Rough Seas - The Marine Engineering Podcast

In this episode, Ben speaks with Lux Bio CEO Paige Whitehead about her path from environmental science to deep-tech and defence. She explains the challenges of commercializing IP and how sustainable alternatives are often the first choice even among the most unlikely sectors.  
 
If you have a story to tell about life within the marine sector or have an engineering challenge you want to share with one of our experts please reach out to [email protected].

Sue Molloy discusses her journey founding her company, Glas Ocean, starting from academic research in electric boats, her professional networking with industry experts like Jim Hanlon, and the development and evolution of a data acquisition system for boats that ultimately received DARPA funding and became central to her work in dual-use technology.
Dr. Molloy also shares insights into her academic background, motivations behind focusing on electrification of smaller vessels, how environmental concerns and energy security influenced her research, and the technical and business progression from initial concept through advanced hardware and AI integration.
 
If you have a story to tell about life within the marine sector or have an engineering challenge you want to share with one of our experts please reach out to [email protected].

Rough Seas is back, and fresher than ever. Speaking of fresher, this episode finds our man Ben Garvey speaking with Mina Mekhail, the founder of FreshR Technologies - a Halifax‑based advanced materials startup on a mission to tackle global food waste through smarter seafood packaging. 

Throughout the conversation Mina shares his journey from witnessing food insecurity in Egypt as a young lad, to studying biomaterials, and eventually launching a product that extends the shelf life of fresh proteins without touching the food itself.  

Along the way, he unpacks hard‑won lessons about customer discovery, mentorship, and leading a growing deep‑tech team through technical setbacks, COVID disruptions, fundraising, and scale‑up. 

Mina also shares candid and refreshing perspectives on the power of tough‑love mentors, and why founders must fall in love with the problem more than any single solution. 

Enjoy the ride. 
And, if you have a story to tell about life within the marine sector or have an engineering challenge you want to share with one of our experts please reach out to [email protected].

For centuries, sailors have looked to the stars to navigate the open seas. But can you use those same stars to chart a course through a career?

By charting a course using little but the stars above, John's journey from corporate finance and to the tutelage of Johns Hopkins' NASA scientists is an inspiration. John is a best-selling author and the Director of the Abbey Ridge Observator and Eastern Canada's premiere stargazing park. 

There's also a couple of surprises in this episode. Our guest turns the mic around and interviews our host, Enginuity President and Founder Ben Garvey, about his early life among artists, poets and music, that eventually inspired his path towards engineering. 

And...there's also a little hidden chestnut at the back end of this episode. Enjoy the ride. ​
 
If you have a story to tell about life within the marine sector or have an engineering challenge you want to share with one of our experts please reach out to [email protected].

In this episode we follow Colonel Oldford's journey from the blackfly laden woods of New Brunswick to the NORAD command centre at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, and now most recently, his current post as Commander of 22 Wing.  

Oldford details his extensive roles within NORAD, his transparent leadership approach, and how international defence partnerships endure regardless of shifting political climates.  
If you have a story to tell about life within the marine sector or have an engineering challenge you want to share with one of our experts please reach out to [email protected].