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News • 11 Jan 2022
Transforming the region: Underground Pumped Hydro Energy Storage
A University of Newcastle research team has been awarded $615,000 to assess the feasibility of turning disused underground coal mine workings into a lower reservoir for Underground Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (UPHES). UPHES is considered a first-of-its-kind, and as such, several geotechnical questions need to be answered before validating the concept.
News • 28 Feb 2019
Engineer and innovator honoured for significant contributions to the field
Engineer and leader in the field of geotechnical rock mechanics, Professor Anna Giacomini, has been honoured with a 2019 John Booker Medal for her exemplary contributions to science and engineering.
News • 15 Nov 2018
2018 HDR Poster Prize Winners
On the 24th of October the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment held a very successful Postgraduate Research Poster Prize competition with 59 students showcasing their research via the presentation of a poster.
News • 21 Nov 2017
Bright star of Australian science recognised with Academy Awards
Outstanding contributions to science have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science, with 18 of Australia’s leading scientists and future stars receiving prestigious 2018 honorific awards.
News • 5 Nov 2015
ARC Discovery Projects funding success 2016
Professor Graeme Murch, Professor Irina Belova, Professor Dr Andreas Meyer and Professor Zi-Kui Liu have been awarded $325,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2016 for their research project Investigation of Thermotransport in Liquid Metal Alloys.
News • 4 Nov 2015
ARC Discovery Projects funding success 2016
Associate Professor Olivier Buzzi, Professor John Carter, Dr Anna Giacomini, Professor Dr Stephen Fityus and Professor Oldrich Hungrhave been awarded $460,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2016 for their research project Fragmentation of rocks upon impact.
News • 3 Nov 2015
ARC DECRA funding success
Dr James Hambleton has been awarded $350,000 in ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) funding commencing in 2016 for his research project Innovating earthmoving mechanics for next-generation infrastructure.
News • 7 Oct 2015
Third UON Laureate Professor named NSW Scientist of the Year
Eminent University of Newcastle (UON) geotechnicalengineer, Laureate Professor Scott Sloan, has been named the 2015 New South Wales' Scientist of the Year this evening at the inaugural NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering.
News • 6 May 2015
Prestigious honour for UON Laureate Professor
The University of Newcastle is delighted to announce geotechnical engineer Laureate Professor Scott Sloan has been elected to The Royal Society, a fellowship of the world's most eminent scientific minds. This scientific academy is the oldest in continuous existence and includes luminaries such as Sir Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein.
News • 21 Nov 2014
ARC Discovery Project funding success
Professor Scott Sloan and Dr Chet Vignes have been awarded more than $453,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Computational modelling of hydraulic fracture.
News • 21 Nov 2014
ARC Discovery Project funding success
Professor Daichao Sheng and Dr Jubert Pineda have been awarded more than $782,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Mechanics of Hard Soils and Soft Rocks.
News • 21 Nov 2014
ARC Discovery Project funding success
Dr Majidreza Nazem and Professor John Carter have been awarded more than $583,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Unsaturated Soil Dynamics.
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