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Students Clinch 2nd Place in Prestigious 2024 International Warman Design and Build Competition

UoA winning team

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering student team achieved second place at the prestigious International Warman Design and Build Competition held on 26 and 27 October 2024.

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Researcher awarded significant grant to analyse Australian ore properties with new low-carbon processing technologies

Dr Zhiwei Sun

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering researcher awarded $450K in grants by HILT CRC to analyse ore properties with new low-carbon processing technologies.

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Quantum entanglement detected in top quark

Artistic visualisation of quantum entanglement in top-quarks. Image copyright CERN

A team of international scientists working on the ATLAS experiment – including experts from the School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences at UoA – has taken a major step forward in discovering more about quantum entanglement, one of the key properties underlying quantum physics.

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Space architects boldy envisage building off-Earth colonies

  The protective mounds of raw regolith surrounding the exterior walls serve to blur the boundary between settlement and lunar landscape. Solar panels rotate atop the regolith domes, catching the eternal sunlight of the South Pole.

Students have been recognised for their off-Earth designs which could accommodate deep-space explorers of the future. The inaugural Australian Space Architecture Challenge (ASAC) was organised by a team from the University of Adelaide’s Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources (ATCSR).

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School of Biological Sciences makes breakthrough to control crown gall disease in plants

Crown gall on grape vine

Associate Professor Iain Searle – School of Biological Sciences – and his team have created the world’s first biological control for the crown gall disease, which has caused a century of plant losses.

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Agriculture, Food & Wine HDR Symposium award winners announced

Dr Richard Harvey

School of Agriculture, Food & Wine announced its HDR Symposium Award winners.

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Winners of Visualise Your Thesis Competition announced

Hussain Ahmad winning two awards

A HDR student from the School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences won both the People’s Choice Award and Second Place in the Visualise Your Thesis Competition, organised by the University Library. 

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Waite 100 Whisky wins bronze

Waite 100 Whisky

School of Agriculture, Food & Wine celebrates Bronze at Tasting Australia Spirit Awards for its Waite 100 Whisky – the first whisky distilled at Waite campus.

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Surprising spin offs of slowing down wind turbines

Dr Rey Chin

Dr Rey Chin from the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering discovers how to improve cost effectiveness of wind farms.

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Awards night abuzz with praise for citizen science program

School of Biological Sciences celebrates prestigious award win

School of Biological Sciences wins Innovation in Citizen Science award for ‘Insect Investigators’ project at the 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

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