Meet one engineer helping people see the huge possibilities in the circular economy
Veena Sahajwalla hopes her micro-recycling approach to e-waste, metals, plastics and more will produce a smarter and more sustainable society.
The scramjet is a super-fast, experimental engine with no moving parts
As a concept, the hypersonic scramjet has been around since the 1960s. But engineers only now have the material to...
“Sustainability at the core”: What does Engineers Declare mean for the profession?
Australian Engineers Declare is a movement that asks industry to prioritise sustainability during every conversation with every client. How is...
How the ute went from innovation to Australian icon
Initially a way to provide rural churchgoers with a more dignified ride to town, the ute caused decades of challenges...
The 120-year journey to build Australia’s Adelaide-to-Darwin railway
Australia would approach the task of building The Ghan, an almost 3000 km rail line stretching through the nation’s centre,...
Protecting people from a potential workplace killer
Arc flash incidents maim or kill 40 people every year in Australia and represent up to 50 per cent of...
How the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme helped shape Australia
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme was an ambitious engineering feat that changed the face of the nation.
Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019 hints at a “new normal” for the engineering profession
The future of engineering is enormously different from the industry’s past, according to the recently released Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019.
How Australian engineers solved one of wireless networking’s biggest problems to make WiFi
Engineers and scientists from CSIRO came together to solve a wireless networking problem. The result was WiFi.
Australian bioengineering inspirations, from the pacemaker to the bionic eye
Australia’s innovative engineers have played a major role in developing the world’s biomedical capabilities.
