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Monash University and Tata Steel sign MoU to set up sustainability-focused Centre for Innovation

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Monash University and Tata Steel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a Centre for Innovation on Environment and Intelligent Manufacturing to collaborate on global challenges including decarbonisation, sustainable resource recovery, and technologies towards smart manufacturing. Drawing on Monash University’s world-leading expertise in materials science and advanced manufacturing technology, the MoU marks … Continued

Schneider Electric announces Employer Workplace Credential partnership with Engineers Australia

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Schneider Electric announces Employer Workplace Credential (EWC) partnership with Engineers Australia. The new program has been designed to streamline certification. 70 employers have attained Chartered status under the program. The Chartered credential is the highest technical certification for engineering professionals. Sydney, Australia – Schneider Electric, a leader in the digital transformation of energy management and … Continued

Australia joins UN celebration of the first 100 years of the quantum era

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Celebrating and revealing the beauty of the science that we use daily to connect with the world, light our homes, fight disease, and scan our groceries. The United Nations has declared 2025 to be the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. Australia’s physicists are inviting scientific, cultural and industry organisations across the country to … Continued

Researchers develop low-cost materials for direct air capture of CO2

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Researchers at Monash University have developed a group of low-cost solid materials that show great promise for use in systems to capture excess carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere. Known as “meso-macroporous melamine formaldehyde (MF)”, the new materials can be made relatively easily from the common and low-cost chemicals melamine and formaldehyde and have … Continued

Climate Smart Engineering Conference program announced

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Engineers Australia has announced the speaker and panel lineup for the 2024 Climate Smart Engineering Conference (CSE24) to be held in Brisbane for the first time at the W Hotel on Thursday 22 August.   This year, the profession’s best and brightest thought leaders and stakeholders will navigate one of the most critical challenges in … Continued

Brawn and brains: making concrete smarter and more sustainable

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Around 70 per cent of the world’s population lives in a structure built with concrete – the composite is second only to water for use in construction, and its production is responsible for more than 8 per cent of the world’s total carbon emissions. Concrete is vital for our working world, but experts on the material believe it’s … Continued

Project of the Year Award nominations extended until 2 July

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Nominations for the Engineers Australia Excellence Awards Project of the Year have been extended until Tuesday 2 July. The awards recognise the achievements of the engineering professionals and cutting-edge engineering projects driving Australia forward. Engineers Australia is encouraging nominations from teams whose project exemplifies innovation, community impact and sustainability, contributing to the advancement of society … Continued

Monash appoints new Head of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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The Faculty of Engineering at Monash University has appointed Professor Mahmoud Mostafavi as the new Head of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.  Professor Mostafavi will join Monash from the School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering at Bristol University in the UK, where he holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in … Continued

AECOM joint venture appointed by Unitywater as Professional Services Partner

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BRISBANE (May 31, 2024) — AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced that Unitywater has appointed AECOM, in a joint venture with Aurecon, as Professional Services Partner. Unitywater provides water supply and sewage treatment services to more than 800,000 people daily across the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa regions of South East Queensland, Australia.   … Continued

Groundbreaking research hub aims to accelerate a low carbon economy and help India develop its minerals processing industry

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A joint initiative between Monash University and IIT Hyderabad will bring leading researchers together to build a sustainable global supply chain of critical minerals. The Australia-India Critical Minerals Research Hub (AICMRH) has been approved by India’s Ministry of Education (MoE) to provide advice on critical minerals extraction and processing,  criticality assessments, economic geology, sustainable mining … Continued