How to simulate an ocean in a tank
At the National Sea Simulator, engineers use advanced automation, environmental modelling and industrial control systems to help safeguard the Great ...
Tag: marine engineering
A floating solution to Broome’s extreme tidal conditions
The project could signal a shift in how engineers approach marine infrastructure in extreme tidal environments.
Five deaths on an oil rig changed diving safety requirements forever
By 4am on 5 November 1983, two workers, Edwin Arthur Coward and Roy P. Lucas, had returned from a dive ...
Natural disaster recovery in a live port environment
The remediation and rebuilding of the Groote Eylandt Mining Company wharf is one of Australia’s most ambitious marine recovery efforts.
The innovative engineering behind the new Sydney Fish Market
The Sydney Fish Market, established at its current location in Blackwattle Bay almost 60 years ago, has undergone a massive ...
Infographic: How this marine hybrid power and propulsion solution is driving sustainability benefits
The company behind a marine plug-in hybrid power system says it could offer the maritime industry both financial and environmental ...
From satellites to submarines: taking the world’s strongest stainless steel bolts to extremes
The precision engineering required to assemble rockets, civil infrastructure, oil rigs, fusion technology and submarines leaves little margin for error. ...
In the deep end
From offshore oil and gas to shipwrecks, Allison Selman is making waves in subsea engineering.
On the high seas with Engineers Australia’s Young Engineering Associate of the Year
Chief Petty Officer Marine Technician Damien Richards shares his experience working on humanitarian missions and what being part of the ...
This engineer voyaged to the deepest point of the ocean – in a sub he helped build
Sub pilot and engineer Tim Macdonald became the deepest-diving Australian last month with a 10,925 m journey to the bottom ...
