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Building Country: The Indigenous engineers shaping Australia’s future infrastructure
Wamarra works on projects for the impact they leave behind – social good for communities, financial security for staff. Now,...
How Australia’s Professional Engineer of the Year has built a career on calculated risks
Structural engineer Elisha Harris shares what’s learnt from running a business and why human skills will remain critical in an...
Engineers recognised for “outstanding contributions to the nation”
Meet the award-worthy Australian engineers who have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Finding a path out of cholera in South Sudan
As South Sudan battled a major cholera outbreak, civil engineer and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) specialist Tai-Ring Teh was...
From Antarctic ice to Australia’s Chief Scientist
Since a career-shifting moment in Antarctica, Professor Tony Haymet has championed how scientists and engineers can work together to solve...
One engineer’s path to the top
Colin Sheldon’s journey from being the youngest engineer in the room to mentoring the next generation.
“Once they heard my accent, the salary changed”: Marilia Dumont’s path back to engineering
Marilia Dumont’s path into the profession in Australia reveals the hidden barriers overseas-trained engineers rely on.
An engineer and the chocolate factory
Mechanical engineer Hannah Telebi didn’t expect her Australian career to begin on a chocolate factory floor.
“You can’t trust a number”: Dr Helen Edmonds on questioning all assumptions
Dr Helen Edmonds was a newly minted graduate when she found herself in unfamiliar territory performing quantitative risk analysis for...
All the winners – Engineers Australia awards excellence
Australia’s most innovative engineers and engineering projects have been recognised through the Engineers Australia Excellence Awards 2025, held across every...
