2006 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards
15 December 2006
The recipients of the 2006 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards have been announced by the Dean, Professor Brendon Parker. More...
my university. my degree. my choice.
13 December 2006
As you leave school you have an important personal choice to make – that of your future.
So why should you choose UNSW as your university? Why choose Engineering as your degree? To help you make that choice, here are some facts about the Faculty of Engineering at UNSW... More...
Regina Sander wins best poster award
29 November 2006
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is now seen internationally as a leading-edge technology which promises to make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It involves capturing CO2 from fossil fuel power stations and energy intensive industries, then transporting and injecting the CO2 into sub-surface geological traps. More...
Fueling the future
20 November 2006
The future discovery of new oil and gas reserves looks clearer thanks to research by second year UNSW petroleum engineering student Justin Ugbo, which recently won first place in the postgraduate research student paper presentations at the 2006 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference. More...
Civil Engineering with Architecture
19 October 2006
The Faculties of Engineering and the Built Environment are proud to announce a new single BE degree in Civil Engineering with Architecture. More...
Centres of Excellence tipped to receive funding boost
16 October 2006
Three Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Excellence associated with the Faculty of Engineering have been included on a list of centres billed to receive support under the NSW Government’s Science Leveraging Fund, subject to renewed ARC funding from the Federal government. More...
Leighton Holdings renew and double scholarship support
11 October 2006
Leighton Holdings have committed to the Faculty of Engineering again this year, including renewing their scholarship support and doubling their offering to sponsor two Leighton Holdings Ltd Rural Scholarships per year. More...
Biomedical Engineering students shine
04 October 2006
Four PhD students from the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering were selected as finalists and given travel support to present at the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, held in New York at the end of August. More...
Engineering Week at UNSW
28 September 2006
Engineering Week is coming up next week in the Faculty of Engineering, which will provide a great time for all first year students enrolled in the Faculty to find out what Engineering is really about. More...
Young Professional Engineer of the Year
21 September 2006
UNSW PhD student, Andrew Botros, was named the 2006 Young Professional Engineer of the Year by the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia this month in acknowledgment of his achievements and involvement in the engineering community. More...
Young Investigator wins another award
19 September 2006
Dr Tomonari Furukawa, from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received the Japan Association for Computational Mechanics (JACM) Award for Young Investigators in Computational Mechanics at the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, held in Los Angeles in July 2006. More...
Recognition for designer of new ventilation system
15 September 2006
The national competition Fresh Science, has recognised Simon Shun from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering for his work on a sun- and wind-driven ventilation system. More...
50 years of computing at UNSW
06 September 2006
A plaque commemorating the 50-year anniversary of electronic computing at UNSW will be unveiled on September 11, 2006. More...
Engineering tool takes off
31 August 2006
Engineering projects today are often conducted globally, involving multiple partners working concurrently in different parts of the world. These collaborative projects can now be conducted more easily with the recent commercialisation of the unique web-based tool, the Intelligent Risk Exchange (IREX™) software. More...
Better sails, faster yachts
29 August 2006
Making three-dimensional models of sails in real-time is all in a day’s work for Pete Salt, a final-year undergraduate student in the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems. More...
The Great Engineering Challenge
17 August 2006
The Great Engineering Challenge was held at UNSW this week as one of the key events of National Engineering Week. More...
Racing fortunes won and lost
17 August 2006
The UNSW Redback Formula SAE-A racing team showed they are up there among the best in the world during the inaugural German Formula Student competition held at the beginning of the August. More...
PhD student explores ‘Tomorrow’s People’
09 August 2006
Henry Ko, a PhD student in the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, recently won a Foundation for Young Australians Individual Grant to attend the First World Forum on Science and Civilisation on “Tomorrow’s People: The Challenges of Technologies for Life Extension and Enhancement” at the University of Oxford. More...
Faculty OHS Level 2 Committee Meeting 16 February 2006
17 July 2006
The first meeting for 2006 of the Faculty of Engineering OHS Level 2 Committee was held on Thursday 16 February. More...
Geotechnical engineering gets a rock solid boost
29 June 2006
A leading consulting firm has sponsored a lectureship at the University of New South Wales in a bid to boost teaching and research in rock mechanics. More...
Beefing up research into feedlot wastes
27 June 2006
Meat and Livestock Australia aims to protect the country's burgeoning feedlot industry by commissioning research into the effective management of wastes. More...
Robocup 2006
19 June 2006
UNSW’s much-loved robodogs have scored second place in the world 4-Legged League of Robocup 2006, held in Germany. More...
Student innovators score one more award
19 June 2006
Electrical engineering students Simon Blyth and Kelly Poole have won a national innovation award. More...
Chinese University bestows professorship
07 June 2006
In a rare honour, Professor Chris Rizos of the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems has been made an Honorary Professor of Wuhan University. More...
