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14 May 2019
Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase was recently awarded an Honorary Professorship of Engineering, as part of the Astronautics Department at the Northwest Polytechnic University (NPU) in Xi’an, China.
07 January 2019
Researchers in the ORTHOMAG group led by A/Professor Mark Staiger and Professor George Dias (UO), working on biodegradable magnesium alloys as biomedical implants, have recently designed and built a torsion testing apparatus.
07 November 2018
The Department held its annual Mechanical Engineering Final Year Projects day.
18 October 2018
Participate in this photographic competition to show us what best illustrates Mechanical Engineering and replace a picture on the Mech Eng roll-up banner for a prize.
18 October 2018
Are you sick of waving your hands around mumbling “physics and stuff” when people ask you what your research is on? Describe your Mechanical or Mechatronics research in an easy-to-understand 60 seconds video and be in to win one of 3 200$ prizes!
08 October 2018
Three researchers, supervised by a fantastic team, took away Best Young Authors and Overall Best Paper Awards.
01 October 2018
Prof Keith Alexander and his team have been working on a simple and cost effective design to help carers transfer patients.
24 September 2018
A/Prof Symons has industry and academic experience in structural and mechanical engineering, design and medical devices.
04 September 2018
The glucose measuring device will help in reducing specialist doctor visits, improve blood sugar levels and encourage continuous treatment for Type II diabetes patients.
26 August 2018
The Department of ME welcomes Prof Debbie Munro as a new Staff member