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The New South Wales Institute of Technology Developmental Council was appointed by the New South Wales Cabinet on 8th July, 1947. With the New South Wales Minister for Education, Hon. Robert J. Heffron, as Chairman, the inaugural meeting of the Developmental Council occurred on 27th August, 1947. This meeting was attended by fourteen out of the total seventeen members of the Developmental Council. Six Committees were also created at the meeting - Building & Grounds, Industrial Co-operation, Academic Studies, Administration, Finance and Public Relations. As well, the Development Council established that its Terms of Reference were to: i) exercise immediate control over the Institute; ii) recommend the principles that should be established for the co-operation between the Institute and industry in the carrying out of industrial research and co-operation between the Institute and other educational and scientific bodies; iii) advise on the nature of buildings and equipment most appropriate for the purposes of the Institute; iv) make recommendations covering the appropriate structure for the future control of the Institute and its authorities, powers and functions; v) survey present technical college courses in the light of the needs of industry and where necessary recommend the establishment of appropriate courses at graduate and postgraduate levels and recommend the nature of academic awards at the completion of these courses; vi) in the light of the foregoing enquiries, draft legislation for the incorporation of the Institute as one which a) provides technological courses at university degree and postgraduate levels; b) grants awards to those who complete its courses; c) carries out investigations aimed at adapting scientific discoveries to industrial purposes; and d) is soundly and democratically controlled; vii) recommend the co-ordination which should exist between the University of Sydney and the Institute The name changes of the Developmental Council reflect the variations in the proposed names for the University. From the 16th September, 1948 until the 18th November, 1948 meetings the Council was known as the New South Wales Technical University Developmental Council. Then beginning with the 24th February, 1949 meeting, the name became the New South Wales University of Technology Developmental Council. Apart from formulating the necessary legislation for the establishment of the University, the Developmental Council also made several important advances in the introduction of courses. On 22nd January, 1948 it approved the beginning of the first degree courses in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Mining Engineering, which were undertaken at Sydney Technical College from March, 1948. On 21st October, 1948 the Developmental Council endorsed degree courses in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, as well as a post-graduate course in Electrical Engineering, which started in March, 1949. The final meeting of the Developmental Council occurred on 26th May, 1949. With the proclamation of the Technical Education & New South Wales University of Technology Act, 1949 on 1st July, 1949, the functions of the Developmental Council were complete. Subordinate agency: New South Wales Institute of Technology Developmental Council Administration Committee - 27/08/1947 - 30/06/1949 Subordinate agency: New South Wales Institute of Technology (1947 - 1948) / New South Wales Technical University (1948) Developmental Council Academic Studies Committee - 27/08/1947 - 30/06/1949 Subordinate agency: New South Wales Institute of Technology Developmental Council Building & Grounds Committee - 27/08/1947 - 30/06/1949 Subordinate agency: New South Wales Institute of Technology Developmental Council Co-ordinating Committee - 27/08/1947 - 30/06/1949 Subordinate agency: New South Wales Institute of Technology Developmental Council Finance Committee - 27/08/1947 - 30/06/1949 Subordinate agency: New South Wales Institute of Technology Developmental Council Industrial Co-operation Committee - 27/08/1947 - 30/06/1949 Subordinate agency: New South Wales Institute of Technology Developmental Council Public Relations Committee - 27/08/1947 - 30/06/1949

