What’s in a title? With Steve Howe

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

“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.