Winter 2024
Valued at Work has two protagonists – Steve and Markus. Steve works directly for the CEO in a tech company and has traditional thinking aligning to his traditional career. His organization has high female attrition and lately has lost work due to lack of innovative approaches. Markus is a senior...
“Working at sea exposes me to peculiar challenges. I appreciate this because it opens my mind, keeps me alert and builds my problem-solving capacity. The versatility in skills obtained at sea is second to none. I get to function in several roles and manage them effectively. The multicultural environment helps...
Nuclear Energy: “Not A Science Problem; It’s A Policy Problem”
The Miss America competition, no longer referred to as a “pageant,” (and certainly not a “bathing suit revue,” as the first competition was christened in 1921), provides the winner with a global platform from which to spread a message she’s passionate about. The current titleholder, Grace Stanke, a graduate of...
Released as part of the 40th edition of The Griffith Review in April 2013, this was my first formally published piece of work. I wrote it at [the] urging of the incredible Julianne Shultz, editor of the Review at the time, whom I served with on the Queensland Design Council....
Kara Branch, Founder, Black Girls Do Engineer
Rebecca Ponton: Please provide some information on your background – where you grew up, the hobbies and interests you had, and what you aspired to be when you grew up. Kara Branch: I am from Port Arthur, Texas, a little town that houses the world’s largest refinery and many chemical...
Family Values, Spousal Sacrifice Pays Off for Badlands Tank Lines
Roger Johnson, CEO, Badlands Tank Lines, recently announced new Bakken assets acquired from Marathon Oil on The Crude Life Media Network. During the interview, the CEO discussed how Badlands Tank Lines has grown over the past several years to become one of the largest oilfield service trucking companies in the...
Military Veteran and Geologist James Bollich From the Service to the Subsurface
In 1921, the first BCG vaccination against tuberculosis is given, in Paris, France… the World Series baseball game is first broadcast on the radio… future American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is diagnosed with polio… physicist, chemist and two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie publishes The Discovery of Radium… James...
Mohit Kumar Discusses Significant Influences on His Career
Emmanuel Sullivan: Tell us about your current role in your organization, as well as how you found your job. Mohit Kumar: I am a Location Account Manager based in Anchorage, Alaska. I work for Schlumberger (SLB), the largest oil and gas service provider in the world. In this role, I...
Q&A With Petroleum Engineer Maureen Nwangene
Rebecca Ponton: How did you decide to become a petroleum engineer? What motivated you to then earn a master’s in chemical engineering? Maureen Nwangene: My journey toward becoming a petroleum engineer was strongly rooted in a lifelong passion for STEM that emerged during my secondary school years. This organic interest...
Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and imagine the sweet scent of a wood fire. The smell from this most primeval heating method summons intense memories for most of us. For those in North America, the scent often connects us to Mother Nature or family gatherings. Yet, for over...
Interview with Kumar Mahalingam, Procurement Engineer
Alan Alexeyev: Tell us a little bit about your current position and what you do, as well as how you found a job. Kumar Mahalingam: I am currently working as a procurement engineer in the hydraulic fracturing department at CUDD Energy Services. I started as a field engineer in 2017....