyn Evans about her journey in engineering, and she talks to us about her thoughts on the importance of engineers staying relevant with society. “..you do your degree, but that's really only the start of being able to stay relevant”. Bronwyn discusses some ways that engineers can continue growing their career and why this is so important to society.
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Welcome to a NEW DAWN OF ENGINEERING CHALLENGES.
As Engineering Heroes approaches it's 2nd birthday, big changes are occurring. We are growing and maturing.
Join us as we enter the New Dawn.
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Today’s episode provides a deep dive into First Nation knowledge and asks how society can learn to acknowledge and connect with some of the world’s earliest innovators, the Australian Indigenous people.
Engineering Heroes is continuing to flip its usual format on its head. We share with you another great episode from Reimagine STEM, a podcast series from the ANU CECS. Each episode in the series will delve into some key engineering hot topics. Through the presentation of rich and deep interviews this episode will present what benefit engineers can bring to society.
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Diversity in engineering has been a very popular topic in our podcast’s history. The push for diversity is not just a PR stunt, failing to ensure a diverse engineering workforce has massive implications on how people interact with this world. Because from diversity stems brilliance.
Engineering Heroes is continuing to flip its usual format on its head. We share with you another wonderful episode from Reimagine STEM, a podcast series from the ANU CECS. Each episode in the series will delve into some key engineering hot topics. Through the presentation of rich and deep interviews this episode will present what benefit engineers can bring to society.
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Do engineers comprehend the important role they have in building and shaping our society? Engineering Heroes is continuing to flip its usual format on its head. We share with you episode 2 of Reimagine STEM, a podcast series from the ANU CECS. Each episode in the series will delve into some key engineering hot topics. Through the presentation of rich and deep interviews this episode will present what benefit engineers can bring to society.
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Engineering Heroes is turning its usual program on its head. We are sharing with you a podcast series from the ANU, called Reimage STEM. Each episode in the series will delve into some key engineering hot topics. Through the presentation of rich and deep interviews this episode will present the exciting innovations which are occurring in engineering education.
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Leela Kempton has had a varied engineering career. And with the current challenges facing society Leela thought it would great to speak to Engineering Heroes about the need for resilient engineers.I think being able to be resilient and adaptive is a huge challenge, not just for engineers, but for the whole world.
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Harry Hubbert always knew he wanted to build boats. But he never expected the journey to take him so close to the cutting edge of innovation, and one of the key truths he has learned along the way so far is that he isn’t in this alone. Collaboration is the key.
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When Helen Forster decided to become an engineer, she wanted to travel the world... but she never expected to end up in the Middle East. She presents us with some of her insights, challenges and enthusiasm in working on some of the largest engineering projects that involve engineers from multiple countries.
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Felicity Furey and Meg Panozzo are both engineers who a travelling the Unexpected Journey in their engineering careers. They joined together in March 2020 to present at a Fireside event to discuss and inspire people to understand that an engineering career is not at all ordinary
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Yetunde Holloway “”, and when she became an engineer she decided to focus in on Gender Diversity because “”. realised that I didn't necessarily have a voice to speak up for me when I was youngerthe growth of any human grouping depends on diversity and innovationToday she speaks to us about UN SDG5 – Gender Equality
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Raidi Al Alawi has a dream of using ICT and the engineering skillset to create an online global interactive cyber teaching platform for the K to 12 grades. She speaks to us about UN SDG 4 – Quality Education, which is about “being inclusive, equitable, quality education programme that promotes lifelong learning for all”
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Shankar Krishnan started out as an electrical engineer but moved into biomedical because “when you apply engineering to medicine, then this is solving problems and improving the care and the quality of life”.He speaks to us about how engineers can solve the problems to attain good health and well-being for all the world.This episode is on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good health & well-being.
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Fethi Thabet speaks to us about how engineers can work towards the UN SDG of Zero Hunger. And he tells us that the main area is around water and water misuse. He explains to us about cold chain and how this could be the key to zero hunger in the world.This episode is about UN SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
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Never before have we had two guests on our podcast at once... but UN SDG 12 - Responsible consumption and production really called for it. Joining us from Canada is Annette Bergeron and Jeff Card. They speak about how they are making changes in society with engineering and innovation, as well as taking lessons home to challenge themselves to consume Earth's resources in a more responsible manner.
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Valerie Agberagba explains how “being an engineer, you're actually able to make the world a better place for people”, and says that the key to reducing inequalities in society, female engineers “play a very vital role”. Valerie presents a number of projects the engineers are working on to support UN SDG 10 - Reducing Inequalities
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Gavin Blakey talks to us about the 3 pillars (or the 3 legged stool as he calls it!) every engineer should know.He discusses that when you have true gender diversity in engineering, suddenly those soft skills aren’t so hard. And he is an engineer who has experienced and witnessed such equality on engineering projects.But how can more women be enticed into engineering? Gavin discusses this with us. Get ready for World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development on 4 MarchAll February Engineering Heroes will be releasing episodes with 17 engineers as they discuss what each United Nations Sustainable Development Goal means.
