Engineering South Australia, January 2012

South Australia Division attendees at the 2011 Australian Excellence Awards Dinner. See page 4 for more details.

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CONTENTS President’s Message

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2012 Division Committee Division Updates

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Member Profile

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Upcoming Events

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WIE COMMITTEE UPDATE DIVISION EXECUTIVE President Gerry Doyle MIEAust CPEng Deputy President John Olson RFD FIEAust CPEng EngExec FAICD Immediate Past President Dr David Cruickshanks-Boyd FIEAust EngExec Executive Director Caroline Argent Deputy Director Sarah Carey Produced By Engineers Australia South Australia Division Level 11, 108 King William Street Adelaide South Australia 5000 tel 08 8202 7100 fax 08 8211 7702 www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sa

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The Engineers Australia South Australia Division would like to announce the new Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee, appointed at the 2011 Annual Group Meeting on Thursday 8th December 2011.

• Chair • Committee Niki Robinson MIEAust Kit Poon GradIEAust • Deputy Chair • Committee Alida Jansen van Vuuren Libby Vojin GradIEAust GradIEAust • Committee • Secretary Hayley Rohrlach GradIEAust Rachel Harch GradIEAust • Young Engineers Australia • Treasurer Group Representative Kathleen Manuel GradIEAust Sarah Hughes MIEAust CPEng • National Committee • Engineers Without Borders Representative Group Representative Fay Nunn MIEAust Hannah Sharp GradIEAust • Committee • Mechanical College Board Rebecca Tennant GradIEAust Representative Penny Gibson MIEAust • Committee Kartikee Verma GradIEAust

ENGINEERING HERITAGE SA CONFERENCE As part of the second month-long "About Time: South Australia's History Festival", Engineering Heritage SA will present a half-day conference on Thursday 3rd May 2012. The conference will be of interest to engineers, other professionals, and members of the public. Bookings will be available through the "About Time" website (http://www.abouttime.sa.gov.au/) in the new year.

Adelaide, 2012 Wednesday 30th May Saturday 2nd June

Division Supporters

The Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management and Young Engineers Australia have again joined forces to present the 2012 Engineering Leadership Conference (ELC 2012). With over 600 delegates expected, this stimulating conference will deliver a dynamic and thought provoking combination of high profile speakers and challenging presentations.

Find out more at www.elc2012.org

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I recently attended the AGM for Engineers Australia in Canberra. This was a special event in which Engineers Australia acknowledged both Honorary Fellows and the recipient of the Peter Nicol Russell medal, Engineers Australia’s highest honour. I extend my congratulations to Professor Andrew Downing who received this special honour. Andrew is a proud engineer and proud South Australian who has been both the SA Division and National President. The award is just recognition of Andrew’s contribution to our profession.

One of the Honorary Fellow recipients, Tony Dawson, made an impact on me. He has spent the majority of his career working for a consulting engineering firm and in receiving his award he drew attention to the experiences and opportunities that he had been given as a young engineer. The gift to a young engineer of the opportunity to solve problems and the drive of that young engineer to take the challenge is what produces the future leaders of our profession. Tony spoke of the opportunity coupled with the independence given to him to work independently. His comments were met with loud applause from the young engineers in the room and they prompted me to think back to the opportunities I have been given, opportunities that have made me the engineer I am today.

I have had some great engineers to learn from over my career and they have all had one thing in common, the willingness to allow me to give things a go. From my first day in the office I was given space to work things out and try and find a solution, but always with support and always being able to ask a question and access the experience of those who were my supervisors. After working for 3 years I was given the opportunity to run the Mt Gambier office for a few months and, despite it occurring at a time that was very hard for our family, it proved one of the best opportunities I have had. From taking this opportunity on and succeeding, other opportunities followed. Ultimately, it has lead to me being South Australian Young Professional Engineer of the Year and the Managing Director of one of Adelaide’s consulting firms. I can’t thank enough the engineers who gave me those opportunities.

Now as a manager, I am faced with the challenge of making sure I provide opportunities for others to grow and become great engineers. It has proved a difficult challenge, as in giving someone an opportunity you take on a risk, the risk that the project won’t be done as well as you might have hoped, or the risk that there may be some damage to your reputation. However, I firmly believe it is a risk worth taking. The young engineers of today will grow from the opportunities they are provided and the profession as a whole will grow from seeing how they take on the challenges.

