Month: February 2025

WoodSolutions has launched the Australian Timber Design Competition 2025. This national competition challenges the next generation of architects, engineers, and timber specialists to design a hypothetical, sustainable Athletes Village for the Brisbane 2032 Games. 

Who can enter:

• Open to 3rd-year and 4th-year university students in:
  • Engineering
  • Wood science
  • Other timber-focused programs
• Open to Master’s students in:
  • Architecture
  • Related disciplines
• Open to Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students in a related field
• Recent graduates may be considered on a case-by-case basis

Finalists
All the applicants will be judged according to the judging rubric. Up to three finalist teams of four applicants will receive a $1,500 cash bursary to cover travel and accommodation as well as sponsorship for attendance at the World Conference on Timber Engineering 2025 in Brisbane (Including welcome, conference, Gala dinner).

Submission Deadline: 12pm noon (AEST), Friday 2 May 2025 

For more information please see: Australian timber design competition 2025 now open for entries

A unique opportunity has been unveiled with The Gottstein Trust offering six fully paid conference places at the upcoming World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), being held in Brisbane from the 22nd to 26th June 2025.

These conference scholarships are made available for Australian engineers in the early stage of their professional career.

Further details and the application form are found on the website. Applications will close at midnight on March 30th and can be lodged anytime before then, through the online form.

The Gottstein Trust is delighted to support the significant global conference as it comes to Australia, and expects that competition for the six WCTE Gottstein scholarships will be strong.

 

Great to see more media coverage of the research that Mahmoud Abu-Saleem and ARC Advance Timber Hub Chief Investigator, Associate Professor Joe Gattas are leading. The publication the media coverage is referring to is titled “Timber-Cardboard Web-Core Sandwich Panels for Lightweight Housing Applications” (TCWS) and has been published in the Q1-ranked “Structures” journal. This open-access article can be accessed at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352012425001298?via%3Dihub