Soccer dogs about to kick off
07 June 2006
The 2006 Robocup team heads off this Friday (June 9) to the world
finals in Bremen, Germany. More...
New wave of coastal monitoring
31 May 2006
UNSW Coastal Engineer Dr Ian Turner is off to the UK next month, funded by the Australian Academy of Science International Science Linkages Programme to further research collaboration between the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and one of Europe’s leading coastal research institutions. More...
National win for ZigBee inventors
31 May 2006
Two Engineering students have won a national competition for the Australian Technical Presentation Prize, organised by the Institute of Electrical Engineers. More...
UNSW/CSIRO Research Scholarship
12 May 2006
Applications are open for CSIRO funded research scholarships within the Schools of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. More...
Solar leader repeats fellowship success
11 May 2006
Professor Martin Green has been awarded one of this year’s prestigious ARC Federation Fellowships, making him one of the first researchers to receive this honour for the second time. More...
World ranking for photovoltaics inventors
05 May 2006
Professors Martin Green and Stuart Wenham from the Faculty of Engineering have been ranked among the world’s best inventors in the European Inventor of the Year awards. More...
UNSW students on show at CeBIT
05 May 2006
UNSW has been invited to exhibit two of its student engineering projects to business leaders at the prestigious CeBIT Australia conference. More...
PhD 2006 AGM Michell Award
05 May 2006
On Friday 17 March Professor John Reizes was presented with the AGM Michell Medal for outstanding contribution to the profession of Mechanical Engineering. More...
PhD Scholarships and Research Assistantship Opportunities in VLSI Design Verification
20 April 2006
Research opportunities are currently available in a research project on hardware design verification. The project is supported by a grant from the Australian Research Council. More...
Google snaps up student’s search engine
13 April 2006
Google, one of the world’s biggest players in the internet business, has bought the rights to a search engine tool developed by PhD student Ori Allon from the School of Computer Science and Engineering. More...
Richard Buckland receives
Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence
12 April 2006
Richard Buckland is a genuinely passionate and enthusiastic teacher, who motivates and actively engages his students in learning. More...
Syren song of Sydney Harbour
23 March 2006
It is a sparkling Sydney day as the Ferry Regal approaches squat sandstone Fort Denison. A faint drumbeat can be heard. The drum rolls grow louder, more urgent. Finally the sound of rapid gunfire ricochets round the ship. Passengers stay calmly seated, their eyes glued to the happy week-day activity of Sydney Harbour. More...
Tyree scholarship aids electrical engineering
14 March 2006
Electrical engineering students now have access to an $8500 annual scholarship sponsored by the A.W. Tyree Foundation. More...
Faculty OHS Level 2 Committee Meeting 10 November 2005
06 March 2006
The final meeting for 2005 of the Faculty of Engineering OHS Level 2 Committee was held on Thursday 10 November. Items and issues discussed included: UNSW Occupational Health and Safety Strategic Priorities and Goals 2005-2006; Bird Flu; Laboratory Safety Awareness Course; UNSW Smoking Policy; Emergency Evacuation Signage; Worker's Compensation Claims and Incident Reporting; OHS Student Representative Network (OSRN). More...
PhD Scholarships in Health Informatics
22 February 2006
Applications are invited for two full-time HCF Health and Medical Research Foundation
PhD Scholarships in Health Systems Simulation. More...
140 Scholarships reserved for non Italian students at Politecfnico di Milano
22 February 2006
The Politecfnico di Milano, one of the best European technical universities, is interested in recruiting talented students for its Master of Science in Engeneering, Architecture, Design & Managment. The application to the master of science starts in mid January and closes on April 28th. All foreign students having a previous B.Sc. equivalent Diploma can apply.
Interested parties may find detailed information on the application procedure on the following web page: www.polimi.it/howtoapply and www.polimi.it/english or contact Geoff Moody geohh.moody@polimi.it tel +390223999732.
Edgeworth-David
Medal
20 February 2006
Christopher Barner-Kowollik based in the Centre for Advanced
Macromolecular Design (CAMD) in the School of Chemical Engineeering and Industrial Chemistry, has been awarded the Edgeworth-David
Medal by the Royal Society of NSW. More...
China links grow stronger with every visit
20 February 2006
Two delegations from China have visited the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering in the past week, strengthening the school’s close existing ties with the country. More...
Henry to explore the brave new world of long living
20 February 2006
Biomedical engineering PhD student Henry Ko has won two prestigious grants to attend the First World Forum on Science and Civilisation. More...
A bathroom that cleans itself
10 February 2006
Cleaning bathrooms may become a thing of the past with new coatings that will do the job for you. More...
More funds to encourage indigenous engineers
25 January 2006
The University of New South Wales has gained a new scholarship to help boost the numbers of indigenous students studying engineering. More...
Leaders take a shine to photovoltaics
16 January 2006
Two high-profile leaders took time out from their tight schedules during last week's Climate Change conference to learn more about the internationally renowned Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering. More...
