Engineering Alumni News

July 2014 | A Newsletter for Engineering Alumni | Number 31

Message from the Dean better organised and stronger for ChallENG2! Graduation Day in early May was a Welcome to the July edition of the magnificent event and as Dean of Engineering Engineering Alumni News. it made me especially proud to see the vast We are already half way through the academic number of students receiving their degrees. A year, that to-date, has already been filled with degree in Engineering, even for our most gifted both exciting teaching and innovative research students is a difficult and challenging progress. These continue to be delivered undertaking. As a faculty, we acknowledge through the commitment and passion of our their achievements and wish them every academic staff and the fantastic support success in their chosen field. Graduation, like provided by our professional staff, ensuring many of our important celebrations is an that our students are fully assisted both acknowledgement of the successful completion academically and pastorally in their of one phase and the excitement and potential the next one represents. Many of our students engineering education. are now heading into graduate entry roles in When I was an undergraduate at Auckland in industry whilst some are pursuing further academic challenges with postgraduate study in the early 90’s I can remember the iconic Professor Nic Smith engineering competitions we organised, often either here or further afield. We look forward with disastrous consequences and a dip in the to welcoming all of them back as alumni of this were recently appointed Fellows of IPENZ for Auckland Harbour. With this history in mind, university in the years ahead. their outstanding achievements and and perhaps a more appropriate concern for Our Newmarket campus development is contribution to the industry. Details of the health and safety, to further enhance the making excellent progress and I look forward recipients and the awards are covered within student experience in our faculty, we have to transitioning many of our researchers, the newsletter. initiated a series of events designed to build students and staff, to new state-of-art research departmental spirit amongst Part II students You are all, as alumni of this faculty, a lasting facilities. These facilities will shape our and staff, using a surprise engineering reminder of our teaching and research success. research outcomes for the next 40 years and challenge. The first event in the ChallENG Thank you for your continued support of the we very much look forward to the move to our series required the construction of a structure, work we do, through your generous new surroundings. We hope to start moving points awarded for height, weight, design, scholarships and donations and your advice into the first three Newmarket research creativity and team work. The fact that the and engagement with our faculty at industry buildings in the second half the year, with the materials were marshmallows, spaghetti, and social events, both formal and informal. Structures Hall planned for completion and chocolate and fruit gums added a new handover in early 2015. dimension to perhaps a more traditional I look forward to seeing many of you at the engineering challenge. Particularly interesting If you are interested in seeing the Newmarket Alumni Dinner in September when we will was the degree of innovation in each of the Campus first hand, I hope that you will join us particularly celebrate our graduates from the designs with the structures optimising the for the annual Alumni Dinner on Saturday 27 “4” years, 64, 74, 84, 94, and 2004. balance between ambition and practicality in September at the Pullman Hotel. As part of Thank you for sharing in our progress as we different and creative ways. the dinner registration, we look forward to continue on our journey of discovery together. showing you the new facilities as part of a Civil Engineering did a magnificent job in guided tour event taking place on the same taking out the first ChallENG trophy, narrowly day as the dinner. beating the Professional Staff. Sadly our Heads of Department collected the wooden spoon for Lastly, and by no means least, I would like to Professor Nic Smith this event but assure me they will be back, congratulate five of our academic staff who Dean of Engineering

The transformation of building 901 in the Newmarket Campus Faculty news

Sir Ron Carter was recognised for services to and Student Commons, and the Fale Pasifika. He Queen’s Birthday engineering after a lifetime dedicated to then took up the position of Vice-Chancellor of the honours helping build one of New Zealand’s most University of Oxford from 2004 to 2009, the first successful companies, Beca. Under Sir Ron’s person in the institution’s 900-year history to be The University of Auckland’s Faculty of leadership, Beca grew into a world-class appointed from outside the University’s then Engineering warmly congratulates our engineering company whose name is current academic body. He was elected Chair of two alumni, Sir Ron Carter and Sir John synonymous with some of New Zealand’s the Rhodes Trust in 2011 and is currently Hood, for their well-deserved recognition biggest construction projects including the President and CEO of the New York-based in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter and Auckland’s Robertson Foundation. Sky Tower. Sir Ron graduated from what was Distinguished alumnus Sir Ron was appointed then Auckland University College in 1958 after a Member of the Order of New Zealand, New completing a masters degree in Civil Zealand’s highest honour, while Sir John Engineering and was awarded an Honorary receives a knighthood for services to tertiary Doctorate from the University in 2001. education. Sir John graduated with a BE and PhD in Civil “Both have made outstanding contributions to Engineering from the University of Auckland and New Zealand and we are very proud that both went on to lead the University as Vice-Chancellor are alumni of the University and of our from 1999 to 2004. He was instrumental in the faculty,” says Dean of Engineering Professor completion of major new building projects at the Nic Smith. Sir Ron Carter and Sir John Hood University including the Kate Edger Information

