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
Becoming a Structural Engineer: Sean Kilback
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The modern world needs bridges, buildings, tunnels, dams, and other infrastructure for society, industry, and commercial businesses to function. The engineers that design these structures take into account client goals for the project while maintaining high levels of safety, durability, and longevity in the project.
In this episode we sit down with Sean Kilback to learn about his journey in engineering and how he ended up specializing in structural engineering. Sean is a Principal Partner at Brownlee Beaton Kreke, a structural engineering consulting firm in Regina, Saskatchewan. Sean has close to 25 years of experience as a structural engineer and in his role at BBK he oversees the structural design for new and re-purposed buildings. In this conversation we hear about his journey in engineering, BBK, and some of the large projects he has worked on during his career. Sean also offers some advice for young people that are thinking about studying engineering at university.