Industry partners have thrown their support behind the University of Queensland Women in Engineering program, which has prompted a steady increase in women participating in undergraduate engineering studies.
Sustainable transport and electric vehicle expert Dr Jake Whitehead spoke with Brisbane City Council's sustainability team at City Smart to share how households might be travelling 10 years from now.
More than two centuries after Australia’s infamous Rum Rebellion, a University of Queensland chemical engineering and business graduate has started a new revolution in rum distillation that will help reinvigorate Brisbane’s passion for this ‘Australian liquor’.
Is this the skinniest house ever? Designed by UQ Architecture PhD student Kirsty Volz and David Toussaint, the site occupies a mere 317m2 and has a street frontage of only 2.3m.
AN AWARD winning house in Brisbane could be the answer to increasing density in our inner-city suburbs without destroying the character. The One Room Tower is a creative extension built next to a character home in Brisbane’s West End.
UniQuest, UQ's commercialisation company, is leading Australia and competing globally in creating spin-out companies based on academic intellectual property.
Road congestion is costing Australia more than an avoidable A$16 billion every year. This is set to almost double to A$30 billion by 2030. That’s why we have a new minister for cities and urban infrastructure, Alan Tudge, who says he’s looking forward to “congestion busting”.
Six UQ alumni have joined forces to launch an annual $5,000 scholarship for engineering, which will help students from remote and regional parts of Australia build the strong foundations for a successful career.
