Professional Development
Eminent Speaker Series
The Eminent Speaker Program enables members to hear presentations by notable persons from Australia and Overseas on key topics of interest to the profession across a range of disciplines.
The Current Speakers section will be updated regularly as tours are organised by the National discipline Colleges & Committees of Engineers Australia.
The Past Speakers section allows you to access the presentation slides & video-streamed presentations of speakers you may have missed over the past months.
There is now a $10 charge for non-members to attend any of the Eminent Speaker Presentations. Payment is required at registration for the presentation applicable.
Hosted by the College of Biomedical Engineering Dr Martin Ferguson-Pell is the Dean of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta, which is the only free standing faculty of rehabilitation medicine in Canada. The Faculty has two Rehabilitation Research Centers and four Research Groups with research funding awards in excess of $5M. The Faculty has strong links to Calgary and strengthens rural practice in rehabilitation through collaboration with the East Central Health Region and University of Alberta Augustana Faculty in Camrose. |
Presentations:
Download the Dr Martin Ferguson-Pell - Eminent Speaker Series Flyer (PDF 173KB)
REGISTER ONLINE TO ATTEND A PRESENTATION
- Brisbane
Date: Fri 27th August
Time: 12noon for 12.30pm Start
Location: Auditorium, Engineers Australia Queensland Division
447 Upper Edward St, Brisbane CBD - Sydney
Date: Mon 30th August
Time: 12noon for 12.30pm Start
Location: Charles Blunt Conference Rm, Coorabel Bldg
Royal Rehab Centre, 227 Morrison Rd, Ryde - Melbourne
Date: Tues 31st August
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm Start
Location: Auditorium, Engineers Australia Victoria Division
21 Bedford St, North Melbourne - Adelaide
Date: Thurs 2nd September
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm Start
Location: Rm S111, Engineering Sth Bldg, University of Adelaide
(access via Gate 5, Frome Rd) - Perth
Date: Mon 6th September
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm Start
Location: Lecture Theatre, 2nd Flr, Thorburn House, Royal Perth Hospital
6-8 Selby St, Shenton Park
Hosted by the College Of Information, Telecommunications & Electronic Engineering Topic: The Engineering Leadership required in the development of Complex Systems As the Chief Technology Officer of Raytheon, Terry is responsible for the introduction of new technology, R&D and the leadership of all aspects of engineering across the company. Terry graduated from the NSW Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and also from UTS with a Doctorate in Telecommunications. He has recently completed a MBA through QUT. Prior to Raytheon, Terry was the Technical Director of Boeing, Data Communications Manager & Group Engineering Manager for Stanilite Electronics and a private consultant. He currently sits on a number of business and academic advisory boards and has a joint international patent in Spread Spectrum Communications |
Presentations:
Download the Dr Terry Stevenson - Eminent Speaker Series Flyer (PDF 172KB)
REGISTER ONLINE FOR ALL PRESENTATIONS
- Canberra
Monday 13th September
5.30pm for 6pm Start
Auditorium, Engineers Australia Canberra Division, 11 National Cct, Barton - Brisbane
Thursday 16th September
5.30pm for 6pm Start
Location TBA - Melbourne
Wednesday 6th October
5.30pm for 6pm Start
Location TBA - Adelaide
Thursday 7th October
5.30pm for 6pm Start
Sir Robert Chapman Theatre, Engineers Australia SA Division, Level 11, 108 King William St, Adelaide CBD - Perth
Friday 8th October
12noon for 12.30pm Start
Auditorium, Engineers Australia WA Divsion, 712 Murray St, West Perth - Sydney
Wednesday 13th October
5.30pm for 6pm Start
Location: 1, John Niland Scientia Building, Library Road, UNSW (Off Anzac Pde, Kensington) - Hobart - This presentation is yet to be scheduled
Date TBA
5.30pm for 6pm Start
Location TBA
- Townsville - This presentation is yet to be scheduled
Date TBA
5.30pm for 6pm Start
Location TBA - Darwin - This presentation is yet to be scheduled
Date TBA
12noon for 12.30pm Start
Engineers Australia Northern Division Office, 14 Shepherd St, Darwin CBD
Power from the Deserts for a Sustainable Energy ProvisionHosted by the College of Chemical Engineering |
