Protecting buildings from impact damage with running shoe-inspired materials
A Queensland engineer has created a 3D-printed material to help protect buildings from damage caused by high impacts.
Tag: composite materials
Award-winning renewables engineer says her technology can change the world
Groundbreaking research into thin-film solar cells has earned University of New South Wales (UNSW) Scientia Associate Professor Xiaojing Hao the ...
Fabricating the future: This engineer has dedicated her career to next-gen materials
Bronwyn Fox has spent many years improving the efficiency of new materials. Now, she sees more possibility than ever in ...
A sleek new robot is making it easier than ever to produce defect-free carbon fibre
A world-first, fully digitalised inspection system to detect defects in carbon fibre composite production has been installed in Swinburne’s Factory ...
Experiments with carbon fibre blades could make wind turbines more energy efficient
Engineers are developing carbon fibre composites to create longer, stronger wind turbine blades.
Harder, better, stronger: Transport of the future rests on a rare-earth element
Lighter vehicles are becoming very appealing as plans for future transportation get made. For this reason and more, we could ...
This biodegradable car is made of flax and runs on electricity
A car produced almost entirely out of biodegradable material is challenging the auto industry to shift its environmental efforts into ...
New strength and safety tests pit timber against concrete and steel
Thanks to innovative construction materials like cross laminated timber and laminated veneer lumber, wooden buildings are no longer mere houses ...
Judgment Day: Australian and Chinese engineers bring liquid metal to life
The liquid metal T-1000 might have felt advanced and futuristic when Terminator 2 first came out. But a group of ...
The world’s most used synthetic material is getting a makeover
A team of civil and materials engineers has developed micron-sized calcium silicate spheres they say could lead to stronger and ...
