Teaching research nexus — An australian experience

Teaching techniques and contents at institutes of higher learning must be a dynamic and seamless experience. While new concepts and technologies do not find their way into textbooks long after the research is matured and/or commercialized, Professors at Universities are in unique position to bring them into classroom much earlier benefiting from their sponsored research. This is why perhaps high ranked research Universities are able to motivate a greater proportion of final year undergraduate students to enter graduate studies. The members of the Renewable Energy and Power Systems Research Groups at Curtin University of Technology is engaged in improving undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum by injecting seeding knowledge gathered through funded research and industry contacts to bring opportunities for students and putting research equipment back into laboratories on a continuing basis. The group also established a number of unique postgraduate courses and laboratories.