UWA engineering students are leading the way in finding environmentally sustainable technologies for future transportation.

Professor Caroline Baillie has been appointed as UWA's first Chair of Engineering Education.

Thanks to the contribution of leading Australian engineering firm Clough Limited, the student experience for first year engineering students at UWA will be elevated to a new level with the establishment of the Clough First Year Centre. The UWA-Clough partnership agreement provides dedicated student space for first years in the crucial transition from school to university with the establishment of this 24/7 home base.

The UWA Graduates Association (UWAGA) Malaysia organised a trip down memory lane in May this year for members.

UWA mechanical engineering graduate, Sir Rod Eddington, will become the next Chair of ANZ in the second half of 2009. He is the chair of Infrastructure Australia and a director on the board of News Corporation.

It appears that Rhodes Scholars must have more hours in each day than the rest of us. This year’s winner, John McAnearney, at the age of 22 has a double degree in Science and Engineering; he plays keyboard and guitar in a band; plays squash, tennis and golf; is setting up a children’s charity with his brother; and has worked as a volunteer for the Lions Eye Institute and Siemens Healthcare in Sydney.

The inaugural Monadelphous Integrated Learning Centre student industry project was a success. Three excellent students in Mechanical Engineering did a 12 week project with Monadelphous related to the efficiency of structural connectors.

Vaughn Grey, mechanical engineering and chemistry graduate (2007), has won the Engineers Australia 2008 National Young Professional Engineer of the Year Award.

The State Centre of Excellence for Ecohydrology, located at The University of Western Australia’s Crawley campus, is an extension of the original WA Agricultural Research Centre for Ecohydrology established in 2006.