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UQ researchers Dr. Silvia Micheli and Associate Professor Antony Moulis are exploring sustainable urban design that integrates living, working, and local production. Their study of Brisbane's West End highlights the benefits of self-sufficient communities, where goods and services are accessible locally. Their findings, featured in House Precinct Territory: Design strategies for the productive city, include a West End project shortlisted for the 2025 Architecture Australia ‘AA Prize for Unbuilt Work.’

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will explore new ways to map the progression of motor neurone disease (MND) to support faster and more accurate diagnosis.

From January 2025, the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), will officially become part of EAIT. Many of you are already familiar with SMI, but for those of you who are not, we’ve compiled some fast facts to give you an overview of the Institute’s work.

Two researchers from UQ’s School of Chemical Engineering have been awarded more than $1 million by the Heart Foundation to advance cardiovascular research.

The EAIT Faculty recently hosted its inaugural First Nations Alumni Dinner, to celebrate and acknowledge the outstanding accomplishments of its Indigenous alumni and the excellence of high-achieving Indigenous students undertaking degrees in Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology.

University of Queensland research has won an international innovation award for successfully tackling odour and corrosion in sewers.

Congratulations to Rian Mantasa from Civil Engineering who is the winner of The University of Queensland round of the 2024 Visualise Your Thesis competition. View his video submission on “Crafting our concrete channels into naturalised waterways: first steps for developing countries” below.

What if you could capture the nostalgia of disposable cameras in a digital world? Mechatronics student Mackenzie Salisbury did just that and has been celebrated at this year's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards.

UQ has partnered with the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub to accelerate the development and commercialisation of industry-led research.

This year Queensland’s 2024 Young Tall Poppy of the Year award has been presented to Associate Professor Joy Wolfram. Joy is an immunotherapist and extracellular vesicle researcher within Chemical Engineering and AIBN working on improved medicines to counter cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Dr Clarissa Whitmire from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Queensland Brain Institute features on the Grey Matter podcast about What the future holds for neuroengineering.

A first-of-its-kind brain organoid grown at The University of Queensland has helped researchers identify therapies that reduce the impact of COVID-19 on people with Down syndrome.

University of Queensland researchers have outlined 5 key steps needed to speed up Australia’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs).

Materials scientist Professor Lianzhou Wang has received one of the highest honours available to members of the local research community: being named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

University of Queensland researchers have built a generator that absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) to make electricity.

University of Queensland structural engineer Professor Chien-Ming Wang has been elected to the European Academy of Science and Arts (EASA) for his outstanding achievements in technical and environmental sciences.

Dr Frederico Fialho Teixeira from Architecture, Design and Planning is part of an international network “Building with Blue Biomass” that establishes research collaborations between leading experts from Denmark, Australia and the UK to learn how can blue biomass can contribute to a circular economy of materials.

International Women’s Day means many things to many people. For the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, we believe this is an important opportunity to both challenge the gender stereotypes and gender imbalances that still exist and also celebrate the achievements of women within our community.

Professor Chien Ming Wang of the School of Civil Engineering has co-led a project to design a cost effective yet robust pen to expand fish farming into deeper ocean areas to help feed the growing global population.

University of Queensland researchers have found improving timber production efficiencies by just 5 per cent could unlock supply for an extra 8,000 homes to be built in Australia each year.