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
Software, Parking, and Ramen Noodles: Kyle Smyth
Do you like to write code? Have you ever dreamed of starting your own software engineering company? Software Systems Engineering is a rapidly growing field, driven by the need for safe and reliable software products. We are literally surrounded by software in our homes, vehicles, places of work, phone apps, and more.
In this episode, we sit down with Kyle Smyth to talk about his journey into software systems engineering. Kyle is the co-founder of Offstreet Technology and serves as their Chief Technology Officer. Kyle and his team develop software products for the parking industry. In this conversation, he talks about his experience launching a start-up company and explains how software can be designed to help improve the parking experience for everyone.