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Climate conversations
Webinars to support Engineering Climate Action
Five minutes with Kim De Graaf
Kim is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical). Prior to this, she spent 8 years practising as a geotechnical engineer before taking the opportunity to become an academic. We discuss her varied career, skills she's used in both academia and industry – and more.
Look what we've achieved together!
As the year draws to a close, we look back at all we've accomplished in 2021 – we couldn't have done any of it without you.
Mitigation
Unite with your profession to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – to limit additional warming and minimise the increasingly widespread effects of climate change.
International acclaim for bioengineering
Professor Merryn Tawhai has been instrumental in putting New Zealand on the global bioengineering map. But while she – and the institute she helps lead – are renowned internationally, they’re lesser known back here at home.
Crossing the Divide
Professor Regan Potangaroa, an Academic at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, discusses the power of technology, his fascinating experience working in humanitarian aid projects, and more.
Five minutes with Paul Ewart
This month, we chat with academic Paul Ewart from Wintec's Centre for Engineering and Industrial Design.
Rules of thumb
What are rules of thumb, and when should they – and shouldn’t they – be used?
Hans Huizing (1924 - 2017)
Hans Huizing graduated in the Netherlands in 1948, emigrating to New Zealand in 1952 to work for the Ministry of Works on the Cobb River Power Station in Nelson, later moving to Upper Hutt then Napier.
Alexander William Aitken (1921 - 2017)
Alec Aitken started work in the Public Works Department in 1938. When World War II intervened he joined the RNZAF as a flight mechanic, serving two tours of duty in the Pacific.
