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12 Feb 2019
Engineers upping standards in the air
A group of international aviation engineering companies has teamed up to standardise and improve the quality of documentation for the retrofitting of aircraft and to provide a voice to resolve issues that affect certification approvals.
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30 Dec 2018
Engineer flags end of road for sports cars
Toyota's chief engineer and creator of the latest Supra model is in Australia working with the car maker's Australian engineering team to do last-minute fine-tuning to the A90 prototype for local conditions.
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19 Dec 2018
Space, no longer the final frontier
It has been announced that the headquarters of the Australian Space Agency will be based in Adelaide and is expected to create up to 20,000 jobs by 2030.
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16 Oct 2018
Major breakthrough with organic semiconductor
Engineers at ANU have invented a semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that converts electricity into light, is thin and flexible enough to make mobiles bendable, and opens the door to a new generation of devices that will be biodegradable or easily recycled.
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4 Oct 2018
The ideal hub to lure engineers to the west
A joint venture between engineering firm Civmec and German shipbuilder Luerssen to build offshore patrol vessels, and Austal’s contract for guardian-class patrol boats, both in Henderson WA, could see engineers lured to the west instead of South Australia and Victoria.
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28 Aug 2018
150 Australian engineering jobs announced by General Motors
General Motors, the parent company of Holden, has announced it will add 150 established and graduate engineers to its Australian operations to work on future technology for autonomous vehicles and electric powertrains.
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24 Aug 2018
Aussie software engineers foreshadow cyber breaches
Software engineers from CSIRO’s Data61 have identified a new variant of the hardware vulnerability ‘Meltdown’ that can be exploited to bypass Intel processors to access memory and data.
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9 Aug 2018
The sweeter side of engineering work
A Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering student has received an up-close look at the inner mechanics of Australia’s sugarcane industry, which she now appreciates is an important sector for engineering.
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1 Aug 2018
Australia's 'massive untapped community of engineers'
Despite there being talk about a looming shortage of engineers and the need for diversity across industry, some young professionals are still having door after door closed in their faces. That is, until now.
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27 Jul 2018
Australian universities rank high for engineering
Australian universities teaching mining and mineral engineering have ranked highly in the latest ShanghaiRanking results (along with other engineering subjects), with The University of Queensland first in the world, followed by University of Western Australia 5th, University of NSW 7th and Monash...
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