School News

Below is a selection of news from or about the School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics or the disciplines we cover.  Please contact us if you need any further information.  A short list of the achievements of the School's students, graduates and staff since 2006 can be found here. 

Flinders News - School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics

  • Flinders launches New Venture Institute
    Flinders University has moved to give a distinctive focus to its investment in the Tonsley Park redevelopment with the creation of the Flinders' New Venture Institute.
  • Fliidea: helping your idea to fly
    A business problem shared can be a problem solved, and thanks to Flinders software engineering student Joshua Morony, there's an app for that.
  • Tablets making technology easier to swallow
    Gaining access to the internet is becoming easier for the ageing community, with the introduction of tablet technologies such as Apple's iPad.
  • On the path to better bone health
    In a bid to prevent the burden of disease, CSEM researchers are using advanced microscopic techniques to better understand how and why bone loss occurs in the elderly.
  • Record Numbers of Offers to CSEM awards
    The School has, for the fifth year in a row, increased its intake and this year has made a record number of offers to students to study engineering, computing and mathematics.
  • Flinders applauds early career researchers
    Two CSEM staff are among the recipients of Flinders University's 2012 Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Early Career Researchers.
  • Colossus Upgraded
    Flinders University's High Performance Computer - Colossus - has just been upgraded and now has 1,160 CPU cores and 4.25TB RAM.
  • Wireless mesh researchers target defence applications
    Flinders University researchers are preparing to test a new version of open source wireless mesh project Serval that could pave the way for encrypted, carrier-free communications for the military.
  • Flinders again lifts offers to new students
    Flinders University's undergraduate degree courses have yet again experienced increased demand. The University has responded by making a total of 5360 offers (up from 5025 offers in 2012) to date.
  • Good marks for Flinders research report card
    Three quarters of Flinders University's research has been ranked world-standard or better in the Federal Government's Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment.
  • Our scientist of the year, in a new light
    CSEM's 2012 South Australian Scientist of the Year will have her portrait hung in Parliament House in Canberra as part of Portrait Artists Australia's Celebrating Innovators exhibition.
  • Flinders honours its top professors
    Flinders University has honoured a group of its most eminent professors with the inaugural award of the title of 'Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor'.
  • Students win Mechanical Engineering Design and Build Competition
    Mechanical engineering students from Flinders have outperformed their rivals from Australian and New Zealand universities to win the Weir Minerals Design and Build Competition.
  • Reports Continue of Australia's Worsening Engineering Graduate Shortage
    Over the past few months there has been a steady stream of newspaper and professional articles detailing the engineering graduate shortage.
  • Hexapod wins Malcolm Kinnaird Engineering Excellence Award
    It has a fantastical, science fiction look, but its real-life applications for biomedical research have seen the Six Degree of Freedom Hexapod Robot win the SA Engineers Australia 2012 Excellence Award.
  • Science, engineering scholarship boost
    Flinders University will offer a new $8000 per year scholarship to a science, information technology or engineering undergraduate student in 2013, thanks to the support of the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF).
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