of Business, Innovation and Enterprise and, Academic promotions with colleagues around the country, is assisting Promotions to Two of the Faculty of Engineering’s Christchurch to build back better. Associate Professor associate professors were promoted to full professor in the annual promotions Professor Kevin Sowerby (Department of The faculty is also proud to announce that which concluded just before Christmas. Electrical and Computer Engineering) began his the following staff have been promoted to Congratulations to Professor Suzanne research on cellular radio system design and associate professor earlier this year. The Wilkinson and Professor Kevin Sowerby wireless communications as a postgraduate promotion to associate professor on their success. student at the University of Auckland in 1986, represents a significant step in an before the deployment of cellular systems in academic career. Professor Suzanne Wilkinson (Department of New Zealand. As cellular systems have evolved Civil and Environmental Engineering) is the first through four generations and wireless • Associate Professor Thor Besier woman to be appointed professor in the communications have become almost (Engineering Science, Auckland Department of Civil and Environmental ubiquitous, Kevin’s research has contributed Bioengineering Institute) Engineering. Suzanne completed her BEng techniques and tools for measuring, modelling • Associate Professor Peng Cao (Hons) in Civil Engineering and her PhD in Civil and optimising the performance of both (Chemical & Materials Engineering) Engineering (Construction Management) at outdoor and indoor wireless systems. Oxford Brookes University and joined the • Associate Professor Leo Cheng University in 1996. She is the Director of the He was appointed as a lecturer at the (Auckland Bioengineering Institute) University of Auckland in 1990 following a Centre for Disaster Resilience, Recovery and • Associate Professor Mark Jones postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Reconstruction which develops research to (Chemical & Materials Engineering) improve the resilience, recovery and Liverpool. He has been an Adjunct Professor at reconstruction of the built environment Simon Fraser University (Canada) and held • Associate Professor Andrew Mason affected by disasters. Suzanne’s research is visiting research positions at universities and (Engineering Science) research labs in the USA, Hong Kong and the interdisciplinary and has two distinct areas of • Associate Professor Partha Roop Netherlands. Within New Zealand he has activity: construction management and post (Electrical & Computer Engineering) disaster reconstruction. Suzanne’s research on served on government advisory committees post-disaster reconstruction assesses the ways and study groups concerned with the • Associate Professor Ashvin Thambyah in which reconstruction after a disaster can management of radio spectrum. He is currently (Chemical & Materials Engineering) rapidly and effectively be managed and the the Asia-Pacific representative on the global construction systems required to facilitate IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee. reconstruction. Since 2004, Suzanne has been researching different disaster recoveries including in Samoa (post-tsunami), Australian (post-2009 bush fires) and New Zealand (floods and earthquakes), primarily assessing ways to make recovery and reconstruction better for the affected communities. Suzanne is currently working on research projects funded by the Earthquake Commission, the Building Research Professor Suzanne Wilkinson and Professor Association of New Zealand and the Ministry Kevin Sowerby

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approximately $255,000 in tourism spend and in December 2017. We have urged delegates to The University of $266,000 in economic impact,” says Auckland bring their families and to spend some holiday Auckland to host Convention Bureau (ACB) Manager, Anna time here too before returning home.” wind engineering Hayward. “The University will be hosting the conference conference and were able to win the bid through The University’s new state of the art wind assistance from Tourism New Zealand’s CAP tunnel, currently being designed for the Fund and working with the ACB. Newmarket Campus, will be a key drawcard when the University hosts the Professor of Mechanical Engineering and 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Wind Director of the Yacht Research Unit from the Engineering in 2017. University of Auckland Richard Flay, says: “We are really pleased to be able to invite our wind Around 200 delegates from the Asia Pacific engineering colleagues to Auckland for this region will come to Auckland in December conference, which has never been held in New 2017 for the four day conference. Zealand before. I know it will be a great success Pictured from left: Dario Motta, Alex Blakley and we will be proud to show the completed and Richard Flay at the current Wind Tunnel “The value of this conference to Auckland is Newmarket facility to delegates when they come facility at Tamaki

University of Auckland’s Master of Engineering IPENZ professional competencies. Masters in Studies in Construction Management is the construction first masters degree in the country to gain “This is a key milestone for our programme, CIOB accreditation. recognising that the standards reached by our management gets students and the level of skills taught in “This is recognition that what we are providing construction, engineering and management international seal of for students at masters level really does make are truly world class,” says Dr Vicente approval the grade internationally and that our Gonzalez, senior lecturer in Civil and graduates will have the skills and knowledge Environmental Engineering and programme The UK professional body responsible for they need for a career anywhere in the world,” coordinator of the Master of Engineering upholding standards in the construction says senior lecturer in Civil and Environmental Studies in Construction Management degree. industry has given its seal of approval to Engineering Dr Kenneth Yiu. the University of Auckland’s masters The CIOB has a Royal Charter to promote the degree in construction engineering. Students in the Master of Engineering Studies science and practice of building and construction in Construction Management work closely with for the benefit of society and to promote The UK’s Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) industry, with more than half working development, conservation and improvement in is the largest and most influential professional part-time, sponsored by employers. The the built environment. organisation in construction management. The masters programme is also closely aligned to

