Distinguished alumnus to lead The Australian Academy of Science
21 December 2005
ANU Geophysics professor Kurt Lambeck, a former student of UNSW’s School of Surveying and Spatial Information, has been elected the next president of the Australian Academy of Science. More...

Engineering students win design prize
21 December 2005
Three students from the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications have won a prestigious award in the international Altera Nios Design Contest. More...

UNSW Redback Racing Team
21 December 2005
The UNSW Redback Racing Team finished in a credible fifth position on the 2005 Formula SAE Australasian competition held in Victoria. More...

2005 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards
15 December 2005
The recipients of the 2005 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards have been announced by the Dean, Professor Brendon Parker. More...

PhD Scholarship in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry
09 December 2005
A Ph.D. Scholarship will be available in early 2006 on membrane technology to capture CO2 from post-combustion and natural gases.

Photovoltaics student wins Dean’s postgrad research award
08 December 2005
Supriya Pillai from the School of Photovoltaic Engineering has won overall first prize in the inaugural Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Research. More...

Iconic language teaches kids the basics of programming
08 December 2005
A 22-year-old computer engineering student from the University of New South Wales
has devised a simple iconic language that will help teach children the basics of programming. More...

Best paper prize for Nathan
08 December 2005
Nathan Kirchner from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering has won a best paper prize at an international conference on sensing technology. More...

Indonesian mining students going Down Under
01 December 2005
UNSW has signed an agreement with Indonesia’s Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), for an international program involving the premier mining engineering schools in both institutions. More...

Former students honour computing pioneer
18 November 2005
A seven-year campaign by UNSW alumni to establish a chair in the name of their former mentor finally has paid off. With the help of a generous $500,000 donation from U.S.-based QUALCOMM Incorporated, former students have succeeded in establishing the John Lions Chair in Operating Systems 2006. More...

CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
18 November 2005
Associate Professor Clive McFarland in the School of Biomedical Engineering has won a CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement. More...

Engineering scores well in ARC grant round
09 November 2005
The Faculty of Engineering has fared well in the latest round of ARC Grants, winning more than $5 million in Discovery grants and $2.1 million in Linkage money. More...

NSW Awards for Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information
09 November 2005
Adam Veersema has won a major student prize at the NSW Awards for Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information. More...

New - Flexible First Year 2006
09 November 2005
Students entering first year in 2006 will have a new curriculum designed to develop the outstanding engineers needed for the 21st century. More...

Scientia Scholarships
04 November 2005
UNSW is pleased to announce the new Scientia Scholarships for top students in New South Wales. More...

A smorgasbord of job opportunities
01 November 2005
It was a case of meet, greet and eat when 200 food science students met more than 20 food companies at UNSW last week for an inaugural Food Technology Careers Expo. More...

Networking book leads the way
20 October 2005
A computing book co-authored by a UNSW academic is fast becoming a text-book classic, used in 33 universities worldwide so far. More...

Engineering ahead with the Times
19 October 2005
The Faculty of Engineering has been named the best engineering school in Australia and the 16th best in the world in the UK’s 2005 Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings. More...

Water program with Chinese university
14 October 2005
The University of New South Wales has signed an agreement with Hohai University in Nanjing, China to develop joint research and Master's level training programs. More...

Sunswift III
12 October 2005
Sunswift III, UNSW’s student-built entry for this year’s World Solar Challenge race from Darwin-Adelaide, can claim many successes – despite a setback on the way to join international competitors. Team leader Ryan McCarthy reports. More...

Building the workforce of the future
11 October 2005
The RTA is planning for the future. As a flexible, innovative organisation and a leader in road and transport management, the RTA offers scholarships to talented high school and rural students to recruit for future business needs.

Australia’s 30 Most Inspiring Young Engineers
05 October 2005
Manufacturing engineering student Andrew Pratley has been named one of Australia’s 30 Most Inspiring Young Engineers. More...

Galvin to chair taskforce on China coal mine safety
21 September 2005
Professor Jim Galvin of the School of Mining Engineering at the University of New South Wales will chair an industry taskforce on coal mine safety in China. More...

Inaugural Jacobs Sverdrup Engineering Leadership Prize
19 September 2005
Mechanical engineering student Andrew Pratley has won the inaugural Jacobs Sverdrup Engineering Leadership prize. More...

Faculty OHS Level 2 Committee Meeting 11 August 2005
14 September 2005
The third meeting for 2005 of the Faculty of Engineering OHS Level 2 Committee was held on Thursday 11 August. Items and issues discussed included: Electrical Testing and Tagging Policy; Laboratory Safety Awareness Course; Safety Course Content Online; Worker's Compensation Claims and Incident Reporting; OHS Amendment (Workplace Deaths) Act 2005; OHS Strategic Plan (2005-2007); OHS Student Representative Network (OSRN). More...

New search engine 'revolutionary'
14 September 2005
A 26-year-old PhD student from the University of New South Wales has patented a new way of exploring the web that could revolutionise existing search engines. More...

Faculty of Engineering Indian Undergraduate Scholarship
09 September 2005
Indian high school students are beginning to see the advantages of coming to study in Australia as compared to such traditional places as the UK and the USA. UNSW has recognized the importance of integrating with India by establishing a Memoranda of Understanding with eight leading Indian Universities. This will lead to staff and student exchange in the coming years. More...

