News: electrical and mechanical engineering
Ingenuity innovators enhance autonomous underwater vehicle
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A hit multi-year project from Ingenuity 2019 has had innovative enhancements by final year engineering students Eli Duykers, Jessica Evans, Joyce Jollands and Nathan Morrissey.
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Dr Jiawen Li working on 3D printed camera to detect cause of heart attacks
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The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing researcher has been awarded grants totalling $608, 308 for her research.
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Ingenuity innovators create robotic remote control solution to clear power lines
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Mechanical Engineering students embarked on a quest for their honours project to decrease risk to powerline maintenance workers, creating a robotic hybrid system that you can check out at Ingenuity!
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ECMS funding success in health and medical research
Two researchers from the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences have been awarded a total of over $2.8million. Congratulations to our two ECMS researchers.
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ECMS graduate named as Advanced Awards Emerging Leader
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Congratulations to ECMS alum Andrea Boyd who has been named as the Advanced Awards Emerging Leader Winner for 2021.
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Meet Bachelor of Engineering student Dinkar Kashyap
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It's satisfying to pursue a career in an area you're passionate in.
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Meet the ECMS 3MT Faculty finalists and prize winners
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After much deliberation the Faculty Judging Panel have selected our two winners who will proceed to the Virtual University 3MT Final Competition which will be held as part of the Research Tuesdays Series on 14 September. Thank you to all of our talented students who took on the challenge and we wish our ECMS finalists all the very best for the University of Adelaide Challenge.
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Bringing self-sufficient power systems to the Solomon Islands
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Researchers and students from the School of Mechanical Engineering will be establishing life-changing hydropower systems and training to Malaita on the Solomon Islands.
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AusOcean summer internship applications now open
!["I got to do a bunch of cool and fun things, such as getting my diving certificate, going on boat trips, and meeting a group of fantastic people. But the major thing I have learnt this summer is that I can use my own unique and individual skills to make lasting and impactful change to benefit our world and oceans." Ella Pietratroia, Electrical and Electronic Engineering/Computer Science graduate and intern with AusOcean, 2019/2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-08/Ausocean-testimonial.jpg?h=952f3ffe&itok=52DiOkeN)
This 3 month paid engineering internship runs from December to February providing real-world, multidisciplinary learning experiences and counts towards fulfilling engineering degree requirements. Applications close 1 September.
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Get a head start with the Top100 Future Leader Competition 2022
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Applications are now open for GradConnection’s annual #GCTop100 Awards! Applications close 30 August.
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