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For our final episode of 'But seriously, what is Engineering?' for Season 2, we invited four of The University of Queensland's Women in Engineering Student Leaders to answer your questions about studying engineering, choosing your specialisation, and planning for the future!

This is a fun, candid chat with our incredible student leaders, and is a great way to get an insight into university life. Perhaps you'll find that engineering might be the perfect career path for you too!

This episode features four of The University of Queensland's Women in Engineering student leaders; Yvette (Evie) Gibbon, Kathleen Cox, Laura Musgrave and Sophie Bates.

Connect with our student leader hosts via LinkedIn below!
Kathleen Cox: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-cox-142286184/
Yvette (Evie) Gibbon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvette-gibbon/
Laura Musgrave: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-musgrave-ab02821a6/
Sophie Bates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-bates-7a9a38186/

Find out more about UQ Women in Engineering here: https://www.eait.uq.edu.au/we

Find out more about studying engineering at The University of Queensland here: https://www.eait.uq.edu.au/

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Today, we’ll be talking to Dr Terese Milford. Dr Terese is a Senior Engineer working in the Intelligent Grid New Technology team at Energex and Ergon Energy. Energex and Ergon Energy are Queensland’s distribution networks with a team that develops business solutions to improve customer choice and provide cost competitive alternatives to traditional network investment. Dr Terese is currently working on solutions to dynamically manage Distributed Energy Resources (batteries and rooftop solar) to enable more of these energy resources to be safely connected to the grid.

In this episode we'll be talking about the shift to renewable energy and how you can be a part of this change too! We also talk to Dr Terese about what it was like to study mechanical and space engineering, as well as her experience with studying a PhD.

This episode is hosted by two of The University of Queensland's Women in Engineering student leaders; Laura Musgrave and Esandi Kalugalage.

Connect with Dr Terese Milford on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terese-milford/

Connect with Laura on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-musgrave-ab02821a6/

Connect with Esandi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esandi-kalugalage-9b39401a0/

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Riley O'Donnell graduated from The University of Queensland with the University medal, studying a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) specialising in chemical engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in finance. After graduating, Riley co-founded Endla, a startup company that develops core technology to lower the cost of physical engineering assets with Software.

In this episode we ask Riley about his experience and advice with starting a startup, and we discuss how to approach imposter syndrome to achieve success in your career.

This episode is hosted by two of The University of Queensland's Women in Engineering student leaders; Kathleen Cox and Yvette (Evie) Gibbon.

Visit Endla's website: https://endla.com/

Connect with Riley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rileyodonnell-1/

Connect with Kathleen Cox on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-cox-142286184/

Connect with Yvette (Evie) Gibbon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvette-gibbon/