Last updated July 13, 2018 at 9:54 am
Job markets are rapidly changing, bringing new opportunities today that were never imagined before.
Evolving technologies mean students will face exciting prospects and challenges in their potential careers – they’ll need to find new solutions to current global issues and solve problems that may not even exist yet.
Australia’s social, environmental and economic prosperity depends on how they embrace this future, and it starts with the transferable skills and multi-disciplinary capabilities of STEM education and training.
This video series features inspiring STEM & Entrepreneurship leaders, highlighting their career journeys and achievements in diverse STEM fields across Australia.
STELR’s aim is to promote an awareness of the countless STEM study paths and careers, the nature of their work and real world impact.
We hope to empower students to pursue their own solutions and seek opportunities for innovation to become change makers themselves.
Anjali Jaiprakash is a RoboBiologist – bringing together biology and robotics to build better medical robots.
By bringing together her medical research background and robotic engineering, Anjali is working to improve the development of robots within medical systems. She hopes that she can help provide surgeons with affordable and precise robotic tools that enhance surgery, providing better results for patients.
Belinda Grealy – Area Business Manager SE Region and New Zealand – Australia, Pacific and Indonesia, Orica
Belinda manages the provision of blasting services for mining industries.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Davina Rooney – General Manager – Sustainability, Stockland
Davina is a sustainability manager who works with property developments and property management. Davina is passionate about finding sustainability solutions to improve the environment and create thriving communities.
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Dr Anjali Jaiprakash – Advance QLD Research Fellow – Medical & Healthcare Robotics, ARC Centre of Excellence for Robotic Vision, QUT
Anjali developed robotic systems to support surgeons performing knee operations. The technology can be applied to other situations including a retina diagnostic system.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Dr Cass Hunter – Indigenous Social Ecological Researcher, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
Cass develops tools to help support #Indigenous communities manage and plan how they are adapting to the effects of #climate change and other priority issues.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Dr Catherine Ball – CEO & Co-founder, SheFlies, World of Drones Congress, Remote Research Ranges
Catherine works on projects where #Drones, #Robotics and #Tech meet environmental protection and more.
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Dr Jaclyn Brown – Senior Research Scientist, Agriculture and Food, CSIRO
Jaci develops #climate decision tools and #digital #agriculture applications to help Australian farmers plan and improve their harvests.
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Dr Jill Cainey – Global Applications Director – Energy Storage, S&C Electric Australia
Jill’s career has ranged from being an atmospheric chemistry and climatology researcher to being a primary school teacher and finally to being an authority in energy storage.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Dr Marianne Foley – Arup Fellow, Principal Fire Engineering, Australasian Consulting Sector Leader, Arup
Marianne works with design teams to create buildings and infrastructure that are fire-safe.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Dr Pia Winberg – Director, CEO & Chief Scientist, Venus Shell Systems and PhycoHealth
Pia is developing marine food production systems that are sustainably integrated with the environment in collaboration with aquaculture industries.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Dr Vanessa Rauland – Co-founder and CEO of ClimateClever (previously known as SimplyCarbon)
Research Fellow, Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP)
Vanessa is an #Entrepreneur and researcher focused on #decarbonising schools, low carbon urban development and community scale #renewable #energy
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Ella Gross – Design Engineer, Jacobs
Ella works on #water #infrastructure projects.
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Emily de la Peña – Founder, Coding Kids
After working as a traffic engineer, Emily founded a company that runs computer and coding clubs in schools.
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Dr Kate Lomas – Co-founder, Inventor & Chief Technology Officer, Hemideina
Dr Elizabeth Williams – Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hemideina
Kate discovered a new insect hearing organ that has inspired her to revolutionise the cochlear implant, she partnered with Liz to Co-found a MedTech start-up.
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Thinking about careers and choosing which subjects to do in high school can be confusing.
Find out how STELR’s inspiring Women in STEM & Entrepreneurship found their way.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Ivana Popovac – Manager, Systems Engineering, Cochlear Limited
Ivana was the lead #Design #Engineer working on a next-generation cochlear implant, the first in the world to incorporate mobile phone technology.
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Julie Shuttleworth – former General Manager, Solomon Mine, now Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Fortescue Metals Group
Julie’s career in mining has gone from working as a metallurgist, extracting metal out of rock, to managing entire mine sites.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Niki Robinson – Manager of Water and Sewerage Infrastructure Regulation, Office of the Technical Regulator, Department of Premier and Cabinet, South Australia
Niki works on technical regulation of the water services industry, she is the first female President of Engineers Australia (SA).
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Sarah Last – Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, MimicTec
Sarah is an AgTech inventor who has invented a device that encourages chick survival at early stages of life.
See more STEM & Entrepreneurship Career Videos at: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Sheena Ong – Graduate Engineer, Ekistica
Sheena works on renewable energy projects. She’s also produced a documentary and is passionate about engineering solutions for humanitarian development.
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Sonja Basson – former Principal Engineer – Renewable Energy, AECOM (currently Technical Director Renewables, Aurecon)
Sonja works with clients to develop and design #renewable #energy projects.
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Curious about STEM careers? Be a Change Maker!
STEM is an inspiring force for solving problems in the world and making a difference to people’s lives.
Find out about the individual career journeys and study pathways of the Women in STEM & Entrepreneurship featured in this video by visiting: stelr.org.au/WomenInSTEM
Curious about Entrepreneurship?
How to go from having an idea, to making it real?
These Women in STEM are each on their own unique journeys as entrepreneurs while also making a difference.
Find out more about their careers at stelr.org/BeAChangeMaker
Inoka Amarasekara
Inoka Amarasekara joined ATSE in June 2017 as Women in STEM Entrepreneurship (WISE) Project Officer. A recent graduate of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at ANU, her Master's thesis explored the YouTube science communication gender gap. Inoka has had previous experience in admin, research and advertising.
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