Dr. Rosemary Barnes is an internationally recognised expert in energy technology, and host of the popular Australian YouTube channel, Engineering with Rosie. In May 2025, she spoke at Sveriges Energiforum in Stockholm and gave a lunch seminar at Chalmers University of Technology. While she was at Chalmers, Professor Tomas Kåberger borrowed the Verapodden microphone to record a conversation with her.
They discussed her path to becoming an engineer as a young woman, why she after her PhD chose practical engineering work over continued research, and the crucial role engineers and industry play in solving the world's energy challenges. They also talked about the Australian energy system, including how a blackout led to a groundbreaking battery solution.
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Vera Sandberg became Sweden's first female engineer in 1917. She studied as the only woman among 500 men. Today, Chalmers University of Technology has 10,500 students and one third are women.
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