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The Faculty hosts a number of local, national, and international events across the year for alumni and friends to connect socially and professionally.

We also support Class Reunions – a great opportunity to reconnect with friends and classmates, reminisce about your days at university, and hear about what's happening at UQ. For upcoming reunions - please check the Faculty's Alumni Events Calendar below or the University's Alumni Reunions page.

For more information, or advice, please contact the Alumni & Community Engagement team.

Visit our Facebook page to see photos from our past events.

  • Energy and Development - CPD

    16 April 2018 9:00am to 20 April 2018 5:00pm

    This course examines the fundamental importance of energy transitions for achieving sustainable development.

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  • Well Logging for Petroleum Engineers - CPD

    16 April 2018 9:00am to 20 April 2018 5:00pm

    The aim of this module is to: Understand the concept of formation evaluation and well logging. Understand the physical principles of the tools used in logging. Characterise the formation based on interpretation of well logs. CPD places available.

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  • Continuing Professional Development Course: ‘External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design’

    30 April 2018 8:00am to 4 May 2018 5:00pm

    The purpose of this course is to provide practising engineers with the specialist knowledge to address the fire safety strategy of buildings and understand the implications of using ACP products capable of supporting vertical flame spread.

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  • Energy Principles and Renewable Energy - CPD

    2 July 2018 9:00am to 6 July 2018 5:00pm

    This course introduces students to the language of energy and key scientific principles that underpin energy systems. Students are provided with an overview of the energy challenge including supply and demand and future scenarios for 2050.

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  • Energy Investment and Finance - CPD

    9 July 2018 9:00am to 13 July 2018 5:00pm

    The course introduces key commercial analysis concepts and decision tools including financial concepts such as cash flows, costs of debt and equity, and rates of return, discount rates, NPV analysis for informing the development of a business case.

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  • Health Monitoring of Civil Engineering Structures - CPD
    Continuing Professional Development 2-Day Course

    11 April 2018 9:00am to 12 April 2018 6:00pm

    This course focuses on the state-of-the-art methods and techniques in assessing the health status of civil engineering structures such as buildings and bridges.

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  • Reservoir Engineering - CPD (Part 1)

    27 March 2018 9:00am to 29 March 2018 5:00pm

    The aim of this module is to: Understand the rock and fluid properties of a hydrocarbon reservoir. Describe the nature of the fluid flow and pressure distribution in a reservoir. Understand the effects of production/ injection on recovery of reserves.

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  • EAIT alumni networking drinks
    Brisbane

    22 March 2018 5:30pm to 8:30pm

    Join us and your fellow alumni at our first Alumni Drinks event for 2018!

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  • Climate Science and Policy - CPD

    12 March 2018 9:00am to 16 March 2018 5:00pm

    This course explains the physical science of climate change, with discussion of climate models, projections and impact scenarios. Australian and international climate policies will be presented and their implications for transitioning to a low carbon society will be explored.

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  • Drilling Engineering - CPD

    12 March 2018 9:00am to 16 March 2018 5:00pm

    The aim of this module is to: Understand the concepts and techniques used in drilling engineering. Examine the design requirements of well planning and construction. Optimise the design of a drilling program.

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  • Alumni Drinks: Welcome to WA

    14 March 2018 5:30pm to 8:00pm

    Join us and your fellow alumni at our first Perth alumni meetup for 2018!

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  • UQ Architecture Lecture Series: Kelly Shannon
    OSA Urbanism & Architecture

    13 March 2018 6:00pm to 8:00pm

    Are you interested in architecture and design, and its impact on the world? The annual UQ Architecture Lecture Series brings together forward-thinking architects, designers and intellectuals who each generate new knowledge, ideas and strategies within architecture.

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  • Geoscience for Petroleum Engineers - CPD

    19 February 2018 9:00am to 23 February 2018 5:00pm

    The aim of this module is to: Understand the geological environment responsible for hydrocarbon formation, migration and storage. Identify the main characteristics of hydrocarbon-bearing formations. Estimate the volume of such reservoirs.

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  • Global Leadership Series - The Future of Travel

    20 February 2018 6:00pm to 8:00pm

    It’s been a long time since Australia was a player in space exploration, however, UQ wants to change that – with the help of a plane that travels five times the speed of sound. Combining uncrewed scramjets with conventional rockets could radically reduce the costs of blasting satellites into orbit.

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  • Energy Principles and Renewable Energy - CPD

    12 February 2018 9:00am to 16 February 2018 5:00pm

    This course introduces students to the language of energy and key scientific principles that underpin energy systems. Students are provided with an overview of the energy challenge including supply and demand and future scenarios for 2050.

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  • Brisbane Alumni Networking Drinks

    7 December 2017 5:30pm to 8:00pm

    You are warmly invited to connect with your fellow alumni at our Brisbane Alumni Networking Drinks event on Thursday, 30 November 2017 (venue to be confirmed).

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  • New Horizons in Risk Management (CPD)
    UQR!SK Symposium

    20 November 2017 9:00am to 22 November 2017 5:00pm

    An exciting, wide-ranging, 3-day symposium for industry practitioners, regulators and academia showcasing current leading-edge industry practices and next-generation approaches to risk management.

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