2017

By infusing chicken feed with Vitamin K1, researchers from the University of Sydney together with industry partner, Agricure are making chickens healthier, more productive and able to lay nutrient-rich eggs.

The unique gel can be injected into the body to help regenerate damaged tissue such as bones and cartilage. After only five years of development, this patented university-researched biomedical technology will go to human trials.

The high cost, limited usefulness, poor fit and comfort, and deficient device training for new prosthetic devices mean that many recipients are unable to take advantage of new technologies.

Papua New Guinea (PNG), in the southwestern Pacific, is best known for its dense rainforest, coral reefs and the Kokoda Trail. It's likely not somewhere you'd expect a university student to be keen to do his industry experience.

University of Sydney PhD biomedical engineering candidate, Seamus Thomson secured a 10-week internship with NASA's Ames Research in California in 2016 and was asked to continue for a further year after he impressed the team.

Two outstanding researchers have received fellowships: to develop sensors for disease and contamination detection, and create a new generation of wearable devices and membranes from novel carbon nanomaterials.

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies has attracted leading transportation engineer and analyst Professor David Levinson to the School of Civil Engineering.

A revolutionary new clean technology is set to hit the global market, thanks to a partnership between University of Sydney engineers and clean technology pioneer Hazer Group.