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
Maintenance and Reliability Engineering in Mining: Ibe Marcus
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Have you ever thought about how many items around your home are made from products that came from a mine? Whether it is copper, gold, aluminum, diamonds, or iron, these materials came from a mine and the mining industry relies on engineers to help run their operations.
In this episode we sit down with Ibe Marcus. Ibe has a background in Industrial Systems engineering and twelve years of experience in the energy and mining sectors. The bulk of his career has been in the mining where he has worked as a maintenance and reliability engineer. Ibe is currently a Senior Reliability Advisor with Rio Tinto. In this conversation Ibe tells about his journey in engineering and some of the remote mine sites he has worked at in the Northwest Territories and Mongolia. Ibe also offers advice to young people that are thinking about studying engineering at university.