Engineering Heroes
Business og økonomiVitenskapSamfunnTeknologiWelcome to a New Dawn of Engineering Challenges. 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. Every Friday, Mel & Dom share a discussion they've had with an engineer. They will talk about their career and provide thoughts and advice for future engineers. Engineers Australia is proud to present Engineering Heroes.
Siste episoder av Engineering Heroes podcast
- Progressive Diversity With Lauren Mua (00:30:45)
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” This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- What’s in a title? With Steve Howe (00:33:34)
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.” This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Human Systems with Grace Kennedy (00:19:00)
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.” This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Electric Shocks with Peter Stepien (00:22:49)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society. These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- IOT with Ami Pasricha (00:26:45)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Cyber Engineering with Renee Wootton (00:25:12)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society. These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Skills shortage with Craig Smith (00:28:33)
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 This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Water with Sue Murphy (00:28:32)
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. " This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Disaster Resilience with Paul Gleeson (00:21:40)
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.” This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Sustainable and smart communities with Zoe Eather (00:18:51)
“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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Food with Brandon Miller (00:13:37)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Energy with Dr Xiaojing Hao (00:15:21)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Circular Economy with Ashley Brinson (00:19:24)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- REFOCUS: Space 2.0 with Anntonette Dailey (00:13:52)
“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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- REFOCUS: Engineering items from season 4 (00:14:52)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society. These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- REFOCUS: Engineering Heroes with Dan Taylor (00:14:00)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- REFOCUS: Advice from 2020 (00:07:58)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society. These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- REFOCUS: Policy Certainty with Dr Mary Stewart (00:11:55)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society. These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Innovation in Construction with James Glastonbury (00:23:35)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Coping with COVID with Kathleen Boseley (00:30:02)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Fast pace of innovation with Richard Hopkins (00:34:17)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Remembrance Day 2020 Special (00:06:11)
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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Abandoned Engineering with Ruby Heard (00:27:23)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Challenge to design with Stewart Garden (00:32:04)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Antiquated Engineering with Joyce Ferng (00:23:10)
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. This is a podcast about the engineering challenges that are facing today’s society.These are our Engineering Heroes. A podcast from Engineers Australia. Your hosts are Melanie and Dominic De GioiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.