University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering

The University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering (Māori: Te Herenga Mātai Pūkaha) is one of eight faculties that make up the University of Auckland. Located on Symonds Street, Auckland, it has been consistently rated as the best Engineering School in New Zealand for quality of research.^[1]

Facilities

The faculty itself is based at the University of Auckland City Campus, with many research groups based at the Newmarket Campus, including the Center for Advanced Composite Materials (CACM), and the Yacht Research Unit (YRU). The Faculty has been undergoing recent renovation at its city Campus, including a modern atrium area with café, updated library, four new computer labs, two new large lecture theatres, and updates to equipment and seating in many smaller lecture rooms.

New Zealand's only environmental scanning electron microscope was acquired by the Research Center for Surface Materials Science (RCSMS) in 2005.^[2]

History

The faculty was made famous for its role in Team New Zealand's America's Cup victory in 1995 and 2000, instrumental in its contribution was the world's first Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel built in 1994 at the Tamaki Campus that allows better simulation of the flow of wind over yacht sails by varying the angle of attack with height.^[3] The smaller DeBray wind tunnel situated at the city campus is used for a variety of research and teaching purposes, but is primarily used commercially to provide pedestrian wind environment tests for new building consents for the Auckland City Council using its 1:400 scale model of the Auckland City central business district.

Departments

• Department of
  Chemical and Materials Engineering
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Department of
  Engineering Science
• Department of Mechanical Engineering

Degrees

Undergraduate

• Bachelor of Engineering (Honors)
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemical and Materials Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
    )
  • Computer Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Engineering Science
  • Mechanical Engineering (including Woodfibre Composites
    )
  • Mechatronics Engineering
  • Software Engineering
• Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Arts Conjoint
• Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Commerce Conjoint
• Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Property Conjoint
• Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Science Conjoint
• Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Laws Conjoint
• Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Conjoint

Postgraduate

• Master of Engineering
• Master of Engineering Management
• Master of Engineering Studies
• Master of Operations Research
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Doctor of Engineering
• Diplomas and Certificates
• Graduate Diploma in Engineering
• Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Transportation)
• Graduate Diploma in Operations Research
• Postgraduate Certificate in Geothermal Energy Technology
• Postgraduate Certificate in
  Light Metals
  Reduction Technology

References

Further reading

• Bassett, Judith (1969). The school of engineering University of Auckland 1906-1969 : a history. School of Engineering University of Auckland.
  OCLC 116618
  .
• Bassett, Judith (2003). Prospero's island : a history of the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland. School of Engineering, University of Auckland.
  ISBN 9780908689729
  .

• Official website of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland