UNSW Engineering

💬 “Getting the scholarship was one of the most life-changing things that has happened to me.” Mahmoud Qaddorah arrived in Australia in 2019 and once believed university was out of reach. Now, with the support of the HMJ Sassafras scholarship - which covers tuition, accommodation and living expenses for students from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds - he is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering at UNSW. 🔗 Link in bio to read more.

Japan is turning footsteps into electricity, we're turning peanut shells into graphene 🫡🥜

🎓 Double degree – double opportunity 🎓 Lee Fernandes is a fourth-year Bachelor of Arts/Computer Science student and an active member of the UNSW community – with roles as an ADA Student Ambassador, an Engineering Student Ambassador and a student mentor. His advice to any new students? “It is ok to make mistakes, it is ok to take a bit longer with your degree, and it is ok to disconnect sometimes.” “While you are here to learn, it is just as important to network and make new connections, and enjoy the many extracurricular activities UNSW offers –that is a part of the university experience.”

10x Accelerator is Australia's best accelerator terms, exclusively for UNSW students. 🚀 Applications for the 10x Accelerator are open now - and a $1B+ founder network is waiting on the other side. Link in bio for more info.

The robots understood the assignment. 🤖♻️   We’ve just wrapped up this year’s DESN1000: EE&T Project where students teamed up to design and build waste-sorting robots, battling it out to collect the most “plastic” (aka coloured foam balls).   From clever sensing mechanisms to efficient collection systems, teams really set the bar high with their problem-solving, teamwork, and innovation.   Huge congratulations to our winning team! 🏆

While studying Engineering at UNSW, William Crowe was drawn to problems that didn’t come with clear instructions. The kind you have to figure out by testing, building, and trying again. Today, he’s the founder of HEO, a company developing new ways to capture and analyse imagery of objects in orbit. What started as curiosity at uni turned into a company – quite literally out of this world. And just like William, the skills you’re building now can take you further than you think ⚙️ If you like solving real problems or thinking about better ways to do things, the Peter Farrell Cup is where you take ideas off the page and start building for real. UNSW’s student startup competition is back for 2026. 🚀 Apps close 31 May 🔗 Link in bio to learn more about the program

🙌 We recently welcomed 120 high school students from across NSW to campus for the UNSW Young Women in Engineering Pathway Program. Over 5 weeks, they teamed up to tackle real-world challenges - designing creative solutions and bringing their ideas to life every step of the way. Huge shoutout to our winning team who developed a next-gen insertable/injectable electronic device, pushing the boundaries of how tech can be powered and communicate inside the human body. A big thank you to everyone involved in supporting and inspiring the next generation of engineers - building skills, confidence, connections, and a real sense of belonging.

🌕🤖 Asterope takes Adelaide!   Big congrats to the @unsw_bluesat team who have taken home the Best Development Team Award at the 2026 Australian Rover Challenge last month. Over 4 days, they competed in challenges including various mapping, resource, and construction tasks on a simulated lunar surface. Well done to the team! 👏

💬 “From a very young age, I knew I wanted to pursue quantum physics. I was 12 when I first discovered it in a popular science book. I didn’t fully understand what I was reading at the time, but I was completely hooked by the ideas. And when I realised that people actually worked in this field, my mind was made up: I was going to become a quantum physicist. That sense of calling has stayed with me since. It’s guided me through moments of doubt, including during my PhD. And sure, like any job, a PhD comes with its fair share of challenges, along with some more mundane, day-to-day tasks. But when you see the quantum physics you’ve been reading about come to life right in front of you, there’s something really special about that. It reminds me why I started and why I love what I do. Along the way, it’s also taught me to take ownership of the problems in front of me. You have to confront them and work through them because no one else is going to do it for you. And in those moments, I’m reminded again why I chose this path. And I think my 12-year-old self would be proud.” - Holly Stemp (@holly.stemp ), @unsw alumna & Postdoctoral researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (@mit ) #HumansofUNSWEngineering

👋 Say hello to Juno, @unswrocketry ’s first-ever L2 hybrid rocket 🚀   While it was developed as a research project for new team members, it also brought together the brain power of the @unsw_bluesat team as they watched Juno reach an altitude of nearly 4,893 ft.   Launching a hybrid rocket is no easy task, and even with challenges on the pad, the team adapted quickly, solved problems on the fly, and kept the mission moving forward.

🎉 We've topped the QS World Subject Rankings again! For the ninth year in a row, @unsw is ranked 1st in Australia for Engineering & Technology, with Mineral & Mining Engineering (ranked 3rd globally), in the global top 10 for the tenth year. Also in the top 50 are Petroleum Engineering (13), Civil and Structural (=22), Electrical and Electronic (29), Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing (=46) and Chemical Engineering (50). @unswchemeng

Caps off to all our graduates this week, we’re so proud of you! 🎓🫶