UNSW Civil and Environmental Engineering Society (CEVSOC)’s Post

On Friday July 12th 2024, the CEVSOC Development team (Arjuna Edirisinghe, Anushka Sharma, Mary Chen, Naqsh Nagpal, Rica Cabling and Yasiru Jayawardene) hosted its Industry Networking Night at the UNSW Roundhouse, featuring six outstanding industry partners: Arcadis, DT Infrastructure, Laing O'Rourke, PSM, SMEC, and WSP in Australia. Students from all year levels had the opportunity to network with professionals from various companies and fields within civil engineering, gaining valuable insights, sharing experiences and building important connections. We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the representatives and students who joined us and made the evening a success!

On Tuesday 9th July , the CEVSOC Development Team (Rica Cabling, Sharon Boen, Arjuna Edirisinghe, Liam Hopper, Romy Brooks, Sumaiyaa Rahman) held Checkpoint 1 for the 2024 CEVSOC Industry Mentoring Program after a successful Welcoming Night a month prior. This event focused on addressing the crucial topics of resume and cover letter writing in an informative and entertaining manner. In particular, mentees partook in the rewarding experience of having their CV’s reviewed by fellow mentees and mentors, gaining key insights and suggestions from their mentors into any improvements that could be made. On behalf of CEVSOC and the students of the UNSW’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty, we would like to sincerely thank all the incredible industry mentors for generously giving their time in continuing to provide their invaluable guidance and advice to their mentees.

On Tuesday 11th June, the CEVSOC Development Team (Rica Cabling, Sharon Boen, Arjuna Edirisinghe, Liam Hopper, Romy Brooks, Sumaiyaa Rahman) hosted the Welcoming Night for the 2024 CEVSOC Industry Mentoring Program. This event provided an opportunity for 28 mentees and mentors to meet, establish goals for the program and network. Additionally, students also had the chance to network and take a professional portrait. On behalf of the students, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all the industry mentors for providing this incredible mentoring opportunity to the students of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty at UNSW. #team #development #network #engineering #civil #mentoring UNSW Civil and Environmental Engineering

On Wednesday, June 26, CEVSOC’s Community team (Akshara Yogesvaran, Tiara Ekanayake, Henry Zhang, Sarah Pamatian, Pragya Maini, Elke Giordano, Claudia Lenzner, and Georgina Daisy Poulava) held the Women in Civil Networking Night in the Laing O’Rourke office in North Sydney. Students also had the chance to network with industry representatives from Laing O'Rourke, DT Infrastructure, Ward Civil & Environmental Engineering, Arup, Aurecon and PSM. We would like to thank DAN SU, Ravinder Kaur, Ellen Heath, Nicole Waterman, Giselle Massoud, and Jenny Austin for sharing their experiences during the panel discussion. We would also like to recognise CEVSOC’s Marketing team (Janice Li, Selina Li and Nicholas Wong), and the event photographers (Kush Prajapati and Natalie Tam), for their efforts in promoting and capturing the event. Finally, thank you to all of the students who attended. We hope you gained a deeper understanding of future career opportunities and the importance of gender equality in engineering.

On Thursday 6th June 2024, CEVSOC’s Development Team and Surveying Society UNSW held our annual Industrial Training Night where students were given an opportunity to gain more insight and knowledge into the mandatory industrial training process. Speakers from UNSW Industrial Training, as well as student and industry speakers were able to speak on their experiences and give tips for finding and carrying out the mandatory industrial training. The event had over 115 students, staff, and academics in attendance and was a great success. We would like to thank speakers from UNSW IT (Kesh Thangavelu), our student speakers (Lachlan Ho, Georgina Robinson, Sarina Ulrich) as well as our industry representatives from E3 Advisory, PSM, Aurecon and CMS SURVEYORS. We would also like to recognise the work of the Development team (Josh Oommen, Arjuna Edirisinghe, Emilio Abaya, Veena Jethwa, and Lachlan Chen) and Survsoc's organising team (Thomas Hatzenberg, Jasmine Cheng, and Claire Warren) for organising the event. Special thanks to Nicholas Wong, Janice Li and Selina Li for marketing the event. Lastly, a massive thank you to everyone who attended the event and we hope to see you in future CEVSOC events! UNSW Civil and Environmental Engineering

