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International Student Winners of Tech Festival 2023
In June, the UTS Faculty of Engineering & IT (FEIT) hosted Tech Festival 2023—an annual celebration of all things technology, creativity and innovation. With over 3,300 participants attending the two-week festival, it proved to be significantly popular, especially among UTS international students. The following teams have done exceptionally well in securing awards during student showcases and share their personal insights from the festival.
Boosting Vietnam & Australia Engagement Workshop
Within the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Pilot Program, sponsored by DFAT, this workshop aims to promote bilateral trade, investment, and other economic cooperation between the two countries.
2022
Australian Award Scholarship Recipients Arrive from Indonesia
On 3 March, 2022, UTS officially welcomed the new Indonesian Australian Award Scholarship recipients.
2021
Vietnam-Australia Economic Cooperation and Investment Opportunities Forum
UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT and the Consulate General of Vietnam in Sydney co-hosted a forum supported in part by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement Grant Program (AVEG).
First Cohort for THEi Master of Engineering Management (Hong Kong) Graduates
This cohort is the culmination of years of partnership between UTS and THEi and we are very proud of their accomplishments—especially throughout the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
AI/IoT Technology to enhance search and rescue in Vietnam
A project that aims to enhance search and rescue operations in Vietnam during natural disasters by using the latest digital transformation technologies, including aerial vehicles (UAVs), artificial intelligence (AI) and remote sensing technology. The initiative will be delivered collaboratively by the University of Technology Sydney and Le Quy Don Technical University.
Unleashing Opportunities in Vietnam Innovation Ecosystem
Academics across the UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT have secured a grant from the Australia-Vietnam Enhanced Economic Engagement (AVEG) Pilot Program, a DFAT scheme to enhance trade and investment between Australia and Vietnam.
Nicolas Baudin Internships provide UTS Students with Research Opportunities in France
Iman Rahimi, PhD, Research Scholar at the Faculty of Engineering IT, is a scholarship recipient of the prestigious Nicolas Baudin Program: Internships in France initiative from the Embassy of France in Australia.
2020
Women in Engineering and IT go global
Overseas travels might be off our radars for some time and we all are hopeful to resume it rather sooner than later.
While we all are holding our breath, why not savour the stories of brave FEIT female students, proud WiEIT community members, who were lucky to be part of fascinating projects in Europe at the beginning of 2020.
IoT-enabled ventilator developed by UTS Rapido Vietnam
A low-cost ventilator system to address severe acute respiratory failure in people suffering from COVID-19 has been developed by HCMUT Rapido, a technology transfer unit at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, in partnership with UTS.
First Vingroup Scholars at UTS
UTS officially welcomed the first group of doctoral students under the prestigious Vingroup Science and Technology Scholarship Program for Overseas Study for Master’s and Doctoral Degrees scholarship.
2019
Industry 4.0 for sustainable water systems
UTS has been awarded AUD$1 million by the Federal Government’s new Aus4Innovation program to improve water systems in Vietnam.
Myanmar-Australia Knowledge Exchange in Professional Engineering Education
UTS and UNSW have been working with the Myanmar Engineering Council and industry stakeholders in Myanmar to identify engineering needs of the future, and how future graduate profiles can meet those needs.
Promoting Wagyu beef traceability between Japan and Australia
The Australia-Japan Foundation is supporting UTS to promote its food tracking technology, which uses blockchain to tap into IoT capabilities along the Wagyu beef supply chain.
New joint research cluster in artificial intelligence
UTS and the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata have consolidated their strong collaborative relationship with the official launch of the ISI-UTS Joint Research Cluster on Artificial Intelligence.
Tracking technology for Wagyu beef
UTS is sharing its pioneering food tracking technology with Wagyu beef farmers in both Australia and Japan.
Mapping the future
Associate Professor Thanh Nguyen conducts leading research in satellite image processing. She visited UTS from VNU University of Engineering and Technology under the Faculty KTP (Engineering and IT) Visiting Fellow program.
UTS and Ontario Tech formalise research cooperation via Joint Research Centre
Cooperation between UTS and Ontario Tech University has taken its next step with the signing of an agreement to establish the Joint Research Centre in AI for Health and Wellness.
Maths to improve the real world
Dr Minh Hoàng Hà uses skills in maths and analytics, as well his creativity, to solve real-world problems. He visited UTS from VNU University of Engineering and Technology under the Faculty KTP (Engineering and IT) Visiting Fellow program.
Ho Chi Minh City returns for second visit to UTS
UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT hosted Ho Chi Minh City for discussions on smart cities, technology transfer and driving entrepreneurship.
UTS and Ho Chi Minh City Talk smart cities and Industry 4.0
UTS deep engagement in Vietnam has led to visit by Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, where discussions centred on common research interests across smart cities and Industry 4.0.
Computer science for mental wellbeing
Dr. Ha Vu Le visited UTS under the Faculty KTP (Engineering and IT) Visiting Fellow program to research brain computer interface applications for brain disorders.
Talented students aim to help society through mechtronics
High schoolers visiting Australia from Vietnam as part of an international robotics competition, tour the UTS state-of-the-art 3D printing facilities and visit its Centre for Autonomous Systems
A flock of autonomous drones
Professor Matteo Convertino is fascinated by the broad and complex organisation of nature. He visited UTS under the Faculty KTP (Engineering and IT) Visiting Fellow program.
2018
UTS shares engineering education experience in Myanmar
Workshop draws industry into curriculum design with the aim of supporting engineering challenges in Myanmar.
UTS Vice-Chancellor leads delegation to Vietnam to formalise relationship with Vingroup
UTS bolstered its growing network in Vietnam with the signing of an MOU with VinTech, a research institute under leading business group Vingroup.
Strengthening our partnerships in Vietnam
UTS was the only university - invited to Canberra by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to make a presentation directly to the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
A rapid prototyping model for Vietnam?
UTS Rapido, an advanced technology development unit established in 2016, is a model of interest to the emerging Vietnamese technology sector looking for ways to develop collaborations between industry and tertiary institutions.
Science Your Future winners tour UTS Engineering and IT
Two winners of the Indonesia Science Your Future competition visited the Faculty of Engineering and IT.
First SILC Master of Engineering Management Students Graduate
Congratulations to the first cohort of SILC Master of Engineering Management alumni.
Collaboration to improve quality of sanitation in urban Bhutan
UTS FEIT hosted delegations from the College of Science and Technology (CST) of the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) as part of a joint project to improve the quality of onsite sanitation in the urban areas of Bhutan.
2017
Floodplain Risk Management and Climate Change
In May 2017 the Faculty of Engineering and IT welcomed a delegation of 15 Fellows from Vietnam to undertake a program in floodplain risk management and climate change.
Award shortlist for arsenic elimination solution
The arsenic elimination project developed by Distinguished Professor Vigneswaran and Dr Tien Vinh Nguyen of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was a finalist for the Water & Wastewater Control Award.
Thirsty for clean water
Every day, millions of people world-wide are exposed to the slow, painful process of arsenic poisoning
