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The engineers recognised in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday honours
A number of Queen’s Birthday honours went to engineers this year, highlighting the important role members of the profession play...
“In This Together”: What engineering can do to be more inclusive of Indigenous people
The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2020 is In This Together, and a recent panel discussion highlighted some ways to...
How working in remote locations sparked this engineer’s passion for social justice
During his 43-year engineering career and into retirement, Bill Lawson AM has been an ally of Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
How volunteering makes for better engineers
The theme of this year’s National Volunteer Week is ‘Changing Communities. Changing Lives’. create caught up with one engineer who...
Meet an engineer on the frontline of more resilient construction materials
Ultramarathons have taught research and development engineer Tayebeh Alirezaee to focus on what matters – in work and in life.
9 engineers share their COVID-19 experience
From shifting to remote work and forming COVID-19 task forces, to focusing on economic recovery once the pandemic has passed,...
Meet the engineer leading Australia’s COVID-19 Coordination Commission
Right now, Australia is faring better than many other countries in its response to the coronavirus, but it isn’t immune...
This engineering graduate wants to make construction more sustainable
Working on humanitarian engineering projects in Southeast Asia inspired civil and environmental engineering graduate Alli Devlin to build a career...
A new engineering group aims to promote LGBTQI+ inclusion at every level
Personal experience inspired one engineer to create a “network of networks” to promote diversity in engineering.
Why this engineering student flew across Africa in a 1930s biplane
Pilot and mechanical engineer Sarah Meehan swapped university textbooks for an unforgettable journey across Africa in a 1930s airplane.
