Prof Teresa Hattingh is a registered professional Engineer and the current SAIIE President. She is passionate about industrial engineering and committed to SAIIE and ECSA's drives towards professionalising industrial engineering in South Africa. She further believes that every industrial engineer has the power to change the world and the responsibility to make a difference. Teresa is actively involved in engineering education research and is the current chair of the Research in Engineering Education (REEN) board. She is currently working as an engineering education specialist in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg.