Above and Beyond REA Foundation

Thomas Agars is an alumnus of F1 in Schools. In 2012 he was part of the F1 in Schools World Championship winning team Cold Fusion. As part of the prize for becoming World Champion, he had the opportunity to study Aeronautical Engineering at London City University. He has recently returned to Australia to take up a role in the Space industry. An amazing story of success and no one said he couldn't.

Travis Hillman is a Talent Acquisition Specialist for Naval Group Australia, a French company and Prime Contractor for the Australian Future Submarine Project, a project that will span 50+ years and require the development of a wide range of skills to bring the project to fruition. Travis brings us all up to speed on the career opportunities in the project, and in much broader terms, defence industries in Australia.

Tim MacDonald is an Engineer who has been to places where legends emerge. He recently returned from a journey to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Located in the western Pacific east of the Philippines, the Mariana Trench is a crescent-shaped scar in the Earth's crust. It measures more than 2,550 kilometres in length, 69 kilometres in width and is 11.9 kilometres deep. Few people have ever been to the bottom. Tim is one of them.
A fantastic story about a young Engineer who followed his passions, combining a love for Engineering with a love for the sea.

Helping students understand that "No one said they couldn't" is a mantra at REA. Senator Rex Patrick is an example of this manta. Senator Patrick attended school in Whyalla South Australia before he entered the Navy where his first role was in the scullery. Senator Patrick became a submariner before transitioning into private enterprise as a specialist in acoustics. More recently he entered the Australian Senate representing South Australia. What Senator Patrick learnt growing up in a steel town, in a Navy scullery and as a submariner has served him well in the halls of Parliament House. Nothing has held him back because no one said he couldn't.

Teachers are the secret ingredient in the educational fuel that sets our children on their pathway to success. Frank Bieshaar is a teacher at Catholic Regional College North Keilor, north-west of Melbourne. Frank is unassuming by nature but is one of those teachers you remember from your days at school: The teacher who made school fun and enjoyable. Frank's involvement in F1 in Schools goes back some 14 years. He talks to
Dr Myers about the value of STEM education, his thoughts on changes to the education system, which may improve outcomes and the teaching wisdom he has gained over his illustrious career.

Isak Bowden-Floyd is a graduate Ocean Engineer currently working as an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Engineer at the Autonomous Maritime Systems Laboratory (AMSL) at the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania. His scope of work includes
conducting research and development and managing operation and maintenance of both large AUV's and small ROV's. Isak discusses his career journey through Engineering and the cool projects he undertakes.