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The University of Queensland has topped the nation by securing funding for more research projects than any other Australian university in the prestigious Australian Research Council grants announced in Canberra – with 17 projects set to share a total of $22.6 million.

Projects that link University of Queensland research with business and industry have received a $4.3 million Australian Government funding boost.

Third-year civil engineering students got their hands dirty on a recent field trip, experiencing real-world engineering structures and applications across South East Queensland.

You stand in front of a towering wall, and a colourful yet ghostly version of yourself mirrors your movements. Thousands of tiny words cloud your hands, legs, and swim menacingly around your head. Each word represents a portion of your online footprint, your public online presence.

The Centre for Coal Seam Gas (CCSG) has received funding to investigate the mitigation of silica nano-particle scaling in CSG water treatment.

UQ School of Chemical Engineering PhD candidate Alicia Ragan is finding out why saliva is the difference between a good and bad day, and how the mysteries of human lubrication could unlock new bioresources for commercial lubrication products.

Professor Suzanne Hunter has been appointed as the new Foundation CMG (computer modelling group) Industrial Chair in Onshore Gas Reservoir Modelling with the Centre for Coal Seam Gas. The chair's aim is to broaden UQ’s research program within petroleum science and engineering, improving models for sustainable, onshore gas production at reduced cost.

Working on plugging decommissioned oil and gas wells with bentonite (naturally occurring clay), Professor Brian Towler and his team has been awarded a $175,000 Advance Queensland Grant.

The UQ Women in Engineering team welcomed 150 Brisbane high school students to UQ to build rockets, prosthetic limbs and to become human solar panels for the WE Explore day.

A team of UQ researchers is working tirelessly to find an environmental engineering solution for a very human problem in the Solomon Islands, where the lives of entire communities are in turmoil thanks to drastic sea level rises.

Scientists bring robots to the "Sharkcano" to better understand the harsh, mysterious place. UQ civil engineering researcher Dr Alistair Grinham joined in on the fun.

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.

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”.

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.

Dr Mahshid Firouzi from the School of Chemical Engineering has been awarded the prestigious 2017 Advance Queensland Fellowship. The proposed research project aims to enhance the deliverability of Coal Seam Gas (CSG) wells.

Two University of Queensland researchers have won the Queensland Women in STEM competition in recognition of their work paving the way for young women to enter science careers.

A record 56 University of Queensland students – including five Olympic and Paralympic representatives – have received 2017 UQ Sporting Scholarships.

Twenty-five University of Queensland researchers are celebrating a combined multi-million-dollar success in the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.

Queensland Chief Entrepreneur Mark Sowerby has officially launched the new, state-of-the-art facilities for UQ Idea Hub at The University of Queensland.

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.