The 3.275 megawatt array is built on a 10ha former airstrip

Sunshine is being turned into energy and knowledge at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, where the state’s largest solar array was switched on today.

27 March 2015
Civil Engineering students Charlotte Caulfield is monitoring water quality.

University of Queensland School of Civil Engineering students are getting real-world experience, working to improve the water quality of UQ’s lakes.

10 March 2015

An all-girl team of high school students competing in the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge has consulted with University of Queensland neuroscientists ahead of the national final at the Australian Grand Prix next week.

6 March 2015
Researchers at UQ’s Centre for Advanced Imaging have begun performing the Southern Hemisphere’s most advanced cardiac imaging.

The University of Queensland is performing the Southern Hemisphere’s most advanced cardiac imaging, opening the way for improved diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

2 March 2015
Dentistry PhD student and budding software developer Dr William Ha created the BraceMate app.

Fancy decorating your mouth in the colours of your favourite Cricket World Cup team? It’s now entirely possible thanks to the work of University of Queensland dentistry PhD student and budding software developer Dr William Ha.

24 February 2015
A scan of the team using the Riegl TLS lidar scanner at the Warra Flux Tower. Photo: Peter Scarth.

Drones, laser scanners, planes and sharp shooters have been put to work in the Tasmanian forest to better understand the environmental effects of forest management regimes.

23 February 2015
The Nanopatch applicator and a large version of the patch.

Vaccine technology company Vaxxas has moved a step closer to achieving its goal of improving world health, thanks to a capital raising of $25 million.

10 February 2015
Talia Rose samples the local cuisine in Cambodia this week

Second-year university student Talia Rose is kicking off 2015 at the Engineers Without Borders Design Summit in Cambodia.

12 January 2015
Solar panels - like these at UQ - are being installed globally at a rate of a gigawatt every week, almost as much the total amount installed during the 20th century.

The question of whether the future will be powered by coal and oil or by renewable energy is crucially important, both to the medium-term future of the Australian economy and to the long-term future of the planet. For either to succeed, there is a...

8 January 2015
A robotic soccer ball developed by UQ engineers is helping people with vision impairment improve their game participation.

A robotic soccer ball is set to improve social ball game participation for people with visual impairment, thanks to a team of University of Queensland engineers and Vision Australia.

7 January 2015