National glory in Microsoft Imagine Cup for StethoCloud
Computing and Information Systems students Kim Ramchen and Mahsa Salehi are part of a team that yesterday took top honours in the Australian final of the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup.
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Graduate Engineering and IT Expo
At our Graduate Engineering and IT Study Expo on Tuesday 12 June, you will have the chance to learn more about our suite of graduate courses.
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Research to preserve Australia’s largest groundwater resource
Researchers at the Melbourne School of Engineering have been working with industry to better understand and monitor our most vital underground water reserve, the Great Artesian Basin.
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Schools gear up for 2012 Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest
Forty-four schools from around Victoria will battle it out to see who can come up with the craziest machine to take a simple photo, as part of the 2012 Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest.
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News
Smart Timber Monitor set to save industry millions
Associate Professor Peter Farrell, from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, is working with researchers from the Melbourne School of Land and Environment to remotely monitor decay and insect manifestations in construction timber that could save Australia millions.
Events
Nanomaterials and applications: Working across the disciplines
Professor Ulrich Wiesner, Spencer T Olin Professor of Engineering at Cornell University’s Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering will present the next 2012 MERIT Visiting Scholars Lecture on Wednesday 16 May at 1pm.
Features
Biomedical engineers research to control epilepsy
Associate Professor David Grayden, Deputy Head (Academic) of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is leading a research project in conjunction with the Bionics Institute and St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, that is investigating how electrical stimulation of the brain can be used to stop epileptic seizures.
Alumni
Alumnus Profile: Hayden Jackson – Structural Engineer
Designing megastructures and project managing iconic international engineering initiatives are some of the highlights of Hayden Jackson’s work as a Structural Engineer for international advisory and design consultancy, Hyder Consulting.
Recent Articles
Smart Timber Monitor set to save industry millions
Associate Professor Peter Farrell, from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, is working with researchers from the Melbourne School of Land and Environment to remotely monitor decay and insect manifestations in construction timber that could save Australia millions.
Out of this world: Exchange student’s Swedish rocket project
“The experience of a lifetime” is how Will Reid described his time managing a rocket experiment in Sweden for the past 18 months. The Mechatronics and Computer Science student’s handiwork will be launched 85km into the earth’s atmosphere later this year.
2012 Robogals Science Challenge launched
Young Australian of the Year 2012 Marita Cheng, has issued a challenge for high school girls to be adventurous and embrace the Robogals Science Challenge.
Course Spotlight: Environmental Engineering
Environmental engineering is a rapidly growing field and qualified environmental engineers are in high demand worldwide. Environmental Engineers make a difference to the world by using their expertise to create sustainable solutions to environmental problems.
Electrical engineering alum wins national IET competition
Congratulations to electrical engineering graduate, Genevieve Beart, who has won the National final of the IET Present Around the World competition.
Gear train system wins Orica Design Prize
Three Department of Mechanical Engineering students have been awarded the $3000 Orica Design prize for their outstanding contribution to mechanical engineering design at the University of Melbourne.
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