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The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology conducts research and provides research training programs that meet the highest standards of quality. Whether through developing superior methods of health care, environmental solutions, or smarter technology to underpin a brighter future, our large and dynamic contingent of academic and research staff and students seek knowledge to improve the communities in which we live.
Architecture at UQ is a national leader in architectural education and research. Research strengths in indigenous culture, the history and theory of architecture, and sustainable design are strongly linked into the professional degree programs, which emphasise intellectual and imaginative responses to culture and place.
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering at UQ is a national leader in the area of chemical engineering research and has a number of research centres and groups under three areas of research strength: Materials and chemical product engineering; environmental engineering; and Biological and Biomedical engineering.
- Bioengineering
- Adsorption and reaction engineering
- Nanomaterials
- High performance polymer processing
- Particle systems and design
- Energy and environmental engineering
- Co2 sequestration
- Waste and water resource management
- Biological engineering
- Biomolecular engineering
- Bioprocess engineering
- Films and Inorganic Membranes for gas and liquid separations
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering at UQ has a long-standing tradition of high-quality research in a range of areas include transportation and hydraulic engineering.
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering at UQ encompasses a wide variety of research areas including environmental modeling, waste management and pollution abatement, groundwater and water resources research, sustainable building design, and engineered biofilms and applications.
- Catchment and Waterway Research
- Waste and Pollution Research
- Environmental Modelling
- Sustainable Tourism
UQ Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ITEE) has a strong, internationally recognised research base. ITEE staff and students publish widely and attract highly competitive grant funding and industry sponsorship. Research is conducted in the following areas:
Materials Engineering
Materials research is concentrated on the net shape processing of the light metals, particularly casting and solidification of aluminium and magnesium and the powder processing of aluminium. Work is also conducted in corrosion, nanoelectronics and polymers, including biopolymers.
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering at UQ conducts research in a number of research areas including hypersonics, geothermal energy and combustion.
Metallurgical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering at UQ has a long and close association with the minerals industry in teaching and research.
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Pyrometallurgy
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Hydrometallurgy
Mining Engineering
Mining Engineering at UQ is a major research provider to the minerals industry worldwide. Fundamental and applied research is conducted within the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, through Centres within the Sustainable Minerals Institute and Cooperative Research Centres
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