The Queensland-based company will receive up to $100,000, having successfully pitched their nanomaterial solutions during the program, topping the six-team competition.
The nanomaterial developed by the company is described as four times lighter and 138 times stronger than steel.
According to the company, the White Graphene material will be able to overcome a series of sustainability issues in space across health, energy, and protection from radiation.
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Already, nanomaterials have been leveraged to provide support and protection to both astronauts and spacecraft, with Boeing expecting additional benefits to emerge in the future both on Earth and in orbit.
“We’re eager to work with local companies who are exploring the use of radically new materials that have eco-friendly properties,” Heidi Hauf, Boeing Regional Sustainability lead APAC, said.
“Innovations we learn in space can have applications to our sustainability practices here on Earth, so we can’t wait to see how White Graphene advances their proof of concept with both our local and US-based space teams.”
The program is currently in its third year.
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“Supporting Queensland start-ups to find global investors to develop world-changing ideas and Queensland’s jobs of the future is exactly what our Advance Queensland initiative is all about,” Queensland’s Minister for Innovation, Stirling Hinchliffe, said.
“Boeing’s interest in White Graphene’s advanced nanomaterial, which is four times lighter than steel but 138 times stronger, could be an important first step in creating revolutionary, made in Queensland technology.”
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