Here is your monthly dose of my Canadian engineering news created for licensed and aspiring engineers, geoscientists and technicians in Canada.
- Valentina Contini, a senior engineer for Porsche, is working on designing an electric vehicle for the company and says the pandemic sped up the sustainable movement in the automotive industry.
- Denver engineer Ethan Holliger works on enhancing assisted devices for people with disabilities, driven by his own experience with optic nerve atrophy.
Emerge Home is a virtual reality device that doesn’t involved handheld devices and instead, allows you to physically feel what you see through your headset using ultrasound technology.
A team from London have created the Invisibility Shield, which stop things behind it from being visible by redirecting light, without a power source.
Uniek is a portable pottery machine that makes the craft more doable in different spaces, eliminating the need for large equipment or a studio space.
What technology or gadget are you currently enjoying and would recommend to other aspiring and licensed engineers? Let us know in the comments below.
Here are the news links to every Canadian Association. If there is anything beyond the standard stuff (elections, new appointments), I'll try to list them below. The news tends to slow down during certain parts of the year (e.g. Summer, X-Mas).
- APEGA News
- APEGNB News
- APEGS News - Professional development opportunity: Practical Geocommunication Course
- APEY News
- ASET News
- EGBC News - New knowledge centre launched for mandatory continuing education
- Engineers Nova Scotia News
- Engineers PEI News
- NAPEG News
- PEGNL News
- PEO News
- Register for Engineers Canada's 30 by 30 conference happening in April, or read results from a report done on engineering program enrolment and engineering degrees awarded at universities in Canada.
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How to design mosquitoes out of cities: Cameron Webb, a mosquito researcher, talks about the disease risks associated with designing more green spaces in cities and how sustainable design can be done without drawing in dangerous bugs like mosquitos.
Self-assembling robots and the potential of artificial evolution: Computer scientist Emma Hart talks about her technology that could one day make an artificial revolution — robots assembling themselves without humans’ help — possible.
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— Thomas Edison
Thanks for reading and have a great month!
Gavin Simone, P.Eng., PMP, LEED AP
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Practice PPE Exams turns 10 years old this month. I appreciate your support over the months/years. This month’s question is, what engineering things were you up to at age 10?
When I was 10, I was making Lego traffic lights, bridges, and road detours for my Hot Wheels toy cars on my city road map carpet.
Probably tearing apart game consoles to try to fix them
When I was 10 I loved playing building dams on small streams of water that would form after it rained in my elementary school playground. I remember using sand and twigs and improving my designs with rocks and other materials available in the surroundings. Never thought I would become an engineer years after.
At the age of 10, I still remember I broke open my dad’s old speaker system to see where the sound comes out from.
At age 10 I was definitely building LEGO’s – most kids’ first engineering experience!
When I was 10, I was learning the BASIC programming language.
Always inspiring and providing valuable ideas and help. Thanks
I was adding new components and accessories to my bike. I added different colour lights, matching saddles, and of course noise makers on my spokes.
At 10 I was reading Backyard Ballistics and building Potato Cannons out of Pringles cans with my Dad (also a chemical engineer)
At age 10, I was intrigued by space and had been gifted a telescope kit. I was putting that together. A very basic unit that let me understand how the two lens system works.
At age 10 I was helping my Dad build a small barn and several sheds on our property.
At age 10 I was building a small cabin with my friend and his dad out in their gravel pit.
At 10 years old, I was experimenting with building kites from bamboo and newspapers.
At 10 years old I spent much of my time out of doors in a rural location. I was digging holes and playing with soil, wading and damming small creeks and constructing tree forts.
Happy practice PPE anniversay Gavin!
Thank you, Jenny!
When I was a kid, I was always taking electronics apart (and not usually putting them back together, lol). My Dad was a mechanic and woodworker often he would bring me into the shop and we’d work on repairing an engine or building something out of wood.
When I was 10, I was in prime lego structure time! I was building cars and tracks with my younger brother and racing them to see who the better “engineering kid” was (as both my parents are engineers).
At age 10 I was as well taking apart all electronics at home. I was always curious to know what was inside that could make those things work.
I did some electronics work to make the toy car moving.
When I was 10, I was building lego and taking all my parent’s electronics apart.
I made a mini car that was powered by two motors. I took the body and wheels off another mechanical toy car I had and just attached the motors to the rear wheels. It worked really well except that I didn’t have a remote control so each motor was connected to handheld batteries that I had to manually engage which meant I had to run behind the car as it was going!
PS. Thanks to your help, I finally received my P.Eng. last week.
When I was 10, I was playing with Mechanical toys – making cranes, cars and houses. You remember the one’s with the screws and bolts and various plates with all holes in it to attach to each other.
Thank you for the comment, Arundeep. I do remember them with their sharp edges and many holes. The toys sure have advanced over the years.
At 10 I was building soap-box style go karts, and ripping apart old electronics (never got around to reassembling them). And of course there was a ton of Lego in play/
Congrats on the anniversary, the course was very well laid out and was a great help for the recent NPPE!
My dad got me some batteries, small light bulbs, and electric wires at 10. I used to connect them and played with them a lot.
When I was 10 I wanted to understand how thinks worked. So I would take apart all types of electronic device and a few small engines and put them back together.
When I was 10, I remember my grandpa and I building a simple hydraulic system using syringes where we could open and close as well as raise and lower a claw to grab a ball. I also played with Legos a lot trying to make really tall buildings.
At age 10, I used to draw buildings and drafting outdoor cityscapes!