Researcher stories

Learn more about the REDI researchers – their motivations, their PhD experience and what’s coming next.

Rusty metal guardrail along a coastal highway. Aging road infrastructure with steel safety barrier showing signs of corrosion. Transportation safety concept on a bridge with copy space.
Researcher story

Healing the World’s Infrastructure: Charu Negi

From bridges and pipelines to wind turbines and cars, almost every aspect of modern infrastructure depends on metal. Yet one persistent problem quietly threatens these structures around the world: corrosion. Estimated to cost the global economy nearly four trillion

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Heritage Coexistence
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Changing the Story of Heritage: Milica Božić

When we think of heritage, we often imagine monuments, historic buildings or treasured objects that connect us to the past. For architectural designer, researcher and curator Milica Božić, however, heritage is something far more dynamic.

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Electronic scrap
Researcher story

Repairing More Than Products: Daniel Stabler

In the last decade alone, consumers worldwide have spent more than US$4.6 trillion on smartphones, with the average user replacing their device just every 18 months. Electronic waste is now one of the fastest growing

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