Engineering Newsletter – November 2022

• Dr. Digvar Jayas, an engineer at the University of Manitoba, is being celebrated for his decades of service on the National Research Council and his work in reducing global hunger through research on food spoilage, and proper grain storage.
• A student from Markham, Leyi (William) Wu, is being set up for a future in engineering, with $30,000 in scholarship winnings from Amazon's Canadian program for aspiring engineers.

Shelfy is a small purifier for your fridge that makes food last up to 12 days longer by reducing bacteria growth, while cutting down on odours.

Gulp: A self-cleaning filter for your washing machine that stops microplastics from entering the ocean. It is a sustainable solution to the microplastics typically created by laundry machines, with no disposal parts or filters.

The GoSun Sort-E is a solar-powered oven that can cook some foods in under 20 minutes. The small cylindrical oven is portable, and can hold enough charge to cook any time of day.

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).

1. APEGA News
2. APEGS News - Fall professional development days are now online.
3. APEY News
4. ASET News
5. EGBC News -A new equity, diversity, and inclusion webinar series on building inclusive workspaces is coming.
6. Engineers Nova Scotia News - A new 5-year plan to strengthen the association is online.
7. Engineers PEI News
8. NAPEG News
9. PEGNL News
10. PEO News

• Engineers Canada -The CEMF presented 16 women pursuing engineering degrees with awards this year. Engineers Canada is also still collecting feedback for a project on why engineer licensure is important and how well it's understood.

Interviews will always be an important part of the hiring process. Here's a great read by the team at Indeed: The Engineering Interview: 15 Tips for Engineer Candidates, including questions to expect and how to practice.

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Fall is a great time to refine your routine and revisit your habits. Here are 10 Proven Ways To Stay Focused At Work you may want to incorporate. 

The rise of boring architecture — and the case for radically human buildings: Designer Thomas Heatherwick talks about how to get away from "urban monotony" and his vision for cities with more soulful buildings that will last for hundreds of years.

The affordable, 3D-printed bionics of the future: Enzo Romero, a bionic innovator, shares a new model for 3D printing prosthetics from recycled materials.

“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some models are useful.”

— George E. P. Box