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Meet five female engineers forging ahead in their chosen fields
For this International Women’s Day, 8 March, create asked five women at different stages of their careers about their engineering...
To celebrate World Engineering Day, we asked the children of engineers what their parents do
But despite helping shape our lives, not everyone knows about the important work of engineers — not even their children.
What does it take to put a rover on Mars? Perseverance
The delivery of the Mars rover Perseverance, safe and sound onto a Martian lake, is arguably the ultimate example of...
Texas freeze spotlights need for forward planning
With record-setting cold weather cutting water and energy supplies across a wide swath of Texas recently, create asked Australian engineers...
Melbourne team moves towards human trials of bionic eye
A cortical vision device that helps restore sight to the blind may go to human trial within five years.
Australian team turns COVID-19 masks into road materials
Australian engineers have developed a circular economy solution for disposable face masks in a bid to tackle pandemic-generated waste.
Seeing Machines improves driver safety by monitoring for signs of fatigue
Seeing Machines, an Australian business founded in 2000, is developing systems that could one day be able to determine what...
On a project as unprecedented as Snowy 2.0, the tunnelling machines are anything but ‘boring’
Three large tunnel boring machines have arrived in Australia to begin work on Snowy 2.0, Australia’s largest renewable energy project....
Removing weeds without herbicides could prove a boon for farmers
Western Australian agricultural engineers have added a novel piece of technology to the farming industry’s arsenal against increasingly resilient weeds.
Upgrading the Outback Way, Australia’s longest shortcut
The upgrading of the Outback Way, a 2700 kilometre road from Laverton in Western Australia, via Alice Springs, to Winton...
