The Built Environment and Engineering Dean's Scholars (BEEDS) Alumni Group strives to create a prestigious group of highly coveted engineers. This exclusive group is open to both graduates and undergraduates of the BEE Faculty Dean's Scholars Program. We aim to provide networking and professional development opportunities through the organisation of events between alumni members, industry and QUT.
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Professional Development Seminar: Is an 'Entrepreneurial Engineer' an Oxymoron
21 August 2007
Tuesday night saw the first in what is hoped to be a series of BEEDS Alumni speaker events. Some 26 attendees, including Dean’s scholars, BEE students and staff braved the weather to attend this seminar. Mr David Heydon, the CEO of Nautilus Minerals gave an illuminating presentation on his experiences at Nautilus Minerals. These experiences highlighted his entrepreneurial spirit in transforming a small upstart business in Brisbane into a global player in undersea mining.
Mr Heydon challenged the audience to “take the biggest risks when you’re young when you don’t have much to lose if you do lose you can still go back to your parents, your friends…”. His presentation also highlighted many of the novel challenges encountered by Nautilus Minerals in the exploration of the resources on the seafloor and extracting them in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Following the presentation, all participants were able to network over some finger food.
Many thanks goes out to all those involved and also to the BEE faculty and Nautilus Minerals for their kind support of the event – without it, the event would not have been a success. Special thanks also go out to Mr Heydon for his inspirational talk and support of the event.
David Heydon
Pizza and Soccer in the Park
6 August 2007
The semester 2 pizza and soccer in the park event was held on 6th August in the Botanic Gardens. Some 20 Dean’s scholars from alumni members to first years came to enjoy some free pizza, fizzy drinks and some soccer.
However, it appeared that the stress of study had worn out the Dean’s scholars which resulted in some low energy kicking to complement the high energy pizza! Under the cool of the shelter, protected from the burning sun, alumni Dean’s scholars shared old war stories from the programme with the younger Dean’s scholars.
This event also saw the addition of Liam to the BEEDS committee. Overall, theday was a success and many thanks go out to all those who made the event possible.
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