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Antarctic summer for AUT academics
Government grant for shapeshifting tech
AUT hosts 10th CS4HS conference
New professors and associate professors
Calling time on the imperial lawn
Robot turtles for ocean conservation
Win for construction engineering grad
Win for construction engineering grad
Racism, exclusion and tokenism
AUT hosting nearly 1,000 Y13 students
A bridge to future engineering careers
AUT partnership launches tech bootcamps
Yoga breathing changes brain activity
Graduate and AUT help Tongan recovery
CS4HS open to more digital teachers
RespirAq secures $1.5m investment
Names and indigenous knowledge matter
Gravitational waves Marsden success
Four Marsden fund grants for AUT
New graduate stories for ad campaign
SfTI funds bio-inspired underwater robot
Users at the centre of new vaxx.nz site
AUT climbs up the global rankings
Creating change in the community
Five questions: Professor Andrew Lowe
Universities must embrace partnerships
Guides have a STEMtastic time at AUT
Refuse to use: Plastic Free July at AUT
Solving the affordable housing problem
MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowships
Five questions: Professor Fiona Peterson
Five questions: Prof. Jairo Gutierrez
Prosthetic fins for injured sea turtles
The future of AI and machine learning
Celebrating AUT's women academics
Promoting Equality In The Future of Tech
New low cost COVID-19 antibody test
New Professors and Associate Professors
The Sound of a Quality Education
Freemasons Scholarship recipients 2020
Smart toys exposing kids to risk
Researcher appointed to global network
Technology to reduce spread of COVID-19
Extreme star’s origin confirmed
New face mask addresses air pollution
Burning waste to generate electricity
AUT building wins NZ Architecture award
Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh wins Equal Pay Award
First mother in space explores AUT
AUT gets 5 QS stars in all categories
New Professors and Associate Professors
Digital curriculum not about devices
Flexibility essential in home design
Built futures at AUT Architecture Lab
Are we blissfully ignorant on recycling?
AUT secures $13M in MBIE Endeavour Fund
AUT moves up 50 places in world rankings
19 first in family scholarships awarded
The digital quest for immortality
AI uncovers benefits of mindfulness
How recycling is actually sorted
Student hackathon works to reduce waste
Melanoma - What's hair got to do with it
WZ building shortlisted for award
Earthquake Proof Technology Test
62% increase in AUT researchers
Gaining skills for the workplace
KEDRI Director receives honorary degree
New Professors and Associate Professors
Minister launches sustainable blueprint
THE rankings place AUT in NZ top three
AUT 2019 domestic and international fees
World first for decision-making AI
Five questions: Professor Guy Littlefair
City Campus’ newest building now open
Excitement around the potential of SKA
Joining top young entrepreneurs
4 questions with Professor Peter Chong
AUT increases presence in QS subject rankings
New global rankings show AUT now has 13 subjects ranked, with two of them featuring in the top 50 in the world.
NZ radio astronomy goes global over KAREN
Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) and AUT University last week celebrated the successful connection of AUT’s radio telescope at Warkworth to the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN).
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Māori and Pacific Early Career Academic Programme
A new generation of Māori and Pacific lecturers is taking up residence at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
The 2018 Early Career Academic Programme offers up to six Māori and Pacific scholars their first, full-time, permanent appointments as research-active lecturers.
Minister visits two School laboratories
The new Science Minister, Paul Goldsmith, has made his second trip to AUT in two weeks.
AUT part of SpaceX’s first delivery to International Space Station
AUT’s Institute of Radio Astronomy and Space Research was thrilled to be a part of SpaceX’s first delivery to the International Space Station overnight.
AUT appoints new Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of DCT Faculty
Professor Guy Littlefair has been appointed by Auckland University of Technology (AUT) as the new Dean of its Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies (DCT) and Pro-Vice Chancellor. He will take up the position in July 2017.
From AUT student to award winning entrepreneur
AUT-SKA project highly commended at NZ Innovation Awards
AUT’s role in the world’s biggest science project won a highly commended prize at the NZ Innovation Awards.
AUT researcher wins MBIE funding for quake tech
Technology co-designed by an AUT academic that improves earthquake resilience in buildings has won more than three million dollars in government funding.
The Resilient Slip-Friction Joint (RSFJ) was designed by Structural Engineering lecturer Dr Pouyan Zarnani with two members of Auckland University’s Civil and Environmental Engineering department when he was a post-doctoral fellow there.
The first Māori woman to get a PhD from engineering at AUT graduated on Friday.
