News: latest news and achievements
Photographer of the Year Overall Winner
Congratulations to Professor Carl Howard from the School of Mechanical Engineering, who was recently named as the overall winner in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 2018 Photographer of the Year Competition. The winning photo shows an experimental rig in the School of Mechanical Engineering acoustic anechoic chamber, created by PhD student Orddom Leav, Professors Carl Howard and Ben Cazzolato, used to simulate the sound emitted from an exhaust stack attached to a gas-turbine power station.
RoboRoos set to compete at World FLL Festival in USA
After taking out 2nd place at the 2018 National FIRST Lego League (FLL) Team Championships in Sydney in December, the RoboRoos – a team of middle-school-aged boys and girls passionate about robotics – have been invited to compete in the World FLL Festival held in Detroit, Michigan in April 2019.
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2nd John Burland Lecturer Announced
Congratulations to Professor Mark Jaksa from the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering who has recently been selected as the 2nd John Burland Lecturer by the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering’s (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC306 in Geo-engineering Education. The award recognises excellence in geotechnical engineering education internationally, both in practice and research.
EuroBrake Student Opportunities Programme (ESOP) 2019 is now open for applications!
Take part in the Student Opportunities Programme at the world’s largest conference and exhibition dedicated to braking technology.
International Summer School on Land-Sky-Ocean (HITWH-ISSLASA 2019) – Applications Open!
The 4th International Summer School on Land-Sky-Ocean, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai (HITWH-ISSLASA 2019) is the succession of the annual HITWH-ISSLASA and again provides a platform for the young talents worldwide to show themselves and conduct friendly competition together.
Prestigous Post-Doctoral Fellowship from TUBITAK
Congratulations to Dr Ahmet Gunes Yardimci from the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, who has been awarded a prestigious Post-Doctoral Fellowship by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).
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Australian eChallenge Winners
Congratulations to Ben Morton and Lewis Dunnigan, who won first prize at this year’s Australian eChallenge Awards for developing a device to better use green waste.
(APPEA) KA Richards Scholarship
Congratulations to PhD student Yazan Arouri from the Australian School of Petroleum, who has been awarded the prestigious Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) KA Richards Scholarship.
Photographer of the Year
Congratulations to Professor Carl Howard from the School of Mechanical Engineering, who is the Oceania Regional Winner in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 2018 Photographer of the Year Competition.
Best Overall Paper
Congratulations to PhD candidate Orddom Leav from the School of Mechanical Engineering, who won the President’s prize for the best overall paper at the Australian Acoustical Society annual conference.
