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A new type of engine will soon be producing green power
After decades working on other people’s projects, this engineer decided to turn his attention to an interest of his own:...
This 100-year-old rail line could connect Canberra to the coast
How do you design a railway to safely deliver a freight train down an impossibly steep slope? For a recent...
We’ve had fires, floods and pestilence, but is Australia prepared for the next earthquake?
Structural engineer Peter McBean FIEAust CPEng is on a mission to prepare Australia for the next earthquake.
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...
How engineers brought new life to this historic site in the heart of Melbourne
Building on historical sites can be a difficult task at the best of times, but for the engineers working on...
Meet two Indigenous engineers helping to change the profession
This year’s NAIDOC week theme, Always Was, Always Will Be, recognises First Nations peoples’ long occupation of the continent and...
Winners of Australia’s top engineering awards revealed
A world expert in pile foundation design, whose work has underpinned many of the world’s tallest buildings, has received Australia’s...
Australian engineering schools rise in global rankings
An impressive 18 Australian engineering schools are featured in this year’s list of the top 200 engineering schools in the...
The home-grown innovation stopping Australian sewers from going to waste
An Australian company is using 60 per cent recycled waste glass and other recycled products to create a new acid-resistant...
Military leader says cyber engineering is critical to the nation’s future
As our physical and digital systems become increasingly integrated, cybersecurity is an issue that should be on the radar of...
