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50 Voices
This year, as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations, we have launched 50 Voices - a content series that celebrates the people who have made UOW what it is today. From labs to libraries, lawns to lecture theatres, hear unique stories from students, staff, alumni, donors, and community members who have had a lasting impact.
Articles
Research, Students
Finding your graduate research topic
Whether higher degree research is a lifelong dream or something you never knew was an option, inspiration for a topic of study can come from many sources.
Environment and Energy, Science and Technology
Virtual International conference organized by UOW’s Professor Shujun Zhang
During 16th -21st May, the ISAF-ISIF-PFM2021 joint meeting (International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics, International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities and Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Workshop) was held virtually.
2D materials to benefit renewable energy market
With close to half-a-million dollars from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project scheme, a team of researchers at the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM) is planning to tackle one of the main challenges holding back Australia’s renewable energy market – inefficiencies in generating and storing renewable energy.
Environment and Energy
Powering new energy designs
Australia has abundant renewable energy resources such as solar, hydro and wind. The wide use of clean energy sources will greatly reduce Australia’s demand for fossil fuels, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and alleviate global warming and climate change, resulting in significant environmental benefits to the country.
Science and Technology
Worth its salt
Sodium could be the ingredient to lead a revolution in inexpensive and reliable large-scale energy storage for renewables.