University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering

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Faculty of Engineering
Te Herenga Mātai Pūkaha
The faculty buildings on Symonds Street
TypePublic
Parent institution
University of Auckland
DeanA/Professor Richard Clarke
Academic staff
160
Administrative staff
150
Students4300
Undergraduates3700
Postgraduates600
400
Location
Auckland
,
New Zealand
Websitewww.engineering.auckland.ac.nz
Enrollment data as of 2013

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[edit]

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 Materials and Manufacturing Design (CAMMD), and the Centre for Robotics and Automation Engineering Sciences (CARES) The Faculty has been undergoing recent renovation at its city Campus, including a new state-of-the-art building opened in 2019. This is addition to its large-scale Engineering laboratories located at the Newmarket campus.


History[edit]

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.[2] The newer wind tunnel situated at the Newmarket 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.

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Degrees[edit]

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Postgraduate[edit]


References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.tec.govt.nz/upload/downloads/pbrf-full-report-2006.pdf Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) 2006 full report
  2. ^ http://www.engineers.auckland.ac.nz/~dpel004/yru/html/Wind-tunnel/background.html Background of the Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel Facility

Further reading[edit]

  • 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.

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