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Forum tackles the challenges associated with renewable energy in electricity grids

Industry experts to address issues of electricity supply at a time of unprecedented change. The Australia electricity supply industry is undergoing unprecedent... Read More...

Grants will aid transition to smarter energy future

UOW research projects awarded $1.6M through Global Innovation Linkages Program Two University of Wollongong-led projects have been awarded $1.6 million in gran... Read More...

UOW-CCNU Joint Institute Students Arrive

The first cohort of Study Abroad students from the UOW-Central China Normal University (CCNU) Joint Institute arrived in Autumn Session. The students are enrolled in UOW's Master of Computer Science and Master of Telecommunications Engineering and... Read More...

Technologies for the future grid at UOW

An electrical power quality event was held at the University of Wollongong in early March to mark the handover of the first EcoVAR unit developed by the Australian technology start-up EcoJoule Energy to Endeavour Energy for field trials and to the Australian Power Quality and Reliability Centre at UOW for laboratory evaluation. ... Read More...

UOW climbs world rankings for engineering and computer science

University places 2nd in NSW for Engineering and Technology The 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject have confirmed the University ... Read More...

IEEE Xtreme: UOW team takes top Australian position 2nd year running

Joint SECTE and SCIT team 1st in Australia & 84/4094 worldwide IEEEXtreme a 24hour programming and problem solving competition was held on October 20, 2018. This is a competition that puts undergraduate, MRes and PhD students against each other.... Read More...

IEEE UOW Student Branch awarded 2nd best in Australia

The University of Wollongong Student Branch was awarded equal 2nd best in Australia with Macquarie University by the IEEE Australia Council. The University of M... Read More...

Funding success for the APQRC

The Australian Power Quality and Reliability Centre (APQRC) is pleased to report a number of recent funding successes. Headlining this is the award of a $675,00... Read More...

APQRC and SBRC deliver renewable and distributed generation short course

The Australian Power Quality and Reliability Centre (APQRC) in partnership with the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), recently delivered a two-day Grid Connected Renewable and Distributed Generation, continuing professional development co... Read More...

Setting students entrepreneurial sights high: FEIS400 Lean Engineering Startup

iAccelerate hosted more than 140 people for the first Pitch Final for 2018 earlier this year. As part of the event, UOW School of Electrical, Computer and Telec... Read More...

From skills to start-ups: A pathway for career-ready engineering graduates through innovative WIL approaches

ARENA Grant Success for APQRC

Bring it back to earth

APQRC continues its strong representation in power quality industry standards