UNSW Engineering

Pile of Australian 100 dollar notes

UNSW has academic experts available to comment on May's federal government budget announcements.

Tommy Chan, Theresa Wisniewski, Nasser Khalili, Sisi Zlatanova, Bijan Samali and Abbas Rajabifard

The new research hub will deliver technologies to address Australia’s critical infrastructure needs.

Andrew Parfitt, Victor Dominello, Attila Brungs

Victor Dominello will lead the Trustworthy Digital Society Hub to advance digital services prioritising security and ethical considerations. 

Drone

AI is going to fundamentally transform how nations wage far. By failing to address it, the defence review leaves Australia unprepared for the future of war.

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Four projects led by UNSW academics will fund research in quantum computing, urban stormwater reuse, environmental sensing, and fusion energy storage.

Fandi Chen holds up artificial sesning device

The latest developments in electronic skins (E-Skins) offer promising potential for the advancement of smart wearable technology.

tailings dam

UNSW geotechnical expert says one in four international tailings dam failures are due to earthquakes.

Virginia Class submarine

UNSW Sydney nuclear materials engineer Dr Edward Obbard explains the difficulty in identifying and training the huge numbers of new workers required for Australia to build and maintain its own nuclear submarines.

Students on UNSW L5 stairs

The 2023 QS Subject Rankings placed 19 UNSW subjects in the top 50 worldwide and five at number one in Australia. 

chemical in the water

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can be found almost everywhere and in almost everyone and can take over 1000 years to break down.  

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