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Progressive Diversity with Lauren Mua

May 7, 2021

What’s in a title? With Steve Howe

April 30, 2021

Human Systems with Grace Kennedy

April 23, 2021

Electric Shock with Peter Stepien

April 16, 2021

IOT with Ami Pasricha

April 9, 2021

Cyber Engineering with Renee Wootton

March 26, 2021

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Young Engineer Lauren Mua is wise beyond her years

Young Engineer Lauren Mua is wise beyond her years. She has experienced and witnessed a lot of change during her 10+ years in the profession.

Now working as Senior Project Engineer with BMD, Lauren is passionate about improving gender diversity in engineering, encouraging young engineers to take on challenges to better their careers and achieving innovative sustainable outcomes for her clients.

Find out what is motivating her in this edition of Engineering Heroes.

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“When I was coming through, I was definitely one

“When I was coming through, I was definitely one of the only female engineers and our division. Now there's probably about 10 of us, so there's a big change.”

But there is still way more to do, and that is what Lauren Mua means by Progressive Diversity. The profession needs to keep building on the work already done to increase diversity.

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When it comes to the competitive employment market

When it comes to the competitive employment market companies need to find ways to attract the right staff. BMD’s Lauren Mua believes that for her generation, companies need to set themselves apart with innovation and diversity.

“Companies can't just hit you with a salary and this project. They kind of need to be more creative nowadays”.

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When asked about the future, Stephen Howe, detaile

When asked about the future, Stephen Howe, detailed his SWOT analysis for the profession!

Take a listen, do you agree with his analysis?

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“In your formative years stay somewhere for a wh

“In your formative years stay somewhere for a while to get that depth of experience and mentoring from people who have been around for awhile”

In this weeks Engineering Heroes podcast, Stephen Howe, urges young engineers to not be lured by fancy titles and increased salaries, but to stay in a role to get solid, practical knowledge.

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What is in a title? When you’re an engineer, a t

What is in a title? When you’re an engineer, a title could mean a lot.

Director, Engineering & Program Services Management System at Melbourne's Level Crossing Removal Project, 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. What do you think?

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With engineers like Grace Kennedy making sure huma

With engineers like Grace Kennedy making sure humans and sustainability are at the centre of their designs, our future will be bright:

'We’ll focus a lot on smart cities and the ideals of harnessing these technologies, such as industry 4.0, technologies to make our food systems and cities liveable, workable and absolutely, most importantly, sustainable"

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Grace looks at how to increase the reliability of

Grace looks at how to increase the reliability of humans by using data to design systems that reduce human error.

“My specialty within the systems engineering is the human systems. Ideally, human systems integration is something that all engineers should be aware of. Because ethically we all have a duty of care to ensure the safety of the humans who will be the users and maintainers of the systems that we develop.”

Find out what she is working on in the latest episode of Engineering Heroes.

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Leonardo da Vinci may be well known for his painti

Leonardo da Vinci may be well known for his painting and artwork, he is also revered for his technological ingenuity. Human systems engineer Grace Kennedy says he could very well be the first engineers. During the Renaissance he conceptualised flying machines, armoured vehicles, solar power and an adding machine.

“He had this knowledge spanning so many different subjects and different fields, and he knew how to harness that knowledge to solve these complex problems… with his inter-disciplinary knowledge that he was one of the first systems engineers, maybe!”

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There has not been a fatal electrocution in the Au

There has not been a fatal electrocution in the Australian mining industry for more than 30 years. Peter's role is to ensure the introduction of new equipment, speed and voltage do not result in the worst possible disaster.

“This involves modeling these electrical systems to ensure that we aren't generating touch potentials, that might electrocute somebody and also coming up with solutions that will make the system safer.”

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“I don't see any sort of point in time when

“I don't see any sort of point in time when engineers won't be required.”

In encouraging further engineers, the ResTech Principal Engineer says:

"Engineering is a very rewarding career because at the end of the day, you actually build something, you actually design something that has an end result that you can actually look at”

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Peter's father was a carpenter. He used to help hi

Peter's father was a carpenter. He used to help his dad design and even make things. He saw his dad build furniture and even houses. One day, he watched an electrician wire the future family home. Peter found himself intrigued by all the wiring, which led him into electronics and then computers.

Peter is now Principal Engineer for ResTech and looks after electrical equipment and safety in arduous, wet mining environments.

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