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News • 14 Jul 2025

$1.5m grant to boost world-leading mineral processing technology

University of Newcastle Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin has been awarded an Australian Economic Accelerator (AEA) Innovation grant of more than $1.5m to advance technology that is critical in the mining and mineral processing industry.

News • 22 May 2024

Hydro Harvester scales up to quench market thirst

The University of Newcastle has officially unveiled technology capable of harvesting up to 1000 litres of drinkable water per day – from air.

News • 11 Apr 2024

Paving the way in global hydrogen ammonia safety research

Recognised as a world leader in hydrogen ammonia safety, Laureate Professor Behdad Moghtaderi and his team at the Centre for Innovative Energy Technologies will partner with Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) on a project to help quantify and mitigate risk from large-scale hydrogen ammonia storage in Singapore.

News • 06 Mar 2024

Inaugural Showcase debuts cutting-edge solar and hydrogen technologies

More than 200 industry, government officials, researchers, start-ups and university staff came together yesterday to celebrate the achievements of the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy program in its first year, namely establishing $117M in industry co-funded R&D projects focused on bringing disruptive technologies to market.

News • 11 Dec 2019

Hydro Harvester is making a splash to solve global water shortage

In what could be a game-changer for solving the world’s water shortage problem, an atmospheric water generator (AWG) developed at the University of Newcastle is one step closer to commercialisation.

News • 03 Oct 2019

More than $1.4million awarded to investigate PFAS remediation

The University of Newcastle has established itself as leader in PFAS remediation research, receiving more than $1.4 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding for two of the four national research projects selected in Round Two of the PFAS Remediation Research Program.

News • 02 Aug 2018

Professor Moghtaderi receives national engineering award

The University of Newcastle’s Professor Behdad Moghtaderi has been awarded an Australian Engineering Excellence Award for the development of the world’s first large scale testing facility for ventilation air methane abatement.

News • 23 Mar 2018

Australia one step closer to solving global water challenge

Pioneering research team Hydro Harvest Operation from the University of Newcastle (UON) have today been announced as the only Australian team to reach the finals of a worldwide XPRIZE competition, set to solve the planet’s global water shortage crisis

News • 12 Mar 2018

Accelerated carbonation experts convene in Newcastle

Two world-leading chemical engineers from the University of Newcastle will chair a major international conference in Newcastle next week, which will focus on the future of accelerated carbonation.

News • 05 Dec 2017

Collaborative centre to power a cleaner future

A new collaborative centre will aid the development of innovative technologies to boost research into clean energy.

News • 25 Oct 2017

Emissions reduction technology enters new phase

UON has unveiled a world-first demonstration facility to test new technology that captures methane emissions from underground coal mine operations.

News • 28 Aug 2017

Research fuelling development in the energy sector

UON has attracted $1.6 million to develop an alternate method of generating electrical energy that is more than twice as efficient as coal-fired power stations.

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