Funding to maintain Queensland’s innovation in research

Silicon carbide devices on a wafer in the cleanroom facility at the QMNC.
Griffith Enterprise
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Griffith University’s Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre (QMNC) will share in $4.59 million in Queensland Government funding to build on its innovative research and industry projects such as clean energy technology and sensors for harsh environments. Minister for Science and Environment Leanne Enoch MP announced the funding for the Australian National Fabrication Facility — Queensland […]

Griffith partners with BluGlass for power electronics

Griffith Enterprise
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Australian technology innovator BluGlass Limited has invested $600,00 in Griffith University to develop power electronics. BluGlass will be leading the two-year cash investment – inclusive of a $300,000 grant from the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre – to develop next-generation GaN transistors, calledHigh Performance Normally OFF GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors(HEMT). The technology promises a […]

Highly sensitive nanosensors to prevent potential catastrophes

Engineering, IT and aviation
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Griffith University researchers are creating tiny high-tech chips that will detect problems in ageing gas and oil pipelines, preventing potential catastrophic events. A team from Griffith’s Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centreis developing the novel, low-cost and highly sensitive compact sensors that will detect and monitor changes in harsh environments, such as strain, pressure, flow rate, […]