Wagga council supports young engineers
16 December 2004
The Wagga Wagga City Council this week launched an undergraduate
engineering scholarship with the University of New South Wales.
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Emeritus, Scientia Professors named
16 December 2004
Professor Robin Fell of the School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering will become an Emeritus Professor upon his retirement
in January. More...
Engineering schools unite on research
16 December 2004
A delegation of 18 engineering academics from Kensington campus
visited ADFA this week to further research collaborations
and form new partnerships. More...
PV graduate wins prestigious prize
16 December 2004
Florence Chen, a recent graduate from the Centre for Photovoltaic
Engineering, has been awarded the 2004 Wal Read Memorial Prize
awarded by the Australia and New Zealand Energy Society. More...
Petroleum Engineering
16 December 2004
A high-level delegation from the Petroleum University of Technology
in Iran has visited the School of Petroleum Engineering with
the hope of developing a collaborative postgraduate research
and course-work master program. More...
Councils sign scheme to lure rural engineers
08 December 2004
NSW regional councils have taken the first steps towards attracting
professional engineering staff to country areas with the signing
of a rural scholarship agreement with the Faculty of Engineering.
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Photovoltaics Shine In Green Globe Awards
29 November 2004
The Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering has won a ‘Green
Globe’ award for its efforts in promoting sustainable
energy. More...
ARC Grants
29 November 2004
The Faculty of Engineering has fared well in the latest round
of Australian Research Council Linkage Grants, winning 10
of the 23 grants awarded to UNSW academics. More...
Trial set to transform nursing home care
17 November 2004
Medication trolleys in nursing homes may soon become mobile
medical centres.
The University of New South Wales has won a $300,000 grant
to develop and trial a new point-of-care system that will
allow nursing staff to manage medications, check patients’
clinical signs and streamline administration and clinical
interaction with patients’ GPs. More...
Making bank notes sing for the blind
17 November 2004
A device invented by a biomedical engineering student should
stop the vision impaired from being short-changed. More...
Update - current building works on lower campus
15 November 2004
The North Mall Development Zone (NMDZ) is an area at the Anzac
Parade end of the University Mall, which the University plans
to redevelop. It will be the site for a new Law building and
a new state-of-the-art analytical centre. More...
Campus2020 - have your say on planning our campus
15 November 2004
To identify how best to plan for the future, UNSW has commissioned
a team of experts led by international consultancy DEGW to
develop Campus 2020: a blueprint for future development on
the Kensington campus over the next 20 years. More...
ADFA Delegation: Finding Common Ground
03 November 2004
A delegation of engineers from the UNSW faculty at the Australian
Defence Force Academy have spent two days in Sydney meeting
with their Kensington counterparts. More...
Academics pour cold water on pipe dream
21 October 2004
A $680m plan to pipe water from the Shoalhaven district to
boost Sydney's water supply should be an option of last resort,
according to UNSW's Kensington Group of sustainability specialists.
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Combined Engineering/Commerce Program Is Now Approved
20 October 2004
From 2005, the Faculties of Engineering & Commerce and Economics
offer a combined degree program leading to the award of the
degrees of Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and Bachelor of Commerce
(BCom). More...
Rural Scholarship Program Comes Full Circle
13 October 2004
The Faculty of Engineering Rural Scholarship Program commenced
in 2001 to assist students living in rural and isolated areas
to study at the leading Engineering Faculty in Australia.
The program has come full circle this year with 17 of the
2001 Rural Scholarship recipients finishing their studies
at the end of 2004. More...
Sea of sound
13 October 2004
Two engineering academics have helped to create a novel experience
in sea faring. They have mounted the world’s largest
location-dependent sound composition on a ship cruising the
Baltic Sea. More...
Solar to power two billion people who lack electricity
12 October 2004
Solar cells that convert sunlight to electricity could transform
living standards for the estimated 2 billion people worldwide
who lack electricity, according to the Australian scientist
awarded the Energy Innovation prize at the 2004 World Technology
Summit, in San Francisco. More...
Mining Theatre A Virtual Life Saver
07 October 2004
Mine workers in NSW soon will be able to negotiate the hazards
of a working mine without leaving the comfort of an air-conditioned
office. More...
Managers spot the equal opportunities
24 September 2004
When Angela Cheyne told her careers advisor in 1993 that she
wanted work experience in an engineering firm, she was told
to forget it. More...
Hidden talent gets a television airing
24 September 2004
University revues have launched the careers of such luminary
talents as the Monty Python team. Now a team of UNSW COMPUTING
students -- talent spotted during their revue last year --
have entered the media world. More...
Hidden talent gets a television airing
Mark Bruzzone, who spent five months in Shanghai on one of
the world's biggest projects, is typical of the new breed
of consulting engineer. More...
