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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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New funding to support humanitarian engineering
The ANU Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering (RSEEME) has won Australian Government funding to help students study overseas under the New Colombo Plan in 2017. The funding will give 12 undergraduate...
That's a wrap! Open Day 2016
Live musical coding, a free barbeque lunch hosted by the Engineering Students Association, and the chance to design and launch a rocket were all highlights from the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science on Open Day...
ANU leads in education, research and public policy
The Australian National University (ANU) strengthened its role as a national leader in research, education and public policy excellence in 2015 while building its reputation as one of the world's finest universities. The ANU...
Why Not Both? How Double Degrees Can Improve Employability
“I always envied those people who had one thing they were interested in or one thing they were good at, because the path was very clear for them.” The envy of Emily Campbell, 22, is an envy shared by many, particularly students...
ANU Engineers Set Solar Thermal World Record
Engineers at The Australian National University (ANU) have set a world record for efficiency for a...
ANU Scientist Named ACT Young Tall Poppy for 2016
Dr Yuerui (Larry) Lu from The Australian National University (ANU) has been named the ACT Young Tall Poppy of the Year for his research achievements in nanoscale science and his passion for science communication. Dr Lu said he...
Computing PhD Student Wins Kurzweil Prize for Artificial Intelligence
Researchers from the Australian National University have been recognised for their research in Artificial Intelligence. Computing PhD candidate Tom Everitt has been awarded the Kurzweil Prize for best AGI Paper at the ...
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...