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  • Swinburne alumnus to attend youth summit

    Swinburne alumnus to attend youth summit

    Date posted: Monday 21 May 2012

    Swinburne product design engineering graduate Aaron McNeilly has been accepted to attend the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Summit in Mexico.

  • Treasure your metal

    Treasure your metal

    Date posted: Tuesday 15 May 2012

    Swinburne Professor of Engineering Mathematics Geoff Brooks states that using carbon to make metal is an effective way of storing energy.

  • Safer skies start on the ground

    Safer skies start on the ground

    Date posted: Tuesday 20 Mar 2012

    Swinburne's Aviation Simulation Laboratory was opened today by the Victorian Aviation Industry Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips.

  • Support for electric vehicle development

    Support for electric vehicle development

    Date posted: Friday 24 Feb 2012

    Swinburne's first-ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence to support electric vehicle development has been announced in India.

  • Australian innovators in solar world first

    Australian innovators in solar world first

    Date posted: Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

    Researchers at the Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility have developed the world's most efficient broadband nanoplasmonic solar cells.

  • Solving Alcoa's problems

    Solving Alcoa's problems

    Date posted: Friday 10 Feb 2012

    The solution to Alcoa's problems may lie in its backyard, writes Swinburne Professor Geoff Brooks.

  • The future of Australia's metals industry

    The future of Australia's metals industry

    Date posted: Monday 6 Feb 2012

    Leaders from the minerals research community are meeting at Swinburne to discuss the future of the Australian metallurgical industry.

  • Swinburne magazine out now

    Swinburne magazine out now

    Date posted: Thursday 15 Dec 2011

    The December 2011 edition of Swinburne magazine is now available.

  • Dyson prize presented at Swinburne

    Dyson prize presented at Swinburne

    Date posted: Wednesday 14 Dec 2011

    Swinburne industrial design graduate Edward Linacre has received $16,500 in prize money for the James Dyson Award.

  • Kim Carr launches ATC

    Kim Carr launches ATC

    Date posted: Thursday 8 Dec 2011

    Senator Kim Carr has formally launched Swinburne's architecturally striking 'see-through' Advanced Technologies Centre.