Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Engineering and Design
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Wave-powered tech turns the tide on seafood farming
14 May 2025
What if ocean waves could power our seafood farms? One engineering graduate is working on the answer.
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Raranga: Weaving identity through design
14 May 2025
Leah Kampkes (Ngāti Manu, Ngāpuhi) has created a card game that helps inform Tangata Tiriti on Māori culture, the Treaty of Waitangi, and pressing issues – in a safe and informed way.
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Rural marae first to host groundbreaking water science lab
9 May 2025
Winiata Marae, in partnership with the University of Auckland and Downer New Zealand, is set to host the country’s first marae-based water science laboratory.
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Trade minister and Saudi ministerial delegation visit Space Institute
30 April 2025
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater hosts Trade Minister and Saudi delegation at the University of Auckland.
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Unique engineering programme develops leadership mindset
29 April 2025
If it was ever true that engineering is all about turning hard materials into structures and machines to support human life that is certainly no longer the case.
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Bullets in orbit: can we fix the danger of space junk?
13 April 2025
An estimated 130 million pieces of space junk are in low earth orbit, from dead satellites to tiny debris. The junk cloud is a very real risk to the growing space sector.
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US academic takes reins on Pacific housing research
11 April 2025
Indigenous Hawaiian architect and academic Dr James Miller will soon cross the globe to start a new role at the University of Auckland.
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The wild birth and journey of behemoth waves
11 April 2025
Dr Tom Shand details the extraordinary forces at work behind giant waves that cross the Pacific and wreak havoc on distant shorelines.
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Cheaper power bills? Geothermal energy could be the key
10 April 2025
University researchers are exploring how underground heat can be harnessed to help reduce household power bills.
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Airbnb could actually be good for us
9 April 2025
Analyisis: Unlike cities grappling with over-tourism, such as Amsterdam and Lisbon, New Zealand cities can benefit from short-term rentals says Elham Bahmanteymouri.
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Can the future of energy be affordable, secure and sustainable?
4 April 2025
Global experts are coming together to address the challenge of creating energy solutions that are both sustainable and achievable by 2050.
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Saeid Baroutian: closing the loop
1 April 2025
Driven by a passion for sustainability, Professor Saeid Baroutian is developing clean technologies to tackle pressing environmental challenges.