Episode #9

• Julian has a Bachelor of Engineering from University of Adelaide, a Masters of Engineering Science from UNSWand an MBA from the University of South Australia. 
• He has worked with Engineers Without Borders. 
• Has founded, and is the CEO of Unbound, an Australian social enterprise established to work in partnership with universities to develop and deliver innovative overseas educational programs. 
• Is currently working on a Solar Tuk Tuk Project – with the aim to bring a Tuk Tuk to Australia to convert it to Solar Power… then drive it across the country in an engineering outreach. 

• The engineering sector is changing a lot.  The engineering companies are getting bigger, and bigger through being bought out or merging. 
• Fewer companies available to find work at.  Not fewer jobs, just a smaller range. 
• It will take much longer for junior engineers to get exposure to a range of jobs. 
• There a lot of new engineers with fewer options available to them. 
• Need to consider how we could give engineers the confidence to be innovators and entrepreneurs – have the confidence to go out on their own. 

• What if all the students in higher education actually used their efforts to contribute to society? 
• It’s great having an engineering background – being able to provide genuinely technical and useful skills – when working in an international and development context. 
• What would be like to be an Engineer in the Royal Australian Navy or do work for Engineers Without Borders? 
• Julian loves being involved people in international development and innovation work – a recent highlight was working with world class innovators from Pakistan, Kenya & Guatemala. 
• Are you an engineer with an idea or solution with making society better? 
• Get as many experiences as you can to ensure you know you are doing something you like and gather ideas on how to apply your skills. 
• New engineering program from Swinburne University, Bachelor of Engineering Practise – is commendable – being able to work with industry from day one is a great way to get much needed experience. 
• Change the landscape of the city through the way society treats people with a disability 
• A project in Cambodia that is making ceramic house-hold water filters 

Link to Unbound

An engineering item for discussion. Abari – they are really passionate about sustainable materials.  They make everything out of bamboo and rammed earth.  Really lovely buildings and engineering solutions which really show the resilience of natural materials. 

An engineer to admire. Huy Nguyen is a mechanical engineer which has done some fantastic work in disability design and co-founder of Enable Development and Enabler Interactive

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