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Director's Message
Dear Colleagues,
A number of events last week highlight the enormous value our many distinguished Emeritus staff have played in building the School’s world-leading reputation. In addition to the profound contributions of Stewart Turner to establishing the Climate and Fluid Physics group and to the discipline of environmental fluid mechanics, please join me in congratulating Patrick DeDeckker, who ‘awarded’ an Officer in the Order of Leopold by the Belgian Ambassador last Friday. The Order of Leopold is the most prestigious honorary system in Belgium
Steve
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Emeritus Professor Turner
On Thursday 3rd April we held a small event to commemorate the contributions of Prof Stewart Turner (FAA, FRS) to RSES. Stewart was the founding father of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (now Climate & Fluid Physics) group, and one of the world’s leading authorities on buoyancy effects in fluid. During his time at RSES he forged new research directions, particularly in geological fluid mechanics. Stewart retired at the end of 1995, but has remained as an Emeritus Professor, since turning 89 earlier this year Stewart has decided to give up his Emeritus status — and to retire from RSES a second time!
Stewart leaves RSES a legacy of a successful group, one of the world’s top fluid laboratories and a number of former students and research fellows, including Ross Griffiths and Trevor McDougall. Both Trevor and Ross spoke at the event, reminiscing about their past exploits. |
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Colliding stars, quantum particles and Hawking’s black hole legacy: Physics in the Pub, May 9
A fabulous lineup announced for the first in a monthly series of Science in the Pub. May is Physics
Join us in a relaxed venue as physicists share their love of the cosmos, the nanoparticle and the legendary wheelchair-bound genius.
When: Wednesday May 9
Where: Smiths Alternative, 76 Alinga St, Civic
Cost: Free thanks to the Australian Institute of Physics
No bookings required, but turn up early - we will pack out Smiths!
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/156600451699971/
The Lineup!
Last year, two neutrons stars collided and shook the whole cosmos. Ashley Ruiter (UNSW Canberra) is going to tell us what it felt like.
Matthew Colless (Mt Stromlo, ANU ) is paying tribute to Stephen Hawking – he studied under him at Cambridge.
Data is cool, says astronomer Fiona Panther (Stromlo, ANU). Until you have too much. Then you need a guitar to cope.
Robert Ward (OzGrav, ANU) wants to know what happens when you fall into a black hole. Hawking’s theories suggest you get incinerated by a seething maelstrom of particles. Or it could be nothing at all.
Ed Simpson (Nuclear Physics ANU) is going to take you inside the mysterious white tower on the shores of the lake. No, not the carillon – much more exciting, the particle accelerator at ANU!
Matt Woolley (UNSW Canberra) has studied huge, vibrating quantum drums. They’re massive by quantum standards - about the width of a human hair.
Every quantum physicist talks about Schrodinger’s Cat, but the cat’s got a few things to say back to the physicists, says Phil Dooley (Phil Up On Science)
AJ Mitchell (Nuclear Physics, ANU) is radioactive. Is it infectious? Is it curable?
Larissa Huston (Physics ANU) is taking a break from the pressure of a PhD to tell you all about the everyday and the extreme pressures in our world.
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Winter Intensive Tutoring Program
Starts O Week Monday 16 July
Are you interested in gaining new skills to improve your effectiveness as a tutor/demonstrator? Principles of Tutoring and Demonstrating (PTD) is an intensive 10 module program, designed to help you develop teaching strategies, apply effective lesson planning principles, offer practical help with marking and examples of how to give feedback to your students.
This program is offered during O Week to PhD students who have some tutoring experience. Another PTD program is scheduled for semester 2 and is more practical for those participants new to tutoring. Dates for the ‘new to tutoring’ program released in mid-June.
Winter Intensive Program
Modules T1 & T2 – Monday 16 July
Modules T3 & T4 – Tuesday 17 July
Modules T5 & T7 – Thursday 19 July
Module T8 – Friday 20 July
Module T9 – Monday 23 July ( fully online)
Module T6 – Monday 30 July (Peer Observation with online reflection, participants to organise)
Module T10 – Tuesday 31 July
Registrations essential at https://services.anu.edu.au/training/principles-of-tutoring-and-demonstrating (On the webpage click top right – Register Now button).
If you have completed a tutor training program in your College you can gain credit in PTD for the modules you have completed (please indicate in your registration what modules you have completed – you will need to provide a certificate or evidence of the completion of these modules).
All modules, except Peer Observation (T6) & Evaluation and Reflective Practice (T9), will be held in the CHELT Seminar Room, Chancelry 10T1. |
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Negative Emissions Conference
Calling for abstract and registration to the Negative Emissions conference sponsored by RSES.
Where: The Shine Dome, Canberra
When: 30-31 October 2018
More information can be found here: and here: |
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Publications
Thanh-Son Pham, Hrvoje Tkalčić, Malcolm Sambridge, Brian L N Kennett
Earth's Correlation Wavefield: Late Coda Correlation.
Gordon Lister, Hrvoje Tkalčić, Babak Hejrani, Achraf Koulali, Eelco Rohling, Marnie Forster, Simon McClusky
Lineaments and earthquake ruptures on the East Japan megathrust
Wurtzel, J.B., Abram, N.J., Lewis, S.C., Bajo, P., Hellstrom, J.C., Troitzsch, U., Heslop, D. (2018). Tropical Indo-Pacific hydroclimate response to North Atlantic forcing during the last deglaciation as recorded by a speleothem from Sumatra, Indonesia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 492, 264-278. |
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Tegan Smith on completing her PhD |
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GSA's EEHSG Distinguished Lecturer talk at GA
Prof Steve Gorelick from Stanford University will be presenting the GSA’s EEHSG Distinguished Lecturer talk:
Title: Freshwater scarcity in semi-arid and tropical regions:Jordan’s water security and Vietnam’s invisible hazard
When: Tuesday May 15 at 13.00,
Where: the Raggett Theatre at GA (13.00-14.00).
It will be a public lecture. All welcome to attend. |
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Training
An important service of the Human Resource Division is the provision of a range of relevant and contemporary training and development opportunities for university staff.
To improve current staff training and development opportunities, we have undertaken the two major actions:
- Conducted an informal training needs analysis to identify delivery gaps in staff training needs which has resulted in the introduction of new and additional training workshops that will be offered across the course of the 2018 year.
- Refreshed the ANU Staff Training & Development website to streamline and update information on the range of face-to-face training and online training opportunities – the refreshed site is available at: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/training-development
These service improvements are part of our broader goal to strengthen support for individual professional and career development, and the advancement of the university’s strategic priorities and vision. |
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ANU offers a range of counselling services for enrolled students (undergraduate or postgraduate) who might be experiencing a range of difficulties around mental health, stress, motivation, social anxiety and so on.
web-site is http://www.anu.edu.au/students/health-wellbeing/counselling
In addition to the group programs and workshops they also offer confidential counselling services for individuals. If you have concerns about the welfare of any of your students, please consider directing them towards this service, |
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