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07 | 2008 AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING WEEK 4–10 August 2008 Program Monday 7.15 for 7.30am Breakfast Launch Spatially Enabled 3-D Visualisation and 4 August Venue: Great Hall, University House, Virtual Worlds Balmain Crs, Acton Speaker: Jeff Cotter, Chief Technology Officer, SIMmersion For bookings see registration slip on page 8 5.30 for 6.00pm Engineers Without Borders Engineers Without Borders – Developing Presentation Tomorrow’s Engineers Venue: Auditorium, Engineering House, Speaker: Jeremy Smith, EWB Australia 11 National Circuit, Barton Undergraduate Research Coordinator Tuesday 5.30 for 6.00pm CELM Presentation Some of the Challenges Encountered in a Major 5 August Venue: Engineering House, Change Program: A Personal Journey 11 National Circuit, Barton Speaker: Dr Warwick Graco Wednesday 12.00 noon National Press Club Address Engineering Australia’s Future 6 August Venue: National Press Club Speaker: Peter Taylor, Engineers Australia 16 National Circuit, Barton* Chief Executive Further details on page 5 Thursday 12.00 noon Engineering Students Bus Tour Places limited. Bookings essential 7 August – 5.00pm Visit to NICTA, CEA Technologies & Brindabella Business Park Friday 5.30pm Engineering Games Competition Spectators welcome 8 August Questacon Saturday 11.00am Site Visit to Mt Stromlo Water Tour of the new, more sophisticated Mt Stromlo 9 August Treatment Plant Water Treatment Plant which was substantially upgraded following the 2003 Canberra Bushfires 1.00pm Site Visit to Mt Stromlo Observatory Presentation by Prof Harvey Butcher, Director of Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, ANU, followed by a tour of the Advanced Instrumentation & Technology Centre Sunday 11.00am Open Day at Cotter Pumping Station Launch of Heritage Self Drive Tour Brochure and 10 August tour of Cotter Pumping Station RSVP for events to [email protected] or phone 6270 6519. *Note: National Press Club Address to be booked through the Press Club. Full details of the Program at www.engineersaustralia.org.au/aew Canberra Division, Engineers Australia | 11 National Circuit BARTON ACT 2600 | PO Box 6038 KINGSTON ACT 2604 p: 02 6270 6519 | f: 02 6273 2051 | e: [email protected] | w: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/canberra engineerscanberra From the President These past few months have Andrew Barr, been a busy time with meetings and leader and functions organised around of the ACT visits by our National President, Opposition, AVM Julie Hammer AM. Zed Seselja, Of most importance, Canberra where the Division held a “Think Tank” session National with the University of Canberra President in March 2008, to facilitate the and Canberra development of a business case to Division re-establish engineering courses representatives at the University. This was followed raised matters by a broader discussion with including representatives of all the Canberra the ACT based tertiary engineering faculties engineering in June. The University of Canberra skills shortage; Denton Bocking (MC), Peter Blasina (speaker) and Lindsay Evans (Division the need has since developed a proposal President) at the Annual Dinner. for a range of engineering degree to address shortcomings programs in partnership with a annual dinner on 11 June at Onred in secondary schools where Melbourne based university (the restaurant at Redhill Lookout insufficient emphasis is placed on a Swinburne University of Technology). where the “gadget guy”, Peter strong maths and science education; They hope to establish new bachelor Blasina, proved a highlight of the and the new national infrastructure degree courses in mainstream evening. Many thanks go to Vesna report card which will update the engineering disciplines perhaps as and Barbara for their organisation nearly five year old publication of early as 2010. and inspirational choice of guest Engineers Australia. There is a huge gap in tertiary speaker, and to Peter for an On 11 June 2008 ActewAGL engineering study programs in enlightening and entertaining signed up to the PDP program Canberra, and the Division will presentation. so their engineers can work continue to offer its support to the The International and National towards Chartered Engineer status University of Canberra for these new Policy Directorate of Engineers through their internal training and degree courses. Australia held a cocktail function at development activities. Meetings were also held with Parliament House on 25 June 2008 We also held the very successful the ACT Government Minister, where it was hoped that we could discuss policy issues of concern to the engineering profession with federal politicians. Those attending received a package of information including the 2008 edition of the statistical overview of the engineering profession (an excellent read) and data on the numbers of engineers in each federal electorate. I look forward to another busy period over the next few months as well. Lindsay Evans President Canberra Division Representatives of ACT Tertiary Institutions meet with the National President. 