More than US$2 million for photovoltaics
11 August 2005
Professor Martin Green and Dr Gavin Conibeer have won a Stanford University Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) grant estimated at US$2.37million. More...

No trouble removing oil from water
03 August 2005
A simple tank-and-siphon system for removing oil from oily water and protecting the environment is about to be launched internationally by an engineering team from the University of New South Wales. More...

Announcing the Painton prize and scholarship
29 July 2005
Engineering alumnus Mr Graham Painton has provided a four-year scholarship and annual prize with a value of more than $38,000 to the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. More...

Public forum to stir water debate
18 July 2005
In the wake of the Carr Government announcement on a desalination plant, a public water debate will be staged at the University of New South Wales on Wednesday night. More...

Faculty OHS Level 2 Committee Meeting 19 May 2005
12 July 2005
The second meeting for 2005 of the Faculty of Engineering OHS Level 2 Committee was held on Thursday 19 May. More...

Water experts question Carr's "extreme" measure
12 July 2005
A group of UNSW leaders in sustainability has questioned the Carr Government’s “extreme” proposal to build what will be the largest reverse osmosis seawater plant on the planet – normally reserved for arid zones – with no prior testing or piloting. More...

Churchill fellowship to study wetlands
12 July 2005
Dr William Glamore of the Water Research Laboratory in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering has won a Churchill Fellowship to study international practices for restoring coastal wetlands. More...

For he’s a Federation Fellow
16 June 2005
Professor Tom Davis from the Faculty of Engineering is one of two UNSW researchers to receive one of this year’s prestigious Federation Fellowships. More...

Tackling the skills shortage: an approach by local government
16 June 2005
Council managers from three NSW shires have met with senior Faculty staff to discuss strategies for tackling the skills shortage facing local government. More...

Shifting sands a worry for beach home owners
15 June 2005
Dr Ian Turner from our Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is leading beach research that will help predict the effect of climate changes on beaches over the next 100 years. And preliminary results show worrying trends – particularly for homeowners and local councils along the NSW coastline. More...

UNSW engineers in Top 100
15 June 2005
More than a quarter of this year’s Australia’s Top 100 Most Influential Engineers are either staff of alumni of the University of New South Wales. More...

India explores mine of opportunity at UNSW
02 June 2005
The Indian Government is looking to the University of New South Wales to help boost its economy through expanding the country’s mining industry. More...

Pesticides can carry food bugs
20 May 2005
Pesticides prepared with dirtied water can contaminate fruit and vegetables, increasing the chance of food poisoning and reducing shelf life, a new UNSW study has found. More...

Rusting iron to clean up toxic spills
20 May 2005
Rusting iron could offer an environmentally friendly way to stop toxic chemical spills and make subsequent clean-up safer, says Dr Andrew Feitz, who has won a 2005 Fresh Innovator award for his work on decontamination using iron nanoparticles. More...

Welcoming back the class of 1955
20 April 2005
As the law class of 2005 lined up for photographs of their graduation last week, another very special group of graduates assembled before the cameras to mark their own occasion. More...

$500,000 boost to mining engineering
13 April 2005
To help combat the national shortage of mining engineers, Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd has donated $500,000 to fund education programs in mining engineering at the University of New South Wales. More...

Our first indigenous engineer
13 April 2005
Ben Lange has graduated as the first Indigenous electrical engineer in Australia and the first Indigenous person to graduate in engineering from UNSW. More...

Breakthrough in engineering risk management
01 April 2005
A unique approach to new product development and engineering risk management has been launched by a research team led by Dr Berman Kayis of the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. More...

Churches wins engineering honour
01 April 2005
Alex Churches, an adjunct associate professor at the University of New South Wales, has won the 2005 AGM Mitchell Award for outstanding services to the profession of engineering. More...

Italy and Australia unite on e-Health
22 March 2005
Italy and Australia share several healthcare problems – an ageing population, stretched healthcare budgets and inadequate services in some rural and regional areas. More...

Students eye the road to Formula One
03 March 2005
Formula One racing teams could find themselves with considerably more job applicants after this week’s visit to UNSW from BMW Williams F1’s technical supremo, Sam Michael. More...

Faculty OHS Level 2 Committee Meeting 11 November 2004
25 February 2005
The fourth meeting for 2004 of the Faculty of Engineering OHS Level 2 Committee was held on Thursday 11 November. More...

Whetting the appetite for research
23 February 2005
Students from UNSW and other universities have just had their first taste of research – and they are hungry for more. More...

Water experts set up close links with China
07 February 2005
A group of UNSW academic staff has established an Australia-China Consortium for Water Research (ACCWR). More...

PhD Scholarships
01 February 2005
Two scholarships for studies leading to a PhD in the area of contaminant generation and transport in coastal regions of Australia are currently available through the Centre for Water and Waste Technology within the UNSW School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Engineering the ‘path to influence’, says former PM
25 January 2005
Former prime minister Bob Hawke has urged indigenous students to consider studying engineering if they hope to attain positions of influence. More...

2004 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards
25 January 2005
The recipients of the inaugural Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards have been announced by the Dean, Professor Brendon Parker. More...

Indigenous Students Experience University Life
19 January 2005
Twenty Indigenous students from across Australia have given up part of their summer holidays to learn about engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). If you are planning to commence a degree in 2005, places are still available in each of the Faculty's ten schools. The closing date for second round offers is 27 January 2005 – phone 9385 6437. More...