New Project to Understand Aboriginal Infrastructure Research Priorities and Advance Indigenous Engineering Curriculum

Dr Aaron Opdyke has been awarded funding (AUD 9,000) from the University of Sydney Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) for work in collaboration with Maranuka to examine research priorities for infrastructure needs in Aboriginal communities and how to integrate this knowledge into the existing engineering curriculum.

The project, Understanding Aboriginal Infrastructure Needs: Identifying Research Priorities and Embedding Knowledge in the Engineering Curriculum, will run through to December 2021 and is led by Dr Opdyke together with Petr Matous. It builds on the pair’s earlier participatory research on community-led housing development in remote communities.