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Hello, I'm David Siddle and I'm the Executive Dean of the Science and Engineering Faculty
here at QUT. Science and engineering at QUT is a wonderful
place of learning. It prepares students for the complexity of
some of the problems and challenges that society is facing; problems such as making innovative,
effective use of our resources, and developing tomorrow's resilient infrastructure.
These of course are global challenges. Our approach to science and engineering links
contemporary challenges with our courses and research.
We maintain strong engagement with industry and other institutions; local, national and
global. Universities around the world place increasing
focus on the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics as there is a
great shortage of people graduating with these skills across all countries.
And in Australia with our great requirements for resources and infrastructure, we are at
the leading edge of some of those needs. You have a chance to engage with some really
exciting QUT research that has a global footprint, and that includes research that ranges from
addressing issues of food security for our planet, all the way through to how robots
can help us to improve agriculture and manufacturing. The Australian Research Council Centre of
Excellence in Robotic Vision, to be headquartered at QUT, and our major involvement in the ARC
Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers of Big Data, Big Models, New Insights
underscores our research leadership in these areas.
QUT is a university for the real world that prides itself on its partnerships with external
organisations, and these have been brought to the fore with our new Science and Engineering
Centre by allowing the community to interact with our new facilities and build upon our
teaching and learning, and research partnerships. Partnerships with our industry, government
and the community range from the large number of Australian airports and regulators and
global transport authorities that work on big airport projects with us, to the Bill
and Melinda Gates foundation that sponsors our work on tropical crops and biocommodities
and that assists in solving health problems in Uganda and in other countries.
The state government has invested in our projects, including agricultural robots and the use
of biotechnology to genetically improve crop resistance to drought, salinity, pests and
viruses. You have a chance to engage with us here at
QUT in the most contemporary and exciting science and engineering courses on offer around
the country. Our graduates go on to make great contributions
to our community with outstanding industry roles in the many different professional careers
that are available to graduates of science and engineering within Australia and throughout
the world.