Where are the real opportunities to make a difference? What are the things that we can do that have never been done before? These are the questions engineers should be asking themselves.…
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Why engineers – not politicians – need to solve our infrastructure problems
Professor Peter Newman wants entrepreneurial engineers to solve our infrastructure problems rather than politicians.…
Can drones and satellites help improve global food security?
One aerospace engineer has turned her passions for flight and food into a startup geared towards improving crop per…
Australian startups are carving a new niche in metal manufacturing
In an era when fintech startups get all the love, metal manufacturing startup FormFlow is among a cluster of pioneering startups revamping Geelong’s industrial profile.…
How one engineering entrepreneur helps medtech ideas come to life
According to Dr Erol Harvey, winner of the 2018 ATSE Clunies Ross Entrepreneur of the Year Award, there is no magic course for success in entrepreneurship – but enthusiasm, practical skills and a mult…
“Find problems worth solving”: One medtech engineer shares the secrets to his success
As CEO and co-founder of innovative bio-medtech company Field Orthopaedics, Dr Chris Jeffery has worn a number of different hats, though his focus on pulling apart and solving problems is a constant.…
How one engineer made it his business to help refugees become entrepreneurs
Usman Iftikhar turned his struggle to land a full-time engineering job into a startup accelerator that helps refugees and migrants realise their entrepreneurial ambitions ‒ and received a Royal seal o…
How one chemical engineer used his skills to get in the spirit of rum making
Many of us enjoy a drink (or two) at the end of the day, but for chemical engineer Alex Bell, that enjoyment transformed into a business idea.…
IBM backs Australian startup to boost quantum computing network
A Sydney University startup is making exciting progress in the high-stakes race of quantum computing, and has become one of just eight startups worldwide to join IBM’s exclusive ‘Q Network’.…
Unconventional CSU engineering program named one of the best in the world
The new Charles Sturt University engineering degree has been identified as one of four case studies of global best practice in a new MIT report.…