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Dr Kean Fong, Dr Marco Ernst, and Dr Wensheng Liang developed a new bifacial solar cell, which can absorb both direct and reflected solar energy, thanks to funding from the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP). The Albanese government recently announced ACAP will receive $45 million over the next eight years.
$45m injection to electrify innovation in Aussie solar tech
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Rocketry leader lands at Airbus
The ANU aerospace engineering major was not yet available when Allissa Li graduated in 2019 with a double degree in Science and Engineering (Honours). But her...
ANU and Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) executives celebrate the new honours cohort with the Co-Lab managment team.
Co-Lab celebrates Honours Grant recipients
One of the keystone partnerships at ANU, the Co-Lab, has welcomed and celebrated its inaugural cohort of 2022 Co-Lab Honours Grant recipients. ...
Space nerd gets a boost from new engineering scholarship
Josie Bates felt a bit daunted when she first arrived on campus. “Coming to ANU from a rural background, you don't know many people, sometimes you...
Nominations for the Dean's awards for professional staff
At the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), our professional staff members and teams perform an important role in delivering the College priorities to students, academics, the ANU, and each other. While operating to a...
Robots navigate mazes in "DisCo" engineering course
Watch as a fleet of robot rovers autonomously navigate mazes and their human creators root them on during "Final Rover Testing" week at the ANU School of Engineering: ...
Dr AnYao Liu
Dr Liu awarded for her ground-breaking research in solar cell technologies
Dr AnYao Liu from the School of Engineering was recently awarded the Ulrich Gösele Young Scientist Award for her pioneering work on removing metallic impurities from silicon solar cells using deposited thin films. “Impurities,...
Solar innovation inspired by corals could help save them
A snorkeler and scuba diver from the age of 5, Dr Juan Felipe Torres traces his love of nature to marine adventures with his parents and brothers off the coast of Colombia...
PhD research sets world record for solar-to-hydrogen efficiency
Even as power grids and passenger vehicles transition to renewable energy, the fact remains that one third the world’s CO2 emission comes from more energy-intensive...
NASA stops at ANU on way to moon and Mars
Badri Younes, a NASA engineer serving as Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) and SCaN Program Manager, spoke at the Birch Innovation Space about his job building next generation technologies to...
Australia can lower CO2 emissions in Asia Pacific by 8.6%
Australia could drastically lower carbon emissions in the Asia-Pacific region by exporting zero-carbon commodities such as electricity, green hydrogen and green metals, according to new research by experts at The Australian National...
Of the ten winners of the Vietnam Outstanding Young Faces Award, Dr Hieu Nguyen is the only one who resides outside of Vietnam. Photo by Lannon Harley.
Hieu Nguyen wins Vietnam Outstanding Young Faces Award
Dr Hieu Nguyen, a Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), has won a Vietnam Outstanding Young...
Scholarship winner to donate funds to Indigenous design summit
Charli Fell, winner of the 2022 Natasha Linard Scholarship for Women in Engineering and Technology, has promised to dedicate half of its funds to the continuation of a Local Design Summit that will benefit the ACT’s Indigenous and...
Prof Kylie Catchpole teamed with Dr Jun Peng to break their own record for solar cell efficiency.
New record signals bright future for solar tech
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have broken their own record to create a more efficient solar cell. ...
The ANU research team with Graphite Energy COO, Byron Ross, in the purpose-built sodium lab. From left: Associate Professor John Pye, Associate Professor Joe Coventry, Dr Ahmad Mojiri, Mr Byron Ross, and Dr Mahdiar Taheri.
ANU team reaches new highs in thermal energy storage
ANU researchers have reached a ground-breaking temperature of 800 degrees Celsius for a new thermal energy storage technology. Optimising storage of renewable energy is a crucial component in the transition away from fossil fuels.
University Medal winner reflects on CECS journey
Ruth Kravis graduated with a University Medal for outstanding scholarship and had life-changing experiences studying abroad, but it was the connections she...
Recent graduate returns to offer inspiration and advice
"Immerse yourself as much as you can, as quick as you can." That...
The Good News documents the achievements and accolades of the students and researchers who make up the ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science.
The Good News — Feb. 2022
Dean Nick Birbilis welcomes CECS students ...
Orientation Week 2022
Welcome to ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science Orientation Week or O-Week is an exciting time in the ANU calendar. It's a time when we welcome you, our new students, to the College community. Hopefully you...
Professor Amanda Barnard AM
Inspirational women in science
On Australia Day 2022, Professor Amanda Barnard AM was appointed as a member of the Order of Australia in...
More than 200 CECS students celebrate graduation on campus
The return to campus for the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science started with a great reason to celebrate: graduation ceremonies for more than 200 students who finished their studies during the pandemic and were able to be...
