Events
Faculty of Engineering events
Taste of Research Presentation
Thursday 19th February 2009
4pm - 6pm
Scientia
Chryss Grindod
Faculty of Engineering O-Week welcome
Thursday 26th February 2009
Lisa Saifoloi
Faculty of Engineering Dean's Awards
Wednesday 11 March 2009
5.30pm - 8.30pm
Parade Theatre, NIDA
Celine Oerlemans
Golden Jubilee Luncheon of 1959 Graduates
Friday, 3rd April 2009
12.30pm-3pm
Scientia
Celine Oerlemans, Luciano Ferracin
Faculty of Engineering Scholarships Presentation & Reception
Friday, 24th April 2009
5.30pm - 8.30pm
Scientia
Celine Oerlemans
Faculty of Engineering Alumni Anniversary Dinner
Friday, 21 August 2009
7pm - 12am
Scientia
Celine Oerlemans, Luciano Ferracin
Faculty of Engineering Donors Reception
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
6pm - 8pm
Scientia
Celine Oerlemans, Luciano Ferracin
Faculty of Engineering Dean's Awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Research
November 2009,
Date TBC
Lynne O'Sullivan
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UNSW events
UNSW Postgraduate Expo
Date TBC
Time TBC
Scientia
Celine Oerlemans with SRO
UNSW Open Day
Saturday, 5 September 2009
9am-4pm
Various venues
Celine Oerlemans with SRO
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High School Careers Markets attended by the Faculty of Engineering
To be advised.
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Graduation ceremonies
The graduation ceremonies are organised by the University Protocol Office. Outline of the dates, time and venue of Semester 1 Graduation ceremonies [PDF].
Semester 2 graduation ceremonies will be held in August/September/October 2008. These dates will be finalised and published in July 2009.
Information on graduation, the ceremonies and transcripts is available on myUNSW:
https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/academiclife/graduations.html
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Contacts
Peter Carseldine
Tel: +61 2 9385 6437
Email: p.carseldine@unsw.edu.au
Celine Oerlemans
Tel: +61 2 9385 4023
Email: c.oerlemans@unsw.edu.au
Lisa Saifoloi
Tel: +61 2 9385 5128
Email: l.saifoloi@unsw.edu.au
http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/studentcentre/index.htm
Luciano Ferracin
Tel: +61 2 9385 5364
Email: l.ferracin@unsw.edu.au
Meredith Lowe
Tel: +61 2 9385 6135
Email: m.lowe@unsw.edu.au
SRO – Student Recruitment Office
Tel: +61 2 9385 1844
Email: studentrecruitment@unsw.edu.au
Nura Gili
Tel: + 61 2 9385 3805
Email: nuragili@unsw.edu.au
Careers and Employment
Tel: 61 2 9385 5429
Email: careers@unsw.edu.au
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News
Sunswift shines
18 November 2009
UNSW’s solar racing team is celebrating its victory in the Global Green Challenge from Darwin to Adelaide. Sunswift IV was the first Australian car to cross the finish line. More...
University of New South Wales Students Launch Solar Car
12 October 2009
UNSW’s Solar Racing Team held a launch party to unveil its new elegant and energy-efficient contender for the Global Green Challenge: ‘IVy’, the team’s fourth vehicle, as well as Sunswift Open*. More...
A Special Thanks to Donors
09 October 2009
On Wednesday 23 September, the Faculty of Engineering at UNSW hosted a Donors Reception to thank industry partners and private sponsors for the invaluable support they provide students. The event also gave company representatives and individual donors an opportunity to meet the students who benefit from the scholarships and assistance they offer. More...
Code breakthrough delivers safer computing
25 September 2009
Computer researchers at UNSW and NICTA have achieved a breakthrough in software which will deliver significant increases in security and reliability and has the potential to be a major commercialisation success. More...
‘Simply the Best’ Alumni Anniversary Dinner and History Book Launch
22 September 2009
On Friday 21 August the Faculty of Engineering hosted a dinner to celebrate the graduating classes of 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999 as well as the launch of The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering: 1949–2009. More...
Engineering Student Research Conference
18 September 2009
The Engineering Student Research Conference is your chance to find out more about research in the Faculty of Engineering. More...
