World Engineering Day : Creating a better place for the next generation
A career in engineering is providing Agnes Mukumba with the opportunity to think outside of the box, solve problems and help make the world a better place.
Graduate engineer Agnes Mukumba enjoyed her mechanical engineering internship with Nexxis so much she is now helping us inspire a new generation, and encourage women, in the rapidly emerging fields of engineering, technology and robotics.
As a child growing up in Zimbabwe, Agnes loved using anything she could find to make toys with her hands.
After moving to Australia in 2016, her passion for engineering led her to Edith Cowan University, where she completed a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours). A four-month internship with Nexxis in her final year of university allowed her to get hands-on, industry experience – and ultimately a job.
As well as working on solving complex industry problems for Nexxis clients, Agnes is relishing the chance to share her knowledge and give back to budding engineers through our engineering programs, including our schools-based robotics academies.
“It’s very important that we inspire students, especially females, that they can be engineers,” she says. “We have lower rate of females in science, technology and engineering field and being a role model to them at a young age can make a difference in the future.”
“Engineering is all about problem solving, being creative and thinking outside the box, designing, building structures and products, maintenance, and trying to make the world a better place.”
“What I really love most about my job is the satisfaction that comes with working with a client to find a solution to their problem. It is fantastic to see a project, which started as an idea, blossom into life.”
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Liam Hanna has more than 15 years in the industrial technology sector, holding senior positions within Product Management, Sales, Marketing and Business Development.
Starting his career in as a Product and Application Specialist for Remote Visual Inspection within the EMEA, Liam learned very quickly that a dynamic approach is required in order to provide customers with the best possible solution.
This quickly expanded to include Senior Marketing responsibilities of the entire Scientific Solutions portfolio for the Maintenance Market including Non-Destructive Testing, Analytical Instrumentation and Microscopy Equipment.
With a strong customer focus, Liam has spent many years and continues to travel Globally. Working closely with stakeholders, namely global organisations, distributors and end users for support or acquisition, learning from them to help develop market driven products for the future.
Liam joins Nexxis where he will continue to use his experience to help customers in all industry segments, championing Nexxis’ approach to reinventing the way people, machines and businesses work together, Globally.
