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
Broadcast Towers, Antennas, and Transmitters: Dave Rainnie
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Do you like listening to the radio or watching television? Have you ever wondered how that broadcast gets to your device? It turns out that a lot of engineering is required to deliver that content to the audience.
In this episode we sit down with Dave Rainnie to learn about his career in the broadcasting industry. Dave has a background in Electronics Systems engineering and has spent close to 18 years working for the Canadian Broadcasting Company. The CBC provides radio and television broadcasting to listeners and viewers across Canada. During his career, Dave has worked in a variety of different engineering roles. There is a lot of engineering work that goes into the towers, antennas, and transmitters that are needed to deliver radio and television programing. Dave is currently an engineering Project Lead at the CBC. In this conversation he talks about his extensive career, and he offers advice to young people thinking about a career in engineering.