Engineering Conversations
by David deMontigny
Turning Oil into Fuel - Petroleum Refining 101: Matt Cooke
About this podcast
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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Thanks to JennyHDesign and SoulProdMusic for help with the artwork and music!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 79 episodes
- Turning Oil into Fuel - Petroleum Refining 101: Matt Cooke · 58 min · Episode 79Send us Fan Mail Did you know that the world uses a little more than 100 million barrels of oil per day? That oil is turned into a variety of products including gasoline, diesel…
- Becoming a Structural Engineer: Sean Kilback · 43 min · Episode 78Send us Fan Mail The modern world needs bridges, buildings, tunnels, dams, and other infrastructure for society, industry, and commercial businesses to function. The engineers…
- Improving Cancer Radiation Therapy: Jon Giambattista · 48 min · Episode 77Send us Fan Mail We are all affected by health care, including our own health and the health of friends and family. Did you know that there are opportunities for engineers to…
- 40 Years as a Mechanical Engineer: Kathryn Black · 51 min · Episode 76Send us Fan Mail Over the course of a long engineering career it is likely that the engineer will work in a variety of sectors and be exposed to many industries. Along the way…
- A Career in Design and Manufacturing: Josh Dumalski · 44 min · Episode 75Send us Fan Mail What does it take to manufacture complex industrial equipment? It takes a team of talented individuals to meet with the client and develop a feasible solution…
- A Love for Geotechnial Engineering: Ilyas Akram · 54 min · Episode 74Send us Fan Mail Did you know that before large civil projects are completed they have to undergo a geotechnical assessment? This is so the engineers can determine the structural…
- Ground-based Telescopes: Sarah Gajadhar · 47 min · Episode 73Send us Fan Mail How many of us have spent time star gazing at night? Most of us do this for fun, hoping to see a shooting star, spot a planet, or find a constellation…
- Maintenance and Reliability Engineering in Mining: Ibe Marcus · 50 min · Episode 72Send us Fan Mail Have you ever thought about how many items around your home are made from products that came from a mine? Whether it is copper, gold, aluminum, diamonds, or…
- Infrastructure and Project Management: Penny Popp · 43 min · Episode 71Send us Fan Mail Have you ever thought about starting your own business? There are a lot of engineers that end up starting their own consulting firms after they have gained…
- Manufacturing, Potash, and Agriculture: Greg Godwin · 39 min · Episode 70Send us Fan Mail When students graduate with an engineering degree, it is hard to know where their career will take them. The one certainty is that their engineering degree has…
- The 1st Energy Systems Graduates: Delaiya Dutchak and Michael Palsich · 32 min · Episode 69Send us Fan Mail Have you noticed that more and more engineering schools are starting to offer programs related to energy? The reason for this is that the world has an…
- From Production to Closure - An Oil Well Lifecycle: Leta Brisebois · 44 min · Episode 68Send us Fan Mail Have you ever seen a pumpjack in an oil field and wondered how long it has been there, or what will happen to it in the future? It turns out that the life of an…
- The Potash Industry - Talking with a Maintenance and Design Engineer: Julien Brazeau · 45 min · Episode 67Send us Fan Mail Did you know that potash is essential for food production around the world? Saskatchewan happens to account for roughly one third of all global potash…
- EYES - Educating Youth in Engineering and Science: Kevina Mullock and MacKenzie Chittenden · 49 min · Episode 66Send us Fan Mail In this episode we explore how we can nurture and encourage youth to consider a career path in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The…
- BONUS: Behind the Scenes on our 2nd Anniversary · 27 min · Episode 65Send us Fan Mail Can you believe this tiny little podcast project is already two years old? In this bonus episode, Justin Gwilliam comes back on the show to help celebrate the…
- From Petroleum Engineering to Agricultural Risk Modeling: Mehdi Mohammadpoor · 55 min · Episode 64Send us Fan Mail It is very difficult to predict the direction an engineering career will take as there are so many options. One certainty is that an engineer can always take…
- Air Quality and Environmental Engineering: Kevin McCullum · 50 min · Episode 63Send us Fan Mail Environmental engineering is a broad field that includes air, water, and soil engineering. Among those areas, air quality has broad impacts on the environment…
- Electrical Engineering Consulting: Trevor Chadwick · 43 min · Episode 62Send us Fan Mail The world relies on electricity for practically everything we do, including in our work lives and personal lives. Electrification has changed the world, and we…
- BONUS: Engineering Students in Offices Eating Pi · 48 min · Episode 61Send us Fan Mail To celebrate Pi Day, I invited some fourth-year engineering students to my office to eat some pie and talk about their experience in engineering! We will hear…
- Mining and Active Allyship: Jocelyn Peltier-Huntley · 53 min · Episode 60Send us Fan Mail Engineering careers can be dynamic, across many different sectors, and in new areas that require experience, a problem-solving lens, and perspective. In this…