Associate Professor Cao’s team leads metal leadership role he has played the success of University of Auckland injection moulding of titanium and supports this major research and industry among innovation the research collaboration overall. collaboration.” award winners “It has been a very exciting project to be Professor Smith also congratulated Associate involved in and to be given this award was Professor Iain Anderson, group leader of the A team of researchers creating innovative wonderful, we had no idea we would be University’s Biomimetics Lab, Auckland new technologies for manufacturing won named the winning team in the collaboration Bioengineering Institute, for his honourable a top award at New Zealand’s premier category,” says Associate Professor Cao. mention in the Kiwinet Researcher Kiwinet innovation awards on 11 June. Entrepreneur Award category. “It is great that the award recognises the Titanium Technologies NZ (TiTeNZ) are a team outstanding collaboration formed between Associate Professor Anderson’s research of researchers from universities, Crown-owned multiple research organisations working involves the application and control of artificial research institutes and industry partners who together.” muscle technologies for wearable sensors, won the Kiwinet AJ Park Commercialisation power generators and soft robotics. The new Collaboration Award. University of Auckland Dean of Engineering soft-sensor company Stretchsense Ltd is a lab Professor Nic Smith said the awards University of Auckland Associate Professor in spin-off. recognised the key role research could play in Chemical and Materials Engineering, Peng creating new products that contributed to New “Recognition by the judge’s honourable mention Cao, plays a key role in TiTeNZ. The new Zealand’s export success. of Iain’s work is indicative of the quality of the company creates products for global markets research being carried out within the University. I in titanium alloys. These materials have “I want to sincerely congratulate the TiTeNZ am extremely proud of the contribution being application in the yachting industry and the team on their win in these awards and in made to these critical research areas,” Professor defence industry. particular Associate Professor Cao for the Smith says.

The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering | 3 Faculty news CONTINUED Autumn graduation 2014 Engineering graduates created a sea of purple as they gathered with family and friends on Friday 9 May in the Engineering Atrium to celebrate their achievements.

The Dean of Engineering Professor Nic Smith and the Vice President of the AUEA (Auckland University Engineers Association) Matt Thomson extended their congratulations to the 578 graduates and encouraged them to keep in touch with the faculty as they embark on their career as engineers.

Earlier in the morning, the graduates participated in the traditional procession that departed from a marquee erected outside Old Government House. Graduates, University staff and council members then proceeded through the city in ceremonial order to Aotea Square.

The Engineering Graduation ceremony was held in the Aotea Centre’s ASB Theatre at 4.30pm.

4 | The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering | 5 Scholarships and awards

“We found that spinal flexion - bending forward impingement and debilitating pain. Student wins top - leads to more failure of the disc-bone junction spine prize than other modes of movement such as Samantha says she hopes that one day her twisting because the collagen fibres that hold research might lead to improvements in the A $10,000 research prize has been won by the disc in place are loaded at a less natural mechanical implants used to replace damaged PhD candidate Samantha Rodrigues and angle,” Samantha says. discs. supervisors Associate Professor Ashvin Thambyah and Professor Neil Broom for After her PhD, Samantha hopes to continue “Working with biomaterials to replace damaged work on the structure and integration of her research, which could one day help solve or diseased tissue is what I’m really interested in.” the spinal discs and vertebrae. some of the problems associated with disc The Spinal Research Prize is a major prize herniation. Although disc herniation is sponsored by the international medical device Samantha, who expects to complete her PhD in commonly called “slipped disc”, the term is company Medtronic Australasia. Chemical and Materials Engineering later this misleading: what really happens is that the year, was awarded the Spine Society of disc distorts or bulges locally, causing nerve Australia’s Spinal Research Prize after submitting a paper and making a podium presentation to the society’s annual conference, held this year in Brisbane.

“It was a bit nerve-wracking because there were a lot of people there and they are all experts in their field but I got through it okay and we got lots of feedback on the images I prepared,” Samantha says.

Samantha’s research includes a detailed microscopic and mechanical analysis of how the collagenous fibres of the disc wall are anchored into the rigid bone of the vertebral endplate. Using techniques developed by the Experimental Tissue Mechanics Laboratory within the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Samantha reconstructed the “microarchitecture” of this critical junction region and investigated how it fails under various combinations of loading. From left: Professor Neil Broom, Samantha Rodrigues and Associate Professor Ashvin Thambyah

from low-decile schools. Jade is also involved with the organisation Youth Week 2014 Engineers Without Borders NZ, is a former Award winner “NCEA Campus was founded on the premise president of Oxfam on Campus and was that education is not a level playing field in founder and co-president of Youth Against Environmental engineering student Jade New Zealand,” Jade says. “By recruiting Child Exploitation up until last year. Leung has won a Youth Week Award for university students who were excellent students her work in combating extreme poverty in their subjects, we’ve been able to help and supporting students to fulfil their improve opportunities for hundreds of students educational potential. who might not otherwise have thought about going to university.” Jade is currently CEO of the P3 Foundation, a youth movement working to alleviate extreme Jade is in her final year of her BE (Hons) in poverty. The foundation has 200 volunteers Environmental Engineering. After graduating nationwide, a network of young people that, from the University of Auckland this year, she through a variety of projects and campaigns, hopes to go on to postgraduate study. seek to address extreme poverty in the Asia- Pacific region. To date, P3 Foundation has raised Eventually she would like to help formulate over NZD$150,000 for development organisa- government policy in the areas of environment, tions in India, Indonesia, Tonga and Burma. poverty and education.

