One of Australia’s cutting-edge research facilities wants to help young engineers get ahead.

Young Engineers Australia has organised ‘Industry Leaders Share’; an event to put aspiring professionals in contact with giants of the local field.

One of the key speakers at this year’s event, Dr Cory Hamelin, Structural Materials Engineer at ANSTO, says such events are vital for the engagement of early-career engineers.

“By sharing our experiences in the context of interesting and often unique engineering challenges, we hope to provide valuable insight into how industry professionals successfully manage and deploy both small- and large-scale engineering projects,” says Dr Hamelin.

“This type of information is scarce for young engineers in or just out of academia, yet is extremely important if these engineers wish to apply their skills effectively in industry.”

ANSTO is the perfect place for the presentation of captivating projects to inspire young engineers.

Dr Hamelin’s own work looks at numerical modelling of structural materials, and simulation of the processes applied to them.

“We possess many characterisation, testing and simulation capabilities that are unique in Australia,” he says, adding “a great example is the Kowari neutron strain scanner.”

Measurements performed using the Kowari instrument, combined with sophisticated materials modelling and process simulation within the Institute of Materials Engineering, are used to address frequent engineering problems in the power, mining, transport and pipeline industries.

More information is available at the ANSTO site.