On 19 February 2007, the first meeting between UNSW, University of Melbourne, National ICT Australia, the Bionic Ear Institute, and the Centre for Eye Research Australia was held to discuss bionic eye research. These parties later formed the consortium Bionic Vision Australia (BVA), which officially launched in 2010. The business plan was finalised in October 2008 with consultancy firm SPP and put to the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 5 November 2008. The first Board meeting was held on 30 March 2010. Professor Emeritus David Penington AC served as the first Chair of the Board from 2010 to 2013. He was succeeded by Professor Mark Hargreaves. Professor Anthony N. Burkitt served as Director for the duration of BVA. The National Vision Research Institute, the Australian National University, the University of Western Sydney and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital were variously supporting, participating, or project partners. The aim was to develop a functional retinal prosthesis or “bionic eye” capable of restoring vision to people with vision impairment due to retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. The assembled team comprised experts in the fields of ophthalmology, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, neuroscience, vision science, psychophysics, wireless integrated-circuit design, and surgical, preclinical and clinical practice. UNSW was a key player in the consortium, developing the first advanced prototype, and leading the consortium’s commercialisation activities through NewSouth Innovations and the company Bionic Vision Technologies Pty Ltd (BVT). The University of Melbourne was designated Administering Organisation for the grant, with the Executive team based in the Melbourne School of Engineering. In December 2009, BVA secured funding through a four-year, $42 million grant administered by the Australian Research Council (ARC), effective from 1 January 2010. The funds were made available through a Special Research Initiative in Bionic Vision Science and Technology established by the Australian Government. In July 2013, ARC offered another year of funding to BVA. BVA’s ARC funding period ended at the end of 2014. There was enough capital to extend the consortium, continue efforts to commercialise through BVT, and perform National Health and Medical Research Council-funded trials in 2015. BVA was ultimately wound up in 2016. Although initially in financial jeopardy, BVT secured funding and continued commercial operations. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/10/08 - 31/12/2016

This series consists of the Inaugural Dunrossil Memorial Lecture by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The material is a typed book, which contains a copy of the lecture presented by His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and also a note on parking for the event. The Lecture, of which this is the first, is an occasional lecture given by eminent persons on subjects akin to the growth of science and technology, the proper education of scientists, engineers and technologists, and generally, matters broadly related to communication and electronics engineering.

This series consists of Military College of Science Lecture Books of Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden. Major Blunden attended the Military College of Science in 1944 to complete the No. 7 Advanced Class (War) - Fire Control Instruments course. A range of subjects were studied - Mathematics, Mechanical and Optical Instruments, Radio Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Ballistics and Radar Technique - and Major Blunden kept his lecture notes in nine exercise books. All lecture notes are handwritten. This series consists of Military Service - Weapons Systems Papers of Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden. During his time in the AIF Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Blunden was heavily involved in scientific work concerning the development of weapons systems, especially fire control systems. This series consists of reports, technical drawings and photographs detailing his work in this area. ACCESSION0027 converted to SERIES01169, CONSIGNMENT00449

Papers including minutes of meetings, correspondence, notes and reports of Advisory Committees established to advise on the syllabuses for courses in Civil, Mechanical, Mining and Electrical Engineering as well as proposed Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering degree courses for the new Institute of Technology / University of Technology. 'The committees represented a wide range of public utilities and industrial organizations and the representatives were men of considerable standing in their profession.' (Director's report to Developmental Council,August 1948) Minutes for the first meeting of the Committees are signed. Generally the papers are incomplete and in a poor state with rust and mould stains from water damage.

This series contains the Traffic and Parking Study for North Sydney Papers of Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder, and includes a copy of the report entitled Traffic and Parking Study for North Sydney prepared by Emeritus Professor Blunden, Professor John Black and other members of the consultancy team, a photocopy of important elements of the report including the executive summary, and minutes of the inaugural meeting between the study sponsors - North Sydney Municipal Council and the Roads and Traffic Authority - held in the North Sydney Council Chambers on 21 April 1988. This series contains the Course Notes of Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden. The material consists of printed course notes as well as some handwritten and typed lecture notes and associated calculations used by Professor Blunden in the delivery of a range of university courses. Most of the material concerns courses within the School of Traffic Engineering but there are also course notes on the Control Systems course he taught in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Sydney while employed by the CSIRO. ACCESSION0027 converted to SERIES01183, CONSIGNMENT00463

The Faculty of Science & Technology was created by Council on 2nd December, 1996 effective from 1st July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4a). The inaugural meeting of the Faculty was on 8th July, 1997 with Associate Professor A. H. Dooley as the Presiding Member. At this time, under Dean Colin Sutherland, the Faculty contained six schools, four departments, three Centres, the Universities' Surface Analysis Facility and the Cornea and Contact Lens Research Unit. The Faculty of Science & Technology was disestablished by Council on 18th June, 2001 effective from July 2001 (resolution CL001/49). The final meeting of the Faculty Board was held on 26th April, 2001. Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Chemistry (1951 - 1957) / Chemistry (1) (1957 - 2001) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Physics (1951 - 60) / Physics (1960 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Mathematics (1951 - 2006) / Mathematics & Statistics (2006 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Geography - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Metallurgy (1952 - 1985) / Materials Science & Engineering (1986 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Safety Science (1998 - 2008) / Risk & Safety Sciences (2008 - 2010) - 06/07/1998 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Optometry (1977 - 2001) / Optometry & Vision Science (2001 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Aviation - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (CEMAP) - 10/11/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Universities' Surface Analysis Facility - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 14/11/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Computer Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS) - 01/05/2000 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Applied Geology - 01/07/1997 - 06/07/1998 Subordinate agency: School of Geology - 06/07/1998 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Safety Science - 01/07/1997 - 06/07/1998 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1997-30/06/2001

