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Engineers create the world around us. Right now our world's designers do not represent the people that live in it.

Felicity is passionate about increasing diversity and has has a real impact in shifting perceptions of engineering and mathematics for high school students, university students and corporate Australia.

Through Machinam, Power of Engineering, speaking and her corporate career as an engineer Felicity is demonstrating engineering can be diverse, creative and innovative.

 

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TEDx

QUTChange

Females powering engineering

At TEDxQUTChange Felicity invites you to ask yourself "what is normal" and what are the gender stereotypes we wound up with.

Drawing on her learnings from engaging high school students, Felicity highlights how we can all shift the perceptions of engineering and gender roles in our society.

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ABC News 24 Interview

can the local australian engineering shortage be solved by more female engineers?

Australia's infrastructure plans, new space agency and defence projects could all be in jeopardy unless a severe shortage in the number of homegrown engineers is reversed.

Felicity is interviewed on ABC News 24 about co-founding Power of Engineering and how it works to inspire more women into engineering.

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EY Women in Leadership

EY Women in leadership series

As part of EY's Women in Leadership series, EY speaks to some of Australia's successful and inspirational business women who have made a difference in their chosen fields and in their communities.

Learn more about Felicity's story and what inspired her to start Power of Engineering.

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Felicity has been featured in a variety of media including national television, print, radio and online reaching over 26 million views. 

 
 
 
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Australian Financial Review

Engineering change by creating a vision and getting people on board

By Catherine Fox

Sometimes influence is hard to measure but Felicity ­Briody can almost see it happening in front of her eyes when she talks to school students about a career in engineering.

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BOSS Magazine

The laser focus of BOSS Young Executives

by jessica sier

To be the one who makes the final call day in and day out takes a certain type of confidence. Felicity Furey, believes backing yourself is the most crucial aspect of leadership.

“This isn’t about being corny, it’s about knowing what you know and making a decision,” she says. “It took starting a not-for-profit organisation for me to realise how beneficial taking risks and backing myself was to all aspects of my life.”

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ABC News

Push for women to help solve engineer shortage 

By madeleine morris

Australia's infrastructure plans, new space agency and defence projects could all be in jeopardy unless a severe shortage in the number of homegrown engineers is reversed.

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ProBono Australia

Engineering a Difference

by Rachel mcfadden

Female engineers are few and far between but this is something a trio of female civil engineers turned social entrepreneurs are hoping to change.

There have been more than a few occasions where Felicity Furey felt she didn’t quite fit in.

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Centenary Hero Felicity Furey

When Felicity Furey noticed the unequal gender representation in engineering, she decided to do something about it.

 

Awards

Felicity has been recognised for her leadership and work inspiring the next generation into engineering, promoting diversity and her professional career through numerous awards.

 

Awards include:

  • Centenary Hero - Celebrating 100 Year of Engineers Australia 2019, Engineers Australia

  • Superstar of STEM 2019 - 2020, Science and Technology Australia

  • Innovative Engineer of 2018, Engineers Australia

  • Young Executive of the Year 2016, Australian Financial Review BOSS Magazine

  • Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence Winner 2014, QUT

  • Young Achiever Award 2013, National Association of Women in Construction

  • Finalist Outstanding Alumni Awards 2013, QUT

  • Young Social Pioneer 2013, Foundation for Young Australians

  • 100 Women of Influence, Australian Financial Review and Westpac

 

Machinam connects what students are learning in class to the real world with interactive maths resources

 
 

Felicity is a founding Director and the Chief Marketing Officer of Machinam.

Machinam's vision is to increase participation in high school mathematics by making it relevant and engaging.

This is achieved through 

  • authentic, relevant, real world, digital mathematics resources for year 9 and 10 students that are mapped to the Australian curriculum called In Real Life
  • teacher resources and professional development workshops

 

Felicity developed and implemented the school engagement strategy, expanding Machinam's reach to Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

Backed by Angel Investor Andy Grieg (ACAC Innovation), this innovative company has received awards from 

  • QUT Bluebox Innovation Challenge
  • Foundation for Young Australian's Pitch Up
  • Nexus 10 x 10 Pitch Up

 

Learn more at www.machinam.com.

 

87%

OF STUDENTS saw how the maths they learnt with in real life could be used in the real world

1,570+

STUDENTS HAVE USED MACHINAM's IN REAL LIFE MATHS RESOURCE

 

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Schools have used machinam's in real life

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STATes in australia

 
 
 

Power of Engineering runs free one day events for high school students to shift their perception of engineering.

 
 

Felicity is the co-founder of Power of Engineering and led the organisation as President for six years.

Power of Engineering's signature one day event program involves hands on workshops, inspiring speakers and real life site tours of engineering. These events inspire females and regional students about engineering careers prior aiming to influence their subject selection into maths and science. 

In 2018 students who attended the program in 2012 will be graduating from university.

 

As the organisations 

 

 

75+

events held across australia

8,000+

high school students reached

75%

of students who were a 'no' to considering a career in engineering before the day changed their mind to a 'yes' after the event

 
 
 

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