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Professor Andrew Blakers speaks at a recent celebration of the 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, awarded to him and his colleagues for the development of Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) solar photovoltaic technology.
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ANU visits North Western Polytechnic University
Dr Nan Yang and Johan Arnberg (International Marketing and Partnerships) from the Australian National University went to North Western Polytechnic University (NWPU) for the renewal of the “2 + 2” agreement. The ANU delegates had a...
ANU visits Nanjing University of Science and Technology
The partnership agreement between Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST) and the Australian National University (ANU) was renewed this week. Johan Arnberg (International Marketing and Partnerships), Dr Ben Swift and Leana...
ANU visits Liaoning University
The partnership agreement between Liaoning University China (Liaoning) and the Australian National University (ANU) was renewed on 31 May 2016. Johan Arnberg (International Marketing and Partnerships), Dr Ben Swift and Leana Copland (...
ANU students to join the World Solar Challenge
An ANU team has launched the University's first bid to take part in the World Solar Challenge, where teams design, build and race a solar-powered vehicle across more than 3,000 km of Australian desert from Darwin to Adelaide. The...
New Director for the Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering
Professor Saman Halgamuge has been appointed as new Director of the Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering. Professor Halgamuge joins ANU from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of...
ANU-Hindmarsh launch innovation investment fund
The Australian National University (ANU) and Hindmarsh have launched Significant Capital Ventures, a new venture capital investment vehicle to drive innovation in Canberra and build investment links between business and research....
Student wins Microsoft Prize for quantum computing
A PhD student in the ANU Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering has won ...
Bob Williamson named Felllow of the Australian Mathematical Society
Professor Bob Williamson from the Australian National University Research School of Computer Science has recently been named fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society. To become a Fellow of the Society a member must have...
ANU wins 10 ARC linkage grants projects
The Australian National University (ANU) has won $3.7 million of funding for 10 linkage projects in the latest round of the Australian Research Council's grants. The Linkage Projects Scheme supports collaborative research and...
ANU Engineer Inducted Into Hall of Fame
Professor Andrew Blakers a researcher from the Australian National University Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, has recently been inducted into the Australian Solar Council Hall of Fame for his...
ANU to Trial Intelligent Drones in World First Automated Inspection of Solar Power Plants
The project announced as part of the latest round of industry-researcher collaboration funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will develop a cost-effective robotic inspection system for automated monitoring of...
In an Ivy League of her own
As winter sets in, one ANU Engineering student is preparing to turn up the heat in the USA as part of the 2016 Health Sciences and Technology Summer Institute at Harvard-MIT in Boston. ...
CECS Hosts Chinese Delegation from Shandong University Weihai
On Thursday 28 April 2016 ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science hosted a delegation from one of our key Chinese partner universities...
ANU Computer Scientist Named Distinguished Lecturer
Associate Professor Lexing Xie has been named on the 2016-2017 Roster of Distinguished Lecturers of the IEEE Circuits and Systems The two year position recognised researchers who make a significant contribution to the research...
ANU wins $4.7 million for renewable energy research
The Australian National University (ANU) has won $4.7 million in new funding for renewable energy research, and more than any other university, in the latest round of industry-researcher collaboration funding from the Australian...
ANU engineer named a Westpac research fellow
Nanoscientist Dr Antonio Tricoli has won a prized Westpac Research Fellowship for his pioneering work on wearable technology that can help fight skin cancer and melanoma. The Westpac...
Update on ANU Socially Responsible Investment policy
The Australian National University adopted a Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Policy in July 2013, becoming at the time one of only a handful of Universities who use responsible investment policies as a tool for active investment....
ANU Researcher finds privacy hole in Wikipedia
ANU Researcher Marian-Andrei Rizoiu has recently presented cutting edge research (Evolution of Privacy Loss in Wikipedia) at the 9th ACM International...
New Colombo Plan to fund 40 scholarships in Humanitarian Engineering
The ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science is set to strengthen its partnership with Engineers Without Boarders (EWB) ACT Chapter, with the announcement of funding 40 new...
World's thinnest lens to revolutionise cameras
ANU engineers have created the world's thinnest lens, one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair, opening the door to flexible computer displays and a revolution in miniature cameras. Lead researcher Dr Yuerui (Larry) Lu...