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Growing Superpowers with Anne Koopmann-Schmidt

July 31, 2020

Engineering UX with Anusha Withana

July 24, 2020

Engineers on boards with Stacey Daniel

July 17, 2020

Ethics in AI with Stephen Bornstein

July 10, 2020

Manufacturing Australia with Alex Kingsbury

July 3, 2020

Solve the right problem with Adrian Piani

June 26, 2020

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Leadership Coach and Engineer Anne Koopmann-Schmi

Leadership Coach and Engineer Anne Koopmann-Schmidt believes that if a leader can inspire, they can foster creativity and give people the confidence to think outside the box to produce the innovative ideas we need to face future challenges.
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“If we all spend time to try and fix those thing

“If we all spend time to try and fix those things that are supposedly weaknesses, we all would end up being average at everything. If instead we use that time to focus on our natural talents and invest in those talents, they become our super strengths, our superpowers,” Leadership Coach and Engineer Anne Koopmann-Schmidt.
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Naturally, we all exhibit some form of unconscious

Naturally, we all exhibit some form of unconscious bias – it helps our brain make decisions. The problem occurs when this unconscious bias leads us to decisions or behaviours that discriminate against others. Leadership Coach and Engineer, @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou chats to Dom & Mel this week about her career, diversity and leadership in episode ‘Growing Superpowers’.
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Dr. Anusha Withana is researching technologies tha

Dr. Anusha Withana is researching technologies that help users, engineers and designers all play a part in the design process.
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🎧 Hear more about Dr. Withana's work in Engineering Heroes episode 'Engineering UX' via link in bio. 🎧
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How often to do get frustrated with a piece of tec

How often to do get frustrated with a piece of technology not working the way it ‘should’? Improving user experience is what ARC DECRA fellow Anusha Withana researches. His mission is to find out how people use technology, how people interact with technology and how to make technology better.

Hear from the University of Sydney Lecturer in our lastest episode, ‘Engineering User Experience'. Listen now, link in bio

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If your future plan is to become a board member so

If your future plan is to become a board member someday, why wait? Most boards are screaming out for diversity and Founder of @boardpresence, Stacey Daniel, is urging engineers to put their best foot forward.
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“There really is a need for diversity on boards… diversity in terms of perhaps age, agenda, culture, different backgrounds, which provide different perspectives.”
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Did you know that only 3% of Australian board memb

Did you know that only 3% of Australian board members have a professional background in STEM? Founder of @boardpresence , Stacey Daniel, has sat on over 10 boards and most of the time she finds herself being the only engineer at the table, but why?

🎧 Discover more in this week’s Engineering Heroes episode, Engineers on Boards - via link in bio 🎧
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Imagine that your car is going to crash, and you h

Imagine that your car is going to crash, and you have the choice of hitting a child, an animal or the car in front of you… how do you choose? This moral dilemma is just one of thousands that we need future AI cars to make in a split second.

CEO of Cyborg Dynamics, Stephen Bornstein, is working on moral algorithm to solve these issues and to ensure commercial AI is trustworthy and ready for the future.
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Listen now to episode ‘Ethics in AI’ via link in bio
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When Google AI incorrectly predicts what you’re

When Google AI incorrectly predicts what you’re typing into search, it’s not necessarily a big deal, but if an AI that’s driving your car gets it wrong there could be significant consequences
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Hear more about Ethics and AI in this weeks’ episode with CEO of Cyborg Dynamics Engineering, Stephen Bornstein via link in bio.
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Australia’s agile manufacturing industry has bee

Australia’s agile manufacturing industry has been invaluable during the COVID-19 crisis, but how will Australia fair if global supply chains are cut off again in the future?
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“One thing that Australia probably hasn’t done particularly well is really map critical supply chains.”
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🎧 Hear more from @rmituniversity Additive Manufacturing Fellow, Alex Kingsbury, about the future of Australia’s manufacturing industry via link in bio. 🎧
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Additive Manufacturing Fellow at @rmituniversity,

Additive Manufacturing Fellow at @rmituniversity, @additive_alex chats to Dom & Mel this week about the future of Australia’s manufacturing industry.

While it doesn’t make sense to mass manufacture products in Australia anymore, Alex notes that the future of the industry lies in the production of high value, high performance, niche products.
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As an environmental engineer, the environment has

As an environmental engineer, the environment has always been at the top of Chief Engineer Adrian Piani's agenda.
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“The environment doesn't have a voice, it's not obvious sometimes when the damage is done.”
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🎧 Hear more from Adrian in episode, ‘Solving the right problem' via link in bio 🎧
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