Engineering Heroes

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
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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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