Year of Humanitarian Engineering culminates with an “inspirational” conference
The recent Year of Humanitarian Engineering Conference, held in Melbourne from 30 November to 2 December, was a great success. The conference was the culmination of a year-long calendar focused on the theme of educating, activating and celebrating the work of humanitarian engineers around the globe.
Phnom Penh – Live & Learn Environmental Education announced today that it will receive funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges.
Last week Engineers Australia’s ‘Make it so’ campaign was announced the winner of the Associations category at the Asia Pacific Sabre Awards. The Sabre Awards boasts the world's largest awards competition for the public relations industry, celebrating PR campaigns that demonstrate the highest levels of creativity, integrity and effectiveness.
The Low-cost electronic cane and pint-sized insulin pump take first and second place in QUT’s Engineering for Humanity Challenge
In the future, people with vision impairment or blindness may be able to read the internet and ebooks and cook safely with ease while glasses with inbuilt sensors could open doors for quadriplegics.
A team of teenagers from Brooks High School in Tasmania are the new world champions of the biggest science and technology competition on the planet, having received the Bernie Ecclestone Trophy at a glittering event in Malaysia.
The week beginning Monday 1st August 2011 was busy, exciting and eventful with Engineers Australia members, students and the general public participating in Australian Engineering Week 2011.
This year’s engineering week was a fantastic success it featured many new as well as our traditional and well-loved events.
This year’s engineering week was a fantastic success it featured many new as well as our traditional and well-loved events.
There was nothing but smiles all around as 15 Canberra Grammar students worked in teams of three, competing to build the best model dam amongst their peers as part of the EngQuest program.
Matthew Brady’s winning idea, like many of the Make it so ideas, was inspired by the lack of energy efficiency in the home.
Make_it_so: Pasha Bulker flood recreated by researchers http://t.co/Na9ZwjMV6 days 7 hours ago
Make_it_so: RT @SA_President_EA: Hurry - last days - 2012 Sir Eric Neal Address - http://t.co/...1 week 6 hours ago
Make_it_so: Bid to speed up inspection of A380s http://t.co/X2pDw1Cd1 week 7 hours ago
Make_it_so: Converted to a rewarding field http://t.co/o1muR6uQ1 week 1 day ago
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Engineers Australia is proud to announce that 2011 is the Year of Humanitarian Engineering
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Australian Engineering Week exceeds all expectations
August 30, 2010
With 165 events held throughout Australia, 41 sponsors, hundreds of volunteers and over 13,000 attendees, the 2010 Australian Engineering Week was certainly a week to remember.