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Student Leadership celebrated at USU Annual Dinner
18 November 2009
Civil student Winey Suen recognised as the USU celebrated its 135 year anniversary. More
 
4 ARC Grants for Civil Staff
26 October 2009
Chengwang LeiThe School is pleased to announce that Giang Nguyen, Itai Einav, Pierre Rognon, Gianluca Ranzi, John Patterson and Changwang Lei have been successful in the recent round of ARC Discovery Grants. More
 
Sydney improves in world rankings
13 October 2009
Times Higher Education Supplement RankingsSydney has moved up one position to be ranked 36 amongst the world's top 100 universities and equal second in Australia. More
 
Dust was blooming marvellous for harbour
12 October 2009
Ian JonesThe thick blanket of red dust that settled on Sydney two weeks ago caused the harbour to bloom, according to Ian Jones. More
 
Early Career Researcher and Major Equipment Grants to promote research
10 October 2009
Steve CochardOur two newest researchers in the Fluids group have recently been awarded grants to aid their research careers. More
 
Faculty Postgrad Research Conference
8 October 2009
Oded Ben-NunOur congratulations go to Oded Ben-Nun for his presentation on "confined comminution of granular materials: self-organisation, attractors and patterns". More
 
Opening of the Particles and Grains (P&G) laboratory
1 October 2009
Particles and Grains (P&G) laboratory This new laboratory will strengthen the experimental capacity in this school, specifically catering for finer resolution investigations of granular materials and grain-level metallurgy observations. More
 
Welcome to Chengwang Lei
30 September 2009
Chengwang LeiWe welcome A/Prof Chengwang Lei. His recent research is mainly focused on buoyancy driven flows with environmental and industrial applications. More
 
Kim Rasmussen awarded the Challis Professorship
29 September 2009
Kim RasmussenThe Chair Appointments Committee of Senate appointed Professor Kim Rasmussen, Head of the School of Civil Engineering, as Challis Professor of Civil Engineering. More
 
Welcome to Jenny Janhager
10 August 2009
Jenny JanhagerVisiting Scholar Jenny Janhager joined us in August. Jenny is an assistant professor at the department at Integrated Product development at KTH (The Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm, Sweden. More
 
Welcome to John Patterson
1 August 2009
John PattersonWe welcome John Patterson who will be our new Professor in the Environmental Fluids group. More
 
Welcome to Anirban De
30 July 2009
We welcome Anirban De on sabbatical from the USA who will researching and teaching in geotechnical engineering. More