The Faculty of Engineering is a constituent body of the

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(UNSW), Australia.

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was formed on 1 July 1949, and the Faculty was established on 8 May 1950 with the inaugural meeting of the Faculty taking place on 7 June 1950. It was one of the first three University faculties which were established by Council (resolution 54), and was initially formed of four departments including Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering, headed by Dean Professor Harold Brown. Today, it is the largest engineering faculty in Australia, offering the widest range of engineering programmes.

Organisations

The Faculty comprises eight schools: *UNSW Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering *UNSW School of Chemical Engineering *UNSW School of Civil & Environmental Engineering * UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering *UNSW School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications *UNSW School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering *UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering *UNSW School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering The

UNSW School of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering The UNSW School of Surveying and Geospatial Engineering (SAGE), part of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering, was founded in 1970 and disestablished in 2013. The School has undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Surveying and in GeoInformation ...

(1970 to 2013) was a school of this faculty.

Women in Engineering

Eleonora Kopalinsky, the first woman to graduate in engineering at UNSW, graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 1966. Other early female engineering graduates were: * Lee Eng SIM. She came from

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to Australia to do her leaving certificate at Sydney Girls' High, then enrolled as a full time electrical engineering student the next year. * Zanir Zakir. She came from Sumatra in 1963 under the

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. She graduated from the School of Mechanical Engineering.

Rankings and Achievements

* Ranked Number 1 Engineering faculty in Australia -

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, 2016; NTU Ranking, 2016 * Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Civil Engineering -

, 2016; QS Rankings, 2017 * Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Electrical and Electronic Engineering -

, 2016 * Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Mechanical Engineering -

, 2016; NTU Ranking, 2016 * Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Energy Science & Engineering -

, 2016 * Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Chemical Engineering - NTU Ranking, 2016 * Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Computer Science -

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, 2016 * Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Materials Science and Engineering -

, 2016 * The UNSW Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering currently holds the world record for single-crystalline silicon

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centres in the world with ongoing active research in the area of wafer-based solar cell technologies, thin film cell technologies and advanced third-generation cell concepts. *23% of "Australia's Top 100 Most Influential Engineers" as listed by

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graduated from UNSW, the highest percentage for any university. * In the top 5 universities in Australia for the proportion of graduates who were employed full-time four months after completing their course - Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Results

MyUniversity Results

MyUniversity is an Australian Government website providing information about Australian universities. As data is collected from different sources, percentages may collate to over 100%. Information is provided university wide, and on select disciplines. Results for all Engineering disciplines are listed below. *Aerospace Engineering Students **97.7% of students have a positive outcome: ***89.9% full-time job rate (highest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) ***7.8% of students go onto further full-time study **7.8% Attrition Rate (lowest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) * Computing and Information Systems **100% of students have a positive outcome: ***93.5% full-time job rate (highest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) ***7.8% of students go onto further full-time study **8.6% Attrition Rate (lowest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) *Civil Engineering Students **100% of students have a positive outcome: ***94.9% full-time job rate (highest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) ***9.1% of students go onto further full-time study **5.2% Attrition Rate (second lowest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) *Electrical and Electronic Engineering students **100% of students have a positive outcome: ***92.4% full-time job rate (highest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) ***10.6% of students go onto further full-time study **5.0% Attrition Rate (lowest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) *Mechanical Engineering student **100% of students have a positive outcome: ***90.1% full-time job rate (highest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia) ***13.1% of students go onto further full-time study **6.7% Attrition Rate (second lowest amongst the Go8 and ATN universities in Australia)

Projects

Students of the faculty are involved in a number of high-profile projects: *

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Solar Car (officially the world's fastest solar-powered vehicle at 88 km/h, and winner of the Silicon Class of the 2009 Global Green Challenge). * Formula SAE-A Racing Car (National winners in 2000) * BLUEsat Satellite (Development in Progress). * UNSW Competitive Robotics Group (building award-winning autonomous vehicles).

Notable alumni

* Ori Allon, Computer Science and Engineering PhD -

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); BRW Young Rich List 2013 *

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, Chemical Engineering - Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, University of NSW; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 http://engineerstop100.realviewtechnologies.com/#folio=1 * Robert Care (Civil Engineering) - Chair for UK, Middle East and Africa,

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; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers, 2013" *

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(Mining Engineering) - Former Federal

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* Bob Every (Metallurgist) - Chair,

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; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 * Mick Farrell (Chemical Engineering) - Chief Executive,

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; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 *

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(MEngSc in Waste Management) - Greens MLC - NSW Parliament; Daily Life's 20 Women of the Year; Judy Raper Award for Leadership in Engineering * Andrew Harding (Mining) - Chief Executive - Iron Ore, Rio Tinto, Perth; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2014 *

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(Naval Architecture) - Founder of International Catamaran Designs; Engineers Australia's AGM Michell Award for achievements in Engineering, 1992 * Chris Jenkins (Mechanical Engineering) - Managing Director,

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; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 *

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(Civil Engineering) - Managing Director,

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; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 * Warren King (Electrical Engineering) - CEO,

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; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 * Richard Leupen (Mechanical Engineering) - Managing Director and CEO,

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; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 * Peter McIntyre (Electrical Engineering) - Managing Director,

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; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 * Bruce Munro (Civil Engineering) - Managing Director, Thiess; *

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(Civil Engineering, ADFA) -

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; *Daniel Lambert (Civil Engineering) - Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year 2021; Campbell Newman being interviewed (cropped)

* Mike Quigley (Electrical Engineering) - CEO,

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; * Chris Raine (Mechanical Engineering) - President and CEO,

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Australia and New Zealand; * Judy Raper (Chemical Engineering) - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research),

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; * Chris Roberts (Chemical Engineering) - Chief Executive & President,

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(Industrial Engineering) - Managing Director,

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; * Jamie Shelton (Structural Engineering) - National President, Consult Australia; *

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(Photovoltaic PhD) - Founder and CEO, Suntech Shi Zhengrong - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012

* Ian Smith (Mining Engineering) - Managing Director and CEO,

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; * Elizabeth Taylor (Civil Engineering) - Chair,

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International; * Guy Templeton (Electrical Engineering) - President & Chief Operating Officer Asia/Australia-Pacific/Southern Africa,

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; * Michael Uzzell (Electrical Engineering) - Head of Navy Engineering,

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; * Stuart Wenham (Photovoltaic Engineering) - Director, ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence, University of NSW; * Les Wielinga (Civil Engineering) - Director-General,

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References

External links

UNSW Faculty of Engineering website
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