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Meet the engineer behind the Netflix show ‘Baking Impossible’
Aerospace engineer, baker, presenter and producer: that’s all in a day’s work for Andrew Smyth.
‘I think I’ve done a job on every street in Melbourne’: Highlights from a 50-year engineering career
Civil and structural engineer Douglas Turnbull closed his Melbourne consultancy at the end of 2021 after half a century in...
Engineers share what 2021 taught them — and what they hope the next year brings
To mark the end of 2021, three Australian engineers consider the year that was and look to the future.
How engineer Gita Pendharkar is helping with pelvic floor problems
Sufferers from pelvic organ prolapse, a condition associated with childbirth and menopause, have long been overlooked. This engineer hopes to...
Software engineer Parag Agrawal named new Twitter CEO
After joining Twitter as a software engineer, Parag Agrawal has had a meteoric rise within the social media company.
This award-winning engineer is unravelling the mysteries of the universe
At first, scientists thought the mysterious signals were just interference. But eventually it became clear something was out there.
Engineer Veena Sahajwalla named 2022 NSW Australian of the Year
Growing up densely populated Mumbai inspired Veena Sahajwalla FIEAust CPEng to see the potential in what looked, to anyone else,...
Meet four engineers tackling future challenges
From water management to diversity to sustainable design, Engineers Australia’s Climate Smart Engineering conference will bring together a variety of...
How an electrical engineer invented the modern computer game console
Dubbed “the father of modern gaming,” Gerald ‘Jerry’ Lawson pioneered the first video game console with interchangeable game cartridges.
Meet the former Boeing engineer who changed surfing forever
If you spent your childhood riding waves on a boogie board, then you have former Boeing engineer Tom Morey to...
