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  • Treasure your metal: why we need to respect embedded energy

    Treasure your metal: why we need to respect embedded energy

    The recent furore about the carbon tax debate misses a vital aspect of carbon use, that using carbon to make metal is an effective way of storing energy and that whatever approach we use to move industry to a lower carbon future should reflect this
  • Why Australia must forge a future in China's Age of Steel

    Why Australia must forge a future in China's Age of Steel

    Geoffrey Brooks, Professor of Engineering Mathematics at Swinburne University of Technology provides his views on the Australian steel industry and postulates that Australia can have a future in high value steel making, if we don't lose our nerve.
  • Solving Alcoa's problems

    Solving Alcoa's problems

    Swinburne Professor of Engineering Mathematics Geoff Brooks states that the metallurgical industry is under real threat in this country, not from angry environmentalists, but from the recent growth and investment in mining in Australia
  • The future of Australia's metals industry

    The future of Australia's metals industry

    Leading figures from the minerals research community will discuss the future of the Australian metallurgical industry at the annual High Temperature Processing symposium at Swinburne University of Technology this week.
  • Developing a low-carbon metal industry

    Developing a low-carbon metal industry

    Leading metallurgists will gather this week to discuss the latest work aimed at dramatically lowering the greenhouse emissions of aluminium production and improving the industry's competitiveness following the introduction of the carbon tax.
  • Professor Geoffrey Brooks - Einstein A Go Go - 6 November 2011

    Professor Geoffrey Brooks - Einstein A Go Go - 6 November 2011

    3RRR, Dr Krystal Interview with Geoff Brooks at al, Special guest from Swinburne University are Dr Geoffrey Brooks, expert in High Temperature Processing.
    Run time: 47 mins 19 secs (Prof.Brooks from 15 mins 30 sec)
  • High temperature lab opens in ATC

    High temperature lab opens in ATC

    A world-class high temperature engineering research and teaching facility has been established in Swinburne University's new Advanced Technologies Centre.

  • Generous gift facilitates world-class high temperature lab

    Generous gift facilitates world-class high temperature lab

    A generous gift in memory of one of Australia’s leading furnace engineers, Robert (Bob) Simpson, will provide Swinburne with a world-class research and teaching facility.