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 nêhiyawak (nay-hi-yuh-wuk, Cree), Anihšināpēk (uh-nish-i-naa-payk, Saulteaux), Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation. 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.
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Engineering Conversations
BONUS: Talking Engineering and Professional Football with Ryder Varga
Engineering and athletics might not be two things that people think go together. It turns out that a lot of engineering students are involved in athletics. Being a student-athlete is a big commitment as students have to balance both their academic and athletic responsibilities.
In this bonus episode we sit down Ryder Varga to hear about his experience as a student-athlete. Ryder studied Environmental Systems engineering and played for the University of Regina Rams football team while he was a student. In his final year he was drafted to the Canadian Football League, and for the past three years he has been playing professional football! In this conversation he talks about his time as a student-athlete and he shares some stories from his professional football career. Ryder also offers advice to future student-athletes.