Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

Last week was so jammed full of events and good things I think it’s best to tell it in pictures.

The ARC Industry Transformation Training Centre, M3D officially opened on Friday. Above, (left) Prof Mark Knackstedt (DMP, Director of M3D Training Centre), Dr Marie-Luise Wille (QUT, Deputy Director), Richard Johnston (Deputy CEO, ARC) and H/Prof Dick Henley (DMP, Chair of Centre Board). Below, Marie-Luise and Ellie, Dr Levi Beeching (DMP, CTLab Manager), Mark holding a replica femur used in a assessing a clinical application, our Dean, Prof Kiaran Kirk.

Our AIP award winners; (left) Kate Curtis (TH Laby Medal), Prof Jim Williams (Harrie Massey Medal), Dist Prof Susan Scott (Walter Boas Medal) and Dr John Debs (Education Medal). Congratulations again!!

The CoS Research Expo last wednesday was a huge success and I’d like to thank those who put up booths and brochures. I can’t oversell the benefits of mingling with colleagues from across campus. Well done to Prof Penny King (RSES) our Deputy Dean Research for all her efforts in getting the Expo going. A photo of the top level of Marie Raey buzzing, the ANFF and the MakerSpace booths. Photo credit: Prof Francis Bennet (RSAA, Deputy Dean Innovation)

It’s great to see the Women in Physics Annual Gala last Friday was a huge success with over 60 people attending from RSAA and RSPhys. Some photos from Dr Noemie Bastidon (DMP) can be seen below. My congratulations to Shiyu Wei, who won the best poster competition, and Dige Wang won the Women in Physics logo competition.

And lastly, but in no way least.  A brush with Royalty. Dist Prof Jagadish is inducted by HRH Princess Royal Anne as International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering earlier this month. Jagadish is the first RAE Fellow from ANU.   

Some reminders:

• Reminder about Director’s awards (see last EH)
• Kinetic is kicking off this week (see below)
• ARPANSA inspection is next week

Have a great week,
Tim

ANU Library Academic Skills - Editing Your Thesis Workshops

Tuesday 22 November 2022

• Editing for narrative, 10.00am-12.00pm
• Editing for style and voice, 1.00pm-3.00pm

Workshops will be run in B160, Research School of Physics, R4.03, Conference Room.

Registration is required. To register and for more information, please see the Eventbrite page.

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November 25^th 
This workshop is part of the Resilient Researcher program which is designed to support HDR candidates and ECR's throughout their research by building and maintaining psychological wellbeing, enhancing communication and relationship skills and developing career confidence.

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Australia Awards Fellowships Application - Now Open

Please note that applications for the Australia Awards Fellowships are now open, closing 22nd of January 2023. The maximum amount available per fellow is $30,000. ANU can submit 5 applications, with each application having a maximum of 15 fellowships. 

Fellowships can be for short-term study/training, professional development and related activities, with a minimum duration of 2 weeks (up to 52 weeks) and 70% of the activities taking place in Australia. Priority areas are Climate change and resilience (including green energy transition), Health and health security, Gender equality and social inclusion, Digital economy (including cyber and critical technology engagement), Maritime and the blue economy, and, Infrastructure and connectivity.  

See here for further details.

If you have any interest in applying for this round please contact the Research Management team a soon as possible as application limits apply. 

Please reach out to science.jaeger.rm@anu.edu.au if you have any queries. 

We are currently in the process of establishing the Andrew Papworth Prize Endowment Fund to commemorate the outstanding contribution Andrew Papworth made to undergraduate physics at the ANU. The fund will primarily be used to award prizes to physics undergraduates for outstanding laboratory work.

If you wish to make a donation either by cashing out long service or annual leave or in cash you can do so now by contacting Kellie Takenaka. If you have any questions or would like to know more please contact Vince Craig.

Please see the link for information regarding the STEM Defence-related company internship opportunities with the Defence Innovations Network.

This opportunity is open to domestic students – apply through this link.

Over the summer, ANU Physics and the ANU MakerSpace will be facilitating Kinetic, a funding opportunity aimed to help teams of ANU students, staff and alumni expand ideas into successful projects. This opportunity is open to all disciplines and provides up to $50k worth of funding and support to each successful team.

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College Hot Desking In Physics

EVERY TUESDAY
Mornings (10-12) - HR Team
Afternoons - Finance Team

EVERY THURSDAY
Mornings - RM Team

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EVENTS

PEC Seminar - 21 November

Three personal barriers to teaching transformation - Dr Christine Lindstrøm and Prof Adam Micolich

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Departmental seminars

Dr Yulai Zhang - 24 November
The coupling between rock texture and breakage: A case study on a porphyry copper ore sample using X-ray microCT
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School Seminar Program - 25 November

Topological Data Analysis: Introduction and Application - Associate Professor Vanessa Robins

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