Mathematics News Archive

Swinburne's online resources commended

Swinburne University of Technology's innovative MathsCasts teaching project has been recognised in the prestigious NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition.

A Day in the Life of a Mathematician

Dr Sergey Suslov, Swinburne in collaboration with Jennifer Stacey, Distance Education Centre have created the DVD, “A Day in the Life of a Mathematician”, wherein he shares his interest with students giving them a new insight into mathematics

Archimedes has died again at Swinburne

One of the most famous deaths in the ancient world has been re-enacted at Swinburne University of Technology in celebration of National Science Week.

Maths support heads online

Swinburne has stepped up its support services for its maths students, introducing online tutorials to complement existing support programs. Dr Birgit Loch is leading a research project to create 'MathsCasts' - online tutorial videos.

The high-tech halls

Tertiary students are spending less time on campus than ever before. With the help of changing technology they are increasingly logging on to learn. But are they the better for it?

Swinburne Professor supports Mathematicians in Schools partnerships?

If you are the Head of Mathematics at one of the state's leading Universities, do you still have time for (not one but) two Mathematicians in Schools partnerships? Absolutely!

Students learn to take their tablets

At Swinburne University, Dr Birgit Loch is deploying new technology to boost students' marks and keep dropout rates down. Using tablets with touch-sensitive screens, clickers and screencasts, she is helping reshape the age-old formal lecture

Students benefit from high-tech teaching

Gone are the days when a pencil, book and calculator were considered standard issue equipment for a maths lecture. In Dr Birgit Loch’s classroom it’s PC tablets, clickers and screen casts that are the norm.

Bid to keep aluminium shining

Working together, researchers from across Australia and New Zealand are hoping to cut the energy needs of an industry worth billions to the nation's economy

Mite Versus Mite in Deadly Numbers Game

Mathematicians are finding that equations for modelling interactions between predators and prey have a surprising array of applications in the human world, from biological control of crop pests to cancer research

Blast furnace holds key to earth's birth

The birth pangs of the Earth, how it drew its substance from the disc of gas that formed the early solar system, are still not well understood. In search of the solution to this celestial enigma, a team from SUT are seeking answers.

 

Local team pushes nanotech frontier

AS devices such as mobile phones, computers and portable music players become smaller, a team of Australian researchers is developing tools to predict how materials and fluids will behave at nanometre size.

Tool kit challenge for tomorrow's nano-factories

In a world where everything from mobile phones to computers, portable music players and all manner of instruments is getting smaller, engineers need new tools to predict how materials will behave when they are being processed or shaped at scales