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This engineering project helped turn a station-to-station rail link into door-to-door transportation
When the Sydney Metro Northwest rail link opened in 2019, great swaths of the city’s suburbs were connected to a...
3 reasons not to miss the World Engineers Symposium
Aptly themed ‘A changing landscape in 2020’, the World Engineers Symposium will see WEC 2019 speakers return to share their...
Fifty years on from the West Gate Bridge collapse, what engineering lessons have been learnt?
Half a century on from one of the country’s worst industrial disasters, Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge collapse still haunts those...
Federal Budget 2020-21: Infrastructure and manufacturing to aid economic recovery
The 2020-21 Federal Budget was delivered by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg this week, including funding for infrastructure projects and a focus...
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...
How this engineer helped bring the Sydney Olympic cauldron to life
It was one of the most iconic images of the Sydney Olympic Games — and it almost failed specularly in...
Could converting plastic back to oil help to solve the world’s growing waste problem?
A mountain of plastic is steadily accumulating with no clear solution for what to do with it. Could converting it...
Engineers helped build this Canberra COVID-19 hospital in record-breaking time
Engineering innovation enabled a Canberra COVID-19 hospital to be built in record-breaking time.
Meet George Ferris, the civil engineer behind one of the world’s most popular fairground rides
In 1890, as plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago were taking shape, organisers put a call out to...
At the Blue Economy CRC, engineers are transforming how we use our oceans
Bringing together expertise in marine engineering, renewable energy and aquaculture, a new cooperative research centre aims to transform the way...
