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Focus-Issue-207 PDF 19 Mb NUMBER 207 | SEPTEMBER 2018 ARE WE ON TRACK? Our experts talk transport AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING Driving innovation & accelerating women in STEM through short‑term 3‑5 month PhD industry internships. A NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT REBATE Now available to all businesses. Amanthi Thudugalage, The University of Melbourne VISIT - APR NTERN.ORG.AU/GOVREBATE APR_ATSE-FOCUS_08-2018.indd 1 6/8/18 4:14 pm CHANGE IT AT MONASH. Driving innovation & accelerating women in STEM through short‑term 3‑5 month PhD industry internships. A NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT REBATE The daunting challenges we face as a society demand solutions that take all of us into account. As a research-intensive, top 100 university and home to Australia’s top-ranked Now available to all businesses. engineering faculty, Monash is ideally positioned to be at the forefront of change. Our diverse, interdisciplinary teams are tackling today’s challenges and anticipating those of tomorrow. Right now huge opportunities exist to be agents of change: Environment and Human Health Robotics and Artificial Intelligence New Processes and Materials Engineering has the potential to be As we enter an increasingly roboticised Solving today’s pressing problems and the biggest driver of social change in and data-driven future, it will be meeting tomorrow’s challenges will the world. From resource depletion to increasingly important to design systems require constant, disruptive innovation energy generation, from global warming to and technologies that serve all of society. in processes and materials. Monash pandemics and antibiotic resistance, our This is why we’re focusing so hard on has the world-class infrastructure and wide-ranging, interdisciplinary research building diverse, gender balanced research the entrepreneurial ecosystem that are is playing a critical role in the continued teams, and seeking out the best and necessary for creative teams to stay ahead Amanthi Thudugalage, The University of Melbourne survival of humans and the health of brightest from every part of the world. of the game. Join our winning team in the our planet. world’s most liveable city. VISIT - APR NTERN.ORG.AU/GOVREBATE monash.edu/engineering APR_ATSE-FOCUS_08-2018.indd 1 6/8/18 4:14 pm 18P-0318 Nature Advert 210x279mm_SH_sent to Fabian_v3.indd 10 14/8/18 2:46 pm Melbourne School of Engineering THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORT: WHERE CLEANER, SAFER AND FASTER SYSTEMS WILL KEEP OUR CITIES MOVING Our capabilities and collaborations industry.eng.unimelb.edu.au/ Join our investment in the future are preparing Australian industry join-the-leading-edge for the global marketplace. CRICOS: 00116K 14500.6 MSE Research & Industry – Focus – Advert 297x210mm_FA.indd 1 2/8/18 4:20 pm Deakin Engineering Strength from diversity Did you know that industry-focused R&D is a core activity at Deakin University’s School of Engineering? Industry-specific problems provide context, drive, innovation and challenges for our talented staff and students. Utilising our state-of-the-art facilities within the Centre for Advanced Design in Engineering Training (CADET), we are able to tackle the toughest challenges of Australian industry. We have specialists in many areas of engineering and take a holistic, end-to-end approach to problems. Working with industry, we can address the concerns that are of greatest importance to our community and assist in providing the solutions that will help to advance our society and strengthen our economy. Email us at: [email protected] Find out more deakin.edu.au Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2019 The Clunies Ross Awards have a proud 28-year tradition of recognising contributions by dedicated individuals who have shared their vision and knowledge with others to apply technology for the benefit of Australia. Do you know a science and technology entrepreneur? Someone who has commercialised technology? Or someone who had led the adoption of technology? NOMINATE THEM FOR A 2019 CLUNIES ROSS AWARD Nominations are now open and must be submitted by 2pm AEDT on Friday 26 October 2018. In 2019 the Clunies Ross Awards will be awarded in three categories with a single winner in each category. CLUNIES ROSS ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD OPEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL WINNER ONLY. A typical awardee will have played an integral role in the discovery and translation of a major technology-based product or service that has led to financial success and demonstrated impact for Australia, and in which they have personally had a significant input in the inventorship and/or development of the technology. Such a person would typically have business responsibility as a CEO or a senior manager and may be working in either an early stage SME or a mature company environment. The individual will have been associated with the development of the technology and have overseen its deployment into commercial use with economic returns to Australia. Such individuals display long-term commitment to achieve the successful end use of the technology they invent or develop. Typically, this would be an entrepreneurial person leading an activity that is disrupting well-established vendors or commercialising new opportunities through innovative use of new technologies. CLUNIES ROSS KNOWLEDGE COMMERCIALISATION AWARD OPEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR A SMALL TEAM (NORMALLY OF UP TO THREE PEOPLE). For those who have been responsible for the discovery, development and adoption of a technology and for sharing their knowledge leading to commercialisation, for example by licensing, with a significant financially successful outcome. Typically, this could be a researcher and/or developer (or research or development team) in a Public Funded Research Organisation, university and/or a private company who has successfully passed a product/invention/service to a third party to commercialise, and has generated significant revenue to the person and/or organisation(s) they are associated with. CLUNIES ROSS INNOVATION AWARD OPEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR A SMALL TEAM (NORMALLY OF UP TO THREE PEOPLE). For those who have been responsible for the discovery, development and adoption of a technology that has significantly improved societal and/or industry capabilities. In this case, the primary outcome is not a direct financial benefit but has measurable broad community or industry impact. Typically, this could be a researcher or developer (or team) in a Public Funded Research Organisation, university or a private company, where the outcome is in the form of industry development, or measureable improvement in community well-being or sustainability measures. Examples could include technologies that improve remote monitoring of agriculture/ecosystems, or improved access to remote learning and health care. For further information: visit atse.org.au/cluniesrossawards Submit your completed nomination form by 2pm AEDT Friday 26 October 2018 The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) administers the awards via an online nomination process. The Awards will be presented at the annual ATSE Innovation Dinner held in Sydney on 13 June 2019. 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