Promising new University of Queensland research projects have the potential to revolutionise a diversity of industries, including healthcare, security, chemical, horticulture, energy and electronics.

16 June 2009

A team of 10 UQ undergraduate students is aiming to prove you don’t need to perform a rain dance to encourage the clouds to open.

10 June 2009
QRC scholarship holders (from left) Jack Gaynor, Adam Irelandes, Justin Tang and Daniel Kiyuna

Four prestigious scholarships have been awarded to UQ engineering students in a bid to reward and encourage outstanding scholars who are embarking on a career in the resources sector.

10 June 2009

Six scientists from The University of Queensland have received Smart Future Fellowships to help further their research into areas such as disease detection and clean energy.

5 June 2009
Mark Winchester (far right) General Manager - Engineering, Xstrata Coal Australia with Xstrata scholarship recipients.

Thirty-one University of Queensland engineering students have recently benefited from more than half a million dollars in industry-funded scholarships.

4 June 2009

UQ architecture students have faced their toughest clients yet, and are building their kindergarten customers the playground of their dreams.

3 June 2009

UQ research ranging from better pearls to better plastics was given a $3.5 million boost today with the latest round of Australian Research Council funding.

29 May 2009

UQ engineering alumnus Simon Bartlett has been named Australia’s Professional Electrical Engineer of the Year 2009 by Engineers Australia.

28 May 2009

Italy, a key nation in aerospace research, has signalled its intention to collaborate more closely on hypersonics research with The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.

25 May 2009
Ms Aiza Zaidin

UQ international student Aiza Zaidin has been awarded the University’s most prestigious prize in mechanical engineering.

20 May 2009
Artists impression of the Translational Research Institute

The University of Queensland has applauded the recent Federal Budget, which includes $194 million in funding for UQ infrastructure projects.

13 May 2009

The University of Queensland has applauded tonight's Federal Budget funding of $50 million for an Advanced Engineering Building.

12 May 2009
(From left) Alex Ng, Michael Heitzmann and Ben Linderberger

A team from The University of Queensland has made it through to the final round of the Airbus Fly Your Ideas global competition for students of higher education.

8 May 2009
Professor Hervé Biausser, the Director of École Centrale Paris and Professor Caroline Crosthwaite

In a first for Australian engineering education, UQ Engineering students will now have the opportunity to complete two internationally-recognised degrees simultaneously during the course of their studies.

7 May 2009

Researchers at The University of Queensland have developed software to help make the job of conservation planners a bit easier.

1 May 2009

As the proportion of women studying and graduating from architecture programs rises, there is a growing interest in the architectural practices established by women, the nature of their works and the trajectories that these practices have taken.

30 April 2009
Clockwise from left: Melody Co, Diem Phuong, Zunnarain Zaini, Lilys Thamrin, Hoomie Hung,

An interactive learning tool developed by UQ multimedia design students has received first place in the student category of the prestigious Australian Computer Society (ACS) Queensland ICT Awards.

28 April 2009

As part of the City Thinking: Architecture Talks series, UQ's School of Architecture will host a lecture by Melbourne architect Howard Raggatt on April 28 at 6pm in the Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, St Lucia.

27 April 2009
Lightness Heaviness by Gianna Ephraims

First-year UQ architecture students are set to brighten up Ipswich’s Powerhouse Museum with a display of light beacons, designed and produced as part of their course requirements.

27 April 2009

UQ staff and students with entrepreneurial ideas or early stage research projects are encouraged to enter UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer competition, which offers $40,000 in cash prizes.

23 April 2009