The Faculty of Engineering is a constituent body of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. UNSW 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),[1] and was initially formed of four departments including Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering, headed by Dean Professor Harold Brown.[2]
Today, it is the largest engineering faculty in Australia, offering the widest range of engineering programmes.
Eleonora Kopalinsky, the first woman to graduate in engineering at UNSW, graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 1966.[3] Other early female engineering graduates were:[4]
Lee Eng SIM. She came from Malaysia 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 Columbo Plan. She graduated from the School of Mechanical Engineering.
Rankings and achievements
rUNSWift in a Standard Platform League game from RoboCup 2010 in Singapore.
Ranked Number 1 Engineering faculty in Australia - ARWU, 2016; NTU Ranking,[5] 2016
Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Civil Engineering - ARWU, 2016; QS Rankings, 2017
Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Electrical and Electronic Engineering - ARWU, 2016
Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Mechanical Engineering - ARWU, 2016; NTU Ranking, 2016
Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Energy Science & Engineering - ARWU, 2016
Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Chemical Engineering - NTU Ranking, 2016
Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Computer Science - THES, 2021,[6]ARWU, 2016
Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Materials Science and Engineering - ARWU, 2016
The UNSW Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering currently holds the world record for single-crystalline silicon solar cell efficiency (25%). It also holds the world record for multi-layer solar cell efficiency (43%).[7] It is one of the leading solar cell research 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"[8] as listed by Engineers Australia 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[9]
MyUniversity[10] 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
Sunswift IVy During the World Solar-Car Speed Record attempt.
Students of the faculty are involved in a number of high-profile projects:
Sunswift Solar Car (officially the world's fastest solar-powered vehicle at 88 km/h,[11] and winner of the Silicon Class of the 2009 Global Green Challenge[12]).
UNSW Redback Racing, Formula SAE-A racing car (National winners in 2000)
Ori Allon, Computer Science and Engineering PhD - Orion Search Engine (bought by Google); BRW Young Rich List 2013 [14]
Rose Amal, Chemical Engineering - Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, University of NSW; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 [15]
Robert Care (Civil Engineering) - Chair for UK, Middle East and Africa, Arup Group; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers, 2013" [15]
Mehreen Faruqi (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 [15]
Philip Hercus (Naval Architecture) - Founder of International Catamaran Designs; Engineers Australia's AGM Michell Award for achievements in Engineering, 1992 [16]
Chris Jenkins (Mechanical Engineering) - Managing Director, Thales Australia; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 [15]
Grant King (Civil Engineering) - Managing Director, Origin Energy; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 [15]
Warren King (Electrical Engineering) - CEO, Defence Material Organisation; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 [15]
Richard Leupen (Mechanical Engineering) - Managing Director and CEO, UGL; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 [15]
Peter McIntyre (Electrical Engineering) - Managing Director, TransGrid; Engineers Australia "Top 100 Influential Engineers", 2013, 2014 [15]
Bruce Munro (Civil Engineering) - Managing Director, Thiess;[15]
^Rigby, Ron H., ed. (1969). The Engineering Year Book of 1969 for The undergraduate Society of Engineers at UNSW. North Sydney: Michael B. Bassett. pp. 118, 121, 130, 139.
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