2 | Engineers Canberra | July 2008 engineerscanberra ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA CANBERRA DIVISION TECHNICAL PROGRAM All presentations will be held at “Engineering House”, 11 National Circuit, Barton unless otherwise specified. For catering purposes please RSVP for all meetings to [email protected] or phone 6270 6519. Full details of each meeting can be found at www.engineersaustralia.org.au/canberra under Technical Program. Date/time Branch/Group Topic Speaker/notes JULY 2008 Tue 15 ITE&E Branch, Snowy Hydro Scheme Modernisation Darryl Eager, Control Technology Manager 5.30 for 6.00pm IET & IEEE Project & Melanie O’Neill, Project Engineer, Snowy 1 CPD hour Hydro Thu 17 Civil/Structural Carbon Trading Dave Sag, Carbon Planet Pty Ltd 5.30 for 6.00pm 1 CPD hour Thu 31 MESA Wind Farm Technology & Maintenance – Bart Simes, Manager, Power Generation 5.30 for 6.00pm GE Energy 1 CPD hour AUGUST 2008 4 – 10 August NATIONAL ENGINEERING WEEK Tue 5 CELM Some of the Challenges Encountered in Dr Warwick Graco 5.30 for 6.00pm a Major Change Program: A Personal 1 CPD hour Journey Thu 14 EA Consultative Forum on the Defence Athol Yates 5.30 for 6.00pm White Paper Tue 19 ITE&E Branch, Wireless Communication Modems: Dr Mark Reed, NICTA and 2008 Neville Thiele 5.30 for 6.00pm IET & IEEE From Principles to Practice Award Winner 1 CPD hour Fri 22 Immigration Bridge – The Engineering James Grose, Matthew Blair, Blight Voller 5.30pm & Science behind the Design Nield: Tristram Carfrae, ARUP, Venue: Menzies Theatre, National Andrew Baulch, IBA Convention Centre Thu 28 MESA Maintenance vs. Deep Sea Drilling Wayne Carter 5.30 for 6.00pm 1 CPD hour SEPTEMBER 2008 Tue 2 Risk TBA Emeritus Professor Ken Taylor 5.30 for 6.00pm Engineering 1 CPD hour Society Tue 16 CELM Leadership Presentation Mr John Williams, John Williams Scientific 12.00 for 12.30pm Venue: Royal Canberra Golf Club Services Pty Ltd Tue 16 ITE&E Branch, Frequency Coordination and Defence Stuart Shepard, BEeng GradIEAust, Engineer 5.30 for 6.00pm IET & IEEE Satellite Satellite Coordination, Defence Spectrum 1 CPD hour Office, Dept of Defence Thu 18 Transport AUSTROADS Guide to Traffic Rifaat Shoukrallah, Senior Manager, Traffic 12.00 for 12.30pm Management Management & Safety, Office of Transport, 1 CPD hour Dept of Territory & Municipal Services Tues 23 Mechanical F-111 Structural Integrity Support Dr Francis Rose, Winner of the 2007 AGM 5.30 for 6.00pm Branch Michell Medal 1 CPD hour CELM 2008 NATIONAL CONFERENCE 10-12 September 2008 The 2008 National CELM Conference is "non-technical" aspects of professional most senior levels? being held in Perth in September - welcome development. This year's theme "Engineers: Keynote and Invited Speakers are on Wednesday evening 10 and then Thursday Driving Australia's Future" sets the scene internationally recognised experts in their 11 and Friday 12 for the conference. This for the profession to discuss the role of the field, promising an exciting and challenging is back to back with the Young Engineers Engineer as a community and business program. Brian Dawe (comedian on ABC on Summit and the Council meeting, both of leader, and in setting the social, commercial Thursdays after 7.30 Report) is the dinner which are on Wednesday 10. and political agenda for Australia over the guest speaker. The CELM 2008 National Conference next decade and beyond. As a knowledge is the biennial gathering of engineers at profession, is the knowledge of engineers Further information & registration details at all stages in their career, focused on the sufficiently valued and harnessed at the www.CELM2008.com./registration July 2008 | Engineers Canberra | 3 engineerscanberra Risk Standards Went Global “The Risk Standards Go Global” handbooks. At present, Jean is an is the 25 July, 2008, and Jean’s email Seminar went “global” on the Australian Representative on the IEC address is: [email protected]. morning of 29 May, 2008. The Committee developing ISO/ IEC 31010. The Seminar went at a lively pace, Seminar was an intensive four The Seminar covered the new ISO with vigorous, and sometimes heated, hour seminar with 60 participants, 31000 and 31010 standards. Jean Cross discussion during the discussion held at the National Museum of gave an in depth review of 31000, took sessions, and lunch thereafter. Australia, with a stunning backdrop questions from the floor, then led an An international theme, both visual of Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. intensive and focused group discussion and musical, was provided to recognise Professor Jean Cross led the Seminar. by seven groups on the draft ISO the significance of these global Jean Cross is an internationally Standard 31000. The same process was Standards, and that the International recognised risk management followed for draft standard ISO 31010, Organization for Standardization (ISO) practitioner and academic, who followed by a working lunch to cap off is based in Geneva, Switzerland. recently retired from the position of the proceedings. Jean left with a long Participants were generally pleased Professor of Risk Management at the list of public comments, to consider with the result.
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