• New research into climate change’s effect on weeds

    New research into climate change’s effect on weeds

    Unitec’s Dr Glenn Aguilar, Associate Professor Dan Blanchon and Lauren Hannah have co-authored a new research paper on the projected spread of the Mexican Daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus), a garden flower turned invasive weed that is spreading its way through…

  • Unitec response to the Mayoral Housing Taskforce

    Unitec response to the Mayoral Housing Taskforce

    Commissioned Science Challenge research on Auckland’s housing supply crisis by three Unitec researchers has recently been published by BRANZ, the Building Research Association of New Zealand. Unitec supplied Science Challenge Think Pieces on three subjects aiming to aid in…

  • Unitec engineer has weeds, cannabis in her sights

    Unitec engineer has weeds, cannabis in her sights

    Since joining Unitec as Head of Practice Pathway in Engineering and Applied Technology in 2017, Melanie Ooi has been on fire. An expert in measurement with a focus on working with uncertainty in electrical and electronic engineering and computational…

  • New education publication from The Mind Lab

    New education publication from The Mind Lab

    Just what is agile and lean in the tech education space? Agile and Lean Concepts for Teaching and Learning: Bringing Methodologies from Industry to the Classroom, edited by leading New Zealand academics Associate Professor Dr David Parsons and Dr…

  • World hydrogen energy experts to meet in Rotorua

    World hydrogen energy experts to meet in Rotorua

    Global leaders in hydrogen technology, including Unitec’s Dr Jonathan Leaver, will gather in Rotorua this month to discuss research and promotion of hydrogen as a fuel source for the future. They will also host a public forum where local…