Jade is also a founding member of NCEA “I thought it would be a good idea to study a Campus, a youth-led charity tackling technical discipline such as engineering to educational inequality where university student better inform the high-level policy work that I “tutors” are recruited to help students in would like to delve into,” Jade says. “I’m preparation for their NCEA external exams. particularly interested in water quality and There is a particular focus on providing sustainability, and the way that intersects with equitable access to education for students social issues such as poverty.” Engineering student Jade Leung

6 | The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering Scholarships and awards CONTINUED

it’s a huge credit to the successful applicants This year eight students received Kick Start Students get kick-start to receive these scholarships,” said Dean of Merit scholarships. These scholarships are in engineering Engineering, Professor Nic Smith. awarded to the top scholarship applicants based on academic marks achieved in the final Thirty top engineering students have been “This funding is incredibly valuable in year of secondary school, and personal awarded Kick Start Scholarships from the supporting our best and brightest students at achievements. University of Auckland. a time in their careers when it will be genuinely opening opportunities for what I am sure will Another four students were awarded Kick Start The scholarships, worth $2000 each, are be wonderful contributions to the engineering Affirmative Action scholarships. These awarded to outstanding first-year students profession for the rest of their careers.” scholarships are open to top academic students of studying at the Faculty of Engineering. Māori or Pacific Island heritage. The scholarships There are four types of Kick Start scholarships: are awarded based on academic merit, “At a time when demand and quality of our City of Sails, Edward Connelly, Merit and personality and drive to make a difference. undergraduate intake has never been higher Affirmative Action. Ten students were awarded Kick Start City of Sails scholarships. To be eligible students have to be from outside the Auckland metropolitan area. The scholarships are awarded to students who have demonstrated academic excellence in their final year of study and outstanding all-round ability.

There were eight Edward Connelly Kick Start scholarships awarded this year. These are given to students who demonstrate academic merit and all-round ability. The scholarships were established in memory of the late Edward Connelly, a former Faculty of Engineering employee who made a significant bequest to the faculty. Kick Start Scholarship winners Affirmative Action: Hannah Sampson, AGC Sunderland College; Thomas Lovrich, Sacred Heart College; Daniel Conroy, Edgewater College; Tyler Ngapo, St John’s College (Hamilton). City of Sails: Jemma Skye Simmonds, Pukekohe High School; Aaron Chan, Scots College (Wellington); Lucas de Rijk, Otumoetai College; Nic Ganly, Christ’s College; Timothy Gray, Matamata College; Hayley Haskell, St Peter’s School (Cambridge); Taranpreet Kohli, Onslow College; Lucy McSweeney, Rangi Ruru Girls School; Cameron Apeldoorn, Otumoetai College; Michael Seow, Wellington College. Edward Connelly: Sabrina Zafarullah, Howick College; Flynn Roser, Rangitoto College; Jassy Mehami, ACG Strathallan; Kristy Yan Kei Leung, Pakuranga College; Sohail Abdulla, Mt Roskill Grammar School; Emily Badley, St Cuthbert’s College (Epsom); Timothy Hight, Lynfield College; Caitlin Jordan, Nelson College for Girls. Merit: Benjamin Andersen, Western Springs College; Sebastian Mark Bailey, ACG Parnell College; Eyob Zewdie, Wellington College; Kandarp Dalal, Saint Kentigern College; Michael Ross Kennerley, Massey High School; Naomi Stuart, Westlake Girls High School; Gloria (Yuzan) Wang, Auckland Girls’ Grammar School; Misha Garg, Macleans College.

The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering | 7 Scholarships and awards CONTINUED Engineering professors among named Fellows IPENZ Fellowship is the most prestigious level of membership offered by the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ). It is awarded by the professional body to recognise outstanding individual engineering achievement or contribution. At the recent IPENZ Fellows’ and Achievers’ Awards Dinner, five professors of the Faculty of Engineering were awarded a Fellowship. From left: Professor Keith Robinson, Professor Jason Ingham, Professor Allan Williamson, Professor Allan Williamson Professor Pierre Quenneville and Professor Brent Young (Distinguished Fellow) Professor Williamson is an alumnus of the and an independent adviser to UK Government issue of brittle failures. Faculty of Engineering. He began his academic and most of the major companies in the UK. career as a student in the days when Keith has also been the technical adviser to the From early on in his professional career he has Engineering was still taught at Ardmore but Major Projects Association and a board member served on the Canadian Wood Design completed his studies on the City Campus, of the Association of Project Management. standard technical committee (since 1993) and graduating in 1970. Following his PhD, has been requested to continue this Professor Williamson worked for the New He has been a visiting professor at University involvement since his re-location to New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation before College London since 2004, initially sponsored Zealand. From 1996 to 2009, he chaired its joining the University in 1975 when the by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Fastenings Sub-committee. department had just eight academic staff. Professor Brent Young Pierre moved to Auckland in July 2007 to take up In 2010 Allan gained a DEng, a higher (Fellow) the role of professor of timber design in the doctorate awarded for original contributions of Brent is a professor in the Department of Department of Civil and Environmental special excellence in a branch of engineering Chemical and Materials Engineering and the Engineering at the University. He participated in or technology. To date only four DEng degrees current Head of Department. He is Chair in the STIC research consortium as one of its have been awarded by the University, Allan’s Food Process Engineering and Director of the objective leaders and is a co-inventor of the portal the first in the field of electrical engineering. Industrial Information and Control Centre. timber frame Quick-Connect connection. This invention is now in use in five different buildings in He was appointed professor of Completing his BE in 1986, Brent has co- New Zealand and Australia. His other main Telecommunications in 1988 and served three authored more than 200 refereed publications research interest is the development of up-to-date periods as Head of Department and has been including the book “A Real-time Approach to design rules for connections in timber structures. an Associate Dean of Research. His two major Process Control”. He was Engineers Australia fields of research being microwave engineering John A. Brodie medallist for the best paper in the Professor Jason Ingham and mobile radio systems engineering. His discipline of chemical engineering at CHEMECA (Fellow) microwave engineering research began with for two consecutive years in 2008 and in 2009. Jason has a PhD from the University of his PhD and continues to the present day and California and an MBA from the University of Brent is known not only as a researcher but involves the analysis and modelling of complex Auckland which he completed in 2004. also an engineering academic with a passion waveguide devices employed in various microwave frequency equipment. for education and a strong understanding of During his career, Jason has held a number of working in industry who has been active in key research and departmental roles including Allan retired in 2013 and he is now a Professor professional bodies and delivered numerous Deputy Head of Department, Faculty Staffing Emeritus. He continues to research. short courses to industry. Committee and Faculty Research Committee. His professional affiliations include the NZ Professor Keith Robinson Brent is elected a Fellow of IPENZ for his Concrete Society, NZ Society for Earthquake (Fellow) contribution to the advancement of engineering Engineering, Structural Engineering Society of Keith joined the Faculty of Engineering in knowledge and technological education, and NZ, IPENZ and the American Society of Civil February 2012 as professor of Systems was recognised for his world-class expertise in Engineers. Engineering after a long and successful career advancing process simulation and control. in industry in the UK. He is a specialist in the Jason’s research has contributed to understanding management of major projects and systems Professor Pierre Quenneville of seismic assessment and retrofit of earthquake- integration, having run a number of high risk, (Fellow) prone buildings and he was awarded a $3.75 high value projects in a variety of sectors. A structural engineer by education, Pierre has million NZ Foundation for Research Science grant been in academia and in the timber research for this work in 2004. The project was a He has worked at board level for over 30 years space since 1988. He has served as a military collaboration with the University of Canterbury - managing a range of technology based engineer with the Canadian Armed Forces before and involved 27 PhD students. companies. He was managing director of one obtaining his PhD in 1992. His research interests of the UK’s leading systems houses before are on timber structures, specifically connections Jason’s research interests also include the use becoming an independent consultant in 2001. and attained international recognition for his of recycled or waste materials in concrete and Since then he has been a non-executive director research on bolted connections, addressing the the condition assessment of concrete bridges.

