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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.
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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.
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Our bloated cult of efficiency
Date posted: Thursday 3 May 2012
Anthony James from the National Centre for Sustainability asks whether improving efficiency may make our energy and climate problems worse.
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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.
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Date posted: Friday 10 Feb 2012
The solution to Alcoa's problems may lie in its backyard, writes Swinburne Professor Geoff Brooks.
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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.
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Date posted: Thursday 15 Dec 2011
The December 2011 edition of Swinburne magazine is now available.
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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.
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Developing a low-carbon metal industry
Date posted: Tuesday 15 Nov 2011
Leading metallurgists are meeting at Swinburne to discuss the latest work to improve the aluminium industry’s sustainability.
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Unique irrigation system wins Dyson award
Date posted: Wednesday 9 Nov 2011
Swinburne industrial design graduate Ed Linacre has won the 2011 James Dyson Award for his Airdrop irrigation system.
