17 November 2006
Message from the Rector
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the 14 th International Space planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference here in Canberra. The conference was hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and The Australian Hypersonics Initiative in which we are a partner institution. I would like to congratulate Dr Russell Boyce and his team on a highly successful event.
The conference was followed up on Friday with the signing of an agreement between the the Australian Government through the Australian Hypersonics Initiative and the US Air Force. This agreement - The Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) project, is worth more than $54 million US dollars. The Defence Science and Technology Organisation will take the major lead but will also include key staff from both UNSW@ADFA and The University of Queensland. Congratulations to all staff who have been involved in this project.
I would like to remind staff that our Degree Conferral Ceremonies will be held on Wednesday 13 December 2006. Participating in our graduation ceremonies gives you the opportunity to be involved in one of the happiest and most memorable occasions of a student's life at UNSW. All academic staff at UNSW@ADFA are encouraged to join an academic procession into Adams Hall. The times of the two ceremonies are:
10.00am Business, Humanities and Social Sciences
2.30pm Engineering, Science and Technology
6.00pm - Prizes and Awards Night
Reminder: Campus Newsletter published fortnightly - Next published on 16 NJovember 2006
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Academic Procession
Participating in our graduation ceremonies gives you the opportunity to be involved in one of the happiest and most memorable occasions of a student's life at UNSW. All academic staff at UNSW@ADFA are encouraged to join an academic procession on Wednesday 13 December 2006. The ceremonies will be held in Adams Hall as follows:
10.00am Business, Humanities and Social Sciences
2.30pm Engineering, Science and Technology
An invitation to attend will be emailed to all academic staff shortly.
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Indoor Sports Centre - Reduced Hours
The ISC Hours up until 04 Dec 06 are as follows:
a. 20 - 24 Nov 06 0700 h - 1730 h; and
b. 27 Nov 06 01 Dec 06 0700 h - 1730 h.
The ISC will not be open on weekends for the remainder of the year from the weekend of 1112 Nov 06.
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CrimTrac Current systems, future opportunities
Presenter: Mr Ben McDevitt, CEO of CrimTrac
Time: 12 noon (Half hour presentation followed by 10 minute question time)
Date: Monday, November 20, 2006
Location: Lecture Theatre North, LT6 (Please note the location)
Map of ADFA: http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/images/adfamap.pdf
About the seminar
Mr McDevitt will give an overview of what CrimTrac does as an agency undertaking the task of facilitating information sharing for Australian law enforcement agencies. He will also discuss the increasing reliance on biometrics in policing as well as some of the new technologies being explored by the agency.
About the Speaker
Mr McDevitt is the Chief Executive Officer of CrimTrac, the national law enforcement support agency which assists Australian police services through forensic science, information technology and communications advances.
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Multilingual Picnic
WHAT: Multilingual Picnic
WHERE: Black Mountain Peninsula, Acton, near the Children's Playground
WHEN: 4-6pm Sunday 26 November
Are you part of a bilingual or multilingual family? Do you want to raise your children bilingually?
Canberra Region Bilingual Families is holding a Multilingual Picnic on Sunday 26 November 2006 from 4pm - 6pm at the Children's Playground at Black Mountain Peninsula, Acton.
Everyone interested in raising children bilingually is invited to come along with their family and friends. Parents can find out more about the support network, while children can play together and hear some of the many languages used in our region today.
To register your interest in the group and join the mailing list, email
bilingualfamily-subscribe@googlegroups.com
For further information please contact Twan Huybers (6268 8075 or t.huybers@adfa.edu.au) or Mandy Scott (0408 089 235 or mandy.scott@canberra.edu.au).
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Australian Operations Research Society, ACT Chapter
Operations Research Symposium 2006
30th November 2006
UNSW@ADFA, Canberra
The Australian Operations Research Society, ACT Chapter will host a one-day Symposium on Operations Research on 30th November 2006 at UNSW@ADFA, Canberra. The symposium will provide a forum for operations research scientists to exchange ideas and discuss their latest research and applications. All interested Operations Research academics and practitioners are invited to give a 20 - 30 minutes talk in the symposium.
The talks will be accepted based on its relevance to the symposium and quality of work content.
To cover the cost of tea and lunch, there will a small registration fee of $20 for ASOR member and $30 for non-member. Full-time students are free. Registration fee must be paid in cash at the registration desk on the day of symposium.
Symposium Chair: Dr David Wood, (David.Wood1@defence.gov.au), President, ASOR, ACT Chapter.
Sponsors: ADFA Operations Research Group, DSTO Operations Research Group and ASOR-ACT Chapter.
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FREE COMMUNITY LECTURES and SEMINARS
Upcoming Seminars
The Asia-Pacific Seminar convenors welcome suggestions for seminar speakers and topics. Please contact 2006 convenors: Minako Sakai (m.sakai@adfa.edu.au), Glenn Banks (glenn.banks@adfa.edu.au), Paul Tickell (p.tickell@adfa.edu.au)
Enquiries:
Taufiq Tanasaldy (apss@adfa.edu.au), tel. (02) 6268 8914
RESEARCH & RESEARCH TRAINING OFFICE REPORT
Faculty Research Grant Committee: selection outcomes
On Friday 3 November the Faculty Research Grants Committee (FRGC) met to assess applications for funding under a range of funding schemes. Members of the FRGC are: Professor Ian Petersen, A/g Associate Dean (Research), (Chair), Professor Brian Lees, A/Prof Aurelia George-Mulgan, Dr Krishna Shankar, Dr Valeri Ougrinovski, Dr Twan Huybers and Dr Harvi Sidhu.
