A new suite of learning resources from Weld Australia for the critical fields of welding and fabrication is gaining rapid industry uptake according to the peak industry body. Weld Australia designed and created the resources for delivery of the 12 welding and fabrication units of competency in the Manufacturing and Engineering (MEM) Training Package. The…
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Molecular diagnostic company Genetic Signatures has submitted an application seeking US Food and Drug Administration approval for its EasyScreen Gastrointestinal Parasite Detection Kit. The easy to use kit aims to replace current screening methods which involve sample culturing and microscopic inspection, antigen detection and pathogen-specific molecular tests, Genetic Signatures said the US market for the…
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Matrix Composites & Engineering has received a $13 million purchase order to supply a deepwater buoyancy system utilising the company’s innovative syntactic composite foam. The riser buoyancy system will be used on a deep sea oceanographic research vessel in Japan which is involved in seep sea mining, deep sea research and subsea geological surveys. Syntactic…
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Nestlé Australia has invested $2 million in new state-of-the-art technology to reduce water use in its Gympie Nescafé factory. The new technology will cut Gympie factory’s water use by around 20 percent, saving 45 million litres, the equivalent of 18 x 50 metre swimming pools, each year. The water savings are possible thanks to a…
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The iLAuNCH Trailblazer project, universities and industry partners are to establish a manufacturing facility to utilise additive manufacturing techniques to print more durable satellites and hypersonic space vehicle structures. The Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications and Hypersonics (iLAuNCH) programme, funded by the Department of Education, has linked with South Australian universities and Adelaide-based advanced…
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A consortium of Halocell Energy, First Graphene and Queensland University of Technology has shared a few details about a three-year project to develop perovskite solar cell fabrication, recently awarded a $2 million grant under Round 14 of the federal Cooperative Research Centre Projects (CRC-P) initiative. Halocell makes perovskite solar cells containing halide, and describes itself…
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Professionals Australia has stepped up its advocacy of a specific STEM classification and pay structure to attract, recognise and retain the engineering and technical capabilities needed by the federal government to roll out the initiatives recommended by the Defence Strategic Review (DSR). Professionals Australia’s CEO Jill McCabe said that the lack of critical engineering and…
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Lockheed Martin Australia has announced Toni-Anne Munn as Deputy Program Director for JP9102, the multi-billion-dollar military satellite communications project that LMA was named preferred bidder on in April. According to a statement on Monday, the new role would “facilitate further growth in the region” as LMA prepares for the project’s execution phase. The company added…
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By Paul Cureton, Lancaster University Innovative design choices can have a massive impact in the theatre of war, so it is important to understand the principles behind their development. Recent use of low-cost cardboard drones by Ukraine, supplied by Australia, to attack targets in Russia is a good example of how this can work. Australia…
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The recently established Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator in the Department of Defence is on the hunt for its most senior staff – its head and an assistant secretary. They will lead the organisation which took over disparate defence innovation efforts including the Defence Innovation Hub and Next Generation Technologies Fund. While these were considered successful,…
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