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Meagan Olive has learned that the technical skills you learn as an engineer will only take you so far. To be a better engineer, you must get your boots on the ground, talk to the trades, learn from mentors and just... get out there and see it for yourself. Get ready for World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development on 4 MarchAll February Engineering Heroes will be releasing episodes with 17 engineers as they discuss what each United Nations Sustainable Development Goal means.
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Alexander Borovskis works in Australia’s nuclear facility at ANSTO as a Waste Management lead. And in his role, he has many interactions with the community and has learned to communicate about challenging issues. This has allowed him to become a better engineer. Get ready for World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development on 4 MarchAll February Engineering Heroes will be releasing episodes with 17 engineers as they discuss what each United Nations Sustainable Development Goal means.
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The skills and the role of the engineer has been disappearing from the social conscience since the 1800’s. Roma Agrawal discusses with us the need to understand where society is, before we can best communicate and change society’s perception. World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development is on 4th MarchJoin us in February as we introduce you to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the engineers who are working on making our world a better place.Coming Soon: World Engineering Day mini-series
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Engineering Heroes is helping the new podcast IDEA EVOLUTION. A podcast about the innovation of everyday items, the evolution of society and the powerful impact it's had on the environment. And it asks... how can we do better? Please enjoy. Subscribe to Idea Evolution on your podcatching app today.LAUNCH
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Melanie spoke at the World Engineering Convention in November 2019. She spoke about the importance of engineers needing to step into society and how they can become our real-life heroes. This is a recording of her live presentation. You can view her presentation with accompanying slides over on our Show Notes page.
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The Hon. Trish White talks to us about how society, and especially engineers, are experiencing the Industrial Revolution 4.0. We discuss the subsequent global disruption and the skills of engineers to navigate through this time. This is a re-edited REPLAY This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society. These are our Engineering Heroes. Previously known as Beer With An Engineer.
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Rob Bell is an engineer working his dream career. Rob consulted a career advisor which altered his career. He chats to us about the importance of this early advise. Rob shares some of his amazing engineering experiences with us. This is a re-edited REPLAY
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What value does engineering bring society? This is a question James Trevelyan has pondered throughout his career and he challenges other engineers to answer. Until such time engineers can truly understand their own value, they have no chance at communicating to society why human civilization will not survive without them.“”it's not a matter of fixing a reputation. It's a matter of fixing performance
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Dr Marlene Kanga is the current President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations and has dedicated her career to advancing engineering and engineers. She is the driving force behind World Engineering Day and shares with us her personal experience with diversity issues in engineering.
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Laurie Bowman is a risk engineer who takes a moment to explain where the value in engineering truly comes from. He chats about soft skills and human-centered design – what could be achieved when engineers put humans in the centre of their design.
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Welcome to WEC2019 Mini-Series, a mini-series introducing you to some of the speakers you will meet at the Convention in Nov 2019. Sarah Watson is our first guest and speaks to us about the importance of including engineers when discussing UN SDG14
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After a rough start, Don Moloney settled into a career of engineering very happily.""switched into engineering and it was like .... everything just clicked into place for meHe is using his sphere of influence to encourage innovation, actively ignore the dissenters and focus on fixing climate change ""...the outliers, sort of distract from the consensus, and I think they distract from action as well
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Lucy Griffith is a capable and experienced young engineer. However she experiences Imposter Syndrome and has times where she doubts her abilities.Imposter Syndrome is alive and well in engineering and a key solution is to talk about it.
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There are currently over 2100 satellites in space and this number is growing fast.The more satellites that enter space, the more space debris there is."a bigger problem is that sometimes satellites explode, and when they explode they create more debris and they create a bigger threat to other satellites, which is a terrible situation"William Crowe is an Aerospace Engineer from High Earth Orbit Robotics and is working to clean up space.
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Stories are all around us, but not all of them are told correctly. And some of them get completely forgotten as we move along the journey of building.Meg Panozzo is our guest this week and she strongly believes that the engineer’s story must be changed. It is lacking the connection to the why, the connection to the people, to society.Through telling stories on her own blog and coming onto our Podcast, Meg is encouraging engineers to remember their “why” in everything they create and to be brave in their universe and tell their stories from the people-perspective.
