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A/Prof Gangadhara Prusty is one of two UNSW academics to have been awarded prestigious national...
A robotic tractor and seeding machine with unprecedented planting accuracy will improve agricultural productivity for farmers and enable cropping on 20% more land, UNSW inventors say.
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Around 200 students from the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering and the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering attended a very successful Students Meet Industry Night on...
From car parts to body parts and beyond... Associate Professor Sami Kara from UNSW's School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering gives us the gold on the 3D printer, and why it could lead...
The University of New South Wales’ solar car racing team, SUNSWIFT, has successfully raised $7000 in the first week of their crowd-funding launch...
Last month some students from UNSW’s Solar Car Racing Team travelled to Core Builders Composites (CBC) in New Zealand to undertake advanced composite materials work as part of the construction of...
While ultra-light composites could make aircraft more fuel-efficient and easier to maintain, predicting how these materials fail is vital for safe incorporation into next-generation designs,...
Women represent roughly ten percent of the professionals in science and engineering and remain a distinct minority. The prestigious Zonta...
New methods to polish diamonds and diamond composites are being developed that take less than a tenth of the time of traditional methods, and use considerably less energy.
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Members of the School's aerodynamics research group recently presented their work at the International Energy Foundation’s (IEF) International Energy Congress, ‘Evolving Energy’, held at the...
When Deniz Kayis starts her combined Engineering/Law degree at UNSW this year, she will join a small but growing band of women choosing Engineering as a career path.
The 18-year-old...
In December 2012 the School's Redback Racing Formula SAE team competed in the annual student racing event, F-SAE Australasia...
The School's Redback Racing Formula SAE team is heading off to Melbourne to compete in the annual student racing event, F-SAE Australasia 2012, to be held 16-18 December. They will be up against...
Innovative use of adaptive technologies to teach engineering has won Associate Professor Gangadhara...
The potential for a collaborative research relationship between Australian and Chinese universities has been recognised by the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science...
New ways to treat cancers are being explored by Dr Victoria Timchenko of the School of...
Paralympian Alex Green is back in Sydney after winning bronze in cycling at the London Games in the Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit. After a year away from her mechanical engineering...
For the first time, a team of Australian engineers has modelled the microscopic mechanics of a sea urchin’s spine, gaining insight into how these unusual creatures withstand impacts in their...
An innovative hybrid laser-waterjet manufacturing technology developed by Professor Jun Wang and...
Alex Green can now add ‘Paralympic medallist’ to her long list of achievements, after winning bronze in cycling at the London games.
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UNSW Aerospace Postgraduate researcher Monica Chi recently returned from China after participating in the prestigious 2012...
On July 31 the School hosted a very successful “Students meet Industry night” in conjunction with our student society Mechsoc.
Around 150 undergraduate students attended the function which...
In subject areas as diverse as preventing beach drownings and understanding the cosmos, six UNSW-affiliated researchers have been singled out as finalists for prestigious...
The School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering held a highly successful Postgraduate Research Evening on Wednesday 25th July 2012 to promote the School’s latest innovative...
Inspired by the swarming patterns of animals in nature, a UNSW aerospace engineering PhD student is using biomimicry to improve the marine search and rescue capabilities of unmanned aerial...
Manufacturers are lining up at UNSW’s Life Cycle Engineering research group in order to save money and improve their environmental...
Optically accessible engines hum and purr in the UNSW Engine Research Laboratory, providing researchers with a unique opportunity to study how changes in engine design affect what’s going on...
Para-cyclist and mechanical engineering student Alexandra Green has been selected for the London Paralympics team.
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There’s nothing quite like the promise of building a sleek, sexy sports car to get high school students intrigued by engineering – even if the finished product fits in the palm of your hand.
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Through advanced computer modelling of house fires, mechanical engineers at UNSW are giving fire fighters a new suite of tools to investigate and battle dangerous blazes in time for the...