International medal for emeritus professor
24 September 2004
Emeritus Professor Somasundaram Valliappan from the School
of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been awarded the
inaugural Congress Medal from the Asian Pacific Association
for Computational Mechanics. More...
Thie wins top paper prize
17 September 2004
Dr Johnson Thie of the School of Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications is one of three recipients of the IBM Student
Paper Award at ICIP 2004, the international conference on
image processing. More...
Faculty OHS Level 2 Committee Meeting 12 August 2004
10 September 2004
The third meeting for 2004 of the Faculty of Engineering OHS
Level 2 Committee was held on Thursday 12 August. More...
It’s a wonderful world
8 September 2004
More than 130 industry representatives gathered at UNSW last
Friday for a celebration of the wonders of engineering. More...
Scholarship marks a new relationship
7 September 2004
Engineering firm Jacobs Sverdrup Australia (JSA) has signed
a memorandum of understanding with the University of New South
Wales to explore ways of enhancing the knowledge of teachers
and students of engineering. More...
Taste of Research Summer Scholarships
3 September 2004
Have you ever wondered what research is about or whether you
would be interested in a research career? To give you an opportunity
to find out, The Faculty of Engineering has established Taste
of Research Summer Scholarships. Applications close Thursday
30 September 2004. More...
The role of robots in health care
18 August 2004
Robots that turn on home appliances for disabled people at
the wave of a hand. An intelligent travel aid that guides
the visually impaired. Robot dogs that call for medical help
if their elderly companion falls. More...
Engineering student and lecturer receive worldwide
acclaim
2 August 2004
Two UNSW Engineering identities – a student and a lecturer—have
both received prestigious awards from a worldwide pool of
competitors. More...
Faculty fares well with Linkage grants
6 July 2004
The Faculty of Engineering gained more than $2 million in
funding from the recent round of ARC Linkage Grants –
a third of the total amount won by UNSW. More...
UNSW engineers in Top 100
23 June 2004
A quarter of Australia’s Top 100 most influential engineers
are either staff or alumni of the University of New South
Wales, according to a new listing. More...
Faculty OHS Level 2 Committee Meeting 27 May 2004
15 June 2004
The second meeting for 2004 of the Faculty of Engineering
OHS Level 2 Committee was held on Thursday 27 May. More...
Naval Architecture Tug Visit
26 May 2004
3rd year Naval Architecture students in the Faculty of Engineering
recently visited Waratah Tugs to learn about the design, building
and utilisation of the Wonga - a 32 foot tug boat on Sydney
Harbour. More...
New Horizons in Engineering
10 May 2004
Experience the excitement of being at the leading edge of
engineering research. Financially attractive scholarships
and other support are available for students commencing full-time
research programs in Session 1 and Session 2, 2005. More...
Faculty of Engineering Rural Scholarship and Dean’s
Awards Recipients
7 May 2004
The University of New South Wales’ Faculty of Engineering
honoured several Rural Scholarship recipients by presenting
them with prestigious Dean’s Awards in April 2004. More...
Faith Inspires Award Winning Student
4 May 2004
Fourth year UNSW environmental engineering student Rebecca
Barnes recently returned from an expedition to India where
she was part of a team of engineers designing a much needed
hospital. More...
Rural scholars join the circle
8 April 2004
Addressing this year’s recipients of the Faculty of
Engineering Rural Scholarships, fourth-year student Rebecca
Higgins recalled spending countless hours in the bush near
her home in Inverell. They were times that inspired a passion
for the world – and a conviction that it was her job
to save it. More...
Redback racer scuttles into second
24 March 2004
The UNSW Redback Racing Team has taken second place among
a group of fifteen Australian universities competing at the
international Formula SAE-Australasian competition. More...
A lunch date half a century later
23 March 2004
Colin Freeland, AO, and Ronald Leverett stand on a balcony
overlooking Kensington campus, reflecting on a photo of their
class of 1954. It is 50 years since they have seen each other.
For Colin, it is also only the second time he has visited
the university grounds despite being one of its illustrious
alumni. More...
Faculty OHS Level 2 Committee Meeting 12 February
2004
11 March 2004
The first meeting for 2004 of the Faculty of Engineering OHS
Level 2 Committee was held on Thursday 12 February. More...
Aspire Advance Achieve
9 March 2004
Experience the excitement of being at the leading edge of
engineering research.
Financially attractive scholarships and other support are
available for students commencing full-time research programs
in Session 2 2004. More...
Undergraduate Scholarship Opportunities
3 February 2004
A number of undergraduate scholarships are available to students
commencing studies at UNSW in Session 1, 2004. More…
