Coming clean: What are the challenges of remediating old petrol stations?
As electric car sales reach an all-time high, the era of the petrol pump is drawing to a close. What...
The renaissance of balloon technology
The tension created when a chinese balloon was shot down over American Airspace highlights the growing interest in lighter-than-air technology...
The future of construction is digital, experts say
Incidents such as the Grenfell Tower tragedy and Mascot and Opal Tower evacuations have affected trust in the construction industry....
Why Australia needs to engineer better road safety strategies
According to Engineers Australia member Dr Brett Hughes MIEAust, traffic engineer and road safety researcher, road safety in Australia has...
Engineering expertise essential to realise “ambitious” infrastructure plan
Infrastructure Australia has released an ambitious 15-year plan to meet the needs of Australians as the nation recovers from bushfires,...
State registers could do more to protect Australia’s moveable heritage
Last year, a 1912 Imperial EB tractor and unique example of historic Australian engineering ingenuity was sold overseas. Create spoke...
Taking robots from the lab to the real world
Electrical engineer and robotics specialist Professor Ian Manchester is preparing for a not-too-distant future where robots are as commonplace as...
Could we engineer an Australian grid that handles 100 per cent renewables by 2025?
The engineering challenges and opportunities of designing a grid capable of handling 100% instantaneous renewable energy.
This engineer wants to stop heart attacks in their tracks
One third of fatal heart attack and stroke patients are under 70. Electrical engineer Dr Zihuai Lin MIEAust is working...
Australian-engineered smart robotic recycling system has soft plastics in the bag
In 2017-18, only six per cent of Australian soft plastic waste was recycled. The rest added to the growing mountain...
