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Dr Kerry Schott AO and Dr Marnie Shaw field questions at the second ANU Future of Neighbourhood Batteries Conference on 29 November 2023. Dr Shaw remarked is twice the size from last year.
Energy experts gather to plan future of neighbourhood batteries in Australia
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Congratulations to Jessica Weakley, winner of the 2023 Natasha Linard Scholarship for Women in Engineering and Technology.
Linard Scholar designs powerful message for women in tech
Congratulations to the latest recipient of the Natasha Linard Scholarship for Women in Engineering and Technology, undergraduate student Jessica Weakley.
Past, present and future: Who are the women in cybernetics?
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we take a look at why diversity is integral not only in cybernetics, but all innovation for the future.
The happiest traveller: from India to ANU
As an undergraduate computing student in Mubai, India, Sagarika Raje was one of only a handful of women in lecture halls filled with men. And at times she suspected her professors favoured the male students. “It did get quite...
Ned Cooper became a lawyer because he believed the legal system was "the best point of intervention" to fight for social justice. Confronted with the impacts of software designed to predict future criminals, he shifted his focus to cybernetics.
Cybernetics standout enters digital front in fight for justice
As a boy growing up on his grandparents’ orchard in Armidale, NSW, Ned Cooper got on well with classmates from First Nations communities. When he moved with his parents to Sydney, he connected with organisations and communities there....
Professor Michael McRobbie AO and his wife Laurie McRobbie pose with the painting donated to ANU in their honour.
Michael and Laurie McRobbie visit ANU
ANU hosted distinguished international visitors, Professor Michael McRobbie and his wife Laurie McRobbie on our beautiful campus this week to view a painting received in Michael's honour
A panel featuring the members of the new Community of Practice for drone and advanced air mobility research.
Working together to integrate drones in Australian society
A new community is joining forces to coordinate drone research in Australia to ensure drone technologies can be effectively integrated in Australian society.
New starters were greeted by student and academic leaders, as well as the newest ANU Solar Racing car, at a 14 Feb. welcoming event.
New starters greeted by academic, student leaders at welcome event
The Australian National University (ANU) welcomed new and returning students this week, highlighted by a kick-off event on the lawn of the Birch Building where new starters had the opportunity to meet academics and student leaders for...
A new type of solar cell with ultra-high efficiency. Photo: Dr The Duong/ANU
New type of solar cell with ultra-high efficiency could bring down the cost of solar energy
A new type of solar cell with ultra-high efficiency could be an important step in bringing down the cost of solar energy.
A proud descendant of the Wuthathi and Zenadth Kes nations, Tyra Petersen says her year on the ANU campus has restored her faith in institutions such as education.
Shaping the Indigenous experience at ANU
A proud descendant of the Wuthathi and Zenadth Kes nations, Tyra Petersen says her year on the ANU campus has restored her faith in institutions such as education.
ANU solar pioneer wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
ANU solar pioneer Professor Andrew Blakers wins the world’s most prestigious engineering prize for his role in transforming solar cell technology.
Kurran Sidhu of the Australian Clean Energy Regulator said the proximity of the federal and ACT governments, and the rapidly growing renewable energy industry in Canberra have created a "perfect nexus" with the ANU School of Engineering.
Studying Renewable Energy at ANU
Canberra is quickly becoming a global hub for renewable energy businesses, and at ANU we’re helping train the next generation. We spoke to recent graduates with ...
ANU has been awarded funding for research into technologies that reduce the cost of solar energy for Australians.
Cutting the costs of solar
The Australian National University (ANU) has been awarded more than $9 million in funding from the Australian Government for research projects to reduce the cost of solar energy for Australians. The...
Patrick Green, a Fellow at the Bandalang Studio, speaks to the traditions and the history that inform his work.
Introducing the Bandalang Design Studio
The new Bandalang Studio at ANU is honouring Indigenous Knowledge Systems in innovation, design, research and teaching
Pip Chan and Breanna Reily (centre) were recognised along with several other professional staff members for contributing to and enhancing the work, reputation and position of the College in 2022.
Award winners celebrated at end of year gathering
Congratulations to all the award nominees, winners and commendations in the 2022 Dean’s Awards for Professional Staff.
Celebrating our graduating class of 2022
Hundreds of graduating students from the College received their well-deserved degrees, certificates, and diplomas in a Conferring of Awards ceremony at Llewellyn Hall on Tuesday 13 December 2022.
Uncle Wally Bell, ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop, and Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell celebrate the refurbished Birch Building and the new School of Cybernetics.
Ribbon cutting launches School of Cybernetics, Birch reopening
The Australian National University (ANU) is celebrating the completion of a significant refurbishment of the Birch Building to support the new and growing School of Cybernetics. Over 200 people from within and beyond ANU and...
Solomon Jones built a prototype for the “SmartBin” — a skip that reports waste weights in real time — in his garage during the pandemic lockdown in 2021. The world's first Waste Check System is now operating at Questacon.
The coolest thing at Questacon is in the bin
Each year, 7.3 million tonnes of food waste are piled in Australian landfills, where they break down without oxygen, emitting greenhouse gases equivalent to those of the steel industry and the iron ore industry combined. To help...
Niraj Lal: from ANU researcher to Imagine This voyager
A brand new season of ABC’s Imagine This podcast will be dropping any day now — cause for celebration for kids and parents who love to learn about science...
Childhood dreams led Daishi Adams to enrol in the Co-Lab Honours Grant, tailored to Australian students interested in a career with the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).
From rockets to AI: reaching the unreachable with Co-Lab Honours
“When I was a child, I wanted to build up a rocket and head off to space”, says Daishi Adams. This need to “reach the unreachable” has guided Daishi throughout his time studying at The Australian National University (ANU). It led...
ANU computing students Jacob Weston-Davis, Amelia Genova, Ethan Miegel, and Philip Caisip share their adventures as open-source coders in a COMP2120 lab session.
Computing project sends "open source ambassadors" to GitHub
Project maintainers on the cloud coding site GitHub may have noticed a recent surge in “open source ambassadors” from ANU.
