How the engineering profession offers a world of opportunity
Anil Kumar’s enthusiasm for knowledge has taken him all over the world: from India to the Middle East to Australia.
How Chartered status helped this associate engineer compete at the top level
Brad Armstrong likes to tell people what Barmco Mana McMurray, the engineering and construction company he founded in 1996, has...
These women made great contributions to engineering, but you’ve probably never heard of them
History shows that women have always contributed to STEM fields, even when the forces of discrimination and institutional sexism have...
Australian students journey to Denmark to learn from an icon
The Sydney Opera House is an icon of architecture, design and engineering. That’s why a multidisciplinary team of Australian students...
Old meets new: Sydney’s skyline gets a distinctive new building
A bustling urban setting. A heritage-listed church. This new addition to Sydney’s skyline required some creative thinking to get off...
Venturing beneath the Antarctic ice with an autonomous vessel
A fragile glacier in an isolated part of Antarctica could cause a catastrophic rise in global sea levels. Collecting data...
These engineers are helping people with physical disability negotiate rough terrain
It can be hard for people who use a wheelchair to cross rough surfaces. These engineers want to change that.
Electric boats can generate energy for the grid on remote islands
Floating photovoltaic cells could become a power source for remote islands, thanks to technology developed by Australian engineers.
This robot ‘sweats’ through its 3D-printed fingers
The robot’s soft, hydraulically controlled fingers release water to regulate their temperature.
Here’s how engineers responded to pandemics of the past
Just as engineers have helped respond to the current coronavirus pandemic, previous outbreaks of disease have also inspired technological and...
