Wheelchair racing legend Louise Sauvage receives Honorary Doctorate
Australia’s most revered Para-athlete recognised for outstanding contributions to sport and disability advocacy
The importance of the arts
Renowned actor, artist and musician, Geoff Morrell awarded Honorary Doctorate
Beloved UOW academic awarded posthumous PhD
Immense contribution of Dr Kimberley Livingstone recognised as her family accept degree on her behalf
Tailor your career in fintech at UOW India
Get set to make your mark with a world-class course offering
Navigating troubled waters
Why the BBNJ Agreement marks a critical turning point for ocean protection
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Articles
Environment and Energy
Next-Generation Smart Solid-State Transformers (S3T)
A new UOW research project funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) aims to design, develop and implement a next-generation smart solid-state transformer (S3T) that will greatly contribute to Australia’s energy infrastructure.
Environment and Energy
Understanding environmental stressors for the Great Barrier Reef
With the future of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef under threat, a newly funded three-year project will expand our understanding of the drivers and context of recent mass coral bleaching on the reef.
Environment and Energy
The three of us: Pauline McGuirk, Gordon Waitt & Hilton Penfold
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has so many high achieving PhD students, working towards solving real world problems. Behind every great PhD candidate is a great supervisor (or two). We hear from both to understand their perspective of the postgraduate journey.
Environment and Energy
Shaping a sunburnt country
Fire has shaped the Australian landscape, biodiversity and resources for millennia and in south-eastern Australia, it is the dominant ecological disturbance and a prominent natural hazard.
Environment and Energy
Measuring the health of Antarctica’s ecosystems
Researchers have been granted more than half-a-million-dollars by the Australian Research Council to investigate the cause and consequences of apparent changes to environmental ecosystems in East Antarctica. The funding ($505,000) was awarded through the ARC’s Discovery Projects scheme.
Environment and Energy
Coastal landscape evolution
Researchers will use innovative modelling techniques to document and date the nature and implications of the historic environmental changes that shaped Australia’s modern coastal landscapes thanks to a $391,000 Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant.