May-2025 GREG Speaking Event

Design of the South Geelong to Waurn Ponds Rail Duplication Project

GREG AGM 2025 for the Financial Year 2024

Geelong Regional Engineers Group - AGM 2025

We are pleased to announce that the GREG AGM will be held on Thursday 27st of March 2025 and trust that you will be able to attend. The AGM will be held at The Davidson, The Gordon, 2 Fenwick Street, Geelong, at 6:00 pm

GREG Technical Tour - 5-Feb-2025

Pooseum of Modern F(Art)

The first event for 2025, is a Technical Tour and networking, with finger food and refreshment at the end.

GREG Speaking Event - 12-Dec-2024

GREG 2024 End of Year Meeting

Why not Nuclear Energy

The last event for 2024, will be a discussion on Nuclear Energy Power Generation by Ian Burston.

Engineers Country Weekend - 12-13 Oct 2024

Regional Affiliation Event

Welcome to the 2024 Engineers Weekend in South Gippsland.

Sep-2024 - GREG Site Visit

The Role of Energy Storage Systems in the Renewable Energy Microgrid Progression - September-2024

Presented by, Dr Saman Goji, PhD, BEng, IEEE, who is a senior lecturer in electrical and renewable energy engineering at Deakin University, School of Engineering, recipient of several best paper awards from IEEE Australia Council and IEEE Asia Pacific for his contributions to efficient power conversion in renewable energy systems.

Australian Water Association event in Geelong

An event that may be of interest to GREG Members

Tuesday June 25th from 17:30 till 20:00 at Geelong Hub, Deakin Waterfront Campus

National Trust Whats-On June-2024

National Trust Whats-On June-2024

The Geelong & Region Branch of the National Trust are holding an exhibition of James Harrison’s Refrigeration for Worlds Refrigeration Day.

Jul-2024 - GREG Speaking Event

Investigation & Repair of Concrete Structures - July-2024

Ian Godson is the founder and Principal Engineer of Infracorr Consulting. Ian will talk on aspects of infrastructure remedial engineering, including condition assessment, remedial design and cathodic protection design and installation of reinforced concrete structures

Online Continuous Thickness Monitoring - May-2024

Online Continuous Thickness Monitoring - May-2024

David Farnsworth a member of GREG will present; “Online Continuous Thickness Monitoring”. Online continuous thickness probes (e.g “Permasense®”) – Applications and real world concerns – on real time material loss, enabling better process control and integrity management. David is a materials and corrosion engineer with Viva Energy Aust. with a strong background in metals industry (aluminium research and production), automotive (metal component manufacture), hydrocarbon refinery (materials, corrosion and asset integrity),

AGM 2024 for the Financial Year to the end of 2023

Geelong Regional Engineers Group - AGM 2024

We are pleased to announce the GREG AGM on 21st of March 2024 and trust that you will be able to attend. The AGM will be held at The Davidson, The Gordon, 2 Fenwick Street, Geelong, at 6:00 pm

Stainless Steel Structural Design Live Webinar Oct-2023

Sustainable & Resilient Stainless Steel Structural Design

This webinar could qualify for CPD points

Your invitation awaits! This webinar offers a valuable opportunity to expand your knowledge about stainless steel, its sustainability, and its role in creating resilient structures. Whether you’re a professional in the industry or simply interested in these topics, attending can enhance your understanding and keep you well-informed.

IPWEA Engineers Country Weekend - 20-22 Oct 2023

Regional Affiliation Event

IPWEA welcome you to the 2023 Engineers Country Weekend in Swan Hill.

GREG 2023 End of Year Meeting November - Victorian Professional Engineers Registration Scheme

The last event for 2023, will be an update on the Victorian Engineers Registration Scheme by John Lambert. - Fire safety, civil, structural, electrical & mechanical must now all be registered. How this has gone so far will be discussed with relevance to members.

Thornton Engineering Facility Tour

A tour of the Thornton Engineering Vessel and Plate Shop Facilities

Thornton Engineering provides design and fabrication of structural steel, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, plate and piling steel products for major projects Australia wide.

Speakers Ben Carroll and Darren Ehlert & Dinner - September-2023

Building Management Systems – automation and control

Presented by Ben Carroll and Darren Ehlert, of Controltech Building Technologies Pty Ltd

Speaker Claudia Montalvo & Dinner - July-2023

How to run successful projects

Claudia Montalvo is from the APP Group which are a large infrastructure engineering and construction, EPC firm. Claudia is an Architect by profession and will be speaking on Project Management. She was the project manager for the Tasmania Ferry Geelong Terminal construction project that GREG visited in May.

Spirit of Tasmania Shore Facility Tour

A tour of the Spirit of Tasmania Shore Facilities

showcasing their new terminal and latest docking system. The CFO of the Spirit of Tasmania, Mr John McGrath will explain the terminals novel technology, new equipment in docking and loading facilities plus a host of very modern passenger facilities. There will also be refreshments/finger food supplied.

Invitation to a demonstration of a working model of James Harrison's 1857 Ice-making Machine

James Harrison’s 1857 Ice-making Machine

The Royal Geelong Agricultural & Pastoral Society (RGAPS) and The Geelong & Region Branch of The National Trust (GRBNT)

Dinner Meeting & Speaker — Professor Mahmud Ashraf

Geelong Regional Engineers Group - Speaking Event March 2023

After the AGM, all attendees and partners/spouse are invited to dine (pay your own) and listen to Professor Mahmud Ashraf of Deakin University present “Research Advancements On Traditional & Engineered Materials For Structural Applications”

AGM 2023 for the Financial Year to the end of 2022

Geelong Regional Engineers Group - AGM 2023

Registration from 5:30pm and the meeting will start at 6:00pm.

Plant Tour - VIVA Energy Polymers Feb-2023

Viva Energy Polymers

is proud to be the sole manufacturer of polypropylene in Australia. It is one of three remaining Liquid Propylene Pool (LIPP) Reactors remaining globally from Shell Chemicals Design.

GREG 2022 End of Year Meeting - Victorian Professional Engineers Registration Scheme

The last event for 2022, will be an update on the Victorian Engineers Registration Scheme by John Lambert.

Dinner Meeting & Speaker - Ben Horan, Head of Deakin University School of Engineering

Engineering at Deakin

The school of Engineering at Deakin University celebrated its 30 year anniversary in 2021. Engineering at Deakin has had a very successful history that has played a important part of a large amount of Deakin University’s research and commercialisation activity. This includes being the birthplace of the Carbon Fibre wheel that then led to Carbon Revolution an ASX listed company that produces the carbon fibre wheel on the Waurn Ponds campus. The School of Engineering provides undergraduate, postgraduate and higher-degree by research course across a range of different areas. The School embraces innovative Project-Oriented Design Based Learning (PODBL) where students are exposed to a wider range of opportunities for soft skill development with the view to produce more well rounded Engineering applicants.

Engineers Country Weekend > 2022

Regional Affiliation Event

After two years of “COVID19 Cancellations” the annual casual family weekend for Regional Engineers, Associates and friends will be held in Nagambie in May 2022

Victorian Engineering Registration Scheme

Information session in Geelong on the 25th May 2022.

AGM 2022 for the Financial Year to the end of 2021

Geelong Regional Engineers Group - AGM 2022

We are pleased to announce the GREG AGM on 28th of April 2022 and trust that you will be able to attend.\nThe AGM will be held at Capri Reception Centre, 258 Pakington Street, Geelong West, at 6:30 pm