Genna Bangaroo spoke to Engineering Leaders from her home island of Mauritius, a small island that is being especially impacted by climate change. The issues that are being experienced require the intelligence and skills of engineers to assist

Engineering Innovation with Donovan Guttieres

Feb 22nd, 2021 21m 31s

Donovan Guttieres spoke to Melanie & Dominic De Gioia about how society has been very good at diagnosing our global challenges. And it is up to engineers to break these challenges down and create some purpose driven innovation… “engineers have

European climate action with Milda Pladaite

Feb 18th, 2021 9m 52s

Digitisation and green transition are two key engineering issues in Europe. In this episode, Mel & Dom speak to Young Engineer/Future Leader Milda Pladaite’ about the trends and issues she is seeing in Europe. She discusses that one of the ke

Engineering AI with Ming-Ming Cheng

Feb 16th, 2021 23m 14s

Ming-Ming Cheng was building Artificial Intelligence to recognize human diseases from CT scans. When COVID hit, Ming-Ming was able to utilize his existing networks to train his AI to assist doctors in recognizing the disease from CT scans. Yo

Melanie & Dominic introduce the WFEO mini-series

Apr 3rd, 2020 6m 10s

On the 4th of March, the world will celebrate the first World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development. Engineering Heroes was asked by WFEO to create a mini-series to promote engineers working on the UN SDG's.See omnystudio.com/listener for

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development 2020

Mar 4th, 2020 13m 32s

This is the final episode of our WFEO mini-series. As always, the goal of our podcast has been to present to the world the wonderful and important work engineers are doing. And with the support from WFEO, we’ve achieved this!Today’s final episo

Zero Hunger with Fethi Thabet

Mar 3rd, 2020 17m 37s

Fethi Thabet speaks to us about how engineers can work towards the UN SDG of Zero Hunger. And he tells us that the main area is around water and water misuse. He explains to us about cold chain and how this could be the key to zero hunger in th

No Poverty with Mustafa Shehu

Mar 3rd, 2020 12m 48s

Mustafa Shehu believes that everyone has the ability and responsibility to move the world towards no poverty and he explains to Engineering Heroes the steps he is taking. “As an engineer.. it is our responsibility to make sure that this poverty

Partnerships for the goals with Gong Ke

Mar 3rd, 2020 15m 1s

The final episode in our mini-series is about the UN SDG which ensures the success of all the other goals. Gong Ke spoke to Engineering Heroes about how important partnerships are in ensuring engineers are able to achieve their various goals. “

Peace, justice and strong institutions with Marlene Kanga

Mar 3rd, 2020 17m 42s

Marlene Kanga joins our podcast once again to speak to us on the vital importance UNSDG16 has on the world. This is a foundational goal which can “enable individuals to flourish and to progress their goals”. Without this goal, countries could n

Life on land with Dr Jing Peng

Mar 3rd, 2020 12m 32s

Dr Jing Peng is a Hydraulic engineer who is speaking to us about UN SDG 15 – Life on land. She has worked on the massive hydro-electric Three Gorges Dam and understands to connection between humanity and all life on land.See omnystudio.com/list

Life below water with Raj Prayag

Mar 3rd, 2020 10m 26s

Raj Prayag is a Civil and Environmental engineer who has seen the great power engineering has to offer society. As the Minister for Environment in Mauritius, Raj has dedicated his career to ensuring humanity practices sustainable environmental

Climate Action with Davide Stronati

Mar 3rd, 2020 11m 10s

“Transformation to move away from fossil fuel economy will involve lots of engineering”. Davide Stronati is an Environmental Engineer who spoke to us about his work and how important it is for engineers to align their work to UN SDG 13.See omny

Responsible consumption and production with Annette Bergeron and Jeff Card

Mar 3rd, 2020 12m 5s

Never before have we had two guests on our podcast at once... but UN SDG 12 - Responsible consumption and production really called for it. Joining us from Canada is Annette Bergeron and Jeff Card. They speak about how they are making changes in

Sustainable cities and communities with Martin Van Veelen

Mar 3rd, 2020 11m 28s

Martin Van Veelen discusses the needs of the cities and the risks which are present when development is not considered in a sustainable way. He has prepared a report for WFEO – the Global Infrastructure Report – which cuts across all SDG’s in i

Reduced Inequality with Valerie Agberagba

Mar 3rd, 2020 14m 59s

Valerie Agberagba explains how “being an engineer, you're actually able to make the world a better place for people”, and says that the key to reducing inequalities in society, female engineers “play a very vital role”. Valerie presents a numbe

Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure with Stacey DelVecchio

Mar 3rd, 2020 11m 24s

Stacey DelVecchio is working on the cutting edge of Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure by working on 3D printing. “Innovation can happen and does happen every day in manufacturing”. Stacey speaks to us about how engineers can align with UN

Decent Work and Economic Growth with Firas Bou Diab

Mar 3rd, 2020 11m 7s

How do engineers contribute to UN SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth? Firas Bou Diab joins us and explains how this goal “is to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth full of productive employment and decent work for

Affordable and clean energy with Ania Lopez

Mar 3rd, 2020 13m 41s

Ania Lopez is an engineer committed to promoting the need for improvements in energy. And change is going to be pushed by numerous segments of society “The first step is by the people, the community and the government”. This episode is on UN SD

Clean Water and Sanitation with Tomas Sancho

Mar 3rd, 2020 18m 23s

Without water, life is not possible. And Tomas Sancho is an engineer who is dedicating his career to ensuring humanity has access to safe water, in a sustainable way. Tomas speaks to Engineering Heroes about UN SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitatio

Gender Equality with Yetunde Holloway

Mar 3rd, 2020 8m 47s

Yetunde Holloway “realised that I didn't necessarily have a voice to speak up for me when I was younger”, and when she became an engineer she decided to focus in on Gender Diversity because “the growth of any human grouping depends on diversity

Quality Education with Raida Al Alawi

Mar 3rd, 2020 13m 52s

Raidi Al Alawi has a dream of using ICT and the engineering skillset to create an online global interactive cyber teaching platform for the K to 12 grades. She speaks to us about UN SDG 4 – Quality Education, which is about “being inclusive, eq

Good health and well-being with Shankar Krishnan

Mar 3rd, 2020 14m 39s

Shankar Krishnan started out as an electrical engineer but moved into biomedical because “when you apply engineering to medicine, then this is solving problems and improving the care and the quality of life”.He speaks to us about how engineers

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