2017 has brought with it a range of new faces to the Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology Faculty leadership team. Meet the newest additions.
Stuart Loughrey is a fifth-year mechanical and aerospace engineering student and he is currently working on his thesis that involved flight testing a prototype fly-back rocket booster.
Boeing has landed on campus, moving its Brisbane-based research and development team to the heart of UQ's engineering hub.
He has been recognised as an international aerospace leader of the future, but a University of Queensland graduate still describes his chosen career as simply “the coolest”.
Academically gifted students with a passion for study have been celebrated by The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) in the seventh annual EAIT Scholars program awards.
UQ scientists are taking giant leaps for mankind in hypersonic flight research. And while travelling between Sydney and London in two hours may be off in the horizon, rumblings about UQ’s plans for small satellite launches using scramjet engines are being felt across the globe.
Twenty-five University of Queensland researchers are celebrating a combined multi-million-dollar success in the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.
A University of Queensland researcher says his prestigious international award for a lifetime of hypersonic research highlights UQ’s success in finding a niche in a global field.
The University of Queensland ranks at number three in the world in two subject areas and highest in Australia in another two, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017.
The University of Queensland recently celebrated the graduation of a record number of female engineering students with women making up 26 per cent of all graduates – well above the national average of 17 per cent.