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Past WRL staff member awarded the best PhD in Water Engineering
Dr Conrad Wasko, a former Project Engineer at WRL, has been awarded
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ARC Linkage funds for major project
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Laura Montano is a PhD student at WRL, conducting experimental
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New “Coastal Management Guide” teaching resource released
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Congratulations Kristen!
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The team around you makes a huge difference to your PhD experience
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At the end of a PhD what you really learn is how much you don’t know
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Becoming a beach scientist is as easy as slip, stop, snap!
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Engineering: Solves practical problems to improve the standard of
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Comparison of instrumentation in high-velocity air-water flows
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