School of Engineering and Built Environment

This Australia Awards Short Course focused on the environmental sustainability, urbanisation, climate change, energy usage, water management and food security challenges for all cities. Twenty-five participants from across Indonesia travelled to Australia for two weeks as part of the short course, equipping them with important knowledge and principles required to… Read More

This Australia Awards Accelerating the Transition to Electric Vehicles for Sustainable Transport Solutions Short Course aimed to equip participants with the skills to be change-agents for best-practice policies and address how policies can be practically implemented in Indonesia to support its EV aspirations. The program was designed and delivered by… Read More

Energy transition has the potential to improve the lives of those able to access the resultant infrastructure and services. The risk of sub-sectors of the community being excluded from energy transition benefits is very real and requires well-crafted interventions by government and the commercial sector to avoid exclusion. This Australia… Read More

Thailand faces challenges with managing water quality in many of its reservoirs due to pressure from agricultural, domestic, and industrial pollution coupled with urbanization, increasing demand and climate change. The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) joined Australian experts to gain knowledge and strategies to monitor, prevent and decrease water quality impacts. Read More

The Australia Awards Renewable Energy Short Course aimed to contribute to the shared ambition of Australia and Indonesia to cooperate more closely to enable transition to lower emission economies and understands that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge. Twenty-five participants from across Indonesia joined course leaders Associate Professor… Read More

Griffith University Women in Engineering provides support and development for women in engineering and other STEM fields through networking, mentoring programs, school outreach workshops, professional development events and industry engagement, and social events. Read More

Making Good Alliance (MGA) is a social enterprise that focuses on mitigating climate change by building regenerative, resilient, and inclusive communities through innovation, collaboration, and education. MGA has partnered with Architecture at Griffith University for a new exciting project- the Regenerative Precinct- that aims to give a place to nest… Read More

The City of Ipswich has partnered with Griffith University and the University of the Sunshine Coast to conduct a three-year analysis about the identification of Urban Heat Island (UHI), the residents’ perceptions about urban heat and how changes in urban design might mitigate these effects. Methodologically, three sites… Read More

This PhD research “Growing Living Islands- an Architectural toolbox” is exploring methods for developing symbiotic islands that adapt to the environment, living organisms and people’s needs. The research combines artificial island construction, artificial reef construction and environmental assessment to develop conceptual methods for constructing islands based on the environment first… Read More

Thailand faces challenges with managing water quality in many of its reservoirs due to pressure from agricultural, domestic, and industrial pollution coupled with urbanization, increasing demand and climate change. RID has requested for Australian expertise to gain knowledge and strategies to monitor, prevent and decrease water quality impacts. The technical… Read More