The second Faculty of Science was established at the 18 June, 2001 meeting of Council (resolution CL001/49) effective 1 July 2001, as a result of the disestablishment of the Faculty of Life Science and the Faculty of Science and Technology. Professor Merilyn Sleigh was appointed as Interim Dean. In 2013 the faculty, under Dean Professor Merlin Crossley, encompassed nine schools and eighteen centres. Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Chemistry (1951 - 1957) / Chemistry (1) (1957 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Physics (1951 - 60) / Physics (1960 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Mathematics (1951 - 2006) / Mathematics & Statistics (2006 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Geography - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Microbiology (1968 - 1990) / Microbiology & Immunology (1990 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Psychology (1954 - 1972) / Psychology (1972 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Metallurgy (1952 - 1985) / Materials Science & Engineering (1986 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technologies (1986 - 1988) / Applied Bioscience (1988 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Sciences (2002 - 2004) / Chemistry (2) (2004 - ) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Science - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Safety Science (1998 - 2008) / Risk & Safety Sciences (2008 - 2010) - 01/07/2001 - 10/12/2010 Subordinate agency: School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences (BABS) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Biochemistry (1968 - 1991) / Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics (1991 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Optometry (1977 - 2001) / Optometry & Vision Science (2001 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Aviation - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2010 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES) - 01/07/2001 - 30/06/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (CEMAP) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2005 Subordinate agency: Universities' Surface Analysis Facility - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 01/07/2001 - 06/11/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 01/07/2001 - 21/04/2005 Subordinate agency: Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997) / Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003) - 01/07/2001 - 18/09/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/07/2001 - 01/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Australian Wetlands and Rivers Centre (AWAR) - 01/09/2009 Subordinate agency: Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA) - 29/06/2009 Subordinate agency: Australian Tsunami Research Centre (ATRC) (2009 - 2011) / Australia-Pacific Tsunami Research Centre (2011 - ) - 06/10/2009 Subordinate agency: Evolution and Ecology Research Centre (EERC) - 15/08/2007 Subordinate agency: Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMART) - 14/01/2008 Subordinate agency: Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) - 07/08/2008 Subordinate agency: Connected Waters Initiative - 31/10/2006 Subordinate agency: Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Mood Disorders Research Centre - 01/07/2001 - 14/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Computer Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Geology - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Aviation - 01/01/2011 Subordinate agency: Institute of Environmental Studies - 08/11/2006 - Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/2001-

This series consists of the annual presentation of diplomas, bronze medallions & prizes booklets of the Sydney Technical College, Department of Technical Education. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder. It consists of booklets that lists the names of those individuals who were awarded diplomas, bronze medallions or prizes for a particular year. The Archives only holds items for the annual presentation booklets for the years 1952, 1956 and 1957 and the 1956 booklet is a photocopy only. There is, however, also a booklet for 1953 which lists the recipients of prizes for those in the diploma and certificate courses within the schools of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

The inaugural meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Centre for Remote Sensing was held on 28th October 1981. Prof. J.A. Mabbutt from the School of Geography was appointed chairman of the committee and Dr. J.A. Richards from the School of Electrical Engineering director. The committee's terms of reference were as follows: (1) to advise the Vice-Chancellor on matters relating to the development and operation of the centre; (2) to advise the director and management committee on policy and general procedures in the development and function of the centre; (3) to advise the director and management committee on the development of teaching programs in remote sensing, on faculty and school affiliations of students enrolling in formal programs under the control of the centre, and on relations with existing faculty higher degree committees; (4) to advise and assist the director with the development of contacts between the centre and the university, and the centre and the remote sensing community at large; (5) to advise the director on the development of research and consulting activities that require access to the centre's facilities. It was agreed that the committee would meet approximately bimonthly.