Oshkosh

I was able to attend Airventure again this year on Monday. Although I always like going there, and was able to meet some people for work and personal reasons, it was extra special because I got to spend a few hours there with my grandfather. My grandfather Elroy, was the first person to take me to Oshkosh way back in 1985. That trip left a memorable impression on me with all the various types of airplanes, from homebuilts, to...

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SWIEIT Speakers' Program - Riverina Road Trip

On Monday 30 July, Sydney Women in Engineering and IT Speakers' Amy (BE-mechanical) and Rochelle (BInfTech) travelled to the Riverina region of rural NSW to speak to over 120 female students in Years 7-12. After a frosty morning with ice on the windscreen of the hire-car, first up was the school hall at Murrumburrah High School where the speakers engaged a lovely group of girls with their journey about wanting to study engineering...

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SWIEIT Speakers' visit - Mitchell High School Blacktown

Sydney Women in Engineering and IT Speakers' Jenny and Laura had the pleasure of speaking to a lovely group of year 10 and year 11 girls at Mitchell High School Blacktown on Friday 27 July. Jenny who grew up in the area and attended nearby Quaker's Hill Public school, opened up to the girls about her love for robotics and mechatronic systems, transition from TAFE Meadowbank to UTS:Engineering and all that has happened since including...

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FEIT Public Lecture - TIM (Thought-controlled Intelligent Machine): A New Smart Wheelchair for People with Severe Physical Disability

Today in Australia there are around 700 thousand people living with severe disability, and many do not have access to any form of independence in mobility. To address this issue a hands-free, smart wheelchair named TIM (Thought-controlled Intelligent Machine) has been created at the University of Technology, Sydney. This smart wheelchair...

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M10 Homecoming

It is a very exciting weekend for us here at Cirrus as the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) holds their annual "migration" which this year returns to Duluth. The new employees in Engineering are just as excited as us "veterans" to see all these airplanes on the ramp. A great benefit for me is it gives me another chance to meet...

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