Engineering
Engineering research in Queensland is crossing traditional disciplinary boundaries to address current and future global challenges that include water quality and management and climate change.
Queensland is strong in all fields of engineering including mining, materials, chemical and environmental, as well as bio and medical engineering. Key discoveries and applications range from novel nanotechnologies to innovations in robotics.
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Watch our Queensland Science making a difference video to find out why top researchers and industry leaders are saying Queensland is one of the best places in the world for engineering research.
Leading engineering research
Queensland has nine universities including three of Australia’s largest. Details of 200 plus research centres in Queensland are available by searching the Queensland science capability directory.
Engineering research centres
Queensland more than 90 Queensland research organisations are involved in the engineering science sector including:
- Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Institute (ADAPT)
- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC)
- Aus-China Centre for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ACCTERM)
- Australian Centre for Robotic Vision (ACRV)
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)
- Australian National Fabrication Facility - Griffith University Node (ANFF-Q)
- Australian National Fabrication Facility - UQ Node (ANFF-Q)
- Banyo Pilot Plant
- Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development Centre (BAO-JRDC)
- Bond University
- Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF)
- Central Queensland University - Brisbane (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Bundaberg (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Cairns (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Gladstone (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Mackay (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Rockhampton (CQUniversity)
- Central Queensland University - Townsville (CQUniversity)
- Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI)
- Centre for Agricultural Engineering (CAE)
- Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy (CABEN)
- Centre for Astrophysics (CA)
- Centre for Biophotonics and Laser Science (CBLS)
- Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS)
- Centre for Future Materials (CFM)
- Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems (CHFSS)
- Centre for Hypersonics (CFH)
- Centre for Intelligent Systems (CIS)
- Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology (MACRO)
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (CMM)
- Centre for Natural Gas
- Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE)
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology - GU (CQC2T)
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology - UQ (CQC2T)
- Centre for Railway Engineering (CRE)
- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research - Cairns (TropWATER)
- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research - Townsville (TropWATER)
- Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre (CMERC)
- Cobb and Co Museum
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE)
- Cyclone Testing Station (CTS)
- Department of Environment and Science (DES)
- Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation (Dow Centre)
- Forest Industries Research Centre (FIRC-USC)
- GeneCology Research Centre (GeneCology)
- Global Change Institute (GCI)
- Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct
- Griffith Centre for Coastal Management (GCCM)
- Griffith University - Gold Coast (GU)
- Griffith University - Logan (GU)
- Griffith University - Nathan (GU)
- Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences (IAESS)
- Institute for Future Environments (IFE)
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI)
- Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems (IIIS)
- James Cook University - Cairns (JCU)
- James Cook University - Townsville (JCU)
- Jamieson Trauma Institute (JTI)
- Law Futures Centre
- Life Sciences Queensland Ltd (LSQ)
- Medical Engineering Research Facility (MERF)
- Nanomaterials Centre (Nanomac)
- National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life
- National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
- Nihon Superior Centre for the Manufacture of Electronic Materials (NS CMEM)
- Oceans and Atmosphere
- Protein Expression Facility (PEF)
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (QIMR)
- Queensland Animal Science Precinct (QASP)
- Queensland Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)
- Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT)
- Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation - CQU (QCIF)
- Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation - GU (QCIF)
- Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation - JCU (QCIF)
- Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation - QUT (QCIF)
- Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation - UQ (QCIF)
- Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation - USQ (QCIF)
- Queensland Eye Institute (QEI)
- Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence (QGECE)
- Queensland Government Hydraulics Laboratory (QGHL)
- Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre (QMNC)
- Queensland University of Technology - Gardens Point (QUT)
- Queensland University of Technology - Kelvin Grove (QUT)
- Research Computing Centre (RCC)
- Salisbury Research Facility
- Sugar Research Institute (SRI)
- Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI)
- Translational Polymer Research Group (TPRG)
- Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre (TAS-DCRC)
- The University of Queensland - Gatton (UQ)
- The University of Queensland - Herston (UQ)
- The University of Queensland - St Lucia (UQ)
- University of Southern Queensland - Ipswich (USQ)
- University of Southern Queensland - Springfield (USQ)
- University of Southern Queensland - Toowoomba (USQ)
- University of the Sunshine Coast - Fraser Coast (USC)
- University of the Sunshine Coast - Gympie (USC)
- University of the Sunshine Coast - Sunshine Coast (USC)
- Visualisation and eResearch (ViseR)