On behalf of all UNSW@ADFA applicants, Professor John Baird (Rector) thanks all members of the FRGC. Prof Baird is fully aware of the time and effort the FRGC has devoted to the assessment of research applications across a wide range of funding schemes. The voluntary contribution of significant amounts of time to this highly important undertaking by the FRGC has made a substantial contribution to the promotion of both our research activities and the encouragement of our early career researchers.
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Defence Related Research Grants: ADFA Research Committee endorses funding recommendations
The second meeting of the ADFA Research Committee was held on 10 November 2006. The membership of the committee comprises equal representations from UNSW@ADFA and the Australian Defence Force. The three main functions of the committee are to:
- consider Defence related research activities currently undertaken at UNSW@ADFA with a view to gain transparency, to confirm relevance of current Defence related elements and/or components of research, and to identify emerging themes for research;
- provide Defence with a forum to collaborate with UNSW@ADFA on emerging issues within Defence that could be addressed by research undertaken at UNSW@ADFA. Such issues would be prioritised by the Committee and detailed at the Annual Triennium Review each year.
- review and approve recommendations made by UNSW@ADFA Faculty Research Grants Committee for funding under the Defence-Related Research Funding Scheme, and allocate grants based on those recommendations in amounts not exceeding $20,000 per project, up to a total of $100,000 per annum provided by UNSW@ADFA.
The Defence Related Research Funding Scheme (DRR) was established to support full-time academic staff to pursue Defence-related research for well-defined projects having an identifiable set of outcomes.
Applications for funding under the DRR scheme were assessed by the Faculty Research Grants Committee (FRGC) and endorsed by the ADFA Research Committee. The following eight projects totalling $100,000 were approved for funding to commence in 2006.
Professor James Cotton: The 2007 elections in East Timor : the impact of political competition on the prospects for nation-building and public order: $5,000
Mr Matt Garratt and A/Professor Hemanshu Pota: Development of Indigenous UAV Platform for Autonomous Landing on Moving Decks: $19,000
Dr Bob Hall: Morale, discipline and winning wars: Assessing the contribution of morale and discipline to an army's capacity to fight: $9,000
Dr Charles Harb and Dr David Pulford: Molecular Fingerprint Spectroscopic Trace Gas Detection: $14,000
Dr Xuiping Jia and Dr Mark Pickering: Improved Anomaly Detection and Target Recognition Techniques for Security Applications: $12,000
Dr Andrew Lambert, A/Professor Don Fraser and Mr Matt Garratt: Real Time Image Processing Hardware for Air Platform Surveillance and Targeting: $15,000
Dr Tapabrata Ray and Dr Anavatti Sreenatha: Development of a dynamic, micro, hybrid optimization algorithm for multiobjective online UAV path: $12,000
Dr Lynne Wallace and Dr Anthony Day: Investigations on Azoxytriazolone (AZTO), a New Molecule Synthesised at UNSW@ADFA: $14,000
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Faculty Research Grant Program
A total amount of $237,500 was allocated for Faculty research projects to be undertaken in 2007. The Faculty Research Grants Program (FRGP) is designed to specifically meet the following objectives:
- support research in all fields, which is of modest cost and will likely lead to a significant conceptual advance in the understanding and knowledge of a subject, or practical outcomes of importance to the research endeavour;
- support cross-disciplinary research;
- support research by staff whose research careers have been interrupted and who have the potential for successful re-activation;
- support research by new staff;
- support emerging research strengths; and
- assist staff to develop competitive applications to external research funding agencies.
Professor Ian Petersen and the Faculty Research Grants Committee extend their congratulations to the following researchers on their successful applications to UNSW@ADFA's internal FRG scheme.
A/Professor Jacky Croke: Catchment Connectivity: An Innovative Concept in Managing Sediment Delivery to the Great Barrier Reef: $42,000
A/Professor Grant Collins and Dr Anthony Day: Improved multinuclear platinum anti-cancer drug activity through -slower platinum centre reactivity, higher cellular uptake and protective encapsulation in cucurbituril: $28,500
A/Professor Michael Frater and Dr Michael Ryan: Performance of Wireless Networks Operating Over a Shared Lossy Communications Channel: $25,000
A/Professor Lal Godara: Surveillance with Smart Antennas: $12,000
Dr Charles Harb, Dr Elanor Huntington and Dr David Pulford: Continuously Tuneable Wavelength-Measurement Technology, Using Spatial Mode Recognition, for Optical DWDM Communication Systems: $22,000
Dr Harald Kleine: Characteristics of irregular shock wave reflection: $18,000
A/Professor Warrick Lawson: What stellar properties most influence planet formation: $12,000
Dr Valeri Ougrinovski and A/Professor Hemanshu Pota: Robust control systems design for efficient control of large-scale systems: $24,000
Dr Minako Sakai: The emergent Islamic economy and its impact on the national integration of Indonesia: $ 12,000
Professor Rowland Sammut: Optimised design for large-core, high-power optical fibre laser: $18,000
Dr Heiko Timmers, Dr Mark Pickering: Nano-scale radioisotope tracing for wear-reduction in knee implants: $10,000
A/Professor Cliff Woodward: Computational Studies of Polymer Fluids and Solutions: $14,000
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Special Research Grants
Special Research Grants provide seed funding of up to $5,000 to enable full-time academic staff to develop their research to be competitive nationally in terms of quality and/or ability to attract external funding. For projects to be undertaken in 2007, a total amount of $40,000 was allocated for the following successful applications.
