Dr Mahdi Miri Disfani

Senior Lecturer, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Turning old tyres into new roads

With millions of tyres dumped in Australia, a new innovation could turn used tyres into permeable surfaces - helping the environment and our future infrastructure

Sciences & Technology

Going underground for green energy

Geothermal or geoexchange energy uses underground temperatures to make heating and cooling more efficient, and researchers are piloting this technology in one of Australia’s biggest infrastructure initiatives, the Metro Tunnel Project