Biotechnology and Food Engineering (BFE) Chemical Engineering, Monash University

More than 140,000 visitors are expected to Monash campuses either in person or online as part of Open Day 2010.

A lack of research about how bushfires impact on families drove a Monash University PhD student to write <em>Fires, Families and Decisions: Exploring the Bushfire Experience from a Domestic Perspective</em>, and she hopes that the issues she uncovered will be addressed in the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission report due out tomorrow.

Monash University and technology company Siemens have signed an agreement to establish a biomedical imaging research centre to be located at the University's Clayton campus.

Monash University, and its partner universities in the ARC Centre for Excellence for Climate System Science, have been awarded $21.4 million over seven years to form Australia's largest university climate research centre.

A Monash University research team together with Harvard and Melbourne Universities and the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) have announced the formation of the Australian Water Resources Project to conduct independent analyses into Australia's water shortages and policy solutions.

New accommodation, which will allow more medical students to train in the regional setting of Mildura in northern Victoria, was officially opened today by local Member of Parliament Candy Broad.

Evidence shows no difference in professional satisfaction between metropolitan and rural GPs, according to a Monash University study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

A Melbourne-based trial of patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has found regularly monitoring lung function does not necessarily lead to an improvement in a patient's condition, ability to manage the condition or their quality of life.

A team of international researchers, led by Monash University's Dr Wouter Schellart has developed a new global theory of Earth dynamics that explains the motions of the tectonic plates that cover the Earth's surface and the boundaries between these plates.

Internationally renowned engineer, bridge builder and humanitarian Toni Ruttimann will visit Monash University to present a seminar about his work in impoverished communities -- a labour of love that has seen him build more than 500 suspension bridges around the world.

A new study has found that obese individuals believe that obesity interventions should not focus exclusively on weight loss but on more holistic approaches to aid health and well-being.

A national study to investigate family violence during and after parental separation has revealed many families are at risk during this time and that new government legislation, introduced four years ago and supplementary support services is not working effectively.

The first multi-purpose nanofabrication centre in Australia has been officially opened by Victorian Premier John Brumby this morning.

Are Australian shoppers responding to social media and mobile phone offers by retailers?

Monash University's high achieving engineering students are flying to England this week to take on the world's best Formula Student Association of Engineers (FSAE) teams at the annual competition held at the famous Silverstone circuit.

Monash has received $4.8 million funding from the Australian Research Council and a commitment of $11 million from industry for 16 projects in the most recent round of ARC Linkage Projects.

A health program coordinated by the Whitehorse Division of General Practice, developed by local health services and the Whitehorse City Council and exported to Beijing, China has been recognised as that nation's top health initiative.

The Premier of Victoria, the Hon. John Brumby MP, visited Monash University Gippsland today to discuss opportunities for expanding student accommodation at the campus.

Monash University is to become a world leader in green chemistry and engineering with the development of a Green Chemical Futures (GCF) facility at the Clayton campus.

A young Monash University chemist and her colleagues have successfully strengthened insulin's chemical structure without affecting its activity.