http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/feeds/category/engineering-and-aviation http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/05/swinburne-alumnus-to-attend-youth-summit http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/05/swinburne-alumnus-to-attend-youth-summit Swinburne product design engineering graduate Aaron McNeilly has been accepted to attend the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Summit in Mexico. ]]> 2012-05-21 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/05/treasure-your-metal http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/05/treasure-your-metal Swinburne Professor of Engineering Mathematics Geoff Brooks states that using carbon to make metal is an effective way of storing energy. ]]> 2012-05-15 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/03/safer-skies-start-on-the-ground http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/03/safer-skies-start-on-the-ground Swinburne's Aviation Simulation Laboratory was opened today by the Victorian Aviation Industry Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips. ]]> 2012-03-20 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/02/support-for-electric-vehicle-development http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/02/support-for-electric-vehicle-development Swinburne's first-ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence to support electric vehicle development has been announced in India. ]]> 2012-02-24 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/02/australian-innovators-in-solar-world-first http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/02/australian-innovators-in-solar-world-first Researchers at the Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility have developed the world's most efficient broadband nanoplasmonic solar cells. ]]> 2012-02-15 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/02/solving-alcoas-problems http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/02/solving-alcoas-problems The solution to Alcoa's problems may lie in its backyard, writes Swinburne Professor Geoff Brooks. ]]> 2012-02-10 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/02/the-future-of-australias-metals-industry http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/02/the-future-of-australias-metals-industry Leaders from the minerals research community are meeting at Swinburne to discuss the future of the Australian metallurgical industry. ]]> 2012-02-06 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/swinburne-magazine-out-now http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/swinburne-magazine-out-now The December 2011 edition of Swinburne magazine is now available. ]]> 2011-12-15 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/dyson-prize-presented-at-swinburne http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/dyson-prize-presented-at-swinburne Swinburne industrial design graduate Edward Linacre has received $16,500 in prize money for the James Dyson Award. ]]> 2011-12-14 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/kim-carr-launches-atc http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/kim-carr-launches-atc Senator Kim Carr has formally launched Swinburne's architecturally striking 'see-through' Advanced Technologies Centre. ]]> 2011-12-08 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/making-future-buildings-safer http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/making-future-buildings-safer The capacity to test the integrity of new structures has been boosted thanks to Swinburne's new Smart Structures Laboratory. ]]> 2011-12-06 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/virtual-predictions-beat-destruction http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/12/virtual-predictions-beat-destruction New computer modelling capabilities at Swinburne will help Australian manufacturers design and test new materials and components. ]]> 2011-12-02 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/11/plasmonics-lab-opens-up-nano-toolbox http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/11/plasmonics-lab-opens-up-nano-toolbox Swinburne is set to open its new $8 million plasmonics laboratory, consolidating its position as a leading nanophotonics research hub. ]]> 2011-11-22 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/11/developing-a-low-carbon-metal-industry http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/11/developing-a-low-carbon-metal-industry Leading metallurgists are meeting at Swinburne to discuss the latest work to improve the aluminium industry’s sustainability. ]]> 2011-11-15 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/10/swinburne-robot-aces-competition http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/10/swinburne-robot-aces-competition A team of Swinburne engineering students has taken out the inaugural National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition in Sydney. ]]> 2011-10-13 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/10/new-pilot-training-program-set-for-2012 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/10/new-pilot-training-program-set-for-2012 Swinburne University of Technology and Oxford Aviation Academy have announced a new pilot training program to begin in January 2012. ]]> 2011-10-07 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/10/best-ever-result-for-swinburne-racing-car http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/10/best-ever-result-for-swinburne-racing-car Swinburne engineering students have taken out fourth place at the Japanese Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) competition. ]]> 2011-10-04 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/09/understanding-freak-waves http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/09/understanding-freak-waves Rogue waves, once considered nothing more than a sailor's myth, are more predictable than ever thanks to new Swinburne research. ]]> 2011-09-27 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/09/tiny-wires-a-step-towards-photonic-chip http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/09/tiny-wires-a-step-towards-photonic-chip Swinburne researchers have engineered one of the world's smallest ever nanowires, bringing them one step closer to the holy grail of optics. ]]> 2011-09-19 00:00:00 http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/09/acclaim-for-leading-photonics-researcher http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2011/09/acclaim-for-leading-photonics-researcher Professor Min Gu has been awarded the WH (Beattie) Steel Medal from the Australian Optics Society. ]]> 2011-09-08 00:00:00