Working as a hospital engineer during a pandemic
While health professionals care for the sick in hospitals, there is an army of people behind them working to ensure ...
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How engineers can help build smarter, more resilient supply chains
From empty supermarket shelves to Australia’s dwindling supplies of fuel additive AdBlue, the pandemic has exposed how tenuous the world’s ...
COVID-19 is teaching engineers important lessons about building ventilation
As lockdowns begin to lift and Australians return to workplaces and schools, engineers are being called on to help improve ...
Australian engineers’ DIY oxygen unit aims to help COVID-ravaged India
After seeing heartbreaking footage of hospitals in India struggling to cope with COVID-19 cases, two Australian researchers decided to apply ...
Your say: The evolution of engineers
What do rising house prices, global warming, terrorism, civil war, famine, economic crisis, traffic chaos and pandemics all have in ...
COVID-19 shows there’s a greater role for engineers in stopping the spread
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown engineers could be at the forefront of infection control for places like hospitals, offices and ...
Green recovery: making growth sustainable
As Australia recovers from the damage wrought by the twin devastation of bushfires and a pandemic, prosperity and sustainability must ...
Australian ‘sewage submarine’ detects COVID-19 in wastewater
A simple, cost-effective and portable device, shaped like a torpedo, has been successful in detecting SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in Victoria ...
Australian team turns COVID-19 masks into road materials
Australian engineers have developed a circular economy solution for disposable face masks in a bid to tackle pandemic-generated waste.
Engineers are getting cities ready for life after the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down cities worldwide. To open them back up, engineers are modelling life after the virus.
