Burning fossil fuels

All eyes will be on Glasgow over the first two weeks of November as world leaders meet at the most important international climate summit in the past decade.

2 November 2021
(L-R) Professor Peter Halley, Javan McGuckin, Lilly Van Gilst, Flynn Pearman, Victoria Barnes, James Orman, Professor Vicki Chen.

Five future engineering leaders and problem-solvers have become the first to receive scholarships created by the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership.

14 November 2019
From left, UQ's Dr Michael Heitzmann, Mark Butler MP, and UQ's Dr Nasim Amiralian with the ACE-EV electric van.

University of Queensland researchers are developing a new generation of sustainable composite materials designed specifically for electric vehicles.

30 October 2019
A scrapped computer board

Melting metals from scrapped electronic devices are among solutions for the sustainable supply of critical materials being investigated by University of Queensland researchers.

1 July 2019
The second version of CommFit is being tested now

Dr Caitlin Brandenburg’s award-winning research is certainly something to get people talking.

25 July 2016
UQ Robotics Club members Fabian Vasuain and Lex Van Cooten with amputee consultant Ben Tarbuck (centre).

Affordable open-source prosthetic limbs may be a step closer, thanks to the efforts of UQ Robotics Club students.

14 September 2015

A Solomon Islands provincial capital will be relocated to the mainland due to coastal hazards and the risks of rising sea levels resulting from climate change.

19 August 2014
More than 50 per cent of the new Airbus A350XWB structure, including the fuselage and wings, is made from composite materials

Australian breakthroughs in techniques for welding composite materials are changing the future of aerospace engineering, by cutting aircraft construction time and cost.

2 June 2014
Dr Melrose Brown is satisfied that the carbon composite fins made the journey to Norway undamaged.

Australia’s hypersonic scramjet has arrived safe in Norway, where the team will prepare it for its 8600km/h “hypersonic swan-dive” from the edge of space.

5 September 2013
The SCRAMSPACE team and scramjet (half-scale rapid prototype)

It’s all systems go for the experimental SCRAMSPACE scramjet flight, which passed its Critical Design Review in Brisbane recently.

11 July 2012

Wikipedia is playing a growing role in academia at The University of Queensland, with students researching and writing high-quality articles for the online encyclopedia.

11 July 2012