Articles related to 'Engineering'
Related topics: Sustainability & The Environment, Advanced Manufacturing, Health & Medical
New engineers solve 21st century problems
Recognising the need for skills to help manufacturers respond to today's global and sustainability challenges, Swinburne University of Technology is training a new style of engineer.
Creative engineers find market niche
Swinburne engineering education innovation is providing Australian manufacturers with sought-after product design skills.Making future buildings safer
Inside a glass-walled laboratory, the effects of earthquakes and other forces of nature can be simulated on tomorrow’s structures.
Virtual predictions beat destruction
New computer modelling capabilities at Swinburne will help Australian manufacturers design and test new materials and components.
Plane safety climbs with smart inspection system
A new way to detect and characterise internal flaws in high-tech aircraft components will help keep planes in the sky and improve manufacturing productivity
Bionic eye hope from a touch of light
A cross-disciplinary research team on the quest for a bionic eye is laying the foundations for a new non-invasive approach to stimulating nerves using light and gold nanoparticles.
Future travels down a glass highway
Mountains of waste glass that would otherwise go to landfill may soon find a home in Victoria’s roads and footpaths
Profit forecast to fire up landfill gas
Accurately predicting how much gas a landfill site is likely to deliver over its lifespan is a challenge one civil engineer is working to address.
Learning springs from Dr Mazzolini's box of tricks
Simple, tactile experiments are a popular way to learn physics, especially if your school happens to be in a developing country far from modern facilities.
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.
Hip joints and jet blades cop a hot spray
The uses for thermal spray coatings, which, at their thinnest, are the width of a human hair, are rapidly on the rise – everything from artificial bone coatings for replacement joints to offshore oil platforms and, potentially, water purification and solar energy collection applications
On the surface it’s a love of engineering
A year 12 art subject ignited a passion for bioengineering for Sally McArthur. Now, the recently appointed Swinburne Associate Professor plans to explore bio-mimicry, where natural effects are recreated synthetically.
Plastic iron breaks the mould
The steel moulds used to make common plastic products are effective but time-consuming and expensive to develop. A new composite of iron and plastic could change that and provide a boon for plastics manufacturing.
Researchers engineer Australia for earthquakes
Just how well a building type common in Australia and Asia performs in mild to moderate earthquakes is being investigated through a collaborative research project.
Defects detected in the blink of a ‘mechanical eye’
The next generation of visual inspection systems could help Australian manufacturers improve quality and competitiveness. But understanding the limits of these systems will be vital.
Research helps old bodies work smarter
Swinburne researchers are helping to address the challenges of an ageing population by designing new products and adapting existing ones to take into account the effects of ageing.
Mending broken hearts - naturally
Using a soluble synthetic scaffold, researchers are pioneering a way to build replacement body parts.
No waste spared for travel in the fast lane
Dr Arulrajah, a senior lecturer in civil engineering at Swinburne University of Technology's Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure, believes biosolids would be an ideal material to recycle into such civil engineering applications.
