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Director's Message
Dear Colleagues,
On Tuesday night the Prime Minister’s Prizes were again celebrated in the Great Hall at Parliament House. It is my great pleasure to congratulate Dr Andrew Horsley, one of the founders of Quantum Brilliance and visiting academic in QST on winning this year’s New Innovators Prize. If you watch his video you will no doubt recognise the building where it was filmed. I’m thrilled we continue to host Quantum Brilliance in our start-up space, Momentum. Above, Andrew and the Australian Chief Scientist, Prof Cathy Foley both looking fabulous on the night.
You may recognise other deserving colleagues as PM Prize recipients this year. I was particularly pleased to see Prof Matthew Bailes, Director of ARC Centre of Excellence OzGrav honoured with the PM’s Science Prize. Another great year of recognition for the field of gravitational astrophysics.
And, my many thanks to Prof Cedric Simenel (Head, FTP) for acting as Director over the past week. I greatly appreciated the break and was really pleased to have him step in.
Hope you have a good weekend,
Tim |
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Attention Physics HDR Students! |
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We are looking for expressions of interest for 3 Minute student talks at the Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium (HIAS) running from 11-13 November at ANU. The talks are designed to replace traditional poster sessions, be more engaging and allow for shorter talks in a friendly, low stakes environment. The format is similar to the 3 Minute Thesis, where you will tell us about your research in simple and engaging language. There will also be prizes for the best talks!
We highly encourage research students from any stage of their degree to participate - you can gain experience giving talks, have fun, and have the chance to win an award.
Participants need to be registered attendees of the symposium, and expressions of interest are required by October 25th. » read more
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CSIRO Alumni Scholarship In Physics 2025
The CSIRO Alumni Scholarship in Physics is a postgraduate scholarship of $6000, which will be used to fund travel costs to visit and/or conduct research in an overseas or interstate institution such as a university or research establishment of international standing in the field of proposed research. In these uncertain times, we understand that travel restrictions may have an impact. To reflect the current situation, we have updated our criteria for the scholarship to allow the winner up to 18 months to use the scholarship for travel or use it to further their career with training, attend online conferences or develop their research. » read more
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How To Tell If Your Donut Is Like A Pretzel
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A new way of comparing shapes will enable scientists to analyse data in more flexible and powerful ways.
The approach has come from a collaboration between physicist Dr Vanessa Robins and mathematician Dr Katharine Turner, who have found a method for comparing shapes in a way that quantifies the differences between them. » read more
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College of Science Discovery Projects (DPEI26 Workshop) - 31 Oct
For those of you intending or considering submitting a Discovery Project EOI (DPEI26) in the next round, the College of Science Research Committee is hosting a workshop to help guide applicants in writing strong EOIs. The workshop aims to provide you with additional tools to assist you with your proposal for the two-stage process.
Date: Thursday, 31 October 2024
Time: 1.00pm – 3.30pm
Location: Frank Fenner Seminar Room, 141 Linnaeus Way
Topics covered in the workshop will include:
- ARC DPEI26 Process Overview
- Insights on how a 2-stage process works (reflections on NZ’s Marsden scheme)
- Pitch Writing Exercise – for DPEI and beyond
- Interactive session peer reviewing early draft EOI’s
The session will also feature current and recent CoS ARC College of Experts members.
Please register your attendance here. » read more
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Defence Innovation Network Forum On Nuclear-Powered Submarines
ANU will host the Defence Innovation Network Forum on Nuclear-Powered Submarines – For further information and registration details 'read more'.
Date: Thursday, 17 October 2024
Time: 11.00-14.30
Location: Physics Auditorium, ANU » read more
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Maitri Scholars Funding For Prospective Indian PhD Candidates - Deadline 20 November 2024
Attention HDR supervisors: If you have potential PhD applicants from India, please consider this funding opportunity.
Complete applications need to be submitted directly to Dr Ulrike Proske in the Office of PVC (Graduate research) by 20 November 2024.
The Maitri Scholars Program supports applications from the following fields:
- advanced manufacturing
- critical technology (incl. batteries)
- life sciences
- medical technology
- critical minerals, and
- clean energy solutions
The deadline for submission to DFAT is COB Monday, 25th November but to allow for a thorough check of applications, please submit applications by emailing the required documents to eo.pvcgr@anu.edu.au no later than COB Wednesday 20th November 2024. » read more
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CGA 2024-2025 Summer Research Program
The ANU Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics is accepting applications for its 2024-2025 Summer Research Program. The program runs over 10 weeks from 25 Nov 2024 until 31 Jan 2025 and best suits third-year and Honours students in Physics, Astrophysics and Engineering. For more information, and to apply please visit here. |
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PHC FASIC Program: Call Now Open!
The objective of this program is to develop academic, scientific and technological exchanges of excellence between laboratories in both countries, by encouraging new cooperation and the participation of young researchers.
Submitted projects must be joint research or teaching projects involving at least a French and an Australian research partners.
You will find the general information about the FASIC program on Campus France website following this link.
Deadline for applications: 20 November 2024 » read more
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Staff Movements
Prof Andrew Stuchbery will be away from 14/10/24 - 28/10/24
Prof Greg Lane will be Acting HoD in this period |
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College Hot Desking In Physics
Finance, HR & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
Lv2 Tearoom, Bldg 160 |
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Departmental seminars
Ms Nahid Afrin - 9 October
Application of conical nanopores in silicon dioxide membranes
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Founder's Day 2024 - 18 October
Founder's Day 2024 - 75 Years of Physics » read more
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Know your administrators...
Julie Arnold, Nikki Azzopardi, Belinda Barbour & Petra Rickman » read more
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Know your student admin...
Liudmila (Luda) Mangos -
Higher Degree Research admin
C3.02C, Cockcroft bldg (Mon-Fri 9:30-5pm) hdr.physics@anu.edu.au
Siobhan Ryman -
Physics Education Centre admin and HDR
1.05, Bldg 38A (Tues 8.30-4pm) ; C3.02C, Cockcroft bldg (Mon,Thurs-Fri 8.30-4pm) pec.physics@anu.edu.au |
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Know your HDR Convenors...
A/Prof Vanessa Robins
A/Prof Vladimir Mangazeev
A/Prof James Sullivan
Dr Michaela Froehlich
HDR Convenors
Prof Vince Craig
Associate Director HDR |
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Know your Student Reps...
Aditya Babu, Victoria Bashu, Jessica Wierbik, Hendrik Heimes & Elizaveta Melik-Gaykazyan
hdrsreps.physics@anu.edu.au |
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Research Fest 2024: Enhancing Research Impact
December 3 to December 5, Copland Theatre and other venues
Research Fest 2024 will offer valuable insights for researchers at all career stages, from early career to established academics and research leaders, who are interested in exploring strategies for improving their research impact and engaging with industry. » read more
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Lunchtime Yoga
Lunchtime yoga sessions for 2024 are back! Every Thursday from 12:00 to 12:45 PM in the Conference Room (4.03), Level 4 of the new building. » read more
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What To Do If You Test Positive For COVID-19
If you test positive to COVID-19, please:
1. Inform your supervisor or course convenor.
2. Alert the University through this online form.
It is no longer required to report positive RAT tests to ACT Health » read more
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