Influence and ingenuity: Meet Engineers Australia members who are making a difference
Meet engineers who are helping solve problems with transportation, medicine, water management and more in communities both big and small.
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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 ...
How Australian engineers solved one of wireless networking’s biggest problems to make WiFi
Engineers and scientists from CSIRO came together to solve a wireless networking problem. The result was WiFi.
Celebrating 100 years of Engineers Australia: Past, present and future
Engineers Australia was founded on 1 August 1919 to accomodate the needs of both engineers and a modernising Australia.
Felicity Furey is helping more girls discover the power of engineering
When Felicity Furey noticed the unequal gender representation in engineering, she decided to do something about it.
Australian bioengineering inspirations, from the pacemaker to the bionic eye
Australia’s innovative engineers have played a major role in developing the world’s biomedical capabilities.
50 years after its role in the first moon landing, Australia looks to a bright future in space exploration
More than 600 million people tuned in to watch the first footage of a human walking on the moon’s surface. ...
The Cochlear implant: What’s next for one of Australia’s most famous biomedical innovations?
Over the past 40 years, hundreds of thousands of people have gained hearing thanks to an Australian innovation.
The Australian innovation that changed air travel safety forever
Following a series of high-profile air disasters, an Australian aeronautical researcher decided data would make flying less risky.
STEM education has changed a lot since Australia’s first engineering school opened
Engineering education in Australia has come a long way since the first struggling school opened in Melbourne in mid-19th century.
