Dancing robots will take over UQ's halls as it hosts the RoboCup Junior Australian Open Championships. More than 500 students from across Australia and from abroad will compete for the crown of funkiest robot.
Zachary Sizer was a big fish in a small pond at Begonia State School near St George, Queensland. One of only 13 students, he discovered his passion for engineering and is now at the top of his class of more than 900 young engineers.
Myrthe Snoeks was a Dutch backpacker living and working at a cattle station in regional Queensland when she decided she was going to study engineering and arts at UQ.
Professor Michael Smart from the UQ Centre for Hypersonics says the key to Australia's superiority in space could lie with reusable satellites and scramjets.
The University of Queensland has been invited to take a leadership role in the design and management of the new $27.125 million Strategic Resources Exploration Program.
Two outstanding mechanical and aerospace engineering graduates from UQ received the prestigious Australian Space Generation Innovators Award for their work within the aerospace industry.
Two engineering graduates will head to England to further their studies at the distinguished Cambridge and Oxford universities after winning postgraduate scholarships.