Ngaire Hart is believed to be only the second Māori woman to have the qualification in this field.
AUT video: the science and history behind Matariki
The bright blue stars known as the Seven Sisters are known for marking the beginning of Matariki- or the Māori New Year.
Experieco CEO Andrew McPherson to speak at STEMprenuers speaker series
The CEO of cloud service provider Andrew McPherson will be the third speaker at this year’s STEMprenuers speaker series.
AUT launches NEUlab - NZ's first advanced data science laboratory
New Zealand’s first advanced data science laboratory has opened at AUT.
AUT students head to Huawei HQ in China
Six lucky AUT students are this month getting the rare opportunity to go behind the doors of Huawei HQ in Shenzhen and see what is involved in being the world’s biggest telecommunications technology retailer.
AUT students take part in Engineers Without Borders competition
A storm water management system and wind turbines are AUT Engineering students answer for a struggling village in Cameroon.
Remote work: major study launched
The traditional concept of office workers stuck at desks all day is changing.
An increasing number of workplaces are allowing employees to work remotely (teleworking) but very little is known about the practice in Australasia. A new project involving AUT researchers aims to learn more.
It’s time to celebrate our summer graduates
We are celebrating our biggest graduation on record – with a total of 3922 students graduating in one of 10 ceremonies over the next four days. Prior to the first ceremony on each day of graduation our graduands will parade in full regalia from Albert Park, along Queen Street through Auckland CBD, finishing at the Town Hall where the ceremonies will take place.
AUT supports Joyce’s call for more qualified engineers
New Zealand’s universities are currently educating more than 7000 equivalent full time engineering students. The Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand’s recent report indicates an additional 2000 more engineering graduates will be needed to support an innovation-led economy. The Budget 2012 allocated an additional $42 million for this purpose. Therefore AUT has increased its engineering student intake for next year by nearly 10%.
Olympic gold for engineering student
Jo Aleh and her partner Olivia Powrie won the gold medal in the 470 sailing class in one of the final events of the London Olympics. The pair went into the final race equal with the British team on points. They secured the gold emphatically by winning the final race with the British entry finishing ninth.
AUT University takes crucial role in first private space mission
AUT University is proud to be playing an integral role in the first private space flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
Science stars to shine at astronomy conference in Auckland
An array of top international scientists including the inventor of Wi-Fi and the astronomer who downgraded Pluto converges on Auckland next week for the SKANZ 2012* conference hosted by AUT University.
Marsden Fund grant to help unearth the ‘male advantage’
The disadvantage of women in the work place has long been of interest to researchers. However with support from this year’s Marsden Fund, Dr Irene Ryan of AUT Business School now hopes to turn the lens towards the male advantage.
Speakers included Jenene Freer from the NZ Girl website, Craig Meek from Futuretech, Orcon founder Seeby Woodhouse, and local programmer Simon Riley.
Big step forward for NZ-Aust SKA telescope network
New Zealand and Australia’s bid to host the international SKA radio telescope has taken a leap forward, following the commissioning of a working optical fibre link between AUT University’s radio telescope and radio telescopes across Australia including CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope in Western Australia.
AUT radio astronomy makes finals of World Summit Award
AUT University has made it to the finals of the World Summit Award for its work in radio astronomy.
KAREN connects Australia and New Zealand over 5500 km
AUT University's Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research (IRASR) and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at Curtin University in Perth made a significant contribution to Australia – New Zealand SKA (Square Kilometre Array) development this week with a successful, high-speed data transfer trial.
Forum to meet on the future of communication networks
There are now few places in the world that don’t have access to the global communications infrastructure but quality of access, conflicting technologies and ease of connectivity continue to be issues.
Internet now integral to New Zealanders’ daily life
The Digital Divide is disappearing in New Zealand, with social differences in Internet usage shrinking by the year.
The second bi-annual survey of more than 1200 New Zealanders shows that New Zealand has reached a point where most of us are using the Internet and there’s no longer a typical user.
Scientists look at role New Zealand will play in international space project
Astronomers from New Zealand and abroad are meeting at AUT University this week to hear about the contribution New Zealand can make to the upcoming international space exploration project, the Square Kilometre Array.
IBM Grant to AUT Boosts SKA Bid
A grant of specialised hardware, software, and research time to AUT University by IBM will strengthen New Zealand’s chances of co-hosting the world’s biggest radio telescope project.
AUT leads the New Zealand arm of the Australasian Consortium striving towards a role in the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, with total cost of approximately NZ$4.6 billion dollars.