Meet some of the animal kingdom’s finest engineers
Engineers often take inspiration from nature for their creations. But we sometimes overlook the incredible engineering and architectural skills of...
This engineer has a concrete plan for recycling plastics
An Australian engineer has devised some novel ideas for turning plastic into concrete, and findings are already being used in...
State-of-the-art centre set to test the structural safety of Australia’s infrastructure
The largest of its kind in Australia, the new National Drop Weight Impact Testing Facility (NDWITF) is designed to improve...
Engineers create drones made of pineapple leaves
Malaysian engineers have transformed the fibre found in pineapple leaves to make a sturdy, biodegradable material to build frames for...
Brewing his own beer kept this engineer connected during the pandemic
When Ford attribute engineer Steffen Herrmann moved to Australia from Germany in 2012 and noticed a growing home brew community...
How ‘talking’ cars could save lives on our roads
Digital communication technologies allowing cars to interpret their surroundings and alert drivers to potential hazards could reduce vehicle crashes by...
This light-powered electronic chip mimics the human brain
Engineers have developed light-powered technology that brings together imaging, processing, machine learning and memory in one tiny electronic chip.
Engineering a better future for people with disability
This International Day of People with a Disability (3 December), create spoke with two Australian engineers who are making the...
Award-winning renewables engineer says her technology can change the world
Groundbreaking research into thin-film solar cells has earned University of New South Wales (UNSW) Scientia Associate Professor Xiaojing Hao the...
Watch this 85-year-old building ‘walk’ to a new location
When developers in Shanghai wanted to build on the site of an 85-year-old primary school, engineers devised a way to...
