Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

Sorry, another late EH from me this week. I'll try and pick up my game for next week!

The top pic says it all, a wonderful winter graduation to celebrate with our colleagues. My congratulations to all our graduates;

Allina Nadzri (PhD, Department of Materials Physics)
Wei Wen Wong (PhD, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering)
Lauren Bezzina (PhD, Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications)
Ka Po Tee (PhD, Department of Materials Physics)
Jacob Buete (PhD, Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications)
Hao Jeng (PhD, Department of Quantum Science and Technology)
Dige Wang (PhD, Department of Quantum Science and Technology)
Xilin Lu (PhD, Department of Fundamental and Theoretical Physics)
Patrick McGlynn (PhD, Department of Fundamental and Theoretical Physics)
Huma Latif (PhD, Department of Quantum Science and Technology)
Sonachand Adhikari (PhD, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering)
Tianyue Ellen Zheng (Honours)
Jack Woodside (Honours)
Thomas Hort (Honours)
Xiaotian Liu (Master of Science (Advanced) in Precision Instrumentation and Measurement)
Ran Ji (Master of Science in Theoretical Physics)
Simone Antich (Master of Energy Change (Advanced))
Mrunmayi Sudhakar Deshpande (Master of Science in Precision Instrumentation and Measurement)
Jackson Hickman (Graduate Certificate of Nuclear Technology Regulation)

Two important surveys to consider;

1. CSIRO are collecting information about Quantum Communications research in Australia. Closes 25 Aug.
2. $500k of ANU Teaching grants.  If you’re interested do this survey by Tuesday 25thJuly.

Please note the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator workshop on Thursday (see below).

Dept Heads will be collecting ideas around reducing our School carbon footprint. I’ve heard some great ideas including counting some of our green research in hydrogen.  

Cheers,
Tim

ANUSA - Union For All Students Including HDR

Starting from July 1, 2023, ANUSA will be extending their services to encompass all postgraduate students, including HDR candidates.

The comprehensive range of services and programs currently offered by ANUSA to undergraduate students will also be extended to postgraduate students from July onwards.

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Opportunity For Postgraduate Students at ANUSA!

As ANUSA becomes the student union for all students, ANUSA has a number of opportunities for postgraduate students. We are looking for representatives to sit on the Student Representative Council from 2 August to 30 November 2023.These representatives will have opportunities to engage in areas of academic advocacy, activism, and improving education at the ANU for Postgraduates. If you are passionate about education, such as improving education accessibility or improving life for PhD or postgraduate coursework at the ANU, these are the position you should consider nominating for! Check the nomination form for more details. 

Nominate yourself through this form

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Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM²D Scholars Program

Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award is an award to support women pursuing research in STEM2D (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing & Design). WiSTEM2D Scholars Award aims to fuel the development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their research careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines.

This opens on the 22nd of August and closes on the 30th of September and is worth USD$150,000 over 3 years. The country and nationality of the researcher is unlimited. You must be an assistant female professor or global equivalent faculty position at the time of application.

The Heavy ion accelerator facilities (HIAF) at ANU it's celebrates 50th anniversary this year. The facility is part of the national infrastructure and serves the nation and beyond. As part of National Science Week, on Sat 19 August HIAF will provide a rare opportunity to members of the public, school students and prospective ANU students to build an understanding of how an ion accelerator works, take a tour of the accelerator facilities, and get involved in a range of hands-on science demonstrations including exploring natural radioactivity.

There are many research fields where accelerators are used, including in climate change, quantum computing, nuclear medicine, fundamental physics, exploding stars and our understanding of the nature of the universe. The facility at the ANU is Australia's most powerful ion accelerator and one of the three most powerful of its type in the world.

This Open Day may be of a particular interest for the high school teachers and students, as it has been over 10 years since the facility opened its doors to public last time.

As places are limited, visitors need to book a free ticket via Eventbrite.

NSSN Smart Sensing Expo

The NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) will host a research expo at the NSW Parliament House on the afternoon of 18 September 2023, as part of its annual Frontiers in Sensing Forum. 

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Internship Opportunity With SIG

Their quantitative research unit is offering internship opportunities for PhD students in their last stages of candidature who are studying in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research, or Economics. 

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Staff Movements

Andrew Stuchbery will be away 8/7/23 - 24/7/23
^{Greg Lane will be Acting HoD in this period}

College Hot Desking In Physics

Finance & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
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EVENTS

Departmental seminars

Dr Paul Fraser - 18 July
Predicting stellar nuclear reaction rates with a multi-channel scattering formalism
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Ms Sungyeon Hong - 25 July
From topology to physics in geometry-driven two-dimensional hyperuniform systems
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Dr Jayden Newstead - 26 July
Searching for dark matter in beam dumps with inelastic scattering
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ANU 3MT Grand Final! - 27 July

Llewellyn Hall

Tickets are free, but limited in number, so early bookings are recommended. 

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