Webinar Series: Hana Liu – My journey from Class 4L (Arts subjects) to become a civil engineer

As part of AASPCS Webinar Series, we are very honoured to have Hana Liu (Class of 1989) sharing with us her journey form Class 4L (Arts subjects) to become a civil engineer.

Hana had studied at SPCS from kindergarten to Form 4, then continued her study in Sydney in 1988. She studied Arts subjects while she was at SPCS but she ended up choosing a career path as a civil engineer. Through this webinar, Hana is hoping to encourage other women and girls not to limit their career choice because of their gender.

Whether you are an alumni currently at university or early stages of your career, a parent assisting your child to choose his or her future career path, or perhaps an old classmate of Hana looking to reconnect, we hope this webinar will be inspiring and enjoyable for you all.

Presentation Slides

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Event Details

Date: 9 July 2022
Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: Zoom meeting. Details to be provided after signing up.
Fee: Free of charge
Who may attend: This webinar is open to all alumni, current SPCS students and their parents.

Overview of the webinar

  1. Introduction of Hana Liu
  2. My school experience with SPCS 
  3. My school experience with Santa Sabina College
  4. Different advice received from family, friends and school
  5. My decision
  6. What would I tell my 12 year old self?
  7. What would I tell my 16 year old self?
  8. Q&A

To Register

Please complete the jotform by click on this link: https://form.jotform.com/221611071765450

Deadline for application: 6pm on 2 July 2022


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  1. All webinars for general information purposes only and does not constitute any professional advice to any person. Presenters must not advertise or promote any business, goods or services during the webinar. AASPCS will not share any personal information of participants with the presenter. 
  2. All views expressed during the webinar shall not represent the views of AASPCS, its executive committee, directors and officers. AASPCS, its executive committee, directors and officers and the guests speakers shall not be liable or held responsible for any losses or injury suffered as a result of, or in connection with, any information provided or representations made during the webinar. 
  3. Webinars shall be free of charge to all participants. The presenter shall not charge any fee to participants or to AASPCS. AASPCS shall not be liable to make any payments to the presenter. 
  4. No audio or video recording of the webinar shall be made by the presenter or any participant during the webinar. No photos shall be taken by any the presenter or the participant during the webinar. 
  5. AASPCS reserves the final discretion over the hosting of the webinar (including aborting a webinar in progress) and the right to change any terms, conditions, rules and arrangement for the webinar without prior notice.
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Biography of Hana Liu

HANA LIU from Class 1989

M. Eng. (USyd), B.Eng. (USyd), Adv. DipGov, FIEAust, CPEng, MICE

Hana Liu had studied at SPCS from kindergarten to Form 4, then continued her study in Sydney in 1988. Hana was allocated to Class 4L to study the Arts subjects including Human Biology and English Literature. Hana completed Year 11 and 12 at Santa Sabina College where she was allowed to select a range of subjects for the High School Certificate (HSC). Hana had selected Economics, Society & Culture, Biology, and Advanced Maths. Hana decided to enrol for Civil Engineering course at University of Sydney after completing the HSC.

Hana Liu is a chartered engineer both in geotechnical and civil disciplines since 2002. She had completed Bachelor in Engineering and Master in Engineering Science (Geotechnical) at University of Sydney. She has high level of expertise in design in geotechnical engineering for transport infrastructure projects. With over 25 years in both public and private sectors, Hana has experience in a wide range of projects overseas and Sydney including, buildings and developments, power, transport, water, operations and maintenance and construction management in multi-discipline environment.

Hana had joined New South Wales government as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer with RailCorp in 2008. Her role was to mitigate the geotechnical risk to train operation in the West Region covering from Granville to Lithgow. Prior to joining NSW government, Hana was a senior geotechnical engineer with WSP (formerly Parsons Brinkerhoff Pty Ltd.). She had provided design for major projects such as Pacific Highway Upgrade Coopernook to Herons Creek and the final section of Cronulla Line Duplication. Hana is currently working as Pavement and Geotechnical Hub Lead, Eastern Harbour City & Corridors, Transport for New South Wales leading a team of geotechnical engineers, pavement engineers and geoscientists to provide specialist advice supporting the delivery of Transport projects.

Hana promotes engineering and knowledge sharing by volunteered as Committee Member with Australian Geomechanics Society, Engineers Australia and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers outside work.