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 ...
Tag: civil engineering
Engineering new life into an urban drain
Small Creek in Ipswich, Queensland was a 1.6 km stretch of concrete drain, until a project set out to turn ...
Design-based teaching at Deakin University prepares work-ready civil engineers
New postgraduate study programs on Infrastructure Engineering and Management are designed to integrate valuable industry experience with advanced civil engineering ...
How one engineer plans major infrastructure projects to keep people in mind
When form and function come together to meet a human need, the result can be spectacular. That’s what Aurecon’s Rowenna ...
How this former UNSW lecturer created the world’s go-to COVID-19 tracker
In the months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, millions of people around the world have turned to an interactive, ...
How this engineer built professional networks to stand out in a new city
When Natasha Bertinazzi moved to the Northern Territory (NT) from Queensland four years ago to work as a civil engineer, ...
Adrian Spencer is bringing new thinking to big engineering projects
As Adrian Spencer readies for a new challenge, create looks at this civil engineer’s career of making the complex look ...
The 2019 Civil Engineer of the Year says the future of structures is bright
Brian Uy is the 2019 Civil Engineer of the Year, and the perfect person to explain why his discipline still ...
How data analysis and AI could help engineers make our roads safer
More than 1200 Australians have lost their lives in fatal vehicle accidents in the past year. Algorithms that predict where ...
This new software is solving problems common to the construction industry
Lachlan Knight named his novel software company Glaass to reflect the elegance and transparency that he hopes to bring to ...
