Transport
Behind the scenes at Australia’s first fully automated international shipping container terminal
Australia’s first fully automated international container terminal is setting a new bar for engineering excellence.
Upgrades needed to pave the way for autonomous vehicles
Automated vehicles might be in our future, but are our roads ready?
When can we expect autonomous taxis to take over our roads?
Give or take a year or two, 2022 should be the year that autonomous vehicle (AV) taxis become sufficiently functional...
The scramjet is a super-fast, experimental engine with no moving parts
As a concept, the hypersonic scramjet has been around since the 1960s. But engineers only now have the material to...
How the ute went from innovation to Australian icon
Initially a way to provide rural churchgoers with a more dignified ride to town, the ute caused decades of challenges...
Engineering students are taking solar-powered cars on an epic cross-country road trip
Teams of engineering students from more than 20 countries have converged in Darwin to chase the future of solar-powered travel.
What changes are needed to get more Australians on their bikes?
Cities in Australia and overseas are building and planning cycling superhighways to encourage people to use pedal power to get...
Engineers are building a hybrid vehicle that doesn’t cost the world
In the developing world, environmentally friendly cars are out of reach of most drivers. A team from UTS wants to...
Meet the pioneers of Australian aerospace engineering past, present and future
In the early days of flight, Australia’s aviators were engineers experimenting with box-kites and gliders. Today, it’s surveillance and high-tech...
Electric flight could take off for short-haul flights by 2022
Long-haul electric flights are still a fair way off, but companies are setting their sights on electrifying shorter air routes.
