JCU Engineering

Congratulations to our very own A/Prof Elsa Antunes, her team, and collaborators at Lockheed Martin and UQ Strategic Partnerships on winning a QDSA 2024 Collaborative Research Grant! Elsa is leading this exciting and innovative project that will advance the 3D printing of ceramic structures for thermal management in hypersonic applications. James Cook University #ResearchInnovation #3DPrinting #Defence #DefenceResearch #AdvancedMaterials #AerospaceEngineering

Earlier this week, our team gathered in the EIP's Garage for our annual JCU Engineering Retreat, where we dove into engagement, research, and teaching priorities for the year ahead. On Monday we kicked things off by brainstorming projects to expand our engagement with local school and community groups, aiming to create positive engineering experiences for all ages. Then on Tuesday, we shifted focus to discussing ways to grow our research impact and explored strategies to enhance teaching—especially in this ever-evolving era of AI. Of course, we made time for casual chats over coffee breaks and dinner—it wouldn’t be a retreat without it! Looking forward to turning these ideas into action and making 2025 a great year 🚀 #Engineering #AcademicLife #Engagement #Research #Teaching #EngineeringEducation #HigherEd

New year, new promotions ✨ Congratulations to our JCU Engineering team members who were awarded promotions at the end of 2024 in recognition of their teaching, research and engagement work: Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi (Professor), Elsa Antunes (Associate Professor), and Stephanie Baker (Senior Lecturer) #promotions #jcu #engineering #engineeringeducation #engineeringresearch

Girl Guides in STEM 💡 Last week our JCU Engineering Cairns team welcomed ~80 Girl Guides aged 7-17 to the Ideas Lab for a night of engineering activities, in collaboration with the Engineers Australia Cairns Committee. Guides and Rangers (ages 10-17) got hands-on with electronics, building flying fans, burglar alarms, and motorised cars. They also competed to build the tallest (and most structurally sound) Christmas tree from spaghetti. Meanwhile Brownies (ages 7-10) learned about water filtration, using different materials to clean dirty water. They also got to learn about robot navigation, building a course for a creepy crawly bug robot to escape from a maze. Thank you to our industry sponsors EDMS Australia and CJK Fire & Safety Pty Ltd for their support of this event. This is our last STEM night of 2024, and we are looking forward to continuing this series in 2025! #jcuengineering #womeninSTEM #womeninengineering #engineering #STEM James Cook University

It is always great to welcome students and teachers from Ignatius Park College and The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James to our Townsville Bebegu Yumba campus. This year had the extra excitement of showing off our new JCU Engineering facilities in the EIP. We look forward to welcoming some new JCU Engineering students next year, and look forward to future visits from IPC and Cathedral! #stemeducation #engineeringeducation

CN Barton Medal 2024🏅 Last night we celebrated one of the biggest days on the JCU Engineering calendar, the annual CN Barton Medal presentation night. Honours students representing several of our disciplines showcased their thesis research to peers, academics, community members, and local industry across our Townsville Bebegu Yumba and Cairns Nguma-bada campuses. A huge congratulations to our winner Tahlia Clennar, a Cairns student representing Electrical Engineering. Her outstanding research focused on building a digital twin for a green hydrogen microgrid. Congratulations also to our finalists Jess Grimes, Blake Weir, and Mitchell Sutherland for their excellent presentations and research. This event was made possible by our industry sponsors: 🌟 Gold Sponsor: GHD 🌟 Bronze Sponsors: AECOM, Rockfield Technologies, Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited, Glencore Australia 🌟 Prize Sponsor: Engineers Australia We can't wait to see where our finalists' careers take them next. #jcuengineering #researchshowcase #engineering #scicomm #industryengagement #engineeringresearch

Congratulations to JCU Engineering student Tahlia Clennar who received the runner-up prize at the annual IET Student Presentation Competition last week! Her Honours research focused on developing digital twins for green hydrogen microgrids and was supervised by Dr Yang Du. #studentsuccess #researchexcellence #IET #EngineersAustralia #digitaltwin #greenhydrogen #renewableenergy

A great opportunity for our Cairns industry and community to see what our JCU Engineering Cairns facilities have to offer! Register your interest for our regular (and free!) Maker Space Open Days here: https://lnkd.in/gXPUQfz3 #engineering #jcuengineering #cairns #freeevent #engagement

Inspiring the next generation of engineers for National Science Week 2024 👩🏽🔧 The JCU Engineering Cairns team had a great time hosting the 'Engineer the Future' event on Thursday, welcoming kids aged 9-14 and their parents & carers to the James Cook University Ideas Lab for a night of fun engineering activities. Participating kids designed great solutions to engineering problems, including designing filtration systems for cleaning (very gross) waste water, building a water storage tower, and designing wind-powered cars 🎈 This event was supported by our wonderful industry partners from Engineers Australia, BAE Systems Australia, and Nova Systems Australia and New Zealand and many volunteers from each organisation. A huge thanks also to our academic staff and student ambassadors for their efforts on this event. #engineering #STEMforkids #STEM #scienceweek #nationalscienceweek #STEMevents #australianscience

Recently we welcomed a study tour of first- and second-year students from International Engineering College of Xi'an University of Technology (XUT) spanning our James Cook University Cairns Nguma-bada and Townsville Bebegu Yumba campuses. During their visit, XUT students got to experience campus life and our local region, participate in academic programs, and share lunches with our current students. A highlight for our team was the farewell lunch, where XUT students shared some of their culture and interests with us in a surprise presentation. It was a really rewarding experience for all involved. A big thank you to our student ambassadors and staff for their roles in making this study tour a success, and to our students for getting involved at every opportunity. We look forward to welcoming more study tours in the future! #studytour #engineering #xut #jcu