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represent the University of Auckland IEEE countries. The University of Auckland IEEE Auckland students Student Branch. Student Branch is the professional home for program a win students from a wide variety of disciplines such IEEE is the world’s largest technical association, as the Electrical and Computer Engineering A University of Auckland IEEE (Institute of with more than 400,000 members in over 160 and Biomedical Engineering. Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Student Branch team was awarded first place in New Zealand in the IEEEXtreme 24-hour programming competition.

Team ‘ForkBomb’ was also awarded fourth place in the Asia-Pacific region against 892 teams and fourteenth in the world against 1,838 teams. The team members are Chris Morgan (Software Engineering), Ronald Ping Man Chan (Mechanical Engineering) and Glen Robertson (Computer Science).

IEEEXtreme is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE student members, supported by an IEEE Student Branch, advised and proctored by an IEEE member, compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to solve a set of programming problems.

The competition took place on 26 October 2013 and recognised some of the world’s top up-and-coming programmers. There were eight teams from New Zealand, seven of which From left: Ronald Ping Man Chan, Chris Morgan, Glen Robertson

the Yacht Research Unit. As well as generally Engineering students optimising his sail plan, he looked in particular sail to victory at the use of double-surface sails and their ability to perform more efficiently than The Faculty of Engineering congratulates conventional thin sails. alumnus Benoit Marie and Mechanical Engineering doctoral student Dario Motta He says, “this fairy tale win is nothing but the on their recent sailing victories. Both men result of tremendous work and sacrifices made have taken a passion for sailing to the over the previous two years, and a 12 years next level with study at the Yacht academic and on-the-water preparation Research Unit. dedicated to this one goal - excellence on offshore racing.” Benoit Marie won the Mini Transat single Benoit Marie in the Twisted Flow Wind handed transatlantic yacht race in December In match racing a little closer to home and Tunnel with his model 2013. “The weather was harsh and despite shore, Dario Motta, a PhD student in the Yacht breakages I managed to win as a rookie, at my Research Unit won the Auckland Laser (Full rig) first attempt, that hadn’t happened since Championships. 1997”, he says. The six race series, run on the weekend of Combining his love of sailing with his studies, 22-23 February had the full variety of Benoit completed a Master of Engineering conditions with light winds, never much over Studies in Yacht Engineering at the University five knots, from the east and then turning of Auckland in 2011. His research project was northerly on the Saturday, to 20-25 knots from on the aerodynamics of the yacht he won the the south-west on Sunday. race in. Despite the challenging conditions, Dario Benoit built a 1/6 scale model of his Mini showed his superior racing skills with two first, Transat using flax-fibre composites which he one second and three third placing’s in a fleet then tested in the Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel at of 14, ending the regatta as the clear winner.

Dario Motta with his trophy.

The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering | 9 Engineering students CONTINUED Engineering their way across GODZone Two Engineering students were part of a University-sponsored team that took part in an annual adventure race, covering some 520km and ascending to a total height of over 12km.

Mechanical Engineering students Ed Lawley and Toni Keeling, who is also studying towards a Bachelor of Science, were part of Team University of Auckland which took part in GODZone, an annual multi-day expedition race in the South Island that attracts both local and international competitors.

This year’s event took place in Kaikoura and asked teams to navigate, trek, mountain bike, kayak, canoe, and coaster their way along the Hurunui River, and through the Glen Wye and Kaikoura ranges. To add to the challenge, the exact details of the course weren’t released until a few hours before the race.

