
Waikato engineering student lends technical skills to help restore historic wharf in Tokomaru Bay
15-Feb-2021The restoration of the semi-derelict Tokomaru Bay Wharf north of Gisborne has gained strong support…

New Professorial Appointments for Waikato
05-Feb-2021University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley has announced academic promotions for one new Professor…
Using robotics to discover smart solutions for 3D metal printing
05-Feb-2021Engineering doctorate student Ben Jackson relishes his role at Tauranga based metals research company TiDA…

Applying machine learning knowledge on campus to reduce carbon emissions
04-Feb-2021Sara Bahr started her Summer Research project not knowing anything about industrial steam boilers. Now…

Researcher and engineering lecturer to chair leading Robotics group
10-Dec-2020A leading apple fruitlet thinning automation expert has been appointed chairperson for a national robotics…

Fast track to a career in demand
23-Oct-2020The economic impact of Covid-19 has urged many New Zealanders to turn the pandemic into…

Engineering students set to shine
19-Oct-2020The annual Waikato Engineering Design Show kicks off this week (21-23 October), with students from…

Major funding boost for circular economy research programme
06-Oct-2020Engineering Professor Kim Pickering has been awarded $10.9m in Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment…

Waikato researchers receive $26.9m in MBIE Endeavour funding
17-Sep-2020The University of Waikato has successfully secured funding for three projects, worth a total of…

Waikato research to support transition to net-zero-carbon process heat sector by 2050
16-Sep-2020University of Waikato School of Engineering Professor Michael Walmsley will lead a seven-year research programme…

University of Waikato offers fast-track to engineering
11-Jun-2020Engineering hopefuls, and those looking for a career change, may get an early foot in…
Waikato students engineer the perfect flatting set up and study bubble
09-Jun-2020When almost the entire first-year engineering cohort from the University of Waikato Tauranga campus moved…

Young women in STEM get head-start at Waikato
06-Apr-2020Two University of Waikato engineering students have been given a head-start to their studies this…

Professor Yifan Chen receives Engineering New Zealand Fellows Award
30-Mar-2020University of Waikato Professor Dr Yifan Chen has been awarded a prestigious Engineering New Zealand…

Pacific student becomes University’s first Toloa scholar
13-Mar-2020A University of Waikato Engineering student is one of 13 Pacific Island students to receive…

Two Engineering student groups named Callaghan Innovation C-Prize finalists
27-Feb-2020Two teams of Engineering students from the University of Waikato have been named as finalists…

University of Waikato announces new professorial appointments
03-Feb-2020Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley has recently acknowledged new Professors and Associate Professors of the University.

Time-of-flight researcher awarded by Royal Society
21-Oct-2019Dr Lee Streeter has solved a big problem in time-of-flight technology, improving the measurement of…
Uni campus hosts STEM Festival in Tauranga
16-Oct-2019As a main sponsor of the country's first world-class STEM Festival (STEMFest) event, the University…

Robotic asparagus picker praised by US farmers
15-Oct-2019Asparagus is one of the hardest crops to harvest. But an ingenious device created by…

$1.6m awarded to Waikato University’s new Rutherford Fellows
11-Oct-2019Two top researchers have been awarded a highly prestigious award to carry out their research…
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