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Amazing spaghetti machines get ready to ‘can it for the planet’

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Engineering students trade theory for practice

Jardel Palmer and Angus Campbell always believed they understood the theory behind the multiple facets of engineering, but after just a few...
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Global views of biomechanics

A lecture by an international leader in biomedical engineering will cap off a busy week for Flinders’ Medical Devices Research Institute (MDRI)...
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Fly into your future

Griffith University is further equipping students for jobs of the future with the introduction of a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicles major.
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Lifesaving wheelbarrow redesign praised by Sir James Dyson

Two Swinburne students have been praised by Sir James Dyson for their redesign of the wheelbarrow as a lifesaving device.
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More awards for CSU Engineering building

The architect firm ThomsonAdsett has been recognised at 2017’s NSW Architecture Awards for their work on Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Engineering building...
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Indigenous students view their future in engineering

Young Indigenous students from across Australia visited RMIT learning more about engineering.
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Batterham Medal for outstanding young engineer

One of Australia’s best young engineers will win the 2017 Batterham Medal, which will be awarded in November 2017 by the Academy...
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Hackathon win transforms students into entrepreneurs

A weekend filled with a Hackathon competition has resulted in a potential business idea for a group of Murdoch University students.
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Students achieve ‘towering’ engineering victory

Building a stable tower out of paper and designing a bionic limb were among the challenges of the Discover Engineering day, held...

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A team of researchers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) and the University of Tasmania has developed a new method for assessing the health of fragile Antarctic vegetation using drones, which they say could be used to improve the efficiency of ecological monitoring in other environments as well.

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Engineering

Amazing spaghetti machines get ready to ‘can it for the planet’

Engineering students trade theory for practice

Global views of biomechanics

Fly into your future

Lifesaving wheelbarrow redesign praised by Sir James Dyson

More awards for CSU Engineering building

Indigenous students view their future in engineering

Batterham Medal for outstanding young engineer

Hackathon win transforms students into entrepreneurs

Students achieve ‘towering’ engineering victory

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