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The Faculty of Engineering was established on 8th May, 1950 under Council resolution 54. Through a ruling by the Developmental Council engineering courses had already been in operation at Sydney Technical College from 1st March, 1948, but this resolution officially created the Faculty. Initially the Faculty contained four departments - Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering - and was administered by Dean H. J. Brown. The inaugural meeting of the Faculty took place on 7th June, 1950. In 2013, the Faculty, under Dean Professor Graham Davies, included nine schools and nineteen Centres. Subordinate agency: Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Engineering - 09/03/1964 - 13/12/1999 Subordinate agency: School of Highway Engineering - 08/09/1958 - 17/01/1977 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Civil Engineering (1951 - 97) / Civil & Environmental Engineering (1997 - ) - 08/05/1950 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Electrical Engineering (1) (1951 - 80) / Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (1981 - 90) / Electrical Engineering (2) (1991 - 98)/ Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications (1998 - ) - 08/05/1950 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Mechanical Engineering (1951 - 67) / Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (1967 - 90) / Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering (1990 - ) - 08/05/1950 Subordinate agency: Department (1) (1949 - 1951) / School of Mining Engineering (1) (1951) / Mining Engineering & Applied Geology (1951 - 1963) / Mining Engineering (2) (1963 - 1985) - 08/05/1950 - 14/05/1956 Subordinate agency: School of Surveying (1970 - 1994) / Geomatic Engineering (1995 - 2001) / Surveying & Spatial Information Systems (2001 - 2012) / Surveying & Geospatial Engineering (2012 - 2013) - 11/05/1970 - 02/07/2013 Subordinate agency: School of Traffic Engineering (1957 - 1972) / School of Transportation and Traffic Engineering (1972 - 1977) - 13/05/1957 - 25/07/1977 Subordinate agency: Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Faculty of Engineering - 27/03/1968 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry (1980 - 2006) / Chemical Sciences & Engineering (2006 - 2010) / Chemical Engineering (2) (2010 - - 01/07/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Biomedical Engineering (1976 - 1994) / Graduate School for Biomedical Engineering (1994 - ) - 08/05/1981 Subordinate agency: School of Computer Science and Engineering - 01/01/1991 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES) - 02/06/1992 - 30/06/2002 Subordinate agency: Energy Research, Development and Information Centre (ERDIC) - 01/01/1997 - 31/12/2005 Subordinate agency: Graduate School of Engineering - 09/11/1964 Subordinate agency: Centre for Health Telematics (1999 - 2000) / Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) (2000 - 2014) - 21/10/1999 - 31/05/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for Interactive Cinema Research (iCinema) - 01/01/2005 Subordinate agency: Centre for Waste Management - 12/02/1986 - 27/03/1990 Subordinate agency: Centre for Manufacturing and Automation - 19/02/1986 - 02/07/1987 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Waste Management and Pollution Control Ltd - 06/08/1991 - 30/06/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for Petroleum Engineering Studies (1984 - 1998) / School of Petroleum Engineering (1998 - ) - 01/07/1997 Subordinate agency: Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre - 01/04/1992 - 30/06/2006 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 04/03/1987 - 06/11/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 01/07/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 12/08/1981 - 21/04/2005 Subordinate agency: School of Nuclear Engineering - 01/05/1961 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 01/02/1997 - 14/11/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD) - 20/02/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) - 19/07/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety (CIES) - 05/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Connected Waters Initiative - 31/10/2006 Subordinate agency: Australian Centre for Construction Innovation (ACCI) - 02/02/1999 - 19/12/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering (2000-2005) - 01/01/2000 - 31/12/2005 Subordinate agency: School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering - 01/01/2006 Subordinate agency: Engineering Dean's Advisory Committee (EDAC) ( - 1986)/ Dean's Advisory Committee (DAC) of the Faculty of Engineering (1986 - 2008) / Dean's Engineering Management Committee of the Faculty of Engineering (2008 - 2010) / Dean's Executive Management Committee of the Faculty of Engineering (2010 - ) - 01/01/1971 Subordinate agency: Department of Mining Engineering (2) - 01/07/1997 - 01/12/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Mining Engineering (3) - 01/12/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Safety Science - 01/01/1986 - 31/12/1990 Subordinate agency: School of Transport and Highways - 25/07/1977 - 30/06/1980 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 08/05/1950-

The Department of Mining Engineering dates back to the formation of the university itself on 1 July 1949, as it was one of the departments that had much of its origins in the Sydney Technical College. The first head of department was Professor D. W. Phillips, who was appointed on 12 August 1949. When the first three university faculties were established by Council on 8 May 1950 (resolution 54), Mining Engineering became one of the initial four departments within the Faculty of Engineering. On 10 September 1951 Council changed the designation of all departments to schools and so the School of Mining Engineering came into existence (resolution 153). In late 1951 the geology section was absorbed into the school and so it came to be known as the School of Mining Engineering & Applied Geology (Technology, Vol. 3, No. 1). On 14 May 1956 Council created the Faculty of Technology (resolution 761i) and the school was moved to this faculty. On 9 May 1960 Council changed the name of the faculty to the Faculty of Applied Science (resolution 60/55). On 9 September 1963 Council reverted the name of the School of Mining Engineering & Applied Geology to the School of Mining Engineering, with the School of Applied Geology becoming its own independent school (resolution 63/183). On 9 September 1985 the School of Mining Engineering was altered by Council from a school to a department within the School of Mineral Resources effective 1 January 1986 (resolution 85/96ci). The school therefore ceased to exist from this time. Subordinate agency: Department of Fuel Technology - 18/06/1958 - 09/09/1963 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1949-31/12/1985

