News & Events

In the Australian Research Council’s latest round of Discovery and Linkage grants, UNSW received the most funding of any university in the country – $47.8 million.

By far the best performing School in the top performing University was the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, with almost ...

On the 9^th of November, CIES will host the CIA’s (Concrete Institute of Australia’s) Sydney seminar AS3600 – 2009, on the long-awaited new edition of the Australian Standard for Concrete Structures.

The Sydney meeting is part of a “national tour” which is being organised by the CIA to br...

At the recent Research Students Forum 2009 held at the School, our students shared their outstanding research work through poster presentations. PhD researchers Fiona Johnson and Hazel Rowley received Research Excellence Awards, and  Luan Huynh and Mohammad Pournaghiazar received prizes for the...

To celebrate its 60^th birthday the School hosted a luncheon on Sept 10 for all staff, as well as current Industry supporters.  Many past staff, the ‘Civil Treasures’, were also able to attend and all enjoyed the sparkling service provided by the External Relations Administrator Mary ...

At the most recent graduation ceremony several civil and environmental engineering students celebrated their achievements with School staff. We wish all our graduates the very best for their future endeavours.

The Concrete Institute of Australia (CIA) held its Biennial Conference 17-19 September at the landmark Luna Park venue in Sydney.

The conference is the premier Concrete Conference event on the Australian calendar and was attended by over 350 Industry and Academic representatives. Five outstanding ...

As part of his responsibilities as Engineers Australia (EA) 2008 Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year, Associate Professor Ron Cox recently undertook an EA Eminent Speakers tour which took him to ten cities across the continent.  Ron addressed over seven hundred professional members of E...