STEM Immersion Week: Fishermans Bend (November)

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Australian Public Service
Port Melbourne, VIC
24 - 28 November 2025


This Defence Work Experience placement has been developed to showcase a variety of STEM careers available in Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and with Industry partners. DSTG brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across Australia and around the world to address Defence and national security challenges. Our role is to work closely with the Australian science, technology and innovation eco-system. This helps deliver scientific advice and solutions that provide capability enhancement for Defence and the national security community.

In this placement you will have the opportunity to observe and gain an introduction to the application of research in engineering fields. You will be specifically introduced to Defence scientists/engineers and learn about how they help to develop new capabilities and assess existing science technology.

While you will not be engaged directly to perform any scientific work you will have the opportunity to tour our facilities and speak to many different scientists about their areas of research, education and career histories. DSTG will conduct a tour of their research facilities, giving students the opportunity to view equipment up close that is not normally open or accessible to the public. Some of the equipment on display may include:

Maritime: Operating in the maritime space with advanced undersea surveillance, materials science, and navigation technologies
Platforms: Making sure our vehicles are undetectable, resilient, efficient, and capable
Chemical, biological, radio-logical, and nuclear: Detecting threats and protecting our forces in compromised environments
Human and Decision Sciences: Support of human situational awareness, decision making, control, and protection in complex environments
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