Designing a better world
21 December 2007
A team of first year Civil and Environmental Engineering students from UNSW is about to gain first-hand experience helping developing communities in India after winning the inaugural national "2007 Engineers Without Borders Challenge". More...

2007 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards
12 December 2007
The recipients of the 2007 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards have been announced by the Dean, Professor Dianne Wiley. More...

Surveying the State of NSW
12 December 2007
Dr Linlin Ge from the School of Surveying and Spatial Information has been appointed to the inaugural position of Professor of Spatial Information at UNSW and the NSW Department of Lands. More...

Going the raw prawn
05 December 2007
Prawn shells have the potential to do a lot more than create a fearsome smell in the garbage bin, with a UNSW food science researcher developing a new technique for extracting a powerful antioxidant found in one of Australia’s favourite seafood snacks. More...

Mapping a proud history
30 November 2007
For half a century UNSW’s School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems has produced the vast majority of surveyors working in NSW and stayed at the forefront of surveying and positioning education and research. More...

Safety is their strength
28 November 2007
The University of New South Wales has positioned itself as a key authority on critical infrastructure risks and requirements with the establishment of the new Centre for Infrastructure Engineering & Safety (CIES). More...

Honour for Engineering innovators
21 November 2007
UNSW engineers Professor Mark Bradford and Professor Neil Foster have been honoured as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technical Sciences and Engineering for their outstanding contributions to advancing engineering knowledge. More...

Solar success builds China links
14 November 2007
UNSW’s role in China’s solar future was the focus of attention during a visit from the head of one of that country’s fastest-growing cities - and the former photovoltaics student who is now one of China’s richest men. More...

Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Research
07 November 2007
The development of a sensor system which will enable unmanned aircraft to land on the deck of a moving ship has won the 2007 Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research. More...

Solar rollers dazzle in the desert
31 October 2007
The UNSW Solar Racing Team has completed its World Solar Challenge campaign with an impressive result, finishing fourth in its class and winning the CSIRO’s award for the most energy efficient vehicle. More...

Setting course for the future
30 October 2007
UNSW’s Faculty of Engineering attracted strong interest from potential students at the launch of the new suite of Postgraduate Coursework Programs on October 11. More...

Kate’s leading by example
25 October 2007
In between studying hard and landing a job overseas even before she’s graduated, UNSW student Kate Fairlie has spent a lot of time getting other students as excited about engineering as she is. More...

Influencing Australian engineering
25 October 2007
UNSW Dean of Engineering Dianne Wiley has been named among Australia’s 25 Most Influential Female Engineers in a list compiled to mark 2007 as the Year of Women in Engineering. More...

Funding success for UNSW Engineering
20 October 2007
The Faculty of Engineering had great success in the latest round of ARC Grants with more than $10 million in funding received. More...

Clever design cleans up for UNSW
19 October 2007
A combination of innovative thinking and months of painstaking work has paid off for a team of UNSW mechanical engineering students with a win in this year’s Warman Design and Build Competition. More...

Passion for teaching recognised
12 October 2007
UNSW computer science lecturer Richard Buckland has been named among Australia’s most outstanding university teachers in the 2007 Carrick Awards For Teaching Excellence. More...

China honours UNSW solar researcher
12 October 2007
UNSW solar energy researcher Professor Martin Green has been given the Chinese Government’s highest award for foreign experts for his contribution to China’s scientific progress through his work in renewable energy. More...

Focus on the future
08 October 2007
UNSW Engineering gave a special thanks to the many industry partners and sponsors who provide invaluable support to its students at the 2007 Donors Reception. More...

UNSW Engineering’s Bright Spark
28 September 2007
The School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering’s Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik has been named as one of Australia’s top 10 young scientists in the 2007 Cosmos Bright Sparks Awards. More...

New program
27 September 2007
The Diploma of Science, Engineering and Technology program has been designed by the Faculties of Engineering and Science as an enabling program that provides a flexible pathway for students who have a range of gaps in their assumed knowledge and do currently not meet the entry requirements for B Engineering or B Science at UNSW. More...

Major new sponsorship for students from China, India and Korea
27 September 2007
The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering is excited to announce the availability of new sponsored places for PhD and MEngSc students from China, India and Korea. In addition, students from particular programs at selected Chinese universities will be sponsored to study their third and fourth years in the School. Further Information on the APP sponsorships here.

Sunswift shines again
24 September 2007
UNSW’s record-breaking solar car racers, Sunswift, have taken out one of the state’s most prestigious engineering prizes at the 2007 Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Awards. More...

ProgComp 2007: Clever coding
19 September 2007
One computer, three people, five brain-bending programming problems and a looming deadline. To the average person it sounds like torture but to the winners of the UNSW High Schools Programming Competition, or ProgComp, this is a recipe for fun. More...

Off to Oxford: Carla Bissett
19 September 2007
The future of the world’s precious water resources and how they are managed are a key concern of UNSW Engineering graduate Carla Bissett, who has just won a scholarship to study the topic at Oxford University. More...

Flights of fancy
17 September 2007
A plane which can drop a military patrol boat into a high-seas hot spot or a micro-blimp which can float through a building in search of bad guys or injured people sound like fantasy machines out of a Hollywood action flick. More...