Ms Sue Burdekin: Operational Self-reports in a Multi-crewed Military Flight Environment: $3,884
Dr Russell Boyce: The influence of fuel jet diameter on scramjet combustion and surface cooling: $5,000
Dr Harald Kleine: Time-resolved colour schlieren visualisation of transient phenomena: $4,000
Dr Annavatti Sreenatha: Development of PC-104 based autopilot for UAV: $3,000
Dr James Hanson: Effects of the Integrating Core Courses on BBus students' knowledge, skills and attitudes: $4,000
Dr Jung-Soo Seo: Emigration and its Effects on Home Country's Bilateral Trade within in the Modified Gravity Equation - An Empirical Analysis of Korea: $5,000
Dr Gavin Mount: Neomedievalism and the Transformation of War: $4,000
Dr Sarah Gleeson-White: Faulkner's Frontier: Southern Pastoral and Go Down, Moses: $4,000
Dr Heiko Timmers: Nano-scale radioisotope tracing for wear-reduction in knee implants: $5,000
Dr Hua Wang and Professor Brian Lees: Managing Australian Defence Force Activities in Marine Protected Areas - Using Jervis Bay as a Case Study: $3,000
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Deans' Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research
Professor John Baird (Rector) and Professor Ian Petersen (Associate Dean (Research)) extend their sincere congratulations to Vinh Bui from the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering on his prize-winning presentation at the Deans' Award function held at Kensington on 8 November. A total of 47 top engineering research students were selected to present their research, and we are pleased to announce that Vihn was awarded $500 to support his travel expenses to local and/or international conferences.
The Deans' Postgraduate Research Award was established to recognise outstanding research in engineering and applied sciences. A Prize of $3000 was awarded for Best Poster Overall and $500 for Runner Up in each of the four Faculty Research themes of Energy, Resources and the Environment; Information and Communication Technologies; Structures, Mechanics, Devices and Materials; and Design, Systems, Management and Education.
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UNSW@ADFA Faculty Seminars
The Faculty Seminar Series in 2006 was a resounding success with only standing (or bench-sitting) room remaining on a number of occasions. Professor John Baird (Rector) would like to express his appreciation to Professor David Lovell, Professor Brian Lees, A/Professor Hussein Abbass, Professor Peter Dennis, Professor Joseph Lai, Em. Professor Greg Jackson, Professor Ian Petersen and A/Professor Jacky Croke for the time they have taken in preparing their seminars and sharing information about their research with other academics on campus.
The Faculty Seminar Series is a great way to disseminate information about research undertaken at UNSW@ADFA across all disciplines and has led to collaborative efforts and networking across a very wide range of research areas. Planning has already commenced for the 2007 seminars, and topics will range from research areas as diverse as Rare-Earth Magnetism, 'Non-lethal' Weapons and the Occupation of Iraq, to Drugs in Sport.
If there is research currently being undertaken on campus about which you would like to know more, or if you would like to hear the outcomes of a particular project, please let the RRTO know. We will then endeavour to put our highly effective arm-twisting expertise to use in encouraging relevant researchers to volunteer to present their findings in a future Faculty Seminar.
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French lessons for scientists
The Embassy of France in Australia is pleased to offer its program French lessons for scientists' in 2007.
The following persons are invited to apply to benefit from the program: Researchers, Academics, PhD students (especially enrolled in Cotutelle) and Administrative staff, preferably involved in International Relations, and working for Research or Academic institutions.
Lessons will be held at 6 major Alliances Françaises around Australia ( Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney ) and aim to improve general language knowledge, depending on each student's level. The program is not a scientific nor a specific terminology course, and applications from all levels (beginners to advanced) will be considered.
The French Lessons for Scientists' 2007 call is on offer from 13 November to 8 December 2006. For more information, please visit: http://www.ambafrance-au.org/article.php3?id_article=952
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Upcoming Events
| DATE |
TITLE |
VENUE |
| 13 Dec |
Degree Conferrals - Bus & HaSS |
10am Adams Hall |
| 13 Dec |
Degree Conferrals - Eng, Science & Tech |
2.30pm Adams Hall |
| 13 Dec |
Prizes & Awards Night |
6pm Adams Hall |
| 14 Dec |
ADFA Graduation Parade |
ADFA Parade Grnd |
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