UNSW Engineering students build houses overseas
26 August 2009
The UNSW Habitat Society works with Habitat for Humanity through its Global Village program. Since its foundation, more than 30 years ago, Habitat for Humanity has built nearly 300,000 houses around the world, providing more than 3000 communities and 1.5 million people with safe and affordable housing. More...
A new solar power world record
25 August 2009
UNSW solar cell researchers have played the key role in achieving the highest efficiency for solar power ever recorded, setting a new world record of 43 per cent of sunlight converted into electricity. More...
An eventful Australian Engineering Week
20 August 2009
The Faculty of Engineering at UNSW marked Australian Engineering Week with a series of events spanning engineering interest – from high school students through to current students and industry partners. More...
Powering Sydney’s artistic heart
29 July 2009
Solar cell technology developed by UNSW and Suntech Power will be at the heart of Sydney’s emerging harbourside arts precinct following an agreement to install Australia’s largest-capacity solar panel array at the Sydney Theatre Company’s historic Walsh Bay building. More...
Fellowship fuels food for thought
02 July 2009
Feeding nearly a billion undernourished people, and obesity in over-indulging wealthy nations are two of the biggest food problems facing the world today, according to Emeritus Professor Ken Buckle, newly elected Fellow of the US Institute of Food Technologists. More...
Recognition for brilliant career
17 June 2009
Scientia Professor Stuart Wenham, Director of UNSW’s ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence, has been awarded one of the most distinguished accolades in solar cell research, the William R. Cherry Award. More...
Micro-chopper mission accomplished
16 June 2009
UNSW’s MAVSTAR micro-aerial vehicle team has conducted a successful campaign in its latest competition against university teams from around the world. More...
Faculty of Engineering Scholarships Presentation 2009
08 May 2009
On 24 April, the 2009 Faculty of Engineering Scholarships were presented by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Professor Graham Davies, Professor Richard Henry, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and scholarship donors. This year about 190 undergraduate Engineering students received scholarships. More...
Ministerial visit
29 April 2009
Federal Environment Minister and Member for Kingsford Peter Garrett received a briefing on the latest satellite ground displacement measuring technology developed in the Faculty of Engineering. More...
Inventor of the year
29 April 2009
Solar cell inventor, Scientia Professor Stuart Wenham, has won the top prize at the 2009 Inventor of the Year awards hosted by New South Innovations, UNSW’s technology commercialisation company. More...
Water-saving vision
22 April 2009
UNSW graduate engineer Alexandra Bennett has won recognition for an outstanding undergraduate project focused on an innovative way to help Australia’s farms to withstand drought. More...
Golden Graduates
16 April 2009
‘Where have all the wastelands gone? Where are the trams? Don’t students wear ties and carry leather briefcases any more?’ Alumnus Eric Lesleighter (Civil Engineering) highlighted just some of the changes on the UNSW campus over the past 50 years when he addressed the Golden Jubilee Luncheon of 1959 Engineering Graduates on 3 April 2009. More...
Web lectures a smart head-start
02 April 2009
High school students are getting a head start on university-level computing studies thanks to an innovative online learning project launched by UNSW lecturer Richard Buckland. More...
Ori googles global success
02 April 2009
Now in their seventh year, The Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Awards recognise students’ outstanding academic achievement. While all undergraduates in our degree programs are eligible for this annual award, only those ranked in the top 2 per cent receive the honour. More...
Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Awards Presentation
26 March 2009
Now in their seventh year, The Faculty of Engineering Dean’s Awards recognise students’ outstanding academic achievement. While all undergraduates in our degree programs are eligible for this annual award, only those ranked in the top 2 per cent receive the honour. More...
Solar research powers up
18 March 2009
Leading international supplier for the solar power industry, Germany’s Roth & Rau AG, will set up a state-of-the-art silicon solar cell production line at the University of New South Wales. More...
New heights in disaster response
17 March 2009
Cooperation between Australian and Chinese researchers on satellite disaster monitoring technology has been listed as a priority by China’s Ambassador to Australia during a visit to UNSW. More...
