Industry
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...
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...
A seemingly simple solution makes building concrete bridges quicker, safer and cheaper
A simple but smart innovation in modular bridge design will be a boon for natural disaster-prone and remote areas with...
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...
How 3D printing helped to plug manufacturing gaps caused by COVID-19
Some engineering-related sectors have experienced a renaissance during the COVID-19 crisis. One area it has affected is 3D printing.
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...
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...
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...
New roadmap paving the way to smarter cities
With the number of ‘smart city’ projects on the rise, Standards Australia recently released a roadmap to pave the way...
