News

Out of this world: Exchange student’s Swedish rocket project

“The experience of a lifetime” is how Will Reid described his time managing a rocket experiment in Sweden for the past 18 months. The Mechatronics and Computer Science student’s handiwork will be launched 85km into the earth’s atmosphere later this year.

15 May 2012

National glory in Microsoft Imagine Cup for StethoCloud

Computing and Information Systems students Kim Ramchen and Mahsa Salehi are part of a team that yesterday took top honours in the Australian final of the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup.

2 May 2012

Graduate Engineering and IT Expo

At our Graduate Engineering and IT Study Expo on Tuesday 12 June, you will have the chance to learn more about our suite of graduate courses.

23 April 2012

MAP Info Night: commercialise your great ideas

Attend the MAP Participant Information Night on Thursday 26 April to find out how your bright engineering ideas can be turned into commercial reality. Open to staff, students and alumni (up to five years from graduation) of the MSE.

18 April 2012

Australia’s Future in Science and Technology

Chief Scientist of Australia Professor Ian Chubb will present the next NICTA Big Picture Seminar about Australia's Future in Science and Technology on Wednesday 28 March.

21 March 2012

Communication: past, present and forever

Read Dr Shanton Chang's observations about the modern nature of communication and expressing emotion in this month’s Voice cover article “Communication: past, present and forever”.

16 March 2012

Industry Night – 22 March 2012

Engineering and IT students will have the opportunity to network with high-level industry at the 2012 Melbourne University Young Engineers Industry Night.

15 March 2012

Schools gear up for 2012 Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest

Forty-four schools from around Victoria will battle it out to see who can come up with the craziest machine to take a simple photo, as part of the 2012 Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest.

13 March 2012

Engineering Education: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities

Dr Tony Marjoram will discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities in contemporary engineering education, at 1pm, on Tuesday 20th March, Theatre C1, Level 4, Building 174, University of Melbourne.

8 March 2012

Marita Cheng talks in celebration of International Women’s Day

Young Australian of the Year, Marita Cheng, visited The University of Melbourne today as a guest speaker at an International Women's Day morning tea.

8 March 2012