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The Faculty's research programs are available across 10 schools:

Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomaterials and tissue engineering
  • Biofluid and solid mechanics
  • Biomechanics
  • Physiological measurement, modelling and neurostimulation

Contact
Prof. John Whitelock
j.whitelock@unsw.edu.au
www.gsbme.unsw.edu.au

Chemical Sciences and Engineering
  • Computer process control
  • Environmental technology
  • Electrochemical engineering
  • Heat and mass transfer
  • High temperature chemistry
  • Membrane science and technology
  • Minerals and energy
  • Particle technology and catalysis
  • Polymer science and technology
  • Reaction engineering
  • Supercritical fluids
  • Process modelling


Contact
A/Prof. Jie Bao
j.bao@unsw.edu.au
www.chse.unsw.edu.au

Food Science Technology
  • Food chemistry
  • Sensory analysis/product development
  • Postharvest technology of fruit and vegetables
  • Nutrition
  • Food microbiology
  • Food engineering
  • Food processing


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Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Engineering construction
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Structural engineering
  • Transport engineering
  • Water engineering

Contact
infociveng@unsw.edu.au
www.civeng.unsw.edu.au

Computer Science and Engineering
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computer architecture
  • Computer systems engineering
  • Database
  • Networks
  • Software engineering
  • Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
  • Photonic technologies and optical communications
  • Signal processing
  • Mobile communications
  • Computer networks
  • Quantum computing
  • Microsystems
  • Power systems
  • Electrical power equipment
  • Power electronics and drives
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Control systems


Contact
research@cse.unsw.edu.au
www.cse.unsw.edu.au

Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
  • Photonic technologies and optical communications
  • Signal processing
  • Mobile communications
  • Computer networks
  • Quantum computing
  • Microsystems
  • Power systems
  • Electrical power equipment
  • Power electronics and drives
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Control systems


Contact
Prof. Chee Yee Kwok
c.kwok@unsw.edu.au
www.eet.unsw.edu.au

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Aerospace engineering
  • Applied mechanics
  • Design
  • Fluid and thermal engineering
  • Mechatronics
  • Industrial technology and management
  • Naval architecture


Contact
A/Prof. Jayantha Katupitiya
j.katupitiya@unsw.edu.au
www.mech.unsw.edu.au

Mining Engineering
  • Underground geomechanics (coal and metalliferous)
  • Mine ventilation
  • Workforce using virtual reality (VR) technologies
  • Industry sustainability

Contact
School Office
mining@unsw.edu.au
www.mining.unsw.edu.au

Petroleum Engineering
  • Drilling and completion
  • Reservoir characterisation
  • Reservoir engineering and simulation
  • Production engineering
  • Petroleum economics

Contact
A/Prof. S Rahman
sheik.rahman@unsw.edu.au
www.petrol.unsw.edu.au

Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
  • Buried contact and other commercial solar cells
  • GaAs and SiGe devices
  • Inkjet printing technology for high efficiency solar cells
  • Life cycle analysis of renewable energy systems
  • Light tapping in thin crystalline silicon
  • N-type wafer solar cells
  • Photovoltaic applications in developing countries
  • Photovoltaic device fabrication and characterisation
  • Photovoltaic module design
  • Power grid interaction of renewable energy systems
  • Renewable energy policy
  • Screen-printed solar cells
  • Semiconductor device modelling
  • Silicon photonics
  • Silicon wafer solar cells
  • Thin film crystalline silicon photovoltaic devices
  • Third generation photovoltaics


Contact
Dr Alistair Sproul
a.sproul@unsw.edu.au
www.pv.unsw.edu.au

Surveying & Spatial Information Systems
  • Precise GPS navigation
  • GNSS algorithms
  • GNSS receiver
  • Multi-sensor integration
  • Navigation & Earth Observation
  • Radar interferometry studies
  • Imaging for mapping applications
  • New positioning technologies


Contact
School Office
survsis@unsw.edu.au
www.gmat.unsw.edu.au

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