Social Engagement

It gives us a great pleasure to share with you - our alumni, industry colleagues, and student communities – just some of the ways in which UNSW Civil and Environmental Engineering is involved in advancing a more prosperous, safe and just society

Between the real and the ideal

Our staff and students are committed to a continuing and meaningful partnership with the humanitarian engineering organisation Engineers Without Borders.

Can mathematics create social justice?

Associate Prof Vinayak Dixit believes in the ethical power of mathematical engineering; he also makes it happen.

Decades of research to improve human health

Scientia Prof David Waite’s career encompasses exceptional research in the field of environmental engineering.

eReuse – Increasing social equity, decreasing e-waste

The aim of eReuse Inc. was to save UNSW computers from landfill.

Rural students who could make the difference

Three remarkable young students are hoping to save our planetary home.

International collaboration to pressing waste issues in Asia

Stephen Moore knows more about this than most.

A different perspective

Misconceptions about what an engineering career actually involves might be pushing young women away.

Global water quality advisor

Associate Professor Stuart Khan is at the forefront of a global attempt to change the way we think about and use water.

CevSoc – Building Community

CevSoc, the student society for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is a progressive community of students committed to inclusion, altruism and equity.

Raising the standards

CVEN has played a large role in the development of a number of major Australian construction standards since the inception of the University in 1949.

Shaping the debate

Engineers from UNSW’s Water Research Laboratory (WRL) played a central role in the intense media interest in "superstorms" following NSW coastal damage.

The odyssey of geodesy

.Professor Chris Rizos is passionate about promoting ‘modern geodesy’ and raising its profile on the global stage

Increasing community safety

WRL Engineers conducted the world's first flood demonstration with real, life-size cars to raise public awareness about flood and driving safety.

Joining the dots

Transport Engineer - Dr Lauren Gardner joins with long-standing collaborator Sahotra Sarkar, from the University of Texas in Austin, to address the spread of the Zika virus

One of the world’s most influential scientific minds

Associate Prof Tommy Wiedmann was listed as one of the ‘World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds’ .

Encouraging the young

An initiative of the School’s Industry Advisory Committee, the Primary School Prize in Mathematics prize is now in its seventh year.

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