Endeavour Awards Night

The Endeavour Awards Night recognises the hard work of our students and celebrates their projects. Winning projects are recognised with department awards, industry-sponsored awards and the People's Choice Award.

Congratulations to all our student groups who participated in the Endeavour Exhibition. Thank you to all of our industry partners for working with our students and attending the awards night.

Meet the semester 1, 2026 winners.

Discipline Awards

Award winner
Understanding the Circadian Mechanisms of Epilepsy
Team member: George Schulz
Merit award
Improving Limb Immobilisation for High-Resolution Bone Imaging
Team members: Claire Barber, Jackson Cowan
Award winner
Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Implementation of Audio Source Separation
Team members: Christopher Loo, Tobias Zayontz
Merit awards
3D printed Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope used for remote earth imaging
Team members: Milan Nepal, Akshay Surajith, Md Nawed Parvez
Arduino Maze Solver
Team members: Huang Juan, Shuhai WANG
Exploiting neural network approximations in optimal control
Team members: Jincheng Hu, Sirui Guo, Jishi Yang
Award winner
Embodied carbon and energy requirements for electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Team members: Shouchuang Xin, Zhizhao Li, Bixiao Li, Yinlong Yin
Merit award
Re-designing the water tank farm for medium sized textile company
Team members: Yuan Bowen, Qiurui Qi, Jingtong Tang
Award winner
Interactive storytelling for preserving family memories
Team member: Jing Zhipeng, Xintong (Cindy Xie)
Merit award
Situated MR Guidance for Hands-on Workshop Learning
Team members: Yang Pengyu, Yiping Du
Award winner
Connection Performance of Hemp-Based Engineered Wood Products: Screw Anchor Pullout Behaviour and Design Optimisation
Team members: Chenhong Zhao, Siyuan Xiao, Han Li, Shijie Ma
Merit awards
A project management and decision-making framework for renewable energy integration in the front-end of mining projects
Team member: Paul Rodriguez Vizcarra
Developing Heavy-Lift Gantry Cranes to Enable Australia’s Offshore Wind Industry Capability
Team members: Tianze Qiu, Zhaokun Li, Hezhao Wang
Effects of pasture grass species composition on soil temperature dynamics: implications for dairy farm management
Team members: Tsae-Ling Tsai, Rongzi Tang
Exploring the dynamic response and energy dissipation capacity of graphene-based concrete
Team members: Yichuan Wang, Lingyue Song
Award winner
Measuring Flight Forces using Custom Force Balance Structure
Team member: Larry Young, Chen Qi, TianCheng Yang
Merit award
Repurposing technology for community benefit: Integrating Indigenous knowledges and regenerative design
Team members: Tully Mahr, Lily Whiteman, Alexander Daley
Award winner
Developing Dexterous Soft Bionic Arm for Cybathlon Prosthesis Arm Race
Team members: Benjamin Killham-Walter, Peter Han, Regina Li
Merit award
Engineering a Sensor-Driven Smart Mattress for Adaptive Thermal Regulation and Enhanced Sleep Quality
Team members: Hemant Suresh, Marko Celic, Maxwell Bloom
Award winner
Agile Training Game
Team members: Fangyi Shi, Yudeng Xin, Yifei Jia, Yi Xu, Navi Li, Hao Zeng, Pengyu Chen, Shengbo Yuan, Chih-Yi Huang, Xinyu Fan
Merit award
Data Prep Suit for Ertas.ai
Team member: Xilei Zhao, Hsuan Min Chang
Award Winner
Economical AI-Enabled Robotic System for Automated Building Damage Inspection and Spatial Mapping
Team members: Aditya Ajitsinh Salunkhe, Yitian Cao, Yixiang Su

Industry Awards

Award winner
Developing Dexterous Soft Bionic Arm for Cybathlon Prosthesis Arm Race
Team members: Benjamin Killham-Walter, Peter Han, Regina Li
Award winner
Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Implementation of Audio Source Separation
Team members: Christopher Loo, Tobias Zayontz
Award winner
Implementation of a Robotic Hand for Lab Experimentation
Team members: Khye Hong Fong, Sherilyn Poon, Nguyen Bao Nguyen Le, Shicong Wang
Award winner
Physical Modelling of Waste Tyre Permeable Pavement System Through a Pavement Model Test Box
Team members: Sophia Lim Joon, Xiaofei Gu, Maximus Ludbrook