An award-winning South African journalist, Adriaan has two Excellence Awards in Feature Writing to his name. He’s worked for The Citizen, a daily South African newspaper as well as written for a slew of publications and even had a stint as a content manager for a reality TV show. He studied Audio Visual Communication and Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, and still calls Johannesburg home.

LEGO robots: why adults are buying all the bricks

October 11, 2022 10:20 am
Being an adult comes with bills, stress, and realities you often don’t realize in your youth. You don’t really want to eat candy all day and watch television till your eyes go square – you’re simply too busy. Are LEGO robots a solution? But childhood dreams aren’t squashed once you...Read More

5 reasons to study with EIT

October 10, 2022 4:45 pm
Recently the annual QILT survey results were announced. The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) are a suite of government-endorsed surveys for higher education, across the student life cycle from commencement to employment. Thousands of students participate in the survey every year. Despite competing with Australia’s largest and most...Read More

EIT students go exploring

October 4, 2022 5:58 pm
A group of EIT students visited a leading engineering firm in Western Australia, Hofmann Engineering. These kinds of visits articulate the processes and roles of engineers in manufacturing and automation. They are beneficial for students that will soon occupy roles within manufacturing and other engineering processes. According to Dr Arti...Read More

Why Earthing and Lightning Protection is important

October 4, 2022 1:44 pm
There’s no reason for sparks to fly in engineering – sound lighting protection, and keen earthing keeps everyone and their electronics safe. To start, it’s important to note the damage lightning can cause, not just as a natural phenomenon, but as one observed in the human world. Photo by richard...Read More

Global employment megatrends highlight opportunities for engineers

September 21, 2022 8:23 pm
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia (CSIRO) identified key megatrends shaping our lives for decades to come. A megatrend is seen as a long-term trend that affects societies, governments, and economies permanently, and these trends happen when multiple smaller trends merge to create a megatrend. The following...Read More

The Power of Fungi

September 12, 2022 3:45 pm
As food fungi are renowned for their meaty, Unami flavor. In engineering, it’s equally beefy as part of sustainability. These fungi can do a lot more than we thought. For the future Nearly all industrially fabricated materials produced today, like construction and packaging materials, cannot be recycled and aren’t environmentally...Read More

Made to Move: a Deep Dive into Vibration Analysis

September 12, 2022 3:17 pm
Out of all the components and areas of study, few are as unique and ultimately vital within a subsect of Mechanical Engineering as Vibration Engineering and Analysis. Photo by Thomas Galler on Unsplash It is the make or break within mechanical engineering that either optimizes if moving components will last...Read More
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The Growth of Sustainable Concrete

September 12, 2022 3:17 pm
Sustainable technologies in civil engineering, including green or sustainable concrete, become even more important now when population growth, continuous industrial development, and construction of infrastructure create huge amounts of construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Additionally, fossil fuels are no longer the cornerstone of the built environment, as bio-based composite building...Read More

Like math? Celebrate Fibonacci Day this year

September 12, 2022 3:17 pm
This year on 23 November the world is celebrating Fibonacci Day to acknowledge a famous Fibonacci Sequence. It makes sense, the Fibonacci Sequence is a sequence of numbers that changed math and our understanding of the natural environment forever. If you’re not an Engineering student or missed the day in...Read More
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10 YouTube Channels for Engineers: Learn Engineering Foundations with Ease

September 12, 2022 3:12 pm
Social media like YouTube has been central in disseminating informative content, and that includes additional learning for students. YouTube channels for engineers are out there, ready to be discovered. But is it helpful? The short answer is very, but only if there’s a mindful approach to using social media that...Read More