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Phil Wilkinson is a mechanical engineer who fell into the HVAC&R industry.“”I fell into the air conditioning refrigeration industry, which is just the story of everybody that's in itAfter reading Paul Hawken’s book Drawdown, Phil is now on a mission to change society, “”. Through the group “” Phil is on a mission to reverse global warming in one generation.one fridge at a timeHumans of HVAC&R 2.0
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Society needs to plug the Leaky Pipe within the Engineering industry. Prasha Sarwate is a mechanical engineer who chats to us about the need for society to adapt to the needs of its diverse population and provide the ultimate inclusion.
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People should not still be dying on construction sites, this should be a concern for everyone in society. Andrew Wachtel is a Civil engineer who has been considering safety throughout his career and chats with us about safety in engineering design.
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Consider the juxtaposition of removing traditional energy supply, yet society has increasing energy demands. Lorna Bennet chats to us about her concern with the renewable resources industry being able to feed the supply chain for the energy ecosystem.
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Air Force Officer Ryan Kell chats to us about the need for engineers in leadership roles “I think engineers are inherently good decision makers, because they've got the mindset that's developed through education".And engineers would provide much needed added value for society.
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A lot of studies around the world show very week numbers for people getting into engineering. Emily Vecere is a Reservoir Engineer who has transitioned to a stay at home mum and is providing resources for parents to embed foundational engineering principles into young children’s lives."learning about what is science, technology, engineering, math... teach them about it from a really young age"
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What would the impact on the engineering industry - or even on society - if opinion becomes stronger than fact? A time when strong opinion could contradict that of an engineer.""It's a big challenge for engineering because the more we allow opinion to be more important than facts … the less credibility engineering has in generalWe chat to Rowan Peck, a mechanical engineer who urges engineers to never stop questioning.
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Nuclear energy has been recognised by the International Energy Agency as being key to any clean energy strategy. Alice Cunha de Silva is a nuclear engineer who is passionate about the potential of nuclear power and believes it is key to saving the Earth.This is a podcast for engineers and discusses the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society. These are our Engineering Heroes.This is season 2 of the podcast previously known as Beer With An Engineer
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After 12 months of delivering stories from 50 engineers, we decided to celebrate with a live recording at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Listen as we chat to 3 Humanitarian Engineers about how engineering helps build an equitable society. Special thanks to our friends from Young Engineers Australia Sydney.This is our celebration episode. With our Humanitarian Panel we discuss how engineers can build an equitable society. Joining us on the stage were:Peter Bailey from ArupElizabeth Taylor from RedRJeff McAllister from Engineers Without Borders This is the FINAL EPISODE of season 1. Going forward, our episodes will be under the Brand "Engineering Heroes" and will be noted as Season 2.
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Ruth Hoog Antink was inspired to become an engineer by the flyovers in California. We discuss autonomous vehicles and the impact to road infrastructure. Society doesn’t need to the current infrastructure … the infrastructure will completelyADAPTCHANGE Read FULL show notes hereLike what you hear?? http://www.beerwithanengineer.com.au/50 We are JOIN US... Friday, 19 July we will be celebrating with Young Engineers Australia Sydney to put on a live show at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Tickets available to join us IN PERSON. Or there's our LIVE FEED if you just can't make it to Sydney!TURNING ONE!!
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Listen to a live recording of Mel & Dom hosting a panel discussion at Venture Cafe Sydney. to Aaron Bonanno (from episode 39) from Enter Space for inviting us and setting up a great event.BIG THANKS The panel included:Rohan V. George from Equatorial Launch Australia Pty Ltd,Donna Lawler from Azimuth Advisory,Aaron Bonanno from Enter Space,Andreas Antoniades from Saber Astronautics andWill Crowe from High Earth Orbit Robotics . We discussed roadblocks that are unique for startups in the Space Industry in Australia, some advice these hardened Space Warriors have and cast our minds into the future and what the Australian Space Industry could evolve into.The panel discussion focused on what it is like for startups in the Space Industry in Australia Detailed Show Noteswww.beerwithanengineer.com.au/Space If you want to see more of Mel & Dom live, JOIN US for our first birthday party on 19 July.www.beerwithanengineer.com.au/party
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Ashak Nathwani is an engineer and academic who has led an incredible life which includes having to leave Africa with the clothes on his back. He speaks to us about engineering for comfort as “human beings were never designed to be in artificial space" What to know more? Check out our very detailed show notes:Detailed Show Notes ... Friday, 19 July we will be celebrating with Young Engineers Australia Sydney to put on a live show at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Tickets available to join us IN PERSON. Or there's our LIVE FEED if you just can't make it to Sydney!We are TURNING ONE!! JOIN US
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Maysun Hassanaly is a system engineer with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. She is concerned society isn't teaching engineers to be prepared for the future and that society needs to “”review, rephrase, reframe the word of engineering, and maybe change its significance What to know more? Check out our very detailed show notes:Detailed Show Notes ... Friday, 19 July we will be celebrating with Young Engineers Australia Sydney to put on a live show at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Tickets available to join us IN PERSON. Or there's our LIVE FEED if you just can't make it to Sydney!We are TURNING ONE!! JOIN US
