Impact case studies

Learn about UNSW Scientia Professor Martin Green and his development of the world’s most commercially viable solar cell technology.

UNSW Professors Peter Macdonald and Dr Yashutosh Joshi pioneered Heart in a Box technology in 2014 that allows surgeons to transplant donor hearts that have stopped beating after death, also known as donation after cardiac death hearts (DCD hearts).

UNSW Engineering students have worked with Gulu University &  ASEI  to provide safe drinking water to schools & healthcare facilities in Northern & Western Uganda.

We're dedicated to recognising that the knowledges and cultures of Indigenous peoples are a resource all Australians can learn from. Discover the Culturally Nourishing Schooling and Cultural Residents Project led by UNSW’s School of Education in the faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture.

UNSW Tax and Business Advisory Clinic offers a free, year-round, state-wide business clinic for people in serious financial hardship. 

Globally, the shift towards producing and using renewable energy is increasing. Over the past decade the production of renewable energy has more than doubled, and its share of total primary energy consumption has grown from 9% to 13%. However, despite this growth, the use of fossil fuels is still increasing to meet energy demands.