News Archive • 2012
PhD student wins the prestigious Singapore-Netherlands Sustainability Award
Monday, May 21, 2012
Swinburne PhD student Anne Belski has been awarded with the
Singapore-Netherlands Sustainability Award at the Singapore-Netherlands
Water Challenge.Treasure your metal: why we need to respect embedded energy
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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 thisSwinburne Student wins Gold at the 2012 international design awards
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Jesse Leeworthy, from the Bachelor Product Design Engineering (Hons), has won a Gold medal at the 2012 International design awardsSwinburne assist in developing new magnesium riveting technology
Monday, April 23, 2012
Collaborating with Swinburne in the hunt for a solution to enable magnesium to be used in the production of lightweight vehicles is Henrob, Henkel and the CAST Cooperative Research Centre (CAST) Why Australia must forge a future in China's Age of Steel
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
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.
Swinburne Aviation one of the great leaders in Aviation Education
By Hansard
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Swinburne Aviation has been cited as one of the great leaders in Aviation Education over the last two decades, having introduced a range of very innovative programs for aviation educationVictoria announces partnership with Indian electric vehicle pioneer
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Premier Baillieu today announced a Victorian Government MoU with Indian automotive pioneer Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles to support a study into the potential for research, development, and manufacturing of clean technology vehicles in Victoria
Safer skies start on the ground
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Some of the most significant advances in air safety will be achieved without anyone leaving the ground.
Australia“s leading Aviation Simulation Laboratory was opened today by Victorian Aviation Industry Minister Mr Gordon Rich-Phillips
Grounded pilots search for key to safety in the clouds
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
A $300,000 helicopter simulator is the star attraction at a groundbreaking aviation research laboratory at Swinburne University of Technology, set up to study human failings in flight in a quest to find ways to make flying safer.
Can you quake-proof a building?
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Earthquakes are a force to be reckoned with in Australia even though
they tend to fly under the radar, according to civil engineering
academic John Wilson.A Day in the Life of a Mathematician
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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
Half Shenzhen's buses to be electric or hybrid
By fiona.tam@scmp.com
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
In a bid to become China&lsdquo;s electric vehicle capital, Shenzhen has set a goal to replace more than 50 per cent of its combustion engine buses with electric or hybrid ones by 2015, a move that would reduce air pollution, especially of da
Swinburne PDE students take their skills to China
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Swinburne Product Design Engineering students have been undertaking traineeships with Chinese company Softray in conjunction with IAESTE, the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience.
Support for electric vehicle development
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and Swinburne University of Technology\'s Vice-Chancellor Professor Linda Kristjanson have announced Swinburne\'s first-ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence Mr Chetan Maini.
Swinburne's online resources commended
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Swinburne University of Technology's innovative MathsCasts teaching project has been recognised in the prestigious NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition.Australian innovators in solar world first
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
In a boon for the local solar industry, a team of researchers from Swinburne University of Technology and Suntech Power Holdings have developed the world\'s most efficient broadband nanoplasmonic solar cells.
Solving Alcoa's problems
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Friday, February 10, 2012
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 AustraliaThe future of Australia's metals industry
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Monday, February 6, 2012
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.New Professional Certificate in Operational Safety Systems
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Swinburne Professional Certificate of Aviation has been designed
specifically to help meet the needs of individuals and organisations to more comprehensively account for the human and organisational elements of safety within their operations.