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Rob Bell is an engineer who is in his dream career. After working with a career councillor he now advocates the importance to take time to learn about the student before offering advice. Rob also shares some of his amazing engineering experiences with us. What to know more? Check out our very detailed show notes:Detailed Show Notes We are TURNING ONE!! JOIN US... Friday, 19 July we will be celebrating with Young Engineers Australia Sydney to put on a live show at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Tickets available to join us IN PERSON. Or there's our LIVE FEED if you just can't make it to Sydney! You can show Support for our show and our mission to promote engineers. Donate today for as little as the price of a beer. Take part in our drinking game for 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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Alex Atkins is a mining engineer. She worked in mines initially while “” and is loving the journey. "" Alex's career has been in pursuit of understanding why mining accidents happen and how to stop them.illegal and tabooMine disasters get me pretty upset What to know more? Check out our very detailed show notes:Detailed Show Notes We are TURNING ONE!! JOIN US... Friday, 19 July we will be celebrating with Young Engineers Australia Sydney to put on a live show at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Tickets available to join us IN PERSON. Or there's our LIVE FEED if you just can't make it to Sydney! You can show Support for our show and our mission to promote engineers. Donate today for as little as the price of a beer. Take part in our drinking game for 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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Rami Mansour is a bridge engineer and feels “”. He also discusses the ceremony around the Iron Ring and how important it is for engineers to create a community that can communicate.engineers need to refocus on creativity What to know more? Check out our very detailed show notes:Detailed Show Notes ... Friday, 19 July we will be celebrating with Young Engineers Australia Sydney to put on a live show at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Tickets available to join us IN PERSON. Or there's our LIVE FEED if you just can't make it to Sydney!We are TURNING ONE!! JOIN US You can show Support for our show and our mission to promote engineers. Donate today for as little as the price of a beer. Take part in our drinking game for 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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Kelsie is following the engineering path she dreamed about. She’s traveled to Cambodia, Vietnam and most recently Antarctica! She talks to us about the importance of reframing what it means to be an engineer within society. And that engineers need to connect back into what engineering really means. What to know more? Check out our very detailed show notes:Detailed Show Notes ... Friday, 19 July we will be celebrating with Young Engineers Australia Sydney to put on a live show at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Tickets available to join us IN PERSON. Or there's our LIVE FEED if you just can't make it to Sydney!We are TURNING ONE!! JOIN US Please show Support for our show. As little as the price of a beer. Take part in our drinking game for 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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Matthew Allen is a Marine Engineer and an entrepreneur. He started Subcon, a Global subsea stabilisation company. Matt is concerned about Climate Change and believes consideration for the environment needs to underpin all disciplines of engineering. What to know more? Check out our very detailed show notes:Detailed Show Notes ... Friday, 19 July we will be celebrating with Young Engineers Australia Sydney to put on a live show at Sydney's Seymour Centre. Tickets available to join us IN PERSON. Or there's our LIVE FEED if you just can't make it to Sydney!We are TURNING ONE!! JOIN US Show us your Support for the price of a beer. Take part in our drinking game for 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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Georgia Sheil is a civil engineer who is passionate about the climate and rectifying climate change. She believes the key is using all the technology and skills we have available to us to better execute the solutions we have already come up with. What to know more? Check out our very detailed show notes:Detailed Show Notes You can always Support us for the price of a beer. Our drinking game in 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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Dr Chuck Hahn is a Chemical Engineer and a Brew Master with over 50 years of brewing experience. Heard of Hahn beer? That's him! Chuck made a decision very early on in his career to prioritise his lifestyle and urges engineers to be relevant in society. Detailed Show Notes Support us for the price of a beer... or be ultra generous and buy us a round. Our drinking game in 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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Susan Kreemer Pickford chats about the need to change the narrative of what engineering is and who we think engineers are. We discuss the role of Engineers Australia as well as the importance of networking and building a network. Detailed Show Notes Support us for the price of a beer... or be ultra generous and buy us a round. Our drinking game in 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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Aaron Bonanno loves renewable energy and space. Being an engineer and an entrepreneur he speaks about his first project to replicate lunar soil and turn it into fuel, as well as his new mission to launch Enter Space. We also talk 3D printing technology. Detailed Show Notes Support us for the price of a beer... or be ultra generous and buy us a round. Our drinking game in 2019 - Leave us an iTunes review and Dom & Mel are the ones who do the drinking. Contact us if you want to provide input on our future drinking games!
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