The whole of the University, and particularly areas around engineering, are filled with the sights and sounds of construction. Our new students in 2008 will be greeted with many brand new buildings and features next year.
Researcher Gwenaelle Proust will arrive at The University next month to be greeted by the good news of her success in the new staff research grant scheme.
Sydney academics Gianluca Ranzi and Tim Wilkinson represented the University at the International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures held in Singapore this month.
Antonio Gens, from the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, delivered the 2007 Rankine Lecture entitled Soil-environment interactions in geotechnical engineering
The Medal is to encourage engineering students to pursue career opportunities in public works engineering. Rod McGee made significant contributions to civil construction (particularly roads) in Tasmania and also Australia wide.
John Grill, founder and CEO of Worley Parsons, in Sydney alumnus from the 1960s has been named the Engineers Australia Professional Engineer of the Year.
"Soil Mechanics: Breaking Ground" by Itai Einav has been published in a special, triennial issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, produced by leading young scientists.
Dr Gianluca Ranzi shares an ARC Linkage collaborative research grant with BlueScope Lysaght on the behaviour of steel-concrete composite structures. Prof John Small and A/Prof Dong-Sheng Jeng also share an ARC Discovery project in Maritime Engineering. A/Prof David Airey and Dr Abbas El-Zein share an ARC grant in coal geo sequestration
The recent publication "Cold-Formed Tubular Members and Connections" by Xiao-Ling Zhao, Tim Wilkinson and Greg Hancock is now available in a Chinese version
Mauricio Sales completed part of his PhD degree at The University of Sydney in 1998/99. He has now returned as a Professor on a one year sabbatical researching geotechnical engineering.
Professors from China and Taiwan are visiting over the next weeks and months to collaborate with A/Prof Dong-Sheng Jeng in coastal engineering research.
The Association of Consulting Structural Engineers (ACSE) has just announced that the winner of the ACSE 2006 Student Scholarship, is Mr Dave Keast, a final year student from last year, based his thesis, "Torsional Wind Loading on Medium Rise Buildings".
He has received an award for best PhD paper at the Australia New Zealand Society of Ecological Economics 2007 conference: Re-inventing sustainability: a climate for change.
The recent stranding of the Pasha Bulker on Nobby's Beach at Newcastle brings fresh interest to a unique method of marine salvage whose principles were first published over twenty years ago by Civil Engineering's Ian Bowie.
Former PhD student Prof Sritiwat Kitipornchai from City University in Hong Kong led a delegation of academic staff and undergraduate students on a visit to Sydney this week.
Emeritus Prof Harry Poulos and former postdoc Dr Samanthika Liyanapathirana have been awarded the 2007 Middlebrooks Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Alumnus Davis Millar (CE 1992), Executive Director of the Australian Concrete Pipe Association, return to The University today to lecture 4th year students.
Professor George Springer from Stanford University will deliver the 2007 Dean's Annual Lecture on 23 May 2007. The title is "Composite Materials, From the Space Shuttle to San Francisco's Symphony Hall"
Engineering Sydney and the Faculty of Engineering organised a Careers Fair on Tuesday 3rd of April 2007. The fair was an excellent opportunity for you to meet and talk to employers about graduate recruitment programs, work placements and vacation employment.
At 7.30pm this Saturday 31st March, Sydney University will turn off its lights for an hour to help show that it's possible to take action on global warming.
When the Sydney Harbour Bridge celebrates the 75th anniversary of its opening on March 19, it is appropriate to acknowledge the role that civil engineering alumnus, John Bradfield, played in the realisation of the iconic structure.
The 6th Brunel International Lecture was held on 6 March 2007. Professor Paul William Jowitt of Heriot Watt University, and Vice President of ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers UK) spoke on the topic of Engineering Civilisation from the Shadows
Thousands of Sydneysiders flocked to the water this morning to see the biggest vessel ever to enter our magnificent harbour. But how is civil engineering related to ship building?
Researchers from the University of Sydney's Ocean Technology Group and their partners hope to be in the running for a US $25 million prize for removing CO2 from the Earth's atmosphere. Prof Ian Jones believes ocean nourishment and plankton provide the answer.
The environmental fluids group is expanding this year. Two new PhD students are about to start, two visitors will be with us for the month of February, and a visiting Professor will be working at Sydney for the next year.
A USyd International Visiting Research Fellowship has been awarded to Prof Andrew Chan from The University of Birmingham to work with A/Prof Dong-Sheng Jeng on the topic 'An integrated model for wave-induced progressive liquefaction in a porous seabed'.
