Delivering therapeutic nitric oxide directly to the site of a disease
Nitric oxide is a difficult gas to work with, but Rona Chandrawati hopes to make it easier to use as...
How this engineer is improving speech recognition for young tech users
Speech recognition software struggles to understand children’s voices. A new Australian project hopes to change that.
This tiny drone uses a live moth antenna to sniff out odours
Meet the Smellicopter: a drone with a real moth antenna that blurs the line between nature and technology.
This new tool could identify ‘smoke taint’ in wine early in the process
A South Australian researcher is combining materials science, engineering and applied photonics to help winemakers detect smoke taint in grapes...
Engineers ‘absolutely critical’ to achieving SDGs
Former Victorian deputy premier and UN Leadership Council co-chair Professor John Thwaites believes engineers are crucial to the Sustainable Development...
Dr Helen Cartledge’s journey from a village in Siberia to Australia’s Professional Engineer of the Year
Dr Helen Cartledge’s journey began in a tiny southern Siberian village. She’s now modernising Australia’s Navy.
Engineers are training this ice-crawling rover in preparation for its trip to another world
To get to Europa’s ice-water interface, BRUIE first will need to bury through an ice shell that scientists believe is...
The engineering student bringing affordable robotics kits to schools
When chemical engineering student Marissa Thomas realised schools didn’t have access to affordable robotics kits, she decided to make her...
Meet an engineer on the frontline of more resilient construction materials
Ultramarathons have taught research and development engineer Tayebeh Alirezaee to focus on what matters – in work and in life.
Why this engineering student flew across Africa in a 1930s biplane
Pilot and mechanical engineer Sarah Meehan swapped university textbooks for an unforgettable journey across Africa in a 1930s airplane.
