In 2008 I graduated from UQ with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), and joined the Ergon Energy graduate program. In the two and a half years I worked at Ergon Energy, I worked in Townsville, Toowoomba and Brisbane, and gained a wealth of experience working in their Network Protection, Sub-transmission Planning and Investigation, Communications and Control Systems, Substation Operations, and Alternative Energy Solutions teams. I was fortunate enough that in 2011 I was awarded an E.S. Cornwall Memorial Industry Scholarship. My proposed program under the scholarship is to gain international experience in the best practices regarding the application of distributed generation and electric vehicle infrastructure on global electricity networks. In particular, I hope to gain experience and an understanding of the associated current and future engineering challenges through working with a distribution network operator (DNO), an energy consulting business, and an electric vehicle infrastructure business. Throughout my time abroad, I'll be writing my quarterly scholarship reports. However in addition to this, and on a much lighter note, I'll also be keeping a blog about my travels, which can be found at socialtrek.blogspot.com - and you can find my professional profile on linkedin.