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I have also watched the new graduates I work with struggling with just how to take on the challenges that the opportunities to learn provide. Again, taking on a challenge comes with a risk, and the risk to the new graduate is that the challenge is more than they believe they are capable of meeting. However, I have seen that whenever they take the first step they go on to achieve great things. Of course, having an environment of support and a no blame culture are important ingredients together with the fact that there will always be experienced senior people there to help out are essential if new graduates are to gain confidence.

I believe the same is true of raising children. I am grateful to my parents, they gave me opportunities, believed I could succeed but also left it to me to make it happen. All the while, they were close enough that should I not be coping they were available. On many occasions my parents would drive me around the state for sporting events and let me do my thing, but the drive to train, to get better and to achieve what I wanted always had to come from me. I am now a father to five little boys and am acutely aware of the need to teach them that they are responsible for their ngineers Australia’s colleges and groups, as own well lives as and that their success will be determined by their ability and willingness to rise to the challenges life throws them. I also need to be their biggest fan and supporter.

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INTRODUCING THE 2012 DIVISION COMMITTEE

Deputy President John Olson RFD FIEAust CPEng EngExec FAICD

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Division President Gerry Doyle MIEAust CPEng

Appointed Member Michelle Shi-Verdaasdonk MIEAust

Immediate Past President Dr David CruickshanksBoyd FIEAust EngExec

Appointed Member Greg Walters FIEAust CPEng EngExec

Elected Member Mark Jones MIEAust

Elected Member Lachlan Kinnear

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Mark Brownley FIEAust

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Elected Member Anh Tran GradIEAust

Qualification: MSc Nuclear Engineering, Royal Navy

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is building three air warfare destroyers and maintaining Australia’s fleet of Collins Class submarines.

GOOD TIMES, GOOD FOOD, GOOD COMPANY Over 70 guests attended the Annual Division Meeting (ADM) held on Thursday 1st December 2011 at Next Generation. The ADM highlighted some of the changeovers for the New Year, this included Immediate Past President David Cruickshanks-Boyd FIEAust EngExec handing over the role of President to Gerry Doyle MIEAust CPEng, and the announcement of the 2012 Division Committee.

Wing Commander Tobyn Bearman FIEAust CPEng spoke about his six month experience in southern Afghanistan, sharing the delivery of infrastructure, agriculture and economic stability which were encountered.

The successes of the year were reflected on and all guests were provided with a copy of the 2011 Year in Review, which highlighted the Division’s activities and successes for the year. A copy of this is also available for any interested members on the South Australia Division’s website, under our Resources section.

After formalities, guests were invited to the outdoor pool area to commence the Christmas Networking Event. Here all enjoyed the sun, canapés, beverages and good company before wrapping up the year.

Sharryn Fensom Events Coordinator Engineers Australia South Australia Division

Above: Immediate Past President Dr David Cruickshanks-Boyd FIEAust CPEng and President Gerry Doyle MIEAust CPEng.

Left: Immediate Past President Dr David CruickshanksBoyd FIEAust CPEng presents a certificate of appreciation to speaker Wing Commander Tobyn Bearman FIEAust CPEng

Right: Attendees enjoy the opportunity to mingle and enjoy refreshments

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER Professor Andrew Downing HonFIEAust CPEng is the recipient of the 2011 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, the highest individual award presented by Engineers Australia. Professor Downing is a well known and welcome contributor to the South Australia Division, Engineers Australia and engineering as a profession and we congratulate Professor Downing on this well earned recognition. More details about Professor Downing’s impressive contributions can be found at http://tinyurl.com/74lsxso.

We would also like to recognise the new and continuing South Australia Division members appointed as National Councillors in this coming year.

They are: Doug Gillott FIEAust CPEng, Bronte Strout FIEAust CPEng; and Greg Walters FIEAust CPEng EngExec.

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Professor Andrew Downing HonFIEAust CPEng receiving his award from president Merv Lindsay FIEAust CPEng

Interviewers Required The South Australia Division is looking for engineers their time and expertise.