Faculty of Engineering Student Ambassadors Scheme
17 March 2009
The Faculty of Engineering is looking for current UNSW students to apply for the Faculty of Engineering Student Ambassadors Scheme. More...
Taking the Lions Chair
26 February 2009
UNSW’s School of Computer Science and Engineering has appointed Professor Gernot Heiser to the inaugural John Lions Chair in Computer Science. More...
New era for UNSW solar research
19 January 2009
UNSW has confirmed its position in the front line of Australian renewable energy research with its selection as a foundation member of the Australian Solar Institute (ASI), a $100m research and innovation grant scheme established by the Federal Government to fast-track solar energy technologies. More...
2008 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards
18 December 2008
The recipients of the 2008 Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards have been announced by the Dean, Professor Graham Davies. More...
Outstanding record in research
11 December 2008
Professor Rob Burford has won the Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s Applied Research Medal in recognition of a decade of outstanding applied research and innovation. More...
Bionic future in sharp focus
01 December 2008
UNSW biomedical engineers have joined in a new partnership with other world-leading Australian research institutes to fast-track the development of a bionic eye. More...
Fuel cell breakthrough wins excellence award
24 November 2008
Richard Kydd, a postgraduate researcher with the School of Chemical Science and Engineering, has won the 2008 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research. More...
Decoding dangers of the deep
18 November 2008
UNSW Engineering researchers are working to improve safety in one of the State’s most dangerous sports, rock fishing, through gaining a better understanding of hazardous wave conditions. More...
Petroleum Engineering contest win
14 November 2008
UNSW Petroleum Engineering PhD student Abdul Ravoof Shaik has been invited to take part in a major international contest after making a winning presentation on his research into oil and gas reservoirs at a recent competition in Australia. More...
Magic solar milestone reached
31 October 2008
UNSW Engineering’s ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has again asserted its leadership in solar cell technology by reporting the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent efficiency. More...
High honour for an outstanding career
28 October 2008
Associate Professor Ron Cox, from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded Engineers Australia’s prestigious Sir John Holland Award for Civil Engineer of the Year, 2008, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the profession and the community. More...
First in Australia and among the world’s best
24 October 2008
The UNSW Faculty of Engineering has been ranked the number one Engineering school in Australia and 27th in the world in the latest Times Higher Education rankings. More...
ARC funding increase for UNSW Engineering
22 October 2008
UNSW Engineering has achieved a strong result in the lastest round of ARC Discovery funding outcomes, with a 34 per cent increase in funding starting in 2009 compared with 2008. More...
UNSW’s outstanding chemical engineers
13 October 2008
The outstanding research careers of two leading UNSW Chemical Engineering academics have been recognised with prestigious awards from the professional federation for chemical engineers in Australia and New Zealand. More...
Saltwater solution to save crops
30 September 2008
Technology under development at UNSW could offer new hope to farmers in drought-affected and marginal areas by enabling crops to grow using salty groundwater. More...
Researchers build Europe links
19 September 2008
Two of UNSW’s leaders in geoinformation technologies, Professor Chris Rizos and Associate Professor Linlin Ge, are developing new links with key European Earth Observation researchers after winning scholarships awarded by the European Commission. More...
Solar leader named Scientist of the Year
15 September 2008
Pioneering UNSW Engineering solar energy researcher, Scientia Professor Martin Green, has been named the New South Wales Scientist of the Year – leading a stellar performance by UNSW academics in the inaugural State awards to recognise scientific excellence. More...
New thinking on Engineering education
01 September 2008
UNSW academic Dr Carl Reidsema has received a $220,000 grant from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council to investigate possible reforms of the way engineering is taught in the nation’s universities. More...
Platinum prestige for materials innovation
27 August 2008
Dean of UNSW Engineering Professor Graham Davies has won one of the UK’s most prestigious engineering and science awards, the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining’s Platinum Medal. More...
Eureka successes for UNSW Engineering
21 August 2008
UNSW Engineering researchers have recorded an outstanding result at the 2008 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, winning four awards as part of an unprecedented six-award haul by the University of New South Wales. More...
UNSW unites on energy challenge
15 August 2008
UNSW has launched CERPA - the Centre for Energy Research and Policy Analysis - a groundbreaking initiative to meet the challenge of fuelling the world's future. More...