Queries on our combined degrees, the flexible first year and the structural engineering stream were some of the most common questions from some budding students.
We warmly welcome Professor Feng Fan from the Harbin Institute of Technology to our School. Professor Fan is on sabbatical in Sydney for the next year.
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The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported on the engineering skills shortage. Our good students will be in great demand over the coming years.
Friday November 30 marked an important day in the careers of nearly 20 young men and women who graduated with their civil engineering degrees.
Davina Rooney, Civil Engineering, was recently recognised in the 2007 Engineering Alumni Awards.
John Grill, founder and CEO of Worley Parsons, in Sydney alumnus from the 1960s has been named the Engineers Australia Professional Engineer of the Year.
Dr Julio Valdes, originally from Panama, but now in San Diego has visited Dr Itai Einav to collaborate on granular particle mechanics.
Dr Itai Einav will be promoted to Associate Professor as of 1 Jan 2008 in recognition of his research, learning and teaching, and service commitment.
Dr Dong-Sheng Jeng has received two research grants in the field of coastal engineering which are designed to enhance international collaboration.
Undergraduate students showed off their talents in excellent display of undergraduate university humour.
We welcome Associate Professor Denzel Gui from Taiwan to our school as a visiting scholar in the Fluids group. 
The recent publication "Cold-Formed Tubular Members and Connections" by Xiao-Ling Zhao, Tim Wilkinson and Greg Hancock is now available in a Chinese version
Mauricio Sales completed part of his PhD degree at The University of Sydney in 1998/99. He has now returned as a Professor on a one year sabbatical researching geotechnical engineering.
Greg Hancock, Kim Rasmussen and Tim Wilkinson have all just attended the 6th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures at Oxford.
The Association of Consulting Structural Engineers (ACSE) has just announced that the winner of the ACSE 2006 Student Scholarship, is Mr Dave Keast, a final year student from last year, based his thesis, "Torsional Wind Loading on Medium Rise Buildings". 
He has received an award for best PhD paper at the Australia New Zealand Society of Ecological Economics 2007 conference: Re-inventing sustainability: a climate for change.
5 Sydney Civil Alumni have made this significant list of influential engineers in Australia.
The recent stranding of the Pasha Bulker on Nobby's Beach at Newcastle brings fresh interest to a unique method of marine salvage whose principles were first published over twenty years ago by Civil Engineering's Ian Bowie.
Former PhD student Prof Sritiwat Kitipornchai from City University in Hong Kong led a delegation of academic staff and undergraduate students on a visit to Sydney this week.
Emeritus Prof Harry Poulos and former postdoc Dr Samanthika Liyanapathirana have been awarded the 2007 Middlebrooks Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Alumnus Davis Millar (CE 1992), Executive Director of the Australian Concrete Pipe Association, return to The University today to lecture 4th year students.
As part of the Campus 2010 project, a new raised timber walkway has opened just behind the Civil Engineering Structures Laboratory.
180 2nd year students from Engineering Construction and Surveying travelled to Webb's Creek, near Wiseman's Ferry in north western Sydney.
Engineering Sydney and the Faculty of Engineering organised a Careers Fair on Tuesday 3rd of April 2007. The fair was an excellent opportunity for you to meet and talk to employers about graduate recruitment programs, work placements and vacation employment. 
At 7.30pm this Saturday 31st March, Sydney University will turn off its lights for an hour to help show that it's possible to take action on global warming.
Graeme Wood, Senior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics, and Director of Wind Engineering Services, is moving on, after several years of service with us.
When the Sydney Harbour Bridge celebrates the 75th anniversary of its opening on March 19, it is appropriate to acknowledge the role that civil engineering alumnus, John Bradfield, played in the realisation of the iconic structure.
Thousands of Sydneysiders flocked to the water this morning to see the biggest vessel ever to enter our magnificent harbour. But how is civil engineering related to ship building?
Alvaro Ramirez from Polytechnic University of Madrid will be visiting our school to complete his research project on the collapse of silos.
The environmental fluids group is expanding this year. Two new PhD students are about to start, two visitors will be with us for the month of February, and a visiting Professor will be working at Sydney for the next year.
A USyd International Visiting Research Fellowship has been awarded to Prof Andrew Chan from The University of Birmingham to work with A/Prof Dong-Sheng Jeng on the topic 'An integrated model for wave-induced progressive liquefaction in a porous seabed'. 
Queries on our combined degrees, the flexible first year and the structural engineering stream were some of the most common questions from some budding students.