16 October 2008 - Research Student Open Day 23 October 2008
Thursday 23rd October 2008 4-7pm room 108. Over refreshments, come and talk to both academics and current research students about the exciting research being performed in the School. A number of scho.....

26 September 2008 - Professor Veena Sahajwalla’s Success at New South Wales Scientist of the Year Awards!!
Professor Veena Sahajwalla, has been awarded first prize in the Engineering Sciences Category at the recent inaugural New South Wales Scientist of the Year awards.

19 September 2008 - Prof. David Young receives 2008 U.R. Evans Award in the field of corrosion science
Emeritus Prof. David Young has been awarded the 2008 U.R. Evans Award by the Corrosion Science Division of the Institute of Corrosion at the 49th Corrosion Science Symposium in Edinburgh.

28 April 2008 - Professor Aibing Yu Awarded ARC Federation Fellowship
The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, have announced that a leading academic in the School, Professor Aibing Yu, has been awa.....

23 April 2008 - Significant School Successes with Australian-India Strategic Research Fund
Two of the School’s academics, Dr Sri Bandyopadhyay and Dr Nagarajan Valanoor, have been successful in obtaining research support from the Australian-India Strategic Research Fund run by DEST, for two.....

27 February 2008 - UNSW INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH WORKSHOP
An International Research Workshop was held at UNSW 20-22 February 2008. The purpose of this workshop was to develop international research linkages in the areas of Science, Engineering and Medicine......

01 February 2008 - Professor Al Crosky wins Journal of Composites Structures 2006 Best Paper Award
Professor Al Crosky’s paper “Improvements of Bearing Strength of Laminated Composites” has been awarded the best paper for 2006 by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Composites Structures for “the .....

01 February 2008 - Dr Joe Herbertson, School Alumnus, awarded Member of the Order of Australia
Dr Joe Herbertson, an Alumnus of the School, has been made a member of the Order of Australia in the recent Australia Day Honours.

01 February 2008 - Justin Armellin, School PhD student, wins 2007 UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence
Justin Armellin, a PhD student in the School, has won the 2007 UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in Sessional Teaching (tutors and laboratory demonstrators).

06 December 2007 - PhD students Kaveh R. Kabir and Kevin Laws win students prizes
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals today awarded 1st and 2nd prize for postgraduate student presentations to Kaveh R. Kabir and Kevin Laws, respectively.

06 December 2007 - Scholarships for Undergraduate study in Materials Engineering in 2008
The School is offering a number of Scholarships to high performing students who wish to consider studying Materials Engineering commencing in 2008.

23 November 2007 - Dr Valanoor joins Scientists in School Program
Dr. Nagarajan Valanoor (Nagy), one of the School's leading nanotechnology researchers will work with Castle Hill High School over summer under the "Scientists in School" program run by CSIRO.

23 November 2007 - Materials Australia Student Presentation Prize Winners: Tim Burgess and Zhu Jun Lim
Last night at the Materials Australia Student Presentation Competition, UNSW students swept the floor with prizes.

23 November 2007 - Professor Veena Sahajwalla new Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineerin
Professor Veena Sahajwalla has been made a Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering “for her achievements as an exceptional, innovative engineer with an established recor.....

08 November 2007 - School Researcher Finalist in MRS Science as Art Competition
At the very recent Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston Sam Wicks, who completed her BE in Materials in 2006, has been selected as a finalist

08 November 2007 - School PhD Student Wins Award at MS&T Conference, Detroit, USA
Bond (Soodkhet Imlao) was a finalist for the Annual Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) awards

12 October 2007 - School Researcher awarded International Science Linkages Grant by ATSE
Emeritus Professor David Young has been awarded an International Science Linkages Grant entitled “Japan-Australia-China Workshop on Iron and Steelmaking” by the Australian Academy of Technological Sci.....

17 September 2007 - Professor Stephen Joseph to appear on Catalyst
Stephen Joseph, a visiting professor at the School, will appear on the ABC's Catalyst this Thursday at 8pm.

14 September 2007 - Prof Veena Sahajwalla appointed Associate Dean Strategic Industry Liaisons in the Faculty of Science
It has been announced that Professor Sahajwalla will take up this new role in the Faculty of Science.

31 August 2007 - ABC's Catalyst features Award Winning School Research
The ABC’s Catalyst last week featured an exciting documentary on the development of Agrichar which is a novel process being developed in Australia. Agrichar involves the processing of biological agric.....

31 August 2007 - Materials Sci & Eng at the UNSW C & C Day Sat 1st Sept 9am
The School of Materials Science and Engineering will be running an interactive exhibition of novel and interesting applications of materials engineering all day during courses and careers day.

30 August 2007 - School Teachers Win National Learning and Teaching Award
School’s Teachers Win National Learning and Teaching Award

30 August 2007 - Jerry Luo Wins Conference Student Prize
Jerry Luo, a PhD student in the School, has won a prize at the recent ARNAM Workshop for his research entitled, “Edge Effects on Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) for Hydrogen Annealing and Electric Fatig.....