Student Connect
Speakers
Meet our speakers
Our online student conference features a lineup of inspiring speakers from across industry and academia, sharing their insights, experiences, and advice with students. Check back regularly, as we’ll be adding new speakers in the lead-up to the event.
Rachelle Doyle
Chair, IChemE in Australia Board
Rachelle is a chemical engineer (FICHEME, FTSE; CEng) with over 20 years of experience delivering transformative solutions across the energy, minerals processing, mining, and heavy industry sectors.
Suzanne Hay
Chair, IChemE in New Zealand Board
Suzanne is a professional chemical engineer with over twenty years in the engineering consulting industry. She is currently a Principal at Beca in process engineering, in the Auckland Industrial team.
Dr Trevor Stuthridge
CEO – Co-Founder - CETOGENIX
In addition to senior executive roles in a range of R&D organisations, Trevor has led deployment of spin-out platforms, served as Chair/Director for multiple start-up, commercial and R&D companies, and as strategic advisor for industry/academic research consortia.
Dr Michael Akindeju
Adjunct Associate Professor, IISS, Federation University & Principal Consulting Process Engineer, MKPro Engineering Pty Ltd
Michael is the Principal Consulting Process Engineer at MKPro Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, and an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Federation university, Australia
Lucas Bullen
Process Engineering Manager, Altris Engineering
Lucas is a Chartered Chemical Engineer and process engineering manager at Altris Engineering, specialising in hydrometallurgy and critical minerals refinery design.
Emma King
Senior Process Engineer at GHD
Process Engineer with broad experience in production supervision, project management and technical support. Particularly interested in continuing to expand experience in design engineering and onsite project management.
Hugh Barlow
Senior Capture Lead, Global CCS Institute
Hugh is the Senior Capture Lead for Carbon Capture Technology at the Global CCS Institute based in Melbourne, Australia. Hugh is a chemical engineer, and before joining the Institute, he worked in the industrial gases sector in Australia and New Zealand.
Angus McFarland
Principle Scientist, Rio Tinto
Angus works with Rio Tinto Iron Ore as a Principal Scientist in a role focussed on how to manage mine tailings more effectively in the future.