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It is very hard to predict the type of engineering career someone may have when they graduate from university. In fact, there are so many different roles and responsibilities for engineers. For example, engineers can be involved in consulting, technical design, project management, sales, and so much more. It takes all kinds of different engineers, working in a variety of roles, to accomplish successful projects.

In this episode we sit down with Katrina and Evan Bahr. Katrina is an Industrial Systems engineer working at SaskPower, and Evan is an Environmental Systems engineer working at Bird Construction. In this conversation they talk about their engineering careers, how they met during university studies, and what they are currently working on as project managers! Both Katrina and Evan highlight a favourite project from their career, and they offer advice to young people considering engineering.

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The world of software engineering is exploding. We now see software being developed for all sorts of applications, having a huge impact on our day-to-day lives. If you like to modify and improve existing products and processes, and you like to play around with technology, maybe you have a software engineer lurking inside you!

In this episode we sit down with Trevor Douglas to learn about the Software Systems Engineering program at the University of Regina. Trevor has been teaching software engineering laboratories for 20 years! In this conversation he talks about what he learned in industry, and explains what Software Systems engineering is all about. Trevor shares some fun examples of how software engineers help solve real-world problems, and he offers advice to young people thinking about a career in software engineering.

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Do you like to tinker around in workshops and fix things? Or maybe you like to design and build new items? Have you ever thought about what might be involved in large scale manufacturing of commercial products? Engineers around the world help companies figure out how to design and manufacture their products in affordable, efficient, and safe processes.

In this episode we sit down with Glenna Stewart to talk about her career as an Industrial Systems Engineer. Glenna is the Chief Operating Officer at Degelman Industries. In that role, she oversees the production side of the business, which designs and manufactures a variety of agricultural equipment specific to farming operations. In this conversation we learn from Glenna what it takes to be a manufacturing engineer and what is involved in selling agricultural products in a global market. Glenna also offers some advice to aspiring engineers on what they can do to be successful in their career.