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The exact starting date of the School Advisory Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering is unknown but it was in place by 23rd November 1960 which was the earliest meeting date of the committee the University Archives holds minutes of. The committee comprised all senior lecturers, supervising lecturers, and lecturers in charge - and those temporarily in charge - of sections. The functions of the committee were as follows: (1) to deal with all matters referred to it by the School Executive and section committees; (2) to make recommendations to the School Executive with respect to major plant and minor plant requirements and material requirements of the different sections; (3) to initiate proposals for improving courses and delivery methods; (4) to co-ordinate proposals for syllabus revision which effect more than one section; (5) to act as the School Examination Committee; (6) to consider all matters of interest to the school which come within the jurisdiction of the Faculty of Engineering

This series consists of the Booklet / Leaflet Collection of the Mechanical Engineering Society. The material is typed and maintained in an envelope within a manilla folder. This series contains only one document, which includes the Constitution of the Mechanical Engineering Society.

This series comprises the agendas, papers and minutes of meetings of the Thermodynamics Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering. Materials in this series deal with issues relevant to the thermodynamics course such as syllabus, homework, tutorial, practical, examinations, marking, management and development of the laboratory, teaching aids, and library resources.

The exact starting date of the Higher Degree Committee (HDC) of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering is unknown but it was in place by 4th February 1987, which was the earliest meeting date of the committee the University Archives holds minutes of. The primary functions of the committee included the periodic review of the structure and content of the post-graduate programs / courses offered by the school, recommending revisions / modifications to existing programs / courses to ensure their relevance to industry demands and community needs, and recommending the introduction of new courses as well as the abolition of courses considered to have become obsolete.

This series comprises the agendas, papers and minutes of meetings of the Course Revision Working Party of the Education Committee of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Materials in this series are concerned with undergraduate courses / programs offered by the school and requests / recommendations for changes to these programs.

The exact starting date of the Thermodynamics Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering is unknown but it was in place by 23 April 1956, which was the earliest meeting of the committee the University Archives holds minutes of.The committee, comprising academic staff involved in the teaching of the subject, considered all matters affecting the course including syllabus, homework, tutorial, practical, examinations, marking, management and development of the laboratory, teaching aids, and library resources.

This series comprises the agendas, papers and minutes of meetings of the Higher Degree Committee (HDC) of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

This series comprises the agendas, papers and minutes of the Staff Meetings / School Advisory Committee of the School of Mechanical Engineering. Materials in this series are interfiled with other documentation such as correpondence and minutes of meetings of other committees, and were in the custody of R.T.B. McKenzie, an academic staff of the thermodynamics section of the school.

The establishment of the Centre for Manufacturing and Automation within the Faculty of Engineering was endorsed at the 19 February 1986 meeting of the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee. Dr G. C. I. Lin was appointed as the Centre's first director, commencing from April 1986. On 2 July 1987 the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor N. L. Svensson, wrote to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor M. Chaikin, advising that administrative control of the Centre had been transferred to the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The Centre was officially opened on 30 September 1987 (file 860345). On 2 April 1990 the name of the school was changed by Council to the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (resolution CL90/36). The Centre was closed on 31 December 1996 (file 860345). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 19/02/1986-31/12/1996

The exact starting date of the School Assembly of the School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering is not known but it would be much earlier than 11th June 1987 which was the earliest meeting date of the assembly the University Archives holds minutes of. As stated in the minutes this was the 23rd meeting of the assembly. The School Assembly was an open forum where any staff member could speak and vote on any topic relevant to the school, and which conveyed its options to the head of school for his consideration. The formally constituted members of the assembly were all academic staff, the senior administrative officer, and a representative of each of the following groups, namely professional officers, other professional staff such as programmers and project scientists, secretarial staff, technical staff, workshop staff, and other general staff.