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UNSW and the Sir William Tyree Foundation have celebrated the announcement of a $2.6m gift that will boost the number of female engineering students from Western Sydney. With Australia’s leading universities predicting a shortage of 70,000 engineers by 2025, there is an urgent need to address this critical skills gap. Women and young people from … Continued
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The world’s fastest electric vehicle over 1000km on a single charge is aiming for more glory when it competes in the prestigious Bridgestone World Solar Challenge next month. UNSW Sydney’s Sunswift 7, a student-built solar-powered car, is attempting to claim the honours against teams from across the globe in an amazing race that covers over 3500km from Darwin … Continued
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Researchers at Monash University have developed a new lithium-sulphur battery design with a nanoporous polymer-coated lithium foil anode that reduces the amount of lithium required in a single battery. With the transition to renewable energies a global mission, the need for more sustainable energy storage solutions is becoming critical. In their recent paper PhD student Declan … Continued
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Researchers at Monash University have identified a new way of mapping ‘phosphenes’ – the visual perception of the bright flashes we see when no light is entering the eye – to improve the outcome of surgery for patients receiving a cortical visual prosthesis (‘bionic eye’). Cortical visual prostheses are devices implanted onto the brain … Continued
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Electrical engineering researchers from Monash University will use Federal Government funding to investigate and develop a tool to predict and manage instability in Australia’s national energy grid. Implementation of the tool, suitable for use by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and Transmission Network Service Providers (TNSPs), is expected to further boost connection to the … Continued
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Space mining and the need to deal with space junk are set to be major developments over the next decade, says UNSW experts. When it comes to space, there is definitely no shortage of new technologies and exciting opportunities just waiting to be developed and explored. This week and next is World Space Week, which is an international … Continued
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A collaboration between Monash University and Coates Engineering Solutions is using high-strength steel, common to the automotive industry, to develop a lightweight high capacity propping solution for temporary construction works. The innovative solution, called Quadshore, has undergone rigorous destructive and non-destructive experimental tests at material, component and system levels, in accordance with Australian Safety … Continued
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An ambitious new research Hub focused solely on technologies to transform carbon dioxide emissions opens today at Monash University. The Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for Carbon Utilisation and Recycling (RECARB) will be officially launched by The Hon. Cassandra Fernando MP, Federal Member for Holt, on behalf of The Hon. Jason Clare MP, Minister … Continued
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Understanding how the phenomenon of ‘crackling noise’ occurs at the microscopic scale could have implications for new research in materials science and medicine. Scientists from UNSW Sydney and the University of Cambridge have used novel methods to listen to the sounds of atoms moving under pressure – a phenomenon known as ‘crackling noise’. These atomic movements occur in avalanches – … Continued
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Two engineering students from Monash University have officially broken the Australian single track speed record for a human powered vehicle, achieving speeds of 116 kilometres per hour(kmh) on a flat desert track at the World Human Powered Speed Challenge held in Nevada, United States. Monash Human Power (MHP) is a student-led engineering team from Monash … Continued