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Only Engineers Australia grants Chartered Status, attained through our

In particular engineers are being sought who have Chartered Status Program. and Itexperience Oilneeded and Gas; Professional Development gives your engineersin: the skills build the reputation and bottom line of your company.

Computer Systems; Software Engineering; Environmental toEngineering; Aeronautical or Avionic Hardware or Software; or Submarines however all interested Chartered members are welcome.

To learn more about how Engineers Australia can help,As well as visit our websitetime www.engineersaustralia.org.au giving back to the profession and experiencing new perspectives spent assisting with or call 1300 653 113 Professional Interviews can be used towards Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

To register as an interviewer please complete the short form at http://tinyurl.com/4uk39ew or for any questions please contact Member Relationship Coordinator Nathan Jones via njones@engineersaustralia.org.au or by phoning 08 8202 7170.

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Sir Eric Neal Address Sir Eric Neal Address

Wednesday 22nd February 2012 | The Sebel Playford Adelaide Key Note Speaker

Stewart Kreltszheim Operations Manager Country Fire Authority

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RSVP: Dress: Stewart Kreltszheim’s first experiences in the field of leadership came at an early age - he captained the high school football and cricket sides. After a stint in public service, Stewart joined the Credit Union Industry and was later elected as Chairman of Firefighters Credit Co-Operative Ltd. In 1993 he decided on a career change and joined the Country Fire Authority (CFA) as a firefighter. Stewart is now the Operations Manager of CFA District 23 based out of Wangaratta. He played a key operational role in the 2002/03 North East/Gippsland Fires, the USA fires of 2006, Great Divide Campaign fires of 2006/07 and was Incident Controller on Black Saturday 2009.

Stewart has trekked the Kokoda Trail six times and has a passion developing leaders in our communities.

Wednesday 22nd February 2012

Ballroom, Sebel Playford 120 North Terrace, Adelaide

6.30pm for pre-dinner drinks 7.00pm official start Members $90 inc GST

Non-members $105 inc GST

15th February 2012 Business attire

For online registration and payment please visit: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/ events/2012-sir-eric-neal-address

For further information contact Events Coordinator Sharryn Fensom: sfensom@engineersaustralia.org.au or (08) 8202 7140 Proudly sponsored by:

The evening also includes the presentation of the Craig Gilbert Leadership Award, University Medals, Fellows Presentations and Awards of Merit for Engineering Heritage.

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MEMBER PROFILE Matthew Stead MIEAust CPEng

from knowledge shared.

Why did you decide to become an engineer?

Why are you an Engineers Australia member?

I became an engineer because of the opportunity to come up with ideas, calculate, design and then see things happen. Luckily I was able to do this in acoustical consulting which interested me because of the technical nature of acoustics and the wide range of industries in which I work.

What do you like the most about the engineering profession?

I like the engineering profession because it is filled with people who are creative, innovative and have the skills to engineer solutions to help our world.

If you could have worked on any engineering project, throughout history, what would you choose?

The Sydney Opera House because it is iconic and is not known for its good acoustics. I could have helped to improve this landmark building.

What do you see as one of the biggest issues facing the engineering profession?

I am a member because I believe that each day we should make the engineering profession better. The way I think we should do this is by working together.

If you could take a year off to study anything, what would it be?

I would love to study the health and economics of acoustics and the value that acoustics provides (related to our health and economically) to our world.

What do you feel is the engineering professions strongest asset?

The solid foundation of logical decision making.

What are your hobbies?

I am a keen cyclist & coffee drinker (& red wine ..)

I don’t believe that the engineering profession has successfully communicated to the broader community what we do and as a consequence we are often undervalued. If we were better valued then science and engineering may have greater sway in decision making (rather than popular politics).

What is your motto?

What is the greatest piece released in the last decade?

Who would you most like to meet?

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Web based social media and knowledge sharing is the greatest technology released in the last decade. I believe this has and will shape and improve our world both in improved communities and better outcomes

Give knowledge freely.

What would be your ideal working holiday?

A world tour testing and cataloguing the environmental noise in cities and the natural environment.

I would most like to meet Sir Isaac Newton and ask him how he achieved all his revolutionary theories.

Why Join Engineers Australia?

