Local manufacture and innovation put wind into Victoria’s renewable energy target
The Berrybank Wind Farm in Western Victoria is using locally manufactured turbine components to help Victoria reach 50 per cent ...
Tag: engineering innovation
Australian student-built rocket zooms to success at the speed of sound
A University of Sydney rocket team has placed first in their category in the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket engineering conference ...
How this award-winning Melbourne high-rise came together piece by piece
An innovative building technique has helped erect an award-winning addition to the Melbourne skyline quickly, quietly and safely.
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.
Awards recognise “tremendous contributions” to national technology and engineering challenges
Breakthroughs ranging from streamlined solar cell production to synthetic skin were among those recognised in the 2019 Australian Academy of ...
Two engineering brothers are heating things up in the waste-to-energy market
Two Australian brothers saw an opportunity to transform waste into something useful, and their ambitions are global in scale.
New book tells the stories behind 100 Australian engineering innovations
Budj Bim, the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme, satellite tracking stations — these are just a few of Australia’s many engineering ...
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company is ready to hit the road
At the age of six, Dennis Savic was drawing motor engines while his friends were drawing their pet cats. Now ...
Engineer Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin has unlocked the secret behind a winning idea
The founder and CEO of BlueChilli, Australia’s largest startup accelerator, has landed on the perfect recipe for entrepreneurial success.
Could cars and air conditioners harvest fuel from thin air?
Researchers and startups are working out how petrol-fuelled vehicles and air conditioners can suck carbon dioxide out of the air ...
