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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.

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.

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

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

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

Libra rising

We shouldn't fear Facebook's move into the cryptocurrency market – it may be a game-changer in the virtual currency world.

Joseph Liu Associate Professor, Cyber Security and Systems

We shouldn't fear Facebook's move into the cryptocurrency market – it may be a game-changer in the virtual currency world.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Mission to Mars

A team of Monash students is competing in the 2019 international Mars Rover Challenge with its latest prototype.

Chao Chen Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

A team of Monash students is competing in the 2019 international Mars Rover Challenge with its latest prototype.

Technology and engineering

Monash Magazine

Technology and engineering

Creating better asthma inhalers through aerospace engineering

Techniques used in aerospace research have led to surprising insights into asthma inhalers – with potentially life-changing results.

Damon Honnery Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Techniques used in aerospace research have led to surprising insights into asthma inhalers – with potentially life-changing results.

Technology and engineering

Technology And Engineering

Technology and engineering

Baffled by baseload? Dumbfounded by dispatchables?

The term “energy crisis” is bandied around quite loosely with some confusion around whether the crisis is about prices or security of supply.

Ariel Liebman Associate Professor, Faculty of IT and Director of Monash Grid Innovation Hub

The term “energy crisis” is bandied around quite loosely with some confusion around whether the crisis is about prices or security of supply.

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.