Australia's Most Innovative Engineers 2020

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2020 AUSTRALIA’S INNOVATIVE ENGINEERS

Building & Construction

SMARTER COOLING, RAIL RENEWAL AND STADIUM CONSTRUCTION

Iain Stewart

Exergenics' plant optimisation

Michael Chernyavsky

Transforming Central Station

Scott Rathie

Pandanus-inspired stadium

Community

GENDER BALANCE, VIRTUAL REALITY AND TACTILE INTERFACES

Dr Shuaiwen Leon Song

Designing planet-scale VR

Meg Panozzo

ConnectSTEM

Dr Anusha Withana

Tacttoo: the electronic tattoo

Consulting

MONITORING PIPES, MANAGING ASSETS AND FORECASTING FLOW

Nicholas Deeks

Water main consequences

Jeffrey Fisher

Sewer overflow prediction

Bradley Hocking

Infocentric asset management

Electronics & Communications

TOP-LEVEL LEADERSHIP, WIRE WORK AND SMART INCLUSIVITY

Dr Nitu Syed

Ultra-large piezoelectric film

Sruthi Kuriakose

Tailored 2D nanomaterial

Stephen Bornstein

Athena AI

General Industry

TOP-LEVEL LEADERSHIP, WIRE WORK AND SMART INCLUSIVITY

Kyaw Lwin

Overhead wiring firsts for Melbourne

Stacey Daniel

Engineers on Boards

Anne Koopmann-Schmidt

Strengths in diversity

Manufacturing & Automation

FERTILISER, FOOTWEAR AND A CARBON-NEUTRAL CAMPUS

Dr Farshid Pahlevani

Emissions-free phosphorous

Brett Casson

3D-printed thongs

Adolfo Fernandez

The energy-saving app store

Mining, Oil & Gas

ELECTRICAL SAFETY, WORKSITE AI AND GREENER OIL CATALYSTS

Dr Nathan Kirchner

Toolbox Spotter

Kevin Chong

Turning data into intelligence

Professor Jun Huang

Reducing CO2 from oil refineries

Research & Academia

BUILDING BONES, BIOMEDICAL COATING AND SAFE DRIVING

Dr Michael Mortimer

Hector VR driving simulator

Professor Hala Zreiqat

3D-printed synthetic bone

Dr Behnam Akhavan

Plasma coating for implants

Utilities

PIPELINE EFFICIENCY, TUNNEL SAFETY AND ENERGY FROM WASTE

Dr Qilin Wang

Zero-energy water treatment

Associate Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi

Design toolkit for sludge pipe

Daniel Rechichi

Robotic partner in the tunnel

Young Engineers

OPTICAL SPECTROGRAPH, UV SENSORS AND NITRIC OXIDE

Dr Wenyue Zou

Low-cost wearable UV sensors

Dr James Gilbert

Australia's new planet hunter

Dr Rona Chandrawati

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