Tag: UNSW

UNSW has received a $128.5 million Federal Budget allocation that would create over 4,000 new student places aimed at boosting STEM programs and the number of skilled graduates needed for the AUKUS agreement. 

UNSW Sydney researchers have secured $3.7 million from the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) new Mid-Career Industry Fellowships program, augmented by a further $1.8 million from participating industry partners, with enabling the manufacturing of scalable quantum processors as one of its objectives.

A team of engineers from Macquarie University have developed a new microwave technology that would improve the fabrication of solar panel cells, making them easier to recycle. 

UNSW Sydney is now home to the new ARC Research Hub for Battery and Consumer Wastes, which seeks to recover valuable materials found in Australia’s batteries and other complex wastes.

State Asphalts NSW has begun constructing Australia’s first road made out of recycled coffee cups in suburban Penrith. 

The University of Sydney is investing $7.4 million to establish the Future Qubit Foundry at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub, cementing Sydney’s position at the forefront of quantum collaborations with industry and government. 

A team led by Professor Andrea Morello at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney has just exhibited the operation of a new type of quantum bit called a 'flip-flop' qubit, which combines the quantum properties of single atoms with easy controllability using electric signals similar to those used in standard computer chips.

Airbus Defence and Space has selected the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney to conduct a 3.5-year research project for the development of high-efficiency solar cells to be used in Space. 

New South Wales-based maritime company Ocius Bluebottles has secured a contract with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to provide five locally assembled uncrewed surface vessels (USV) in 2023. 

Lockheed Martin Australia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space to contribute to a comprehensive space education program with research and development (R&D) and industry engagement pathways.