Redflow battery lab tour and seminar

Mon, 2016-06-13 02:52 -- adminssee

Australian battery manufacturer Redflow Ltd has established a battery laboratory in Adelaide to assist with its software development and to certify its zinc bromide flow batteries with multiple inverters. Join us to tour this facility, and to see the Large Scale Battery (LSB) that has just been installed at Base64 to demonstrate the scalability of that technology.

The new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for classifying and labelling chemicals

Mon, 2016-06-13 02:51 -- adminssee

Cohosted by AIDGC (Australasian Institute of Dangerous Goods Consultants)

The GHS is a single internationally agreed system of chemical classification and hazard communication through labelling and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).  Australia will implement the GHS for workplace hazardous chemicals (both substances and mixtures) from 1 January 2017.

This session is a must for anyone working with, manufacturing dangerous goods and/or chemicals.

Connecting Climate Chaos

Mon, 2016-06-13 02:48 -- adminssee

In 2015 Steve Posselt travelled from Canberra with his trusty kayak to arrive in Paris before the COP21 international climate talks.

The journey, named Connecting Climate Chaos, aimed to link extreme weather events outside previously known parameters with current climate science. These extraordinary events included Canberra’s fire storm, Sydney’s unseasonably early bush fires, Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, the melting of the Arctic, the UK’s floods and the French drought.

WA Undergraduate Researcher Award Evening 2015

Mon, 2015-11-16 12:37 -- adminssee

The Engineers Australia (WA) Sustainable Engineering Society (SENG) inaugural
Undergraduate Researcher Award recognises a student who presents an outstanding
final year project aligned with the EA Sustainability Charter - Objectives for
Sustainable Development.

OPEN TO
A student enrolled or recently graduated (within last twelve months) in a university or
tertiary institute within Western Australia.

Up to six semi-finalists will be required to give a presentation at this awards evening.

Engineering a Steady State Economy

Mon, 2015-10-19 19:09 -- adminssee

Nearly every engineering profession is involved in building infrastructure or servicing the needs of the public. Engineering planning usually involves using projected populations, usage or consumption rates, and demographic information to determine the most appropriate size, location & design of engineering works. Yet how often do engineers actually think about these projections and if they are truly sustainable and realistic in the long term.

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