On June 13th, 2009, an industrial consortium consisting of 12 major companies announced their intention to initiate a 400 billion Euro project with the aim to supply by 2050 15% of the European electricity from solar thermal power plants in North Africa. This so-called Desertec Project has its roots in detailed studies elaborated by the German Aerospace Center. In this lecture, the Desertec project and its integration into a wider concept to achieve both security and sustainability of electricity provision for Europe, North Africa and the Middle East are outlined. A technology roadmap for solar thermal power plants is presented and the required R&D efforts are identified. This includes heat storage in the GWh-range for temperatures up to 800°C, direct steam generation at 500°C within hundreds of kilome tres of absorber tubes of parabolic trough collectors, central receivers to provide pressurized gas at 1000°C for solar gas turbine plants, resource-efficient cooling of condensers, transient models of multi-scale processes for optimised process control as well as solar thermal desalination, fuel up-grading and hydrogen production systems. Innovative concepts already realised in recently completed solar thermal power plants are reported, together with on-going research activities and recently proposed new ideas. Electricity from solar thermal power plants may become cost-competitive with midload electricity from conventional power plants within 10-15 years, but there is still a wide scope of improvements to drive costs down even further. The large scale of construction, the high temperatures and the naturally transient operation provide formidable challenges for academic and industrial R&D.
Prof. Müller-Steinhagen has been the Director of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics of the German Aerospace Centre. His research work covers a wide range of topics related to heat and mass transfer, multi-phase flow, fuel cells, solar technology and process thermodynamics. He is the author of more than 550 books and articles, and was awarded the 1992 and 1993 TMS Bauxite Processing Awards, the 1994 Light Metals Award, the Beilby Medal and Prize, the UK Heat Transfer Society Mike Akrill Trophy, the Best Paper 2000 in the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering and the AIChE D.Q. Kern Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the IChemE, President of EUROTHERM, member of the Innovation Council and of the Sustainability Council of the State of Baden-Württemberg, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative. As of August 2010, Prof Müeller-Steinhagen is now the Rector of the Technical University of Dresden.
Presentations:
REGISTER ONLINE TO ATTEND A PRESENTATION
- Melbourne - Thursday 30th September
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm Start
Venue: Auditorium, Engineers Australia VIC Division, 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne
- Sydney - Wednesday 6th October
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm Start
Venue: Holme Sutherland Room, Holme Building, Science Road, University of Sydney Main Campus
- Brisbane - Thursday 7th October
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm Start
Venue: Auditorium, Engineers Australia Qld Division, 447 Upper Edward St, Brisbane CBD
- Perth - Monday 11th October
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm Start
Venue: Auditorium, Engineers Australia WA Division, 712 Murray Street, West Perth
- Prof Mueller-Steinhagen is also one of the Keynote speakers at the 2010 CHEMECA Conference being held in Adelaide 26-29 September.
Details: http://www.chemeca2010.com
More Information
Currently Touring
Upcoming Speakers
- Prof Hans Müeller-Steinhagen
Topic: Power from the Deserts for a Sustainable Energy Provision - Ken Brown
2009 National Professional Electrical Engineer of the Year - Dianne Boddy
2010 AGM Michell Medal Mechanical Engineer of the Year
Topic: Engineering Design - Terry Stevenson
CTO, Raytheon Australia
2010-2011 Series Supporting Partners
- Visit the Spruson & Ferguson website at www.sprusons.com.au
- Visit the Opus website at www.opus.com.au
- Visit the Sinclair Knight Merz website at www.globalskm.com
Enquiries
Nina Lenz
Eminent Speaker Program Coordinator
eminentspeakerseries@engineersaustralia.org.au
P: 02 6270 6548




