Digging up the dirt on SA palaeontology
Can you pick the difference between a thylacine’s thigh bone and flightless bird’s fibula?
College of Science and Engineering
Shoe phone offers medical device potential
Maxwell Smart, the bumbling comic spy in the 1960s television series Get Smart, frequently used his ‘shoe phone’ to report his latest predicament to The Chief at CONTROL. Now a Flinders University computer scientist has combined the latest telecommunications components to produce the real thing.
Flinders leads $30 million groundwater research and training centre
Groundbreaking research that could help Australia avoid the costly mistakes of the past in relation to water management will be the focus of a new $30 million Centre for Groundwater Research and Training led by Flinders University.
Strong demand for Flinders courses – a boon for community and industry
Flinders University has had a significant growth in demand for its engineering and computer science courses in 2009. More than 5000 prospective students will be offered a place in undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Flinders, representing an overall increase in application numbers of around 5 per cent over last year.
Biorefinery model for algal biofuel
South Australian production of biodiesel from microalgae is a step closer with the grant of $1.2 million to Flinders University and South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI).
Keeping an eye on the environment
Flinders University’s environmental eye-in-the-sky will have even sharper vision thanks to the award of $450,000 of Australia Research Council infrastructure funding.
Flinders in $17m water research project
The long term sustainability of the Great Artesian Basin and its ability to provide water to future mining and pastoral developments, urban and rural communities, and the environment will be the focus of a $17 million research project involving Flinders University.
SA has potential to lead forensic science innovation
A new agreement between Flinders and Forensic Science South Australia has the potential to establish the State as a world leader in the field of forensic science research.
Maths and science the winners in State award
The Australian Science and Mathematics School, located at Flinders University, has won the Education category of the 2008 South Australian of the Year Awards ceremony.