On Wednesday 13th March, CEVSOC ran their annual Careers Fair with the help of the Development Team (Rica Cabling, Sharon Boen, Mary Chen, Yasiru Jayawardene, Arjuna Edirisinghe), where more than 300 students participated in networking with the 19 civil, environmental engineering and surveying companies in attendance during the event. Careers Fair provided students with the chance to learn more about the different career opportunities and pathways available to them, and gain valuable insight from industry representatives. We would like to thank all our industry partners for attending including Arcadis, E3 Advisory, TTW Engineers (Taylor Thomson Whitting), KELLER, Aurecon, Laing O'Rourke, Qubist Pty Ltd, Jacobs, Northrop Consulting Engineers, Douglas Partners Pty Ltd, Witt Consulting, PSM, RPS, SMEC, DT Infrastructure, Land Surveys, CMS SURVEYORS, WSP in Australia and Ward Civil & Environmental Engineering. We would also like to thank UNSW Civil and Environmental Engineering for the effort they put in to help us run the event smoothly.

On the 11th of December 2023, graduating Civil Engineering students enjoyed a spectacular final-year dinner at Dockside Sydney, hosted by the Socials team (Sue Kim, John Doumit, Jordan Yin, Ipsita Rawat, Liao Long, Joe Prendergast, Wilson Wu, Utsa Parajuli). This event brought over 120 students and industry professionals together to celebrate our newly graduated engineers, as they embark on the next step of their life journey. We would also like to extend our gratitude to our generous sponsors – PSM, Keller, ARUP, Jacobs, RPS, Aurecon, Qubist, and Turnbull - whose unwavering support and commitment to UNSW’s School of Civil Engineering helped shape this event’s success. 

On Wednesday 25th October, the CEVSOC Development Team proudly hosted its annual Industry Networking Night at the UNSW Roundhouse. Students across all years had the opportunity to interact with a wide array of industry partners, gaining valuable insights about the engineering industry and the remarkable opportunities and people within it. During the night, students and industry partners also partook in a Spaghetti Tower Mashmallow Challenge, and showcased the collaboration spirit and engineering prowess of present and aspiring engineers. We would like to extend our thanks to our attending industry sponsors including ARUP, Aurecon, DT Infrastructure, Laing O’Rourke, Northrop, PSM, SMEC, and WSP. Thank you to all the industry representative who graciously shared their time and knowledge on the night. Additionally, we would like the recognise the effort of the organising team (Jennifer Wang, Arthur Choo, Aryan Nair, Sarah Kumar, and Yasiru Jayawardene) for delivering a greatly successful event.

On Tuesday 17th October, the CEVSOC Development team (Dominic Ung, Arjuna Edirisinghe, Paul B., Olivia Bourke, Sissi Zhu, Anushka Sharma) hosted Closing Night of the 2023 CEVSOC Industry Mentoring Program, bringing an end to the program for the year. Mentees were provided with the opportunity to evaluate their individual progress and achievements during the program and consult their mentors for further development opportunities beyond the program. Both individual and group reflection sessions were conducted to improve the connections with all the mentees and mentors during the night. On behalf of the students of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty of UNSW, we would like to thank the mentors for the CEVSOC Industry Mentoring program for taking the time to provide students with guided tips and advice. Also, we would also like to thank all the mentees who took part in the Industry Mentoring program over the last four months, and we hope you all benefitted from the program.

After the conclusion of the 2024 CEVSOC AGM, we are proud to announce the executive team for 2024: Co-Presidents: Dominic Ung and Sue Kim Treasurer: Sissi Zhu Arc Delegate: Justin Nonis Vice-President (Community): Akshara Yogesvaran Vice-President (Development): Arjuna Edirisinghe Vice-President (Marketing): Janice Li Vice-President (Socials): Jordan Yin The outgoing 2023 team wishes the new team all the best and expect great things in the works! Best of luck, The 2023 Executive team (Annikka Burge, Maddie Clacy, Lachlan Ho, Sadia Khaja, Jessica Zhu, Michaela Beardsell)