The pair were joined by Bachelor of Medicine, From left-to-right; Thomas Reynolds, Toni Keeling, Matt Jeans, and Edward Lawley Bachelor of Science graduates Matt Jeans, and Tom Reynolds. in 14th place, managing to keep the Kiwi “I’m keen for more. Expedition racing has “The 24 hours prior to the race seemed to drag,” says Tom, who is now studying towards dominance in the competition, with the first something no other race format I have tried a Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Medicine. international team placing 15th. has. It certainly redefined my limits, especially “The night before the race we sat down over mentally. The team finished with a credible time of five some dinner and discussed our expectations days, 14 hours and 35 minutes. Despite a few “We wouldn’t have made the start line were it not and plan for the race. We were all keen on delays at transition points, and fatigue for our supporters – our naming partner, the completing the full course, with a top 20 placing.” effecting some decisions on the course, the University of Auckland, made sure we could be challenge of the competition hasn’t seemed to there. With an expedition race under the belt, Team University of Auckland finished the race deter them at all. exam study will seem like a breeze from now on.”

Lost alumni Lost alumni are graduates of the Faculty of Engineering whom we have lost touch with, and no longer hold a email or address for. We would like to get back in touch with our lost alumni and we need your help. You can find a list of our lost alumni at www.engineering.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/lost-alumni

If you can provide information on alumni listed on the webpage, please let us know by emailing Sarah Dixon at [email protected] or phone +64 9 923 4761.

We would appreciate it if you could let us know the lost graduate’s name, faculty, graduation year, home address and email, or as much information as you have.

10 | The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering Alumni Ron Mayes inducted into the US Rugby Hall of Fame Engineering alumnus Ron Mayes was honoured as an inductee to the US Rugby Hall of Fame Class of 2014 during a reception and dinner on 7 June 2014 in Houston, Texas, for making his mark on American rugby as coach and administrator.

Ron Mayes coached the United States National Team from 1983 to1987, which included tours to Australia (1983), Japan (1985) and to the first Rugby World Cup in Australia in 1987. He was the coach of the Old Blues Rugby Club in Berkeley, CA from 1975 to 1983, winning the first five National Club Championships from 1979 to1983. Ron also coached the Northern California Pelicans from 1976 to1982 and the Pacific Coast Grizzlies from 1978 to 1982. He was the co-chair of the National Technical and Development Committee from 1982 to1987 and chaired the National Technical Development Panel from 1993-1999.

Off the rugby pitch, Ron has 40 years of management and technical expertise in earthquake and structural engineering. His technical experience includes working with many of the world’s leading authorities in earthquake and structural engineering and he is highly respected by his peers. He recently served as secretary/treasurer of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) and is a past Vice- President of The Masonry Society.

He was selected as “Structural Engineer of the Year” by the Wiley Journal “Design of Tall and Other Buildings” in 2006 and is Fellow of the SEAONC. Ron co-founded Dynamic Isolation Systems, Inc (DIS), in 1982. DIS is a firm that specialized in the design, analysis and supply of base isolation systems that provide the highest level of earthquake protection. At DIS, Ron had a national leadership role in developing and implementing base isolation technology and code procedures for buildings, hospitals and bridges.

The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering | 11 Alumni CONTINUED Ardmore Class of ’64 holds 50 year reunion At the beginning of March 1964, a group of bright (intelligent and handsome) young men arrived at Ardmore Engineering School to start their “education” to become engineers – they had little idea of what was in store for them! Fifty years on, a number of them gathered in Blenheim for a weekend of celebrations – and what a weekend it was.

Cliff Boyt has now organised six reunions of this class at five-year intervals and each has been better than previous – and this one followed the trend. Organisation started about Ardmore Class of ‘64 a year in advance of the event when Cliff started contacting as many as he possibly could. In the class photo from 1964 there are 64 students, but a number of them are from foreign shores and contact with them has been lost. Also a few have passed away. Cliff made contact with 46 of those in the photo and 28 actually made it to the reunion. When partners and representatives from the current school were added a total of 49 people attended the reunion function on Saturday afternoon and evening.

Cliff recruited Roger Wylie to help with the outings organisation and they worked well as a team. The weekend started with an informal get together on Friday evening at a local Blenheim bar. That was a good way to start the weekend and many were late leaving for their beds. On Saturday morning we all caught a narrow-gauge railway train from the centre of Blenheim (from Beaver Station named after Geoff, but spelt wrong) for a 25-minute ride to Brayshaw Heritage Park in the outer suburbs of the city. Here the old engineers were able to spend time playing on the heritage farm machinery and other vintage cars and machines. That was a good opportunity to play while chatting with old mates in a relaxed environment. The train returned to the centre of town around midday. Burn and Linda Lewis The reunion function was held at Belmonte Vineyard in Giffords Road, a property that is 60’s, but the bulls**t just flows! We must be which mainly acknowledged those who have jointly owned by Stephan and Lesley Gooder showing our age because everyone had left for passed away or had not been able to attend and another couple. It covers 50 acres planted their accommodation well before midnight. because of some affliction. mainly in grapes with about 5 acres in feijoas and the house and environs are great for On Sunday morning there was a visit to Forrest It was great that Burn Lewis and Mike Owen entertaining. The function started from 2.30pm Estate winery where we were given a very were able to join us from USA, John Carter and attendees were able to enjoy drinks and informative tour and explanation of the from Indonesia and John Shrimski from nibbles while wandering around the vineyard vineyard, winery and wine-making by Dr John Australia. and listening to a live one-man music Forrest. About 50 percent of the crop from entertainment. A very nice dinner was enjoyed Stephan’s vineyard goes to Forrest Estate for We are all looking forward to our next get in the evening, followed by a few presentations winemaking. Of course there was some serious together in 2019 although we recognise that and a slide show of old photos from the wine tasting and some purchasing. Before we will all be around 74-75 years old by then!! Ardmore days. The boys don’t seem to manage leaving Forrest Estate, John Roxborogh and Cliff Boyt to down quite as many beers as they did in the Vince Bidwell held a short religious service,

