Turning e-waste trash into treasure

The World Economic Forum estimates e-waste to be worth US$62.5 billion annually, but only 20 per cent is recycled through appropriate channels.

Saman Ilankoon Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering

The World Economic Forum estimates e-waste to be worth US$62.5 billion annually, but only 20 per cent is recycled through appropriate channels.

Technology and engineering

Renewable energy, transport, plastic waste, AI, cybersecurity and cryptocurrencies ... Monash University researchers are pushing the boundaries of innovation and education to overcome some of the world's biggest challenges.

Featured Experts

Engineering

Monash Life Magazine

Engineering

Changing lives, limb by limb

Mat Bowtell’s free 3D-printed prosthetics have transformed hundreds of lives – and he says it’s only the beginning.

Monash University

Mat Bowtell’s free 3D-printed prosthetics have transformed hundreds of lives – and he says it’s only the beginning.

Design and architecture

Design And Architecture

Design and architecture

Reframing our future technology fears

Don’t worry, your self-driving car won’t kill you – as long as research focuses on people and society, too.

Sarah Pink Director, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, and Professor, Design

Don’t worry, your self-driving car won’t kill you – as long as research focuses on people and society, too.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Nuclear power versus renewables

Is nuclear energy the right technology for the transitioning Australian energy market?

Roger Dargaville Senior Lecturer, Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

Is nuclear energy the right technology for the transitioning Australian energy market?

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Vicious cycle of resentment

A new study suggests the "dehumanisation" of cyclists could be contributing to acts of aggression towards them on the road.

Alexa Delbosc Senior lecturer, Civil Engineering

A new study suggests the "dehumanisation" of cyclists could be contributing to acts of aggression towards them on the road.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

A river restored runs through it

Pressures of land management and poor waste management have reduced many of the world's rivers to waste dumping grounds.

Khu Soon-Thiam Head of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Malaysia School of Engineering

Pressures of land management and poor waste management have reduced many of the world's rivers to waste dumping grounds.

Celebrating women

Celebrating Influential Monash Women

Celebrating women

Taking a cue from Fearless Girl

The message of empowerment and equality needs to be widely embraced in the engineering profession.

Elizabeth Croft Dean, Faculty of Engineering

The message of empowerment and equality needs to be widely embraced in the engineering profession.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Dead legs tell knee tales

New research shows that, rather than single-force events, most ACL injuries are the result of continued-use damage that hasn’t repaired quickly enough.

Mark Banaszak Holl Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering

New research shows that, rather than single-force events, most ACL injuries are the result of continued-use damage that hasn’t repaired quickly enough.