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Industry 4.0 – Industry Advisory Group (IAG)

HERA has been impressed by the number and calibre of interest from sector participants in joining the Industry Advisory Group (IAG) for our MBIE Endeavour funded project titled “Developing a Construction 4.0 transformation of the Aotearoa New Zealand Construction sector”. Within 2 hours of publicly posting the call for expressions of interest, we had received…

Our Co Chair for the Industry Advisory Group, Nicky Luis

Construction 4.0 – meet our Co-Chair of the Industry Advisory Group, Nicky Luis

We’re excited to introduce you to our Co-Chair of the Industry Advisory Group, Nicky Luis! Nicky Luis is a strategic marketing professional with fifteen years of international experience in B2B and B2C communications who has joined us as Co-Chair of the Industry Advisory Group. What gets Nicky out of bed in the morning is the…

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Construction 4.0 – wānanga: imbedding the research themes 

The research team for the MBIE Endeavour program funded protect titled “Developing a Construction 4.0 transformation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s construction sector” recently had our first Wānanga. This Wānanga was an opportunity for the whole research team to get together, along with the Co-Chairs of the Industry Advisory Group; Saul Roberts and Nicky Luis. We…

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An update on our Whanake Scholarship recipient – Sarah Lewis

Recently, we had a lovely visit from our inaugural Whanake Scholarship recipient Sarah Lewis to update us on what she is currently up to! Sarah is studying a Bachelor of Engineering, majoring in mechatronics at Massey University in Palmerston North. She is also a graduate of the Puhoro STEM Academy. She was our very first scholarship…

University of Canterbury Highest Scoring Students Prize Winners

HERA awards Highest Scoring Prize for University of Canterbury Students

HERA considers recognition and celebration of top academic achievement of high importance. That being so, we are proud to award a HERA prize to the highest scoring students from the University of Canterbury in their undergraduate research project.   This award recognises final-year engineering students who have completed their research project focused on structural steel…

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University of Auckland final year students’ project presentations and awards

Our Automation and Welding Engineer, Holger Heinzel, and Structural Engineer Reza Kordani, recently attended the University of Auckland’s project presentations for their final-year students. In late October, the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Auckland invited industry representatives to attend the project display day of their final-year students. During the last…