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UQ PhD candidate Rhys Pirie is the first Australian to win Young Innovator of the Year at the world’s premier conference for research and innovation, Falling Walls Berlin.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded UQ more ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships and more ARC Centres of Excellence than any other university in the country in 2019 – with 27 Laureates and 11 ARC Centres headquartered at UQ.

UQ researchers are developing a new generation of sustainable composite materials designed specifically for electric vehicles.

An upgrade in UQ’s artificial intelligence capabilities could help to revolutionise pathology laboratories across Australia.

A timber pavilion constructed by researchers from UQ using an innovative minimal-waste design was recognised at an international conference in Barcelona, Spain this month.

Fire safety engineering researchers from UQ have developed a database of building materials to help industry professionals assess the risk of combustible cladding and boost the safety of our homes and workplaces.

UQ’s annual Teaching and Learning Awards last night celebrated excellence, creativity and innovation.

Structural engineering researcher Professor CM Wang was named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.

in.bloom is the prodigy of a UQ School of Music and School of Architecture research collaboration between PhD students Joshua Rivory and Kristina Boychenko.

Students from UQ’s Schools of Music, Architecture and ITEE have come together to surprise and delight visitors to the 2019 UQ Bloom Festival with a series of interactive installations.

Chemical engineering alumnus Nicholas Salmon is Queensland’s newest Rhodes Scholar, and will spend next year at Oxford University investigating the most effective ways to produce ‘green’ ammonia for fertiliser or energy.

A team of chemical engineering students from UQ showed off their knowledge, practical skills and strong team work at a prestigious national event in Sydney earlier this month.

Coastal engineering student Verity Taylor and her supervisor Dr David Callaghan used an Evolutionary Shoreline Model to look at the coastal erosion and accretion on the Bribie Island's coastline.

UQ architecture student designs worth $1 billion would transform beach side suburb of Scarborough, according to the Courier Mail and 7 News.

Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews has used a recent interview to spruik Australia’s capabilities in the research and development of hypersonics, with applications across commercial and defence aerospace.

A dynamic husband and wife duo have taken home a Telstra Business Award for their inventive program that equips children with skills to enable 21st century learning.

More than 1.25 million lives are lost on roads around the world each year – a statistic a UQ-led research team is aiming to tackle using engineering technology.

A mix of classic and contemporary UQ will be on display at this year’s Brisbane Open House event on Saturday 12 October, including our new makerspace, UQ Innovate.

Renowned architect and former University Architect for UQ, James Peter Birrell passed away on 20 September 2019, aged 90.

University of Queensland chemical engineers have developed a new method to analyse the physical characteristics of potato chips in a bid to develop a tastier low-fat snack.