Building the bionic body
30 July 2008
UNSW’s Faculty of Engineering has launched a world-class research facility focused on the development of a new generation of implantable bionic devices for the human body. More...
Micro-flight team hits new heights
15 July 2008
The School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering’s MAVSTAR unmanned air and ground micro-vehicle team has proven itself to be a world-class outfit by securing a major award – and a chance of research funding from the US Army - against tough international competition. More...
Day for good sports
25 June 2008
Aspiring engineers took time out from designing the future to showcase their soccer abilities at the recent UNSW Engineering Sports Day – a welcome return for the event, which has not been held for some years. More...
Nuclear partnership boosts eco research
23 June 2008
UNSW’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, has formed a partnership with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to tackle major environmental degradation challenges. More...
Recognition for extraordinary intelligence
18 June 2008
UNSW Conjoint Professor Toby Walsh, from the School of Computer Science and Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, has achieved a major coup by becoming the first Australian in a decade to be admitted as a fellow to the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. More...
Brothers start their own UNSW Engineering tradition
03 June 2008
Brothers Anthony and Michael Curry have set up a proud family tradition at UNSW, with both boys now having won prestigious scholarships to study Engineering at the University of New South Wales. More...
UNSW team helps in China earthquake
30 May 2008
Researchers from the University of New South Wales are providing Chinese authorities with highly detailed satellite assessment of the area devastated by the earthquake which hit China on May 12, killing more than 60,000 people. More...
Award for UNSW solar visionary
19 May 2008
Pioneering UNSW solar energy innovator, Professor Stuart Wenham, has won a prestigious ATSE Clunies Ross Award for his enormous contributions to solar cell development and commercialisation. More...
Fellowships provide career kickstart
16 May 2008
The first-ever Postdoctoral Academic Fellows appointed by the UNSW Faculty of Engineering are looking forward to the opportunities offered by their new positions to build a successful academic career. More...
A Bionic Eye by 2020
08 May 2008
A working bionic eye could be an Australian world first by 2020 if action is taken quickly, leading researchers at the University of New South Wales say. More...
New award honours lifetime in Engineering
28 April 2008
A generous gesture by the family of the late Professor Douglas Archer has allowed the creation of a new prize for excellence in Aerospace Engineering. More...
High-Tech Training for Oil and Gas Industry
01 April 2008
The University of New South Wales’ School of Petroleum Engineering, in collaboration with the Australian oil and gas industry, opened a state-of-the-art drilling rig training facility in Perth on Monday, March 31. More...
Navigating Through GPS Dropouts
25 February 2008
Global Positioning System technology (GPS) is a great invention, able to map your movements and save you from getting lost in strange city streets – until you go into a tunnel, between tall buildings or hit any other barrier that might block the satellite signal your device relies on. More...
2007/8 Taste of Research Poster Presentation
15 February 2008
The 2007/8 Taste of Research Summer Scholarship Program concluded last night with a Poster Presentation attended by participants, project supervisors, sponsors, and Heads of School. More...
Faculty of Engineering Student Ambassadors Scheme
14 February 2008
The Faculty of Engineering is looking for current UNSW students to apply for the Faculty of Engineering Student Ambassadors Scheme. More...
Congratulations Ross Dunbar
13 February 2008
UNSW Chemical Sciences and Engineering graduate Ross Dunbar has been recognised for his impressive work in oil and gas production operations with a prestigious industry award. More...
Honoured on Australia Day
05 February 2008
Associate Professor Alex Churches, from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, was appointed as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the 2008 Australia Day Honours. More...
Excellence reaps new awards
30 January 2008
Richard Buckland from the School of Computer Science and Engineering has added yet another award to a groaning mantlepiece after winning the Australasian Association of Engineering Educators 2007 Teaching Excellence Award. More...
Mapping out strong China ties
23 January 2008
UNSW’s School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems has signed a five-year deal to conduct training workshops for China’s key surveying and mapping authority – a sign of the growing international reputation of UNSW’s spatial information researchers. More...
The great white hope
11 January 2008
UNSW researchers have developed a more accurate, less confronting and more convenient way of administering insulin to diabetics. More...
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