Professor Michael Smart from the UQ Centre for Hypersonics says the key to Australia's superiority in space could lie with reusable satellites and scramjets.
Zachary Sizer was a big fish in a small pond at Begonia State School near St George, Queensland. One of only 13 students, he discovered his passion for engineering and is now at the top of his class of more than 900 young engineers.
EAIT Faculty's Three Minute Thesis runner-up, Sean Johnston presents his PhD research project.
UQ Centre for Hypersonics researcher, Professor Michael Smart, was recently featured on the children's science show, Scope on Network Ten.
Eleven University of Queensland students – including mechanical and materials engineering student Michael Merceica and business/IT student Ellen Wright – will represent Australia’s Uniroos at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan.
Dr Vincent Wheatley has a passion for spaceflight and aerospace engineering, but he is equally excited to watch the careers of his students take off.
Emerging industries, from large-scale energy storage to electric cars, will need longer lasting batteries. But to build them, we need to know a lot more about what is limiting battery life.
EAIT Faculty's Associate Professor Lydia Kavanagh and the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering's Dr Saiied Aminossadati have been celebrated for their commitment to teaching with prestigious Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellowships.
Commercialised flight faster than five times the speed of sound has been brought one step closer, thanks to a successful experimental flight featuring University of Queensland knowhow.
Big plans are being made in space. Investment banks want to mine asteroids for rare, valuable metals. Japan wants to build a solar power station. Billionaire tycoons want to build hotels in orbit for space tourists.