Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you to all those who attended the final Honours seminars yesterday. I had a chance to catch a few, witnessing a representative showcase of our research strengths. Our Honours program is one of the jewels in our research crown and all of our honours students are to be congratulated for their efforts this year. My thanks as always to the many supervisors, research teams and honours convenors for their contributions to a program that truly stands out at a national level.  

Congratulations to the CIs of the four LIEF grants awarded to our School this week. 

RSPhys CI’s - Admin Org - Title

1. Lindsey Bignell, Greg Lane, Andrew Stuchbery - ANU - A recoil imaging detector module for directional particle physics
2. Rose Ahlefeldt, Jie Zhao, Yuerui Lu, Matthew Sellars, Andrey Sukhorukov - ANU - Comprehensive testbed for optical quantum technology
3. Adrian Sheppard - USyd - Ultrafast dynamic tomography and x-ray based rheography
4. Andrew Stuchbery - UMelb - Construction of the SABRE South full-scale dark matter detector

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR AIP CONGRESS.
The 2024 AIP Congress, NFO-17, COMMAD, and ANZCOP are less than a month away - register here! More than ever, now is the time to show up and support this important national event. Australian university research needs your voice and professional societies are an effective demonstration of community resilience.

I'll be covering highlights from the recent College Executive at the School Exec today. Your Heads can update you at your next Departmental meeting.

Above, the signing of a new International Research Lab (IRL) in Mathematics with the CRNS and ANU. This progressive agreement will see the opportunity for substantial academic exchanges between the two institutions. Left: Professor Sylvie Monniaux (MSI), Associate Professor Antoine Petit (CEO and Chair CNRS), Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell (VC), Associate Professor Pierre Portal (MSI). My congratulations to Sylvie and Pierre for their leadership it this partnership. Discussions are underway to establish a similar program at RSPhys. Please let Prof John Close (ADR) or me know if you are interested in this.

The Founder's Day Meme Competition results are in, see below. Thank you to all entries!

Hope you have a relaxing weekend.
Tim

A/Prof Vladimir Mangazeev has recently resigned as a HDR convenor in Physics. Since early 2020 Vladimir has made a significant contribution to the quality of our HDR experience. We thank him for all the assistance, advice and support he has provided. He will be missed by his colleagues on the HDR support team.

CNRS IRL FAMSI: Research Talks

Join for a set of short colloquium style talks on some of the research topics of the International Research Lab FAMSI (France Australia Mathematical Sciences and Interactions).

The talks will present some of the research topics that will be supported by the IRL FAMSI. The presentations will be colloquium style, i.e. accessible to people trained at Honours level (or above!) in any field of Mathematics.

Date: 4 Nov 2024
Time: 1-5pm
Location: Seminar rooms 1.33 & 1.37, MSI Bldg. #145

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College of Science - 'Leading A Research Group' Series

Leading a research group brings with it many challenges, and academic staff receive little, if any training in this critical aspect of their job. The College is presenting a series of informal conversations with successful research group leaders from across the College, about the approaches that they take to running their own groups.

These sessions will offer a valuable opportunity for early and mid-career academics who are leading their own research groups to gain insights into the strategies used by some of the College’s successful research leaders.

In the third and final session of the series (Wednesday, 13 November from 12.00pm), Kiaran Kirk will be in conversation with Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths (RSAA) and Professor Andy Hogg (RSES).

Session 3
Date: Wednesday, 13 November
Time: 12.00pm – 1.30pm
Location: Slatyer Seminar Room

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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. 

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Amelia Earhart Fellowship

Amelia Earhart Fellowship applications are now open.

Zonta International offers Amelia Earhart Fellowships to promote more women in the field of aerospace science and engineering. The Fellowships, of US$10,000, are awarded annually to 30 talented women, pursuing PhD/doctoral degrees in aerospace-applied science or aerospace-applied engineering around the globe.

More information and application forms are available on our website. The application deadline is 15 November 2024.

Please contact Dr Susan Riding if you require further information, or would like to discuss potential candidates and the eligibility of PhD topics.

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College Hot Desking In Physics

Finance, HR & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
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EVENTS

Departmental seminars

Professor Hiroshi Iwai - 15 November
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT
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Professor Professor Edward Yi-Chang - 15 November
E-MODE GaN HEMT WITH FERROELECTRIC GATE MATERIAL FOR EV AND PV APPLICATIONS
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