Like math? Celebrate Fibonacci Day this year
Adriaan Roets12 September, 2022
This year on 23 November the world is celebrating Fibonacci Day to acknowledge a famous Fibonacci Sequence. It makes sense, the Fibonacci Sequence is a sequence of numbers that changed math and our understanding of the natural environment forever. If you’re not an Engineering student or missed the day in...Read More
Engineering Stories From Around the World
Adriaan Roets15 August, 2022
In our July EIT Newsletter, we ran a competition, inviting newsletter subscribers to tell us about their lives, careers and what engineering means to them. We are glad to announce the first winners of the competition, and we approached them to share their unique stories with us. The entries in...Read More
What is Graduate Diploma, and do I need it?
Adriaan Roets15 August, 2022
If you completed a degree, or you are working as an engineer at the level of Engineering Technologist after you graduated you may have pondered how, when and why to start a Master's degree to further accelerate your career and additionally gain specialized knowledge. Photo by Himal Rana on Unsplash...Read More
On the Road To Becoming a Civil Engineer
Adriaan Roets15 August, 2022
Cities, roads, and life would be near impossible to imagine without the work of Civil Engineers. The discipline is one of many hats – and also a fascinating field to look into. Because to build a career as a Civil Engineer you need more than mere knowledge of structures. You...Read More
EIT’s Deputy Dean inducted as Engineers Australia Fellow
Adriaan Roets and Indumathi V26 July, 2022
To become an Engineers Australia Fellow you need to live and breathe engineering. In fact, according to Engineers Australia (EA) membership as a Fellow at the organization is regarded as the highest level of membership. Newly elected WA President Jodey Brockhurst and Indumathi V, EIT's Deputy Dean. Picture: EA In fact,...Read More
IDC Earthing Conference Birmingham 2022
Adriaan Roets12 July, 2022
We look back at the IDC Earthing Conference Birmingham 2022 held in May where EIT staff came together to support IDC Technologies in the UK for, what everyone considers an amazing time back after a few years of no face-to-face gatherings. The conference ran over two days and covered many...Read More
How to Become a Mechanical Engineer
Adriaan Roets8 July, 2022
Mechanical Engineering is vast, and if you were from a career perspective to box it in, it won’t be an easy task. Prospective careers for qualified mechanical engineers include work in manufacturing, design-drafting, fluid power engineering, automation, lubricant technology, automotive engineering, thermal engineering, mining, marine, aerospace and oil and gas...Read More
How to Become an Electrical Engineer and Why
Adriaan Roets14 June, 2022
The textbook definition says that electrical engineering is “the branch of engineering that deals with the practical application of the theory of electricity to the construction of machinery, power supplies, and so on”. What Do Electrical Engineers Do? Because electricity is all around us, electrical engineers are employed across a...Read More
Plant Residue That Generates Electricity: EIT Academics Contribute To Sustainability Education In India
Adriaan Roets, Dr Milind Siddhpura, Dr Arti Siddhpura and Harisinh Parmar13 June, 2022
Biomass power production will play an important part in the sustainable energy future. So when the call came to academically contribute to sustainability, three EIT academics jumped at the opportunity. Dr Harisinh Parmar our Lab coordinator, Dr Milind Siddhpura, Course coordinator for Mechanical Engineering and Dr Arti Siddhpura a Lecturer...Read More
World Ocean Day: Dropping the ‘s’ but not sustainability
Adriaan Roets7 June, 2022
World Ocean Day is here for us all, including engineers, to think about what we can do to protect our precious oceans. In 2022 World Ocean Day is changing. If you’re a supporter of the annual event that focuses on the ocean you would have noticed the logo changed this...Read More