December 15 , 2005
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Message from the Rector
Christmas Message
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff for their efforts over the last year and hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas. Please take care over the holiday period and I shall see you back here in 2006 for another successful year.
The Rector's Office will be closed from 23 December and will re-open on Tuesday 3 January 2006. In the event of an emergency, please contact the Duty Desk on 02 6268 8575.
Professor John Baird
Rector
New Appointments
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Wainwright announced the appointment of Professor Richard Henry as Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Quality Improvement), effective 1 March 2006.
ADFA Switchboard Hours over Christmas leave period
The hours of operation for the ADFA Switchboard will be reduced over the Christmas leave period. They are as follows:
19 - 23 December - switchboard operating from 9am to 4pm
3- 6 January 2006 - switchboard operating from 9am to 4pm
Normal operational hours 8am to 5pm will resume on Monday 9 January 2006.
This will be the last newsletter until mid January 2006.
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RESEARCH & RESEARCH TRAINING OFFICE REPORT
Poster competition in Kensington
On 6 December a number of postgraduate students and supervisors from UNSW@ADFA made what could only be termed a ‘flying visit’ (in cars, yet!) to Kensington in order to attend the inaugural UNSW Engineering Posters Competition (known as the Dean's Awards). (Please note this was the inaugural poster competition for Kensington. Of course, we’ve already had two such competitions at UNSW@ADFA – another first for this campus!).
The inaugural Dean’s Awards for Postgraduate Research received a large number of excellent entries and following a ranking selection based on the abstract received, 45 posters were short-listed for the poster presentation event. Professor Joseph Lai, Associate Dean (Research) would like to congratulate the six UNSW@ADFA students who were selected to present their research at this function. The selection of six posters submitted by UNSW@ADFA students meant that this Faculty was very well represented and was another great way of advertising research undertaken on this campus.
…and yet more on posters…
Professor Joseph Lai, Associate Dean (Research) is pleased to advise that the presentation "Temperature Distribution Measurement using a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser" by Lyndelle Webster, Sean O'Byrne and Frank Houwing received the best poster award at the fourth Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid Mechanics and Combustion in Adelaide last week (7th to 9th of December). (Dr Sean O’Byrne is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering who keeps the Research and Research Training Office on its toes trying to understand simple matters such as laser-enhanced supersonic combustion).
While the poster was actually co-winner with another poster, the researchers received a nice certificate and $100 for their efforts! The poster will be available for all to see at both institutions.
Sean strongly believes the result is a very welcome affirmation of the mutual benefit of collaborative work between UNSW@ADFA and ANU. The presentation generated a lot of interest, despite being the very last paper of the conference!
And a new face in the RRTO…
The Research and Research Training Office (RRTO) would like to advise all staff that Ms Vera Berra from the School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering (ACME) will be undertaking a staff exchange with Mr Geoff Brooks from the Research and Research Training Office for 6 months commencing in January.
The RRTO invites all researchers to drop by the Dragon’s Lair (RRTO) and introduce themselves to Vera who will be working with us through the next Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery application round cycle. We are very much looking forward to having Vera work with us and hope that Geoff has a great time during his stay in ACME.
Season’s Greeting from the RRTO.
We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy festive season. And because we’re known as being a tad ‘quirky’ over here, we leave you with one of the most memorable wishes we’ve ever heard.
We wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year, and may the best of the past be the worst of the future!
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UNSW@ADFA Graduation
The UNSW Chancellor, Mr David Gonski awarded 349 students with their degrees across two conferring ceremonies on Wednesday 7 December 2005 at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.
A total of 237 undergraduate midshipmen and officer cadets and 112 postgraduate students received their degrees in Arts, Business, Science, Engineering and Technology from the University of New South Wales . In addition the Chancellor awarded a University Medal to a graduating student and a Doctor of Science to a senior staff member of the University College in Canberra.
The University Medallist, Air Force Officer Cadet Matthew Brown, a Graduating Engineering student of UNSW at the Australian Defence Force Academy was awarded with a First Class Honours Degree of Engineering in Aeronautical Engineering and the UNSW University Medal during the Degree Conferring Ceremonies for Science and Engineering.
In addition to receiving the University Medal, Matthew Brown was also awarded the Arthur H Corbett Prize and Medal for the most outstanding graduate in Engineering; the Air Vice-Marshal Noble prize for distinguished performance in 4th Year Aeronautical Engineering; and the Aeronautical Engineering prize at a recent joint UNSW and ADFA Prizes and Awards Night.
Professor John Baird, Rector of UNSW@ADFA, said that students of this calibre are not found everyday. “I would say that Matthew has attained one of the highest scores for a number of years. You don't often get such a consistent and highly talented student”, he said.
The Doctor of Science was presented to Professor Greg Jackson from the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences. The Doctor of Science was awarded on the basis of Professor Jackson's outstanding contributions to the field of Coordination Chemistry. His research puts him at the leading edge of inorganic chemistry in Australia and internationally.
Professor Baird said that this award is not made lightly; candidates are put forward on the basis of having made major contributions in a specific field of science. This was achieved through considerable research effort, a significant history of publications and extensive professional contributions to a discipline in Science.
"Only a few inorganic chemists in Australia have accomplished comparable achievements in this particular field of chemistry,” said Professor Baird. “In his field of expertise, Professor Jackson has over 150 peer reviewed papers in international journals of high standing.”
The Occasional Address for the Business, Humanities and Social Science was delivered by Ms Carolyn Hardy, Chief Executive of UNICEF Australia. UNICEF is the United Nations Children's Fund. Ms Hardy spoke about the work of UNICEF and its links to the Australian Defence Force.
The Engineering, Science and Technology Occasional Address was delivered by Dr James Bradfield Moody, Director, Divisional Business Strategy at the CSIRO Division of Land and Water, and also a well known presenter on the ABC's New Inventors show. Dr Moody spoke about enthusiastically about three specific points that had helped him over the last few years, Vision, Values and Passion.
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