At UNSW the range of research interests in engineering is
extremely diverse as a result of the number and quality of
the research supervisors in the various academic units (Schools
and Centres) which include:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry
- Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Photovoltaics & Solar Energy
- Surveying & Spatial Information Systems
In the ten Schools/Centres of the Faculty, the major research
areas are:
The Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
- Cardiovascular and Respiratory Dynamics
- Kidney Function Replacement
- Biomaterials for Implantable Devices
- Medical Iinformatics
School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry
- 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
- Supercritical Fluids
- Process Modelling
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Engineering Construction
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Transport Engineering
- Water Engineering
School of Computer Science & Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bioinformatics
- Computer Architecture
- Computer Systems Engineering
- Database
- Networks
- Software Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
- Photonic Technologies and Optical Communications
- Photovoltaic Devices
- Signal Processing
- Mobile Communications
- Quantum Computing
- Microelectronics
- Power Systems
- Electrical Power Equipment
- Power Electronics and Drives
- Biomedical Engineering
- Control Systems
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Applied Mechanics
- Design
- Fluid and Thermal Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Industrial Technology and Management
- Naval Architecture
School of Mining Engineering
- Mine Environmental Management And Sustainable Development
- Mine Geophysics
- Mine Ventilation
- Mining Systems And Methods
- Seabed Mining
- Underground Mine Geomechanics
- Virtual Reality Systems for Training and Simulation
School of Petroleum Engineering
- Drilling and Completion
- Petroleum Economics
- Production Engineering
- Reservoir Characterisation
- Reservoir Engineering
School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems (formerly
Geomatic Engineering)
- Geodesy
- Image Analysis And Remote Sensing
- Multi-Sensor Navigation Systems
- New Positioning Technologies
- Optimal Estimation Theory
- Precise GPS Navigation
- Small-Scale Deformation Monitoring
- Telegeoinformatics Applications
- Terrestrial Laser Scanning
Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering