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7th November, 2012

Yesterday the ARC announced outcomes for a number of its 2013 grant schemes. The School had a number of successful applicants: ARC Discovery Projects John Daniels and Julia Glaum – Electro-mechanics of natural load-bearing materials: understanding mechanisms of toughening remodelling, …

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2nd November, 2012

At the 2012 Banksia Awards, Veena received the GE Eco Innovation Award for her work in sustainable materials use, especially as it relates to carbon. The award recognises individual leadership and innovation in the forging of Australia’s sustainable development. As …

2nd November, 2012

Dr Sankara Sundaram, who recently completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Paul Munroe and co-supervisor A/Prof Nagarajan Valanoor, has been awarded a prestigious JSPS Fellowship by the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Research Council. This award …

Soccer
18th October, 2012

The Materials Science Engineering Indoor Soccer team, “The O.Standard”, are now the proud champions of the UNSW Sports and Recreation Indoor Soccer Opens Competition! The final matches were played on Tuesday 16 October in the Indoor Soccer Court of UniGym. …

CRC Awards
25th September, 2012

Veena has won the prize for Innovation Excellence for taking the polymer injection technology in green steel to international markets from concept to commercialisation within a decade awarded at NSI’s 2012 UNSW Innovation Awards. This is a great recognition of …

23rd August, 2012

Zhenbo Tong, who recently completed his PhD under the supervision of A/Prof Runyu Yang, has been awarded a prestigious JSPS Fellowship by the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Research Council. He will use the 2-year fellowship to travel …