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Energy experts gather to plan future of neighbourhood batteries in Australia
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"Out of the blue," Shafin Rahman wins prestigious Crawford Prize
Dr Shafin Rahman has been awarded the J.G. Crawford Prize for his PhD thesis on ways to empower computer vision to interpret unseen objects and new visual information without assistance from humans. Rahman,...
Hydrogen micro-bubbles join fight against climate change
The Australian Research Council (ARC) recently announced a $654,642 grant to empower a team of researchers at ANU to continue development of high-density hydrogen storage. Hydrogen energy captured in microscopic bubbles will...
Blazing trails, building new networks for women in STEM
Tegan Clark came up with the idea for the first Women in STEM leadership conference during the 2020 lockdown as she contemplated her past and future at ANU. She regretted that she hadn't fostered many relationships with other women...
Undergrad prize winners score wins for the environment as well
In 2020, Young Engineers Australia (YEA) invited students in Victoria to compete for prestige and prize money in the first YEA Case Competition. When Nicky Koubouzis learned that the 2021 competition would be expanded to...
Explaining fridges and Cybernetics
Have you ever stopped to think how your fridge works, in one of those (inumerous) times you opened the door looking for a snack? And that maybe the way you use your fridge is different from how a restaurant’s chef or hospital’s nurse...
International projects inspire embrace of Humanitarian engineering minor
This year, the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences will award the Humanitarian Engineering minor to its first recipients....
Supercomputing world record opens new frontiers for energy, medicine, nanotechnology
Dr Giuseppe Barca and his team have set a new world record for quantum chemical calculations, using a supercomputer to predict the chemical reactions and physical properties of molecular systems with tens of thousands of atoms.
Humanitarian Engineering: introducing the first cohort
When Hayley Yates and Jack Hill receive their diplomas at the end of Semester 2, 2021, they will be among the first to do so with a minor in Humanitarian...
Engineering alumnus, Afnan Hannan, awarded 2021 ANU Young Alumnus of the Year
Afnan Hannan, CEO and co-founder of Okra Solar, has been awarded 2021 ANU Young Alumnus of the Year. Hanan graduated in 2014, from a double Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Commerce degree. ...
Solar energy innovations and 'robot archaeologist' highlight Capstone 2021
Designs for a “robot archeologist” and the “solar roller” — a power station on wheels — are two of many promising innovations emerging from the ANU Engineering Capstone initiative in 2021. Sixteen semester 2 projects...
PhD research spurs international race for 6G terahertz band communications
Associate Professor Nan Yang and PhD candidate Akram Shafie have published promising research outcomes in the wireless communications paradigm that could bring...
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Adrian Herrera is a PhD candidate at the ANU School of Computing
PhD candidate’s cyber research escapes lab, circling globe
School of Computing PhD candidate Adrian Herrera’s research on “fuzzing” has escaped the lab and, only weeks after publication, is being incorporated into the software industry’s preferred bug-finding tool, AFL++. Fuzzing is a...
Dual sided solar cells capture reflected and direct sunlight simultaneously.
ANU scientists set new record with bifacial solar cells
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have produced a more efficient type of solar cell, using laser processing and setting a new world record in...
Studying technology in a pandemic
Less than 48 hours before ANU Open Day 2021 was to begin, Canberra entered lockdown and it was pivot time on our campus once again.
Nominations open for CECS interactive teaching and student experience awards - Semester 1 2021
The CECS Interactive Teaching and Student Experience Awards are your opportunity to nominate staff, students or teams who contributed to experiences that enable students to be the best they can be, encouraging positive interactions.
Watch our July 2021 CECS graduation video
Watch our July 2021 CECS graduation video! Starring our newest alumni, the sentiments and congratulations are, of course, for all of you.
