Engines
The UNSW Engine Research Laboratory performs experimental research on all types of powertrain systems used in automobiles, power generators, aeroplanes and ships. The keywords of our research are: Petrol (Gasoline) Engines, Diesel Engines, Gasoline Compression Igntion Engines, Dual-Fuel Engines, Optical Engines, In-cylinder Flow and Turbulence, In-cylinder Combustion Process, Optical/Laser Diagnostics, Engine Performance and Emissions Testing, Fuel Injection System, Pollutants Formation (soot, NOx, HC, CO, CO2) and Alternative Fuels (Hydrogen, Ethanol, Biodiesel and Natural Gas).
Australian-Owned Satellite Database since 1967
As of 8 April 2026, Australia has 73 space objects in orbit, including 2 rocket bodies.
Smart Mission Design
The Smart Mission Design Lab at UNSW Canberra is dedicated to advancing research and education in space systems engineering, with a particular focus on intelligent and data-driven mission design.
Advanced Battery Safety Research Group (ABS)
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Team leader: Dr Maryam Ghodrat
National Capability in Battery Safety, Extreme‑Climate Resilience, and Risk Modelling
Advanced Combustion Diagnostics Laboratory
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The Advanced Combustion Diagnostics group conducts in-depth research across thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, combustion, heat, and mass transfer.
Visitors and Visiting Fellows to SARCCM
Visitors and Visiting Fellows for 2024 and 2025:
Dr. Ling MENG, OUC, 29 January 2024 – 29 January 2025
Potential PhD projects and scholarships
Potential PhD topics:
1. What ocean do Lagrangian observing platforms (e.g., Argo and drifting buoys) observe ?
Fine tuning emotion in music
Fine tuning emotion in music: What musician do with their instrument to move us.
Why does music move us? What do musicians actually do that causes us for feel joy, sadness or marvel at the beauty of a performance?
Development of conceptual overview of a new model for NAATI standards, testing and assessment.
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This project provides an overview of the current Interpreter/Translator acc
Interpreters in court: Witness credibility with interpreted testimony.
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This ARC Linkage project investigates how juries and judicial officers resp
Vanadium Redox Battery
UNSW has been at the forefront of vanadium redox flow battery technology since the invention of the first all-vanadium redox flow cell by Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos and co-workers in 1985.
Sustainable Panel Materials for the Built Environment
These by-products have outstanding physical properties when compared with traditional particleboards. Mechanical properties are in average with traditional particle boards in the market. Formaldehyde emissions in all new panels are lower of what is expected in wood.
Federalism for the 21st Century - A Framework for Achieving Reform and Change
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Australian federalism needs urgent repair. Over 107 years it has become a costly and inefficient means of governance. This project will produce a framework against which proposals for the reform of our federal system can be judged.
Immigration Restriction and the Racial State, c. 1880 to the present
This is a four-year Australian Research Council Discovery Grant which examines the history of medico-legal border control in the Asia-Pacific region.