Innovation
Engineering new forms of vaccine delivery
Engineers are investigating novel methods to deliver vaccinations effectively, other than the dreaded jab.
Engineering a better future for people with disability
This International Day of People with a Disability (3 December), create spoke with two Australian engineers who are making the...
‘That’s when I got the idea a powerful water gun would be fun’: Meet the engineer behind the Super Soaker
Former NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson had the idea for the Super Soaker while working on a new type of refrigeration...
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...
How an innovative solar-powered system is providing clean water to Indigenous communities
Remote communities across Australia now have a new option for affordable and continuous potable water, thanks to Project Gilghi, a...
This Australian technology helps to avoid dangerous tailings dams collapses
In response to major catastrophic tailings dam collapses in recent years, an Australian team has developed a new slope stability...
Meet an engineer making the world a better place — through sludge
Sludge is a messy subject, but Nicky Eshtiaghi believes her work on sewage systems can make the world a better...
Australian student-built rocket readies for lift off
University of Queensland engineering students have designed and built a rocket that will blast off next year — and hopefully...
Why this Tesla engineer redesigned the chocolate chip
It turns out the ordinary, everyday chocolate chips with which we’re familiar are not perfect enough — according to industrial...
Meet the 2020 Australian Engineering Excellence Award winners
Australia’s top engineering projects and the teams behind them were celebrated this week at the 2020 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards.
