December 2010

• The sky's the limit [14 December 2010]

  

  As part of their theses a team of Sydney honours students developed a small aircraft with an onboard computer capable of flying itself and take part in "The Outback Challenge"

• Post Graduate Information Evening [10 December 2010]

  

  The Faculty of Engineering to hold prospective postgraduate students to our Information Evening.

November 2010

• New Appointment for Ron Johnston [8 November 2010]

  

  Ron Johnston appointed Chair of National Enabling Technologies Strategy Expert Forum

• Entrepreneurship Is King [5 November 2010]

  

  Both of this year's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies alumni of the year - announced at faculty's annual expose of engineering research to industry, Research Conversazione - have a strong entrepreneurial bent.

October 2010

• Management Changes in the ACFR [14 October 2010]

  

  The University of Sydney advises that Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte will be leaving the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) in the Faculty of Engineering and IT to take up a new challenge as CEO at NICTA.

• Smart Grids Need Smart Computing Says Incoming Chair [12 October 2010]

  

  Computer, communication and control sciences are vital to the success of smart grid technology says the University of Sydney's incoming Energy Australia Chair in The School of Electrical and Information Engineering.

August 2010

• Year 12 Information Night - Tuesday 21 September 2010 [27 August 2010]

  

  We invite you to consider your future in engineering and IT. A career where you'll have real opportunities to make a di? erence and a life limited only by your imagination.

• Engineering and Information Technologies was privileged to participate in the Expo 2010 Shanghai [23 August 2010]

  

  The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies is privileged to participate in the Expo 2010 Shanghai. The EXPO theme, 'Better City, Better Life', encapsulated some of the aspirations of the researchers and students affiliated to the Faculty.

June 2010

• Yiu-Wing Mai recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours [20 June 2010]

  Professor Yiu-Wing Mai, from the Faculty of Engineering's Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia.

• Robotics pioneer Hugh Durrant-Whyte elected to Royal Society [8 June 2010]

  Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte from the Faculty of Engineering and IT's Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

February 2010

• Engineering Masters Programs Get Industry Thumbs Up [24 February 2010]

  

  Two of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies Masters programs have being given the thumbs up by industry bodies during the summer break.