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Student News is a monthly newsletter for Student members of Engineers Australia. It contains news on university activities, scholarships, graduate salaries, job opportunities and Engineers Australia services. To view the most recent issues click here. A summary of their contents is listed below.

	Novemberr 2008 Included in this issue: News – From the Chair – Getting a job in tough times – MPs call for research scholarships – Good Results for Engineering Graduates – Student wins award for explosive idea – PhD student wins innovation prize – Engineering student off to Oxford – Students design bamboo structure – Students wanted for sustainability conference – Company funds centre for first-year students Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	October 2008 Included in this issue: News – From the Chair – Students help remote indigenous community – Air-powered car design scoops competition – Winners of the Weir Warman Competition – University of Adelaide takes the prize again – Students win power industry scholarships – Work experience overseas – Engineers Without Borders research projects – Students wanted for sustainability conference – International design competition announced Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	September 2008 Included in this issue: News – From the Chair – Saving the planet from asteroids – Female engineering students receive awards – Online journal to publish student projects – Good prospects for postgraduates – Improving engineering courses – Statement to make degrees more widely recognised – Universities depend on casual lecturers and tutors – Government spends less on tertiary education than most developed countries Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	August 2008 Included in this issue: News – From the Chair – Engineering students go for gold – Good job prospects for graduates – Indigenous engineering student numbers on the rise – Groups urge drastic changes for universities – Mining school move cancelled – Win a trip to a tunnelling conference in Budapest – New course in engineering leadership – Students represent Australia at sustainability course – Student calculates carbon footprint Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	July 2008 Included in this issue: News – From the Chair – South Australian universities join forces – Search for ideas to improve first-year engineering – First-year students receive scholarships – Thesis wins two prizes – Students to design modern equivalent of Ford Model T – Research students need more funding – Help developing countries and win – Medal up for grabs for civil students Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	June 2008 Included in this issue: News – From the Chair – Views of an electrical engineering student – Win $20,000 for an essay – Statistics show engineering is a high-paying career – Western Australians win international car competition – Microelectronics prize for camera – Collecting water for developing countries – Uni fees may need reforming – Register for YEA National Summit Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	May 2008 Included in this issue: News – From the Chair – Registeer for YEA National Summit – Budget promises for students – Many graduates do not want a career in engineering – Engineering and journalism students work together – Electronics graduate builds wireless speaker – Hydrogen power for unmanned aircraft – PhD scholarships – Scholarships to study in Japan Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	April 2008 Included in this issue: News – From the Chair – Review discusses ways to improve education – Study could be more engaging, survey finds – Scholarships closing soon – Use your skills to help disadvantaged communities – Award for irrigation project – Students work on new type of flying vehicle Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	March 2008 Included in this issue: News – West Australian modellers named champions of the earth – Careers night for final year students – Melbourne university leads gigabit wireless team – Future looks nuclear for engineering student – Save me, snakebot – Student receives fellowship to study polymers – Melbourne offers pilot training course – Call for ideas to adapt river deltas – Nominations invited for national science prize – Queensland engineers break it down Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	February 2008 Included in this issue: News – Welcome to the revamp of Student News – Graduate engineers rooling in cash – Melbourne graduate wins national award – Melbourne students win gold medal – Scholarship for water engineering – New course in automotive engineering – Logistics scholarships – New fast-track degree – Geomechanics centre launched in Queensland – Designing a better railway sleeper Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	November 2007 Included in this issue: News – Putting steel fibres in concrete – Expat researcher returns to teach Sydney students – Water chair created – Engineering student taps power of hydrogen – Researcher for internet recognised – Mechatronics engineer honoured – An engineer of animation – Software upgrade for mechanical instrument – Mining simulator for Queensland campus Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	October 2007 Included in this issue: News – Emissions technology being developed – Life as a biomedical graduate – New facility for students – Graduate to attend Cambridge – New library planned for Sydney campus – Smart engineering women recognised – Queensland student wins scholarship Careers – Profile of a Young Engineer: Camden Stephenson Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	September 2007 Included in this issue: News – Microelectrics for snowboarding – Promoting council engineering – An engineering student's Eureka moment – University receives carbon dating instrument – School students challenged – Engineering student goes to Paris – Computing student wins scholarship Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	August 2007 Included in this issue: News – Engineering student wins world prize – Young structual engineers to see the world – Company to sponsor masters degree – Soccer robots in world cup – Queensland engineer tops alumni list – Program to attract aerospace engineers Careers – Profile of a Young Engineer: Ken Meredith Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	July 2007 Included in this issue: News – Celebrating multidisciplinary education – Modelling cell walls – Scholarship gives helping hand – Engineers WIthout Borders chapter for UQ – Creating a virtual university YEA Chair – New centre for automation – Geothermal funding for Adelaide Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	June 2007 Included in this issue: News – Offering industry a health check – Monitoring to success in Detroit – Youth leadership conference – Extracting combined heat and power from biowaste – Improving membrane technology YEA Chair – Researching climate change shifts gear Online Magazine – Leaders in engineering and beyond Careers – Profile of a Young Engineer: Benita Husband Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	May 2007 Included in this issue: News – Racing concrete canoes in Adelaide – International exhibition visits Sydney – Structural support for high-risk housing in earthquake zones – Universities join to solve water crisis – WA students wooed by industry – Efficiency boost makes solar cells more affordable YEA Chair – YEA enter the blogosphere – Guiding graduates into a life-long career Online Magazine – Riding the resources boom Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	April 2007 Included in this issue: News – New centre for industry focused research – Opportunities on display – Corporate generosity benefits students – World prize for UNSW engineer – Doors open for overseas internships – Funding a future a hydrogen economy YEA Chair – Taking advantage of current climate Online Magazine – Seven wonders of modern Australian engineering Careers – Profile of a young engineer – Okky Goh Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities

	February 2007 Included in this issue: News – Investigating risk wins award for student project – Aerospace students tour US facilities – Skating on success – Powering through the degree – School studies launch engineering career YEA Chair – Engineering in Cambodia Online Magazine – Boom in the Gulf – Australian engineers in high demand Careers – Profile of a young engineer – Rachel Coxon Campus Coordinators Division Newsletters YEA Activities