INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE CONSORTIUM (IESC)
From September 8 to 10, 2025, the Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Auckland hosted the 6th Symposium of the International Engineering Science Consortium. The Symposium started with a student workshop on Time-series Machine Learning taught by Associate Professor Andreas Kempa-Liehr. The following two days featured 16 presentations on Engineering Science Programs and Engineering Science Research, with participating academics and students from Singapore, Japan, Australia, Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and New Zealand.
The student poster session had 11 contributions, with Rodrigo Kunrath winning an award for the best postgraduate poster, and Joseph Storey and Jackson Schofield winning an award for the best undergraduate poster.
The social program included a visit to Rocket Lab hosted by Engsci alumni and a dinner at Auckland's Sky Tower.
The leaders discussed short-term programs (including research internships) and short courses for students and faculty members belonging to the Consortium. Joint and double degree programs were also discussed. The panel, comprising of senior lecturers Oliver Maclaren and Ru Nicholson, ME student Josephine Greenwood, and EngSci alumnus Lara Collier, exchanged their perspectives on academic and professional careers in Engineering Science with the audience.
The Symposium closed with a management meeting, in which Associate Professor Andreas Kempa-Liehr from the University of Auckland accepted the appointment as Chair of IESC for the next two years.