Do you have colleagues, friends or acquaintances who should be members of Engineers Australia? Or are you an engineer who is not a member of Engineers Australia?

Engineers Australia is the national forum for the advancement of engineering and the professional development of our members. Our members enjoy a wide range of benefits including: • Continuing professional development and career services;

• Networking events;

• Technical information and resources;

• Special offers.

• International mobility and recognition;

We also provide advocacy on a wide range of government issues with consultation from our nearly 100,000 members worldwide. Our high standards for accreditation and membership sees recognition from government, organisations, companies and internationally occur on an ongoing basis.

We welcome any enquiries you may have about membership and the process of becoming a member.

For any enquiries please contact the South Australia Division Member Relationship Coordinator via njones@engineersaustralia.org.au or by calling on 08 8202 7170.

SCIENCE ALIVE! 2012 An initiative of the SA Co-ordinating Committee for National Science Week Science Alive! 2012 will be the seventh year of this huge community event. It will run from Friday 10th August to Sunday 12th August in the Goyder Pavilion of the Adelaide Showground.

Participating with a booth will give you: huge exposure to 30,000 members of the public, opportunity to engage with 3,000 high school students at the Careers Day on the Friday, concessional booth hire fees for Engineers Australia members, 6m x 3m booth for under $2,000, the chance to be part of a special 'engineering precinct' at Science Alive! and extra free space available to companies providing hands-on activities for visitors.

To register for a booth you can do so via http://tinyurl.com/cwhp7d6. For more information please contact Event Coordinator Brian Haddy via brian@fundraisingpartnerships.com.au or by calling 0413 156 172.

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UPCOMING EVENTS Unless published otherwise all presentations are scheduled for the Engineers Australia South Australia Division Office. Event details are subject to change. Please check our website prior to the event for current information and updates. Please note the South Australia Division address is Level 11, 108 King William Street ADELAIDE SA 5000.

Online registration, or how to register, is now available directly through the South Australia Division Website Events Section at www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sa/events (or www.eeaust.com.au for those events held by Engineering Education Australia) where ever a blue arrow is shown.

January

May

Tue 24th ~ 5.00pm

Thu 3rd Engineering Heritage SA and History SA Engineering Heritage SA Conference Enquiries: http://www.abouttime.sa.gov.au/

Engineers Australia Event Type: Forum Topic: Stage 2 Competency Review Industry Forum Invitation Enquiries: Events Coordinator Sharryn Fensom via sfensom@engineersaustralia.org.au

Fri 25th Engineers Australia Reminder - 2012 South Australian Engineering Excellence Awards - Registrations Due Enquiries: Events Coordinator Sharryn Fensom via sfensom@engineersaustralia.org.au

February Wed 8th ~ 5.00pm Engineers Australia Eminent Speaker - Paul Blanchfield Topic: Learning, Applying & Facilitating The Transfer Of Electrical Engineering Know-How In The Power Industry Enquiries: Engineering Practice Events Coordinator Megan Sam via msam@engineersaustralia.org.au Tue 14th ~ 5.00pm Australian Geomechanics Society Event Type: Technical Presentation

Wed 30th to Sat 2nd June Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management and Young Engineers Australia 2012 Engineering Leadership Conference Venue: Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide Enquiries: www.elc2012.org or engineeringleadership@icms.com.au

September Fri 21st

Wed 15th ~ 5.00pm IET Retired Event Type: Technical Presentation Topic: New Blips On The Radar Screen Enquiries: IET Retired Secretary Jeff Schapel via schapelj@adam.com.au Tue 21st ~ 5.00pm

Engineers Australia 2012 South Australian Engineering Excellence Awards Black Tie Presentation Dinner Venue: Hilton Adelaide Hotel, 233 Victoria Square, Adelaide Enquiries: Events Coordinator Sharryn Fensom via sfensom@engineersaustralia.org.au

JTP Electrical and Electronic Event Type: Technical Presentation Wed 22nd ~ 6.30pm Pre-Dinner Drinks Engineers Australia 2012 Sir Eric Neal Address Venue: The Sebel Playford, 120 North Terrace, Adelaide Enquiries: Events Coordinator Sharryn Fensom via sfensom@engineersaustralia.org.au

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