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The final day was spent out at John Duder’s satisfactory and rewarding careers and lives. The Ardmore Class of bach in Mansion House Bay on Kawau. As with Of course we sadly remembered those of our 1957-59 meets again all the previous days we basked in the glorious number who have died and those not able to sunshine but felt too lazy to try the sparkling join us. But it was a very successful and The Ardmore Class of 1957-59 met again water below. As we had at Ardmore, we enjoyable reunion - hopefully not our last. for its fourth reunion although somewhat enjoyed one another’s company and now as a depleted in numbers. It was a group of 17 family with the occasional contact via Skype. Rob Aspden contemporaries who met on various We were happy to share the many happy occasions during an organised program memories of our Ardmore days and generally spread over four brilliant late summer days. Four of the group plus three of their wives came from Australia and one member came from Canada.

We started on Tuesday 18 March with our regular reunion visit to Kim Goldwater’s vineyard, now of course, the Wine Science Faculty of the University of Auckland. Kim and Jeanette were there to welcome us as we enjoyed the ferry trip, the venue and a splendid lunch at the Goldie Room. Despite it only being four years since our last reunion we always seem to have so much to catch up on.

The following day saw ten of our group out at the most enjoyable AUEA lunch at Beaufords in Manurewa. We almost seemed to be the “young” group present – some impressive longevity there! A special delight was seeing Professor Emeritus Arvid Raukivi at the lunch looking as fit and lively as ever. Incidentally the timing of our reunion was made so that we could fit this event into our programme. It Back Row (L to R): George Walker, Rob Aspden, Bryan Taylor, Max Bosselmann, David Willmott, suited us better than the September date for Elizabeth Newcomb, David Newcomb, Gary Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson, Neil Sapsworth, Pam the Engineering alumni dinner with the Sapsworth, Kim Goldwater, John Hawley, Don Lamont, Colleen Petricevich, Mike Petricevich. unpredictable weather for our outdoor events. Front Row: Ray Ryan, Carol Bosselmann, Mary Walker, Karen Willmott, Lum Yun Kwai, Anne Aspden, Jeanette Goldwater, June Lamont, Russell King. Thursday took us up to Leigh for a visit to the University marine laboratory information centre and for a glass bottom boat trip around the Goat Island marine reserve. Unfortunately tannin from the kelp washed ashore in the recent storm clouded the water and the view of the sea world was limited to a few curious snapper who swam close in the hope of some food. Then 25 of us gathered in Matakana for a reunion meal in the evening as the reminiscing continued, sometimes a little embarrassed at some of the juvenile pranks which we ensured plagued the unfortunate Teachers College staff at Ardmore.

L to R: George Walker (Queensland), Julian Williams, Neil Sapsworth (West Australia), Ray Ryan, Gary Wilson (Sydney), Lum Yun Kwai (Canada), David Willmott, Russell King Relaxing at Kawau (Queensland), Don Lamont, Rob Aspden

The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering | 13 Alumni CONTINUED AUEA Luncheon at Beaufords On Wednesday 19 March, Engineering Alumni met at Beaufords in Totara Park, Auckland, for the annual Auckland University Engineering Association (AUEA) Luncheon. Most of the 60 attendees were graduates of Ardmore, including the ten from the Ardmore Class of 1957-59 reunion, but guests also included a few more recent graduates and AUEA Committee Graeme Hamilton, George Walker and Sir Garry Hadfield, Nic Smith and David Carter members. Ron Carter

The sun was shining and attendees mixed and mingled in the beautiful setting, on the lawn and in the marquee surrounded by the majestic totaras. The lunch included canapés, a buffet carvery and sweet treats, and the wine served was kindly sponsored by Opus.

AUEA President, David Carter, and Faculty of Engineering Dean, Professor Nic Smith, attended the event and updated guests on the latest news from the AUEA, the faculty and the progress with the new campus at Newmarket. The AUEA Annual Luncheon at Beaufords in Totara Park, Auckland If you’re interested in attending next year’s function please get in touch with Sarah Dixon – [email protected] and we’ll ensure an invitation is sent to you in due course.

Generous donations and support The Faculty of Engineering would like to thank Ian and Emma Murray who have made significant and insightful donations to support young engineers now and into the future. The Murrays have become patrons of the faculty’s Formula SAE Team (FSAE) and are aiding education through the establishment of a new postdoctoral scholarship.

