Articles related to 'Industry Collaboration'
Related topics: Sustainability & The Environment, Education, Health & Medical
Partnerships drive innovation
This issue provides an insight into how our research and education is driving innovation and contributing to improving lives, the environment and the economy.
Talk a trigger for innovation
The significant potential of universities to add value to the economy and society remains relatively untapped in Australia, according to Swinburne University's Dr Bruce Whan.
Design Factory a creative hub
To develop Australia's creative innovation capability, Swinburne has adopted Finland's acclaimed Design Factory model.
Cultural divide finds digital bridge
A Swinburne-partnered project brings the benefits of home internet access to remote Indigenous communities, in many cases for the first time.
Blind dates we need to take
At Swinburne we have long been committed to making a difference. We take very seriously our responsibility to ensure that our graduates have the awareness and insight, as well as the knowledge and skills, to address the challenges that confront us.
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
Sustainability and small business: Carrots and sticks in the mix for business change
Two Swinburne projects are showing how small and medium enterprises can lower their environmental impact, and gain
Our futures bound by knowledge shared
Acting Vice Chancellor Professor Andrew Flitman invites industry to work with Swinburne to tackle the things that matter: advancing our standards of living, our health and our ability to live together.
See-through centre puts knowledge on show
Swinburne’s new centre houses $40 million worth of advanced research equipment in a building designed to excite a sense of wonder in 21st century technology.
Healthy living switch a tough solo task
Community support groups promoting healthier lifestyles may be the key to helping thousands of ageing Australians delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
Monstrous idea spawns industry giant
The Swinburne graduate who brought dinosaurs back to life regards himself as more pragmatist than artist. And the commercial results are dazzling .
Industry meets academia through engaged learning
Recognising the importance of job-ready graduates, Swinburne is embedding industry engaged learning (IEL) into every undergraduate degree.
Brain monitor puts patients at ease
Awakening during surgery is a nightmare that haunts patients and doctors alike, but Swinburne scientists have found a way to allow both patients and doctors to rest easy.
Social media’s workplace evolution
Swinburne research into social media usage in the workplace may lead to self-monitoring tools for employees.
Monstrous idea spawns industry giant
The Swinburne graduate who brought dinosaurs back to life regards himself as more pragmatist than artist. And the commercial results are dazzling.
Weight loss for healthier cars
Researchers are overcoming obstacles to the wider use of the ultra-lightweight metal magnesium in the automotive industry.
Car makers hear an electric buzz
Universities and other research bodies in Victoria are teaming up to put Australia at the forefront of electric car technology
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
Swinburne Sustainability Strategy: more than just another policy document
The Swinburne Sustainability Strategy – Swinburne’s commitment to sustainability – has a set of outcome measures that will ensure all Swinburne courses embed sustainability and that 50 per cent of staff are upskilled by 2015.
New course embeds sustainability in educational practice
Swinburne’s National Centre for Sustainability has developed and is now teaching Australia’s first accredited course in education and training for sustainability.
Tradies turn a greener shade
Through ‘green’ training on water-wise plumbing and irrigation systems, recycled greywater and solar insulation Swinburne University of Technology is helping to prepare Australia for a more sustainable, low-carbon future.
Award to cross-culture business program
Swinburne TAFE’s partnership with several other organisations to develop Indigenous business governance skills has been recognised with a Business/Higher Education Round Table (B-HERT) Award in the category of Best Community Engagement.
Alzheimer hope in ancient medical memories
Evidence is building to support the use of alternative medicines in preserving our mental capabilities and warding off Alzheimer’s disease.
Boeing–Swinburne venture puts wind beneath industry wings
A new research and development centre will give Australia’s aircraft component manufacturing industry access to improved manufacturing techniques and advanced materials
Manufacturing partnerships
Swinburne has world-class expertise in advanced manufacturing and technology transfer, and continues to develop industry partnerships to foster innovations needed for future competitiveness.
Bush medicine for a germ-killing, heart-saving gargle
The antibacterial properties of the Australian native plant emu bush (Eremophila longifolia) could one day help prevent tooth decay.
IT tool gives trauma teams extra eyes
Keeping a severely injured person alive after an accident can be one of the most stressful circumstances in which complex decisions have to be made second-by-second. It makes sense to enlist the processing power of a computer.
School’s in for smarter emotions
Measures of emotional intelligence are being adapted for use in the classroom to help both students and teachers cope with modern stresses.
Alloy research cuts through the fighter cost barrier
Defence is an expensive business. Strike aircraft weapons systems, for example, don’t come cheap. But their necessity, and these strained economic times, means more research is being put into reducing their cost of production.
All power to the sun and the light team
Affordable solar power may soon be just a flick of the switch away.
Companies find a competitive green edge
A business environmental mentoring program is showing that ‘going green’ can win customers and profits.
New environment to debug global-scale I.T. upgrades
Testing new computer systems before they go live is usually standard procedure for introducing new software across a business. But when it comes to large, distributed systems such as those used by global companies, this is not an easy exercise.
Research and education focus drive rapid development
Tertiary education and research are the intellectual foundation on which Australia’s future rests and the motivation driving Swinburne University of Technology’s rapid development.
Laser metal repair ready for world power
A science–industry partnership has helped commercialise a technology with the potential to save electricity companies millions of maintenance dollars.
Skills shortage creates increased demand for job-ready graduates
The first wide-ranging study of work-integrated learning in Australia has been completed and reveals the benefits and challenges of this widespread approach to university teaching.
Learning on the job
Gone are the days when university students sat sponge-like in lecture theatres absorbing the words spoken at them. Career assistance, work placements and an array of electives designed to improve generic work skills are making today’s students more job-ready than ever.
Mobile internet finds new meaning
In the state of Orissa, India, the lack of internet access in rural and regional areas has led one company to implement an unusual approach to connectivity.
Services get smartened up
Customers will soon have a bigger say in how they can access services, particularly online services. It’s all part of a new field of technology known as smart services.
No flatfoots in managing crime response
Researchers who analyse and help define modern business management have been recruited to help law enforcers keep the management of crime fighting similarly 'fleet of foot'.
Pilots to take off with a brand new qualification
Aspiring pilots can fast-track their path to a job while improving their general education through a new aviation qualification backed by Australia's major airline.
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.
Galaxy hunters stalk invisible prey
Swinburne University of Technology's Mike Murphy is a galaxy hunter, one of an elite tribe dedicated to seeking out and capturing some of the most elusive prey in the universe.
