Smarter infrastructure for a changing world
We focus on developing innovative solutions to enhance the resilience, efficiency, and sustainability of urban systems and infrastructure. This multidisciplinary theme integrates advanced engineering practices, data analytics, and emerging technologies to address contemporary challenges in urban development and infrastructure management. We aim to create future-ready urban environments that are both technologically advanced and environmentally responsible.
Our research centres
Transport Research Centre
We’re a leading innovation hub improving smart transportation systems through advanced research. We enhance the design, performance, and management of transport infrastructure to boost urban, regional, and national mobility via innovative planning, policy, technology, and operations.
Data Science Institute
At the Data Science Institute, we use data and AI to solve real-world challenges—improving healthcare, tackling climate change, and building trustworthy technology. We unite experts and communities to drive ethical, inclusive, and sustainable solutions that make a lasting impact.
Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater
We lead in alternative water technologies, creating innovative solutions for recycled, desalinated, and harvested stormwater. Our work supports water security, boosts economic and environmental benefits, improves infrastructure, and reduces the carbon footprint of water-intensive residential, commercial, and industrial uses.
ARC Research Hub for Nutrients in a Circular Economy (NiCE Hub)
We’re advancing circular systems that recover and reuse nutrients to reduce waste, protect natural resources and create more resilient infrastructure. Driving long-term environmental and economic sustainability across urban and regional communities.
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Building an industry of the future with robotics
Robots that can paint a wall, tile a floor, lift a pallet or handle small objects demonstrated at the launch of a new research hub to advance automation...
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Review lights up the good vibrations driving new technologies
A new review by an international team has been published into the past, present and future of laser Doppler vibrometry.
News
Facility passes national test for vehicle emissions
A new facility for testing vehicle emissions and energy consumption has been approved to help Australian innovators develop new fuels and adapt electric...
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Wealthy people were the first to buy electric vehicles. The current boom risks entrenching inequality
Electric vehicles promise cleaner transport. But unlike rooftop solar, which is spread through communities, wealthier Australian households are the ones buying...
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Building an industry of the future with robotics
Robots that can paint a wall, tile a floor, lift a pallet or handle small objects demonstrated at the launch of a new research hub to advance automation...