The academic team behind Charles Sturt University's (CSU's) new engineering program has arrived in Bathurst, bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge to share with regional Australia.

The final member of the 11 person team commenced on Monday 30 November. Foundation Professor of Engineering Euan Lindsay believes the team's array of experience will greatly benefit students and CSU's local regions.

"We have built a team of people from different academic and industry backgrounds and locations to give our students the best knowledge bank to draw on," Professor Lindsay said.

"For students, the variety of expertise at hand, combined with the course's four year-long work placements, will ensure they graduate with the knowledge, skills and experience to make a difference in the industry their communities."

The CSU Engineering team has expertise in water and wastewater engineering, engineering for natural disasters, geotechnical engineering and coastal structures. Many have international qualifications from universities in the United States, China, Thailand and Japan, and two have moved from the U.S. to take positions with CSU Engineering.

Members of the team have also conducted extensive research in engineering education and are experts in how students learn in the discipline of engineering.

"To have such a concentration of expertise in the Central West will mean more resources for the local community, businesses and industry to draw on including research and highly skilled graduates," Professor Lindsay said.

An initial area of research for the team will be water and wastewater engineering. Lecturer in Engineering Dr Lalantha Senevirathna believes this research will have real, tangible outcomes for regional areas.

"Water is crucial to all cities and towns but it is particularly important to those in regional areas whose livelihood depends on it," Dr Senevirathna said.

"We are hoping to investigate runoff at farms and potential contamination from chemicals, pharmaceuticals and hormones. This research will be fed back to industry and will hopefully improve standards and practices."

More information about the CSU Engineering team is available from the CSU Engineering website.

For information about studying engineering at CSU, visit the CSU website.