Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Engineering
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Innovative housing design wins top prize in 48-hour challenge
12 July 2024
Engineering student Douglas Sartori Gonçalves helped spearhead the design for a sustainable housing development as part of the winning team in the ArchEngBuild challenge.
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Earth's orbits are at risk of overcrowding - and then what?
1 July 2024
Opinion: Dr Priyanka Dhopade imagines a future where our crowded orbits are on the verge of crisis, cautioning that we'll pay a heavy price unless we give the space industry an incentive to adhere to environmental standards
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Kiwi drivers ready to embrace wireless EV technology
24 June 2024
Kiwis are optimistic about ‘in-road’ dynamic wireless charging that allows EV users to charge their batteries while driving – but there are concerns.
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Celebrating Research Excellence award winners for 2024 announced
24 June 2024
University of Auckland awards recognise innovation, excellence and quality of work by senior, early career and emerging researchers.
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University of Auckland in top tier worldwide for sustainability
12 June 2024
The University is in the top 1 percent of the world with its 13th place in the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for sustainability.
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University of Auckland climbs in QS World University Rankings
4 June 2024
The University of Auckland has achieved its highest ranking in the QS World University Ranking system in more than a decade.
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Where could AI lead us?
24 May 2024
Feature: Artificial intelligence offers powerful new opportunities, but also unprecedented challenges. University of Auckland AI experts talk about where the technology may lead us.
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Bryan Caldwell: taking up space with NASA
24 May 2024
Former theatre lighting designer Bryan Caldwell now manages research projects for NASA. He tells Janet McAllister how he shifted from the stage to the stars.
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James Ardern's sweet deal with Whittaker's
24 May 2024
James Ardern shifted from the US Midwest and the car industry to take up the job of Whittaker’s CEO. Janet McAllister finds out it wasn’t as big a shift as it might seem.
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Joining in The Conversation
10 May 2024
Not-for-profit news platform The Conversation is looking for more academics to publish research-based news and analysis for a mainstream audience in Aotearoa and overseas
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Engineering alum Alex Kendall’s AI start-up Wayve raises $1.7b
9 May 2024
Wayve's funding will be used to develop and launch the first “embodied AI” technology for self-driving vehicles.
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How to solve healthcare's toxic secret
9 May 2024
The anaesthetic gases released from one hospital in one year add as much greenhouse gases to the atmosphere as 500 return flights between Auckland and London.