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Case studies and articles
18 Jan 2023
Want to explore more climate initiatives? Check out these in-depth write ups on interesting projects to provide inspiration and ideas for your own mahi.
Homing in on housing
10 Jan 2023
New Zealand’s housing story has been described as both tragedy and farce, but recently it may have tipped into something more like horror. However, some innovative, engineering-led developments might help pick up the pace of building new houses and go some way to addressing the housing crisis.
Building “a place of transformation and healing”
3 Oct 2022
There are few buildings in the world that are an engineering first, architecturally unique, offer high levels of sustainability and are designed specifically to deliver complete services and accommodation to a community’s most vulnerable people. But HomeGround, the new Auckland City Mission – Te Tāpui Atawhai building in Tāmaki Makaurau is just that.
Green growth in a blue setting
6 Jun 2022
As defined by our Exclusive Economic Zone, this country’s ocean estate is 15 times the size of our land mass. To put it another way, 94 percent of Aotearoa is under water. That presents a massive opportunity, remarks Dr Chris Cornelisen. “The ocean,” he says, “is our future.” So how can we better use it to improve lives and create jobs in a sustainable way?
Five minutes with Kim De Graaf
15 Feb 2022
Kim is a senior lecturer at the University of Waikato in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical). Prior to this, she spent 8 years practising as a geotechnical engineer before taking the opportunity to become an academic. We discuss her varied career, skills she's used in both academia and industry – and more.
Look what we've achieved together!
9 Dec 2021
As the year draws to a close, we look back at all we've accomplished in 2021 – we couldn't have done any of it without you.
Mitigation
28 Oct 2021
Unite with your profession to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – to limit additional warming and minimise the increasingly widespread effects of climate change.
International acclaim for bioengineering
19 Sep 2021
Professor Merryn Tawhai has been instrumental in putting New Zealand on the global bioengineering map. But while she – and the institute she helps lead – are renowned internationally, they’re lesser known back here at home.
Crossing the Divide
12 Aug 2021
Professor Regan Potangaroa, an Academic at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, discusses the power of technology, his fascinating experience working in humanitarian aid projects, and more.
