The contradiction at the heart of sustainable engineering
Working on road and rail infrastructure in Queensland, Dr Chris Bridges FIEAust feels he is trying to serve two contradictory...
The drill that provides real-time geophysics data
Sravani Mukkisa is optimising a technology that can give miners and geologists the data they need to make decisions while...
“We’re going to fly like Qantas”: The Australian startup rethinking scramjet engines
An Australian startup hopes its reusable plane will see the company become our national carrier in space.
The Australian biomedical engineers hoping to one day build back spines
Australian biomedical engineers are developing components of an injectable gel that could one day help regrow nerve fibres in the...
New technology provides a steady hand when installing wind turbines
A new lifting technology could make it easier to install wind turbine blades and other heavy loads in blustery weather.
Purple Hive uses artificial intelligence to keep bees parasite-free
With off-the-shelf parts, artificial intelligence and a little ingenuity, two engineers have devised a purple box that could save the...
Teaching artificial intelligence to spot when people need space to think
This engineer’s research is teaching artificial intelligence to recognise when humans are approaching their cognitive limits.
Clinical clean up: finding ways to recycle medical waste
Australian hospitals incinerate thousands of tonnes of potentially infectious medical waste every year — and COVID-19 has supercharged the problem....
The engineers helping Aussie athletes to Paralympic gold
When archer Taymon Kenton-Smith takes aim in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, he’ll hold the bow with a custom grip...
This hair’s-breadth probe can navigate the body’s circulatory system
Biomedical engineer Dr Jiawen Li is developing ultra-thin fibre-optic devices that can explore the body’s organs and detect heart disease.