UNSW's own Einstein
10 September 2007
UNSW scientist Professor Martin Green has won the 2007 SolarWorld Einstein Award for his work in photovoltaics, developing new solar power technologies. More...

Dr Ted Spooner
10 September 2007
At the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) conference on Friday 3 August 2007, Dr Ted Spooner from the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications received an annual award 'in recognition and appreciation of dedication and exceptional service over 25 years to the Australian solar energy industry', presented by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. More...

NAWIC/Bovis Lend Lease Scholarship for Future Leaders
04 September 2007
Monique Alfris, an alumna of Photovoltaic and Solar Energy Engineering at UNSW has been awarded the Bovis Lend Lease Scholarship for Future Leaders. More...

Evans & Peck Partnership with the Faculty of Engineering
30 August 2007
Civil and Environmental Engineering students now have access to a $9,000 annual scholarship sponsored by Evans & Peck Pty Ltd. More...

PB strengthens its partnership with UNSW Faculty of Engineering
27 August 2007
Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has established a new scholarship to support students undertaking study in their undergraduate final year in 2008 of a BE Civil Engineering program in the Faculty of Engineering at UNSW. More...

Carrick honours announced
23 August 2007
Several staff in the Faculty have been honoured by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education for their contribution to student learning. More...

UNSW signs multi-million dollar virtual reality training deal
15 August 2007
UNSW's commercialisation division, New South Innovations (NSi) has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Coal Services Pty Ltd to supply a suite of software and virtual-reality theatres to support mine safety training. More...

UNSW engineering scores again
06 August 2007
UNSW has been ranked in the top 75 institutions for engineering, technology and computer science, according to the latest world university rankings. More...

2007 Eureka Prizes – UNSW Engineering Finalists
30 July 2007
The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, and Professor Andrew Dzurak from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology have been recognised in the list of finalists for the 2007 Eureka Prizes. More...

PhD Scholarship in Biocatalysis
06 July 2007
An industry-sponsored PhD scholarship is available in the area of biocatalysis for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the underground coal mining industry. More...

Students’ robots strut their stuff at UNSW
02 July 2007
UNSW COMPUTING runs a series of specialised robotics workshop for school students, years 4 - 12 focusing on the use of the new Lego Mindstorm NXT. More...

Suntech Power backs solar students
27 June 2007
Suntech Power Holdings' chief executive Dr Zhengrong Shi and the University of New South Wales have signed a three-year agreement in which Suntech will sponsor up to 30 Chinese students and Suntech employees to study a Masters program in photovoltaics at UNSW. More...

True Believers
27 June 2007
2 students from the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE), have set up The N&M Fund for the school. More...

National mining centre up and running
27 June 2007
UNSW is supporting a new national effort to increase the supply of high quality mining engineer graduates in the midst of Australia’s mining and minerals boom. More...

2006 Staff Safety Award winners
08 May 2007
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Fred Hilmer, has announced the winners of the inaugural UNSW Staff Safety Awards. More...

The Golden Boys: the graduates of ’57
27 April 2007
More than half the class of 1957 returned to UNSW for a day of celebration for the Golden Jubilee of their graduation – as one speaker joked, probably a higher attendance than for many of their lectures. More...

New agreement strengthens dam building skills at UNSW
28 March 2007
The NSW Government has committed to work with the University of New South Wales to build local dam engineering skills with the signing of a memorandum of understanding by UNSW and the NSW Minister for Water Utilities, David Campbell. More...

ARC success
15 March 2007
Research groups within the Faculty of Engineering have had outstanding success in the recent renewals of Centre's of Excellence announced by the ARC. More...

The Chief Internet Evangelist speaks at CSE
09 March 2007
One of the founding fathers of the Internet and self-styled Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, Vinton G. Cerf, was the guest speaker at the School of Computer Science and Engineering on Friday 9 March. More...

Acting Dean of Engineering appointed
08 March 2007
Associate Dean (Academic), Professor Dianne Wiley has been appointed Acting Dean of Engineering, following the retirement of Professor Brendon Parker. More...

Faculty of Engineering Student Ambassador Scheme
15 February 2007
The Faculty of Engineering is looking for current UNSW students to apply for the Faculty of Engineering Student Ambassadors Scheme. Applications close on Monday, 5 March 2007. More...

Top ranking for Engineering
14 February 2007
UNSW’s Faculty of Engineering has been ranked among the top 100 in the world by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities. More...

Presenting … a winning combination
06 February 2007
Two UNSW students have won a major engineering competition, triumphing over entrants from several of the world’s leading universities, including Oxford. More...

Indigenous students explore a future in engineering
05 February 2007
Twenty talented young Indigenous students have spent a week in January experiencing a taste of university life and exploring the careers open to engineering graduates. More...

Global IT Community Supports UNSW
02 February 2007
The IT community has acted to support technical teaching of computer engineering at UNSW by donating more then $100,000 to the John Lions Chair in Operating Systems. More...

Student Solar Car Gains World Record
16 January 2007
UNSW’s solar car, Jaycar Sunswift III, beat Dick Smith’s world record for the fastest solar powered road trip from Perth to Sydney by three days, completing the journey in just 5 ½ days. More...

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