But Seriously, What is Engineering?

There’s so much more to engineering than hard hats and building bridges. But Seriously, What Is Engineering? is a 12-part podcast series that explores all corners of engineering, from the mine site to the microscope. Season 1 is hosted by Kartikee Gupta, a civil and structural engineer and Women in Engineering advocate for The University of Queensland. Season 2 is hosted by The University of Queensland's Women in Engineering Student Leaders. Throughout this series, you'll hear from incredible industry professionals, current engineering students and inspirational educators from across the engineering sector as we ask them the big questions: What does a career in engineering look like? What makes a great engineer? And what’s in store for the future of engineering? Join us as we find out once and for all…but seriously, what is engineering?

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Diversity in engineering

May 20, 2022 • The University of Queensland • Season 2 • Episode 3

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Felicity Furey was named Boss Magazine’s Young Executive of The Year and one of AFR’s 100 Women of Influence at just 26 years of age. Need we say more?

Felicity has led multimillion dollar engineering projects, founded several successful businesses, and secured partnerships with Qantas, Toyota and Energy Australia. With experience in helping to develop smart cities, Felicity now works with high-performing teams to give leaders the skills they need to ignite new possibilities in Business, Education and STEM.

Felicity co-founded WeAspire to help organisations enhance their emerging leadership program and supports emerging leaders to be confident and ready to lead. So far, Felicity has inspired over 20,000 leaders globally and through WeAspire, an incredible achievement.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of diversity in engineering, entrepreneurship, having courage to take on a challenge, and how you can find a mentor that will help to boost your career growth.

This episode is hosted by two of The University of Queensland's Women in Engineering student leaders; Christie Patterson and Elizabeth Pumpa.

Find out more about WeAspire: https://www.weaspire.education/

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