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
From Petroleum Engineering to Agricultural Risk Modeling: Mehdi Mohammadpoor
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It is very difficult to predict the direction an engineering career will take as there are so many options. One certainty is that an engineer can always take their knowledge and skills with them to address problems and challenges that exist in whatever industry they choose to work.
In this episode we sit down with Mehdi Mohammadpoor to learn about his career. Mehdi has a background in petroleum engineering, where he completed advanced degrees. He worked as a research engineer, completing a number of projects for the oil sector. Eventually, an opportunity arose for him to take his experience and skills to a new sector. Mehdi is currently the Manager for Risk Modeling at the Farm Credit Canada. There, he leads a team of data scientists to study risk in financing and insuring the agriculture and food industries. In this conversation, we will hear about his journey in engineering. Mehdi offers advice to young people, and reminds all of us that engineers can take their problem-solving skills to any sector.