On 9 September 1985 the School of Mining Engineering was altered by Council from a school to a department within the School of Mineral Resources in the Faculty of Applied Science effective 1 January 1986 (resolution 85/96ci). On 3 February 1986 this school was renamed the School of Mines (resolution 86/10). At the 2 December, 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Applied Science was disestablished effective 1 July, 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4), as well as the School of Mines (resolution CL96/88/4 & CL97/5). As a result, from this date the Department of Mining Engineering was transferred to the Faculty of Engineering. At Council's 1 December 1997 meeting the Department of Mining Engineering was replaced with the School of Mining Engineering (resolution CL97/86). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1986-01/12/1997

This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of the School of Mining Engineering (2) / Department (2) / School of Mining Engineering (3). The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder and includes booklets, leaflets, reports and other promotional material as released by the Department / School, including program information.

This series consists of the subject files on the School of Mining Engineering & Applied Geology / Mining Engineering, as retained by Professor of Mining Engineering, John P. Morgan. The material covers a range of topics including the Mining Engineering Advisory Panel, St Barbara's Day and the school's visitors' book.

At Council's 1 December 1997 meeting the Department of Mining Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering became the School of Mining Engineering (resolution CL97/86). In 2014 the head of the School of Mining Engineering was Professor Bruce Hebblewhite. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/12/1997-

This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of the Department (1) / School of Mining Engineering (1) / Mining Engineering & Applied Geology. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder and includes booklets, leaflets, reports and other promotional material as released by the Department / School, including program information.

The Faculty of Technology was formed by Council on 14th May, 1956 (resolution 761i). This resolution also dictated that the Faculty would be concerned with developments in the Technologies of Fuel, Paint, Plastics and Rubber, and Ceramics and Nuclear Technology. The Faculty, under Professor D. W. Phillips, was initiated with five Schools Chemical Engineering, Mining Engineering & Applied Geology, Metallurgy, Wool Technology and Textile Technology. The first meeting of the Faculty occurred on 29th June, 1956. On 9th May, 1960, Council changed the name of the Faculty to the Faculty of Applied Science (resolution 60/55). At the 2nd December, 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Applied Science was disestablished effective 1st July, 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). Deans: 1956 - 1957: Professor David Phillips; 1957 - 1961: Professor Rupert Myers; 1961 - 1984: Professor Malcolm Chaikin; 1984 - 1996: Professor Gerry Govett; 1997 (Acting): Professor Judy Raper Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Chemical Engineering (1) (1951 - 1979) - 14/05/1956 - 31/12/1979 Subordinate agency: Department (1) (1949 - 1951) / School of Mining Engineering (1) (1951) / Mining Engineering & Applied Geology (1951 - 1963) / Mining Engineering (2) (1963 - 1985) - 14/05/1956 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Mineral Resources (1986) / Mines (1986 - 1997) - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Technology - 01/03/1960 - 31/12/1979 Subordinate agency: School of Wool Technology (1951 - 1967) / Wool & Pastoral Sciences (1967 - 1985) - 14/05/1956 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Fibre Science & Technology - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Textile Technology - 14/05/1956 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Geology - 09/09/1963 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Geography - 08/11/1965 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Metallurgy (1952 - 1985) / Materials Science & Engineering (1986 - ) - 14/05/1956 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry (1980 - 2006) / Chemical Sciences & Engineering (2006 - 2010) / Chemical Engineering (2) (2010 - - 01/01/1980 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technologies (1986 - 1988) / Applied Bioscience (1988 - 2001) - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Biopharmaceutical Research - 19/10/1992 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemical Analysis - 01/07/1997 - 23/11/1999 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Food Industry Innovation - 01/07/1993 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Industrial Arts - 09/09/1957 - 12/09/1960 Subordinate agency: Universities' Surface Analysis Facility - 01/01/1989 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Petroleum Engineering Studies (1984 - 1998) / School of Petroleum Engineering (1998 - ) - 20/06/1984 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 04/03/1987 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 20/05/1987 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 12/08/1981 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Minerals Engineering - 20/05/1992 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 23/03/1995 - 31/01/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Safety Science - 01/01/1991 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Food Technology (1976 - 1985) / School of Food Science & Technology (1985) - 19/01/1976 - 31/12/1985 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 14/05/1956-30/06/1997

The School of Mineral Resources was created by Council on 9 September 1985 within the Faculty of Applied Science effective 1 January 1986 (resolution 85/96ci). The school had only a short life under this name, however, as on 3 February 1986 it was renamed the School of Mines (Council resolution 86/10). It initially had three departments - applied geology, mineral processing and mining engineering - with Professor Frank Roxborough as first Head of School. On 2 December 1996 Council resolved to later approve timetable and administrative arrangements for the disestablishment of...the School of Mines (resolution CL96/88/4). At Council's 3 February 1997 meeting, it was resolved that this would be effective 1 July 1997 (resolution CL97/5). Subordinate agency: Department of Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy - 01/01/1986 - 28/11/1990 Subordinate agency: Department of Applied Geology - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Mining Engineering (2) - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1986-30/06/1997

Annual reports of the School / Department of Mining Engineering by the head of school to the department's Visiting Committee. The reports were presented to the Visiting Committee prior to their annual meeting and some of the reports have notices for the meetings of the Visiting Committee attached. The Archives' holding of this series are incomplete, but further reports, along with the minutes of the Committee, can be found in series 2199.