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Have you ever noticed how much we rely on the infrastructure that we have in our cities and rural areas? We all drive on roads, cross bridges, use water, and spend time in public buildings. Civil engineers play a major role in helping to design and build the infrastructure we need to support the quality of life we have become accustomed to in today’s society.

In this episode we sit down with Nancy Inglis, who has close to thirty years of experience working as a civil engineer in a variety of roles. She has been involved in transportation, roadway, and water projects, including several multi-discipline complex mega-projects. Nancy is currently a Divisional Manager at Associated Engineering. In this conversation she talks to us about her career, her volunteer work with the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies (ACEC), and she offers advice to young people thinking about engineering as a career.

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It is very hard to predict the type of engineering career someone may have when they graduate from university. In fact, there are so many different roles and responsibilities for engineers. For example, engineers can be involved in consulting, technical design, project management, sales, and so much more. It takes all kinds of different engineers, working in a variety of roles, to accomplish successful projects.

In this episode we sit down with Katrina and Evan Bahr. Katrina is an Industrial Systems engineer working at SaskPower, and Evan is an Environmental Systems engineer working at Bird Construction. In this conversation they talk about their engineering careers, how they met during university studies, and what they are currently working on as project managers! Both Katrina and Evan highlight a favourite project from their career, and they offer advice to young people considering engineering.

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The world of software engineering is exploding. We now see software being developed for all sorts of applications, having a huge impact on our day-to-day lives. If you like to modify and improve existing products and processes, and you like to play around with technology, maybe you have a software engineer lurking inside you!

In this episode we sit down with Trevor Douglas to learn about the Software Systems Engineering program at the University of Regina. Trevor has been teaching software engineering laboratories for 20 years! In this conversation he talks about what he learned in industry, and explains what Software Systems engineering is all about. Trevor shares some fun examples of how software engineers help solve real-world problems, and he offers advice to young people thinking about a career in software engineering.