One company is recycling plastic waste into railway sleepers
Converting plastic and polystyrene into durable railway sleepers could help reduce waste – and show how vital engineers will be ...
Tag: transport
Drive time: A major Perth road project is opening up the city’s northeast
One of Western Australia’s most significant road infrastructure projects will open up a thoroughfare through Perth’s northeast suburbs.
Behind the scenes at Australia’s first fully automated international shipping container terminal
Australia’s first fully automated international container terminal is setting a new bar for engineering excellence.
Engineering in Australia’s Top End gives a unique perspective on the profession
Engineering in the Northern Territory gave Louise McCormick a unique opportunity to expand her skillset.
When can we expect autonomous taxis to take over our roads?
Give or take a year or two, 2022 should be the year that autonomous vehicle (AV) taxis become sufficiently functional ...
The scramjet is a super-fast, experimental engine with no moving parts
As a concept, the hypersonic scramjet has been around since the 1960s. But engineers only now have the material to ...
How data analysis and AI could help engineers make our roads safer
More than 1200 Australians have lost their lives in fatal vehicle accidents in the past year. Algorithms that predict where ...
Jason Gordon is solving transport problems from country to city
Growing up in a remote area, Jason Gordon had to do his schoolwork by correspondence. Today, he serves an entire ...
Engineering students are taking solar-powered cars on an epic cross-country road trip
Teams of engineering students from more than 20 countries have converged in Darwin to chase the future of solar-powered travel.
The 120-year journey to build Australia’s Adelaide-to-Darwin railway
Australia would approach the task of building The Ghan, an almost 3000 km rail line stretching through the nation’s centre, ...
