Platinum’s replacement in hydrogen production may lead to clean energy future


23 March, 2016
Griffith University is taking one giant leap into the future of clean energy. According to EurekaAlert, the university is using carbon as a method of delivering energy using hydrogen. The specific team is Griffith's Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre. They have produced hydrogen from water. This would replace platinum as...Read More

Where in the world should engineering students be studying?


22 March, 2016
The BBC's Andreas Schleicher wrote - a week ago - that China would be building "the equivalent of almost one university a week" due to the rising population. Recently, we reported that China and India were left out of the World Economic Forum's research that detailed which country produced the most...Read More

Organ printing with ‘3-D printer’ no longer science fiction


22 March, 2016
It's the stuff of science fiction, however, it is already here. The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has purchased a '3-D printer' that would be able to theoretically print human organs. Biomedical engineering has been revolutionizing the medicine field in a big way in the last few years...Read More

Fast food automation to save money for companies amidst minimum wage increase in US


22 March, 2016
The fast food industry in America is becoming more automated year by year. The New American has reported that companies would be interested in automation hardware and software for the future of delivering food, due to heightened employee wages in the United States. Eatsa, a restaurant in San Francisco, has a...Read More

Fast food automation to save money for companies amidst minimum wage increase in US


22 March, 2016
The fast food industry in America is becoming more automated year by year. The New American has reported that companies would be interested in automation hardware and software for the future of delivering food, due to heightened employee wages in the United States. Eatsa, a restaurant in San Francisco, has a...Read More

Construction and demolition industries to contribute to waste recycling in Australia


22 March, 2016
It just seems that Australia has their priorities straight when it comes to engineering projects. Australia is making 10 million Australian Dollars ($7.6 million) available to local councils to repurpose materials from construction and demolition waste, according to WasteManagementWorld.  These materials would assist in projects being conducted by civil engineers,...Read More

Bird-like plane wings the future of aircraft?


18 March, 2016
The University of Michigan's engineers and biologists have been bird watching. They have been doing this with the intention of designing aircraft according to how birds fly, fantasizing about ditching the stiff-winged airplane.  The team was given $6 million from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to create what is being...Read More

Exploded lithium-ion battery raises battery storage question mark


18 March, 2016
A photo of an exploded lithium-ion household energy storage battery is making its rounds on social media. The photo allegedly comes out of Victoria, Australia. According to RenewEconomy, Australia could see 50,000 batteries installed in households in the next 12 months. Australia's federal government has thrown its weight behind energy storage...Read More

12 years of maths a requirement for STEM degrees


18 March, 2016
The Australian Academy of Science (AAS) has reminded students that maths is a mandatory requirement for students that will be pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees. In the last few years, mathematics prerequisites have not been heavily relied on. The AAS has a ten-year plan ready to implement...Read More

Engineering graduates facing unemployment


17 March, 2016
Engineering graduates are facing unemployment if recent reports from around the world are to be believed. Quite recently it was reported that in Kenya, four out of ten students are studying degree programmes that are not accredited by the Engineering Board of Kenya (Unaccredited engineering degrees and unskilled engineers in Africa)....Read More