Engineering Conversations
Engineering Conversations has one simple goal... to promote engineering. By having conversations with engineers about their backgrounds and careers, we will showcase a wide variety of industries and explore the types of jobs that engineers perform when they finish university.
These conversations may help young people understand what it is that engineers do in their day to day work. As young people learn about these types of careers, they may be inspired to become and engineer and help make the world a better place.
Engineering Conversations is hosted by David deMontigny, an engineering professor at the University of Regina.
The University of Regina is situated on Treaty 4 lands with a presence in Treaty 6. These are the territories of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda people, and the homeland of the Métis. Today, these lands continue to be the shared territory of many people from near and far. They are an important part of our past, and an even more important part of our future.
Engineering Conversations
Cell Phones, the Internet, and Art: Patti Kindred
Does anyone remember what life was like before cell phones and the internet? The telecommunications industry has changed so much over the past thirty years. Engineers are working hard to keep up with this rapidly changing industry.
In this episode, we sit down with Patti Kindred to talk about her experience as an Industrial Systems Engineer. Patti spent over two decades in the telecommunications industry, helping bring cellular and internet services to Saskatchewan. She then moved into the regulatory side of engineering and worked for the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. At the end of her career, she started an engineering consulting firm with her husband. In this conversation, Patti shares some highlights from her career and encourages people who like to figure things out to consider a career in engineering.