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Outstanding Achievements of Engineering & Computing Students Recognised
Eight students from the College were recognised on Tuesday 9 August for their outstanding achievements in the 2015 academic year. The prizes recognised the most outstanding of a very talented cohort of engineering and computer...
Alumni recognised for high-quality research
College alumnus and 2015 University Medallist Daniel Marshall has been awarded runner-up in the IEEE Australia Council 2015 Student Paper Contest. The research for Daniel’s paper titled...
Welcome to our new engineering students from partner universities
The Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering (RSEEME) hosted an informal lunch for new undergraduate students from our partner universities on Thursday 28 July in the ANU College of Engineering and Computer...
Happy 70th birthday ANU
As Vice-Chancellor, I'm proud to lead the ANU community to celebrate the 70...
ANU to Revamp Admissions as VC Outlines New Vision
ANU will revamp the way it deals with student admissions and move away from judging students only on their year 12 ATAR results under changes announced by Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt AC....
Welcome to our new computer science students from partner universities
As part of the new semester, the Research School of Computer Science (RSCS) welcomed undergraduate computer science students who have joined the ANU through our partner universities, at an informal lunch on Monday 25 July. ...
College alumni added to innovative engineers list
College alumni Andy Bull and Michael Roberts have been recognised as two of the most innovative engineers in Australia. Michael Roberts, a colleague of Mr Bull at Nova Systems, has pioneered the development of an off-road...
Building named to honour Brian Anderson
ANU has recognised the career of Distinguished Engineering Professor Brian Anderson’s by naming a building in his honour. Professor Anderson joined ANU in 1981. In July this year he retired and joined the Emeritus faculty....
Enabled Futures
Singapore. A vibrant and culturally diverse country that we were fortunate enough to experience as part of an ANU study tour. The tour, an initiative of the Australian Government’s...
ANU graduate’s job search leads to Google
Peter Marshall, who graduated from a Bachelor of Software Engineering at ANU, is heading to live and work in Munich after his job search led him to Google. Peter's industry experience while he was an undergraduate helped him land...
Breakthrough in powering wireless sensors
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) are a step closer to harvesting renewable or ambient energy from mobile phone base stations to power battery-operated wireless sensors used in industries including health and...
Philanthropy record for ANU scholarship program
Philanthropists Graham and Louise Tuckwell have announced Australia's largest personal philanthropic contribution to a university, worth about $200 million over 30 years, to fund a major expansion of the prized Tuckwell Scholarship...
Celebrating NAIDOC Week at ANU
The ANU community will celebrate NAIDOC Week when students return to campus with a range of activities for everyone. NAIDOC Week is not only for Indigenous communities, but welcomes everyone to come together to help celebrate the...
Major energy savings when computers learn to share
Computer scientists have developed a tweak for computer operating systems that could make large data centres 25 per cent more efficient by sharing their processing power. Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU)...
Engineers make a self-folding straw
Engineers at The Australian National University (ANU) have made a new material which folds itself into a straw-like tube when it comes into contact with water, and then propels the liquid through the tube. The new material can be...
ANU welcomes new collaborative cyber facility
The Australian National University (ANU) has welcomed a new collaboration with the Australian Government for a new facility to help grow Australia's cyber-security workforce and Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM)...
ANU Researchers Sweep Conference Awards in London
Researchers from the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science have recently won both the Outstanding Paper and Outstanding Student Paper awards at a top international conference in London. The team was awarded...
Why Canberra Should Become the Electric Vehicle Capital of Australia
Make no mistake, Australia is in the grips of a long love affair with cars. According to ABS data, we collectively own 13.5 million of them, and we purchase over 1.1 million every year. With the possible...
Distinguished Professor of Engineering receives the nation's top honour
Prominent ANU academic has been recognised for his contribution to Australia in the latest Queen's Birthday Honours list, with Distinguished Professor of Engineering Brian Anderson receiving the nation's top honour....
Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships – now open
Postgraduate students wanting to build international networks can now apply for the 2017 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships. The scholarships focus on technology and innovation, strengthening Australia-Asia ties and enabling...