How can we get ready for Connected Automated Vehicles? In this episode of Engineering Reimagined, Aurecon's Terry Lee-Williams, spoke with Megan and Cathal Masterson about the challenges and strategies they’re considering as we adapt to the future of transport.

In this Season 3 recap, we feature highlights of our most popular interviews, where we discussed the relationship between sleep, consciousness and creativity, Australia's energy transition and what’s ahead for the global space industry. 

How knowledgeable are we when it comes to safeguarding our data and information in the cyber world? In this episode of Engineering Reimagined, Professor Matthew Warren from RMIT speaks with Eric Louw, Managing Principal for Data and Analytics at Aurecon, about how to humanise cyber security, the relationship between safety and security online and the unique challenges multinational organisations face against threats of cyber security.

Infrastructure opportunities in outer space are endless. Join Lynn McDonald from Microsoft's Azure Space Team and Aurecon's Chief Operating Officer, Lousie Adams, as they talk about exciting business opportunities in the emerging space industry, the importance of diversity and inclusion for engineering and why mentoring is the most important influence when growing your career.  Find us online at aurecongroup.com/podcast or email us at engineeringreimagined@aurecongroup.com. 

With reliance on the internet and cloud storage growing exponentially, how can the demand for green date centres be met? Carolyn and Nick Stavroulakis and join Colin Eddison, Technical Director, Buildings at Aurecon in Singapore to discuss the challenges in establishing much needed data centres in Asia, one of the world’s fastest growing markets.  Find us online at aurecongroup.com/podcast or email us at engineeringreimagined@aurecongroup.com. 

Will a post-pandemic roaring 20s happen in the 21st century? Lucinda Hartley, co-founder of global urban tech company Neighbourlytics, and Aurecon Futures Research Leader, Noriko Wynn, discuss using digital data to inform decision-making to create better places for people. Find us online at aurecongroup.com/podcast or email us at engineeringreimagined@aurecongroup.com.

After the year that was 2020, it can be argued that innovation and creativity are needed more than ever to help solve the increasingly wicked problems our world faces. For the first episode of Engineering Reimagined’s third season, we feature Aurecon’s Chief Digital Officer Andrew Maher and Silicon Valley-based consultant, Ian Wright. From growing up fascinated with vehicles on a rural sheep farm in New Zealand, to helping found companies – including Tesla, the world’s biggest name in electric vehicles, and Wrightspeed, a company specialising in efficient range-extended electric vehicle powertrains – and filing multiple patents, Ian’s whole career has been focused around innovation across network computing and electric vehicle technology. Join Andrew and Ian as they unpack the ingredients of innovation success and discuss why venture capital funding models are broken, how to come up with new ideas, and whether Silicon Valley will remain the hotspot for innovation. 

2020 has certainly been a year of unprecedented events. Everyone – at home and work – has had to change the way things are done, and it’s been no different at Engineering Reimagined. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, we had to forgo the luxury of a ready pipeline of episodes and in-studio interviews. The team quickly adapted to home-based remote podcasting recording equipment, transporting it across the country so we can keep delivering and sharing quality, pandemic-appropriate content. We hope you have enjoyed this season and learned something new – because we certainly have learned to be agile and adapt to our changing world. For this episode, we feature highlights of season two’s most popular interviews, where we discussed the future of engineering, the impact of digital transformation and the opportunities for a green recovery.

In this Engineering Reimagined episode, Aurecon’s John Hilton talks to Office of Projects Victoria’s Tim Mumford about the role of digital engineering and Building Information Modelling on the development of complex, smart, and efficient infrastructure.   Find us online at aurecongroup.com/podcast or email us at engineeringreimagined@aurecongroup.com.

With the rise of artificial intelligence or AI, technology will play an even greater role in our lives. AI will significantly change not only the type of work performed in many professions but also the roles themselves over the coming years. But what about the ethical challenges that AI also bring? If AI is used for simulation of human intelligence processes, what role do professionals have as ethical guardians in the work they do? In this final episode of Season 1, Professor Anne Gregory, a Professor of Corporate Communication at the University of Huddersfield and Danielle Bond, Global Head of Marketing of Communications at Aurecon, discuss some of the ethical risks and challenges that AI could pose.