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Engineering Excellence
3 February 2010 – February 2011
Each year the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia presents awards for the most outstanding Australian engineering projects. A selection of six award-winning projects is displayed at the Powerhouse Museum. The exhibition showcases how Australian engineers are developing innovative solutions for society in areas such as education, technology and infrastructure. The 2009 winners on display are:
One Shelley Street, Sydney
One Shelley Street at King Street Wharf is a striking combination of form, function and sustainability. Featuring a magnificent external diagrid structure and an imposing internal atrium, this visually stunning building is set to become a high quality and enduring Sydney CBD landmark.
ubowirless suite
Winner of the Bradfield Award
The ubowirless suite is an out-of-the-box intelligent optimisation platform suite that monitors, manages and optimises overall performance of wireless broadband networks.
NICTA/UNSW Clarinet
This unique device plays an un-modified clarinet. It plays the clarinet much as a human would, using a range of systems to perform the functions of fingers, mouth and breath. Jointly developed by NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology Centre of Excellence, and the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales.
Interflow: Technology for producing the world’s largest continuous pipe
This Australian company Interflow has made the world’s largest continuous pipe measuring 633 metres in length, 2,400mm in diameter and weighing over 100 tonnes. The record-breaking feat was made possible by an innovative and clever piece of technology developed by Interflow.
Gemmological Digital Analyser
The Gemmological Digital Analyser is an automated vision system, which objectively assesses, quantifies and reports the complex colour characteristics of cut and polished opal. Scientifically based, the analyser replicates the averaged skill of multiple expert opal assessors.
Photonic Simulator
This freely accessible web-based computer simulator educates secondary school students about the role of photonics in communications, designed to inspire them to learn more and perhaps pursue a career in a related area. Developed by CUDOS (Centre for Ultra-High Bandwith Devices for Optical Systems) at Macquarie University.
One Shelley Street, Sydney, developed by Arup Structural Engineers in association with Robert Bird Group.
Robotic clarinet, NICTA/UNSW
Success & Innovation, Engineering Excellence and Australian International Design Awards exhibition walkthrough for teachers