Ian and Emma are both avid car enthusiasts, so becoming patrons of the FSAE car was an ideal way to both share their passion and encourage emerging talent. Every year the FSAE student team design, build and manage a car project, so this is the ideal way to support From left to right: Ian and Emma Murray, some of the FSAE team members, Dean of Engineering students who are honing their engineering Professor Nic Smith and Deputy Dean Professor Gordon Mallinson skills by developing and racing a formula style race car. The students performed superbly last top 50 universities in the world. Funding is most appreciated by the Dean of Engineering year in the Australasian competition and it is hoped that this new support will see them higher education, research and Nic Smith, the Faculty of Engineering and the drive to even greater success this year. encouragement of young students and their University of Auckland itself. projects sit squarely within the major goals of The postdoctoral scholarship is a great the University of Auckland’s strategic plan to Their gift will give lasting benefit to the addition to engineering’s postgraduate be a major force in global education. ambitions of all. scholarships and is another step forward in supporting the University’s goal of being in the The generosity and foresight of Ian and Emma

14 | The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering Alumni CONTINUED Restoration of electric power supply to Faseu Village in Papua New Guinea The Registered Trust, ‘Friends of Faseu’ seeks funding support for a rural electricity project in Papua New Guinea. The project involves the repair and restoration of a small hydro-electric plant and the associated electrical distribution system supplying community facilities at Faseu, a village in the mountains of the Huon Peninsula in the Morobe province.

The system commenced operation in December 2005 and ran successfully, supplying power to community facilities in the village, before it was severely damaged owing to flooding and landslips.

The project was the fruit of a partnership between the Faseu community and an informal group known as Friends of Faseu (FoF).

FoF comprised approximately thirty individual donors, all with close knowledge of rural conditions in Papua New Guinea. A key member of the partnership is Emeritus Professor Jack Woodward, former Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland.

The Friends Trust now hopes to support repair work at the site to enable power to be provided once again, with a target of NZ$25,000 to achieve this.

Friends of Faseu has been registered as a New Zealand charity, and donations can be made via Telecom’s Givealittle website at www. givealittle.co.nz/org/friendsofFaseu. Details are given in the prospectus document, which includes photos of the scheme and is available on the Engineers for Social Responsibility website www.esr.org.nz.

Lawrence Carter Former faculty staff member, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering | 15 From the AUEA President

In a previous Alumni News I mentioned increase (rumoured under good authority to be shows that we tend to under-estimate the four elements that are key to maintaining the highest of any faculty on campus). impact of change. our world class engineering school: (a) great facilities, (b) world class faculty In fact with the with the recent recognition of So what does that mean for us as engineers, it members, (c) top quality students and (d) Sir Ron Carter as a Member of the Order of means that we need to push forward and sadly engaged alumni. As described enviously New Zealand, Sir John Hood as a Knight there is no time rest on our laurels. The world above, our new Newmarket facilities are Companion of the Order of New Zealand (both needs us to change, both for its sake and our almost finished and they will be Auckland alumni) plus Professor Nigel Priestley own. And in terms of our alma mater, we need transformational. By remaining adjacent (University of Canterbury) and Don Miskell to be training our future engineers to both to the City Campus, it has enabled (landscape architecture) as Officers of the think and communicate in a different way. And students to remain “connected” with Order of New Zealand, we can rightly feel in terms of ourselves, we need to contemplate wider campus, not to mention other proud that engineering has come of age (and what is the service we sell given the vast students, which will continue to become yes we are happy to celebrate landscape amounts of knowledge that is becoming feely ever more important in our rapidly architecture as part of our industry). available to all. We need to understand how changing world. we act and communicate in an increasingly However, while it would be tempting to think “social and open” world, for examples as I have also mentioned the enviable quality of that we can now stand easier (if only for a humans we can process pictures 60,000 faster our faculty’s staff, noting our relatively remote while), sadly the opposite would seem true. The than the written word. geographic location, a factor that is becoming rate of change in the world seems ever less significant due to increasing unprecedented, and all indications are that it However one constant that is likely to remain is connectivity, plus the high calibre and breadth will continue to accelerate. This in turn will the importance of relationships, and the of our students. Engineering certainly seems to have a profound impact on the way we deliver current business to business (B2B) focus is now have become the profession of choice for many our work, the way we meet societies needs and being predicted by some to return to human to of our most capable and competent students, indeed the very nature of our businesses. For human (H2H), particularly when we struggle to with over 800 students now commencing an example it is now claimed that in two days the understand the extent to which we can trust or UoA engineering career each year, while the world now produces as much digital data as it decipher this avalanche of data. It also minimum entry level GPA has continued to did in all years prior to 2011, we now know re-emphasises that as alumni we must plane engines are being monitored continually re-engage with our alma mater, both with an and remotely by manufacturers, a heavy plant intent of guiding the development of our future manufacturer now monitors over one million of engineers but also to keep abreast (or at least their machines remotely worldwide, 3D laser be aware) of the rate of technological change scanning is now accurate to 10mm with 200 that is occurring, NOW. million plus data points per file not being uncommon, all probably unapparent to us say Fingers crossed. five to ten years ago. David Carter And much of this change has been enabled by President, AUEA the rise of computing power, both in terms of capturing and processing data. The technological singularity suggests that by 2015 the processing power of a computer will be equivalent to that of a mouse, by 2025 equivalent to a human brain and by 2045 equivalent to the brain power of all humans on the planet. Once again hard to comprehend, David Carter and while the world tends inevitably to www.engineering.ac.nz/auea over-estimate the speed of change, experience

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AUEA upcoming events and faculty staff, and to hear about exciting 2014 AUEA developments at the Faculty of Engineering. AGM Engineering Alumni Notice of the 57th Annual General This year we will be celebrating all alumni who Meeting of AUEA, to be held at the Dinner graduated in a year ending in ‘4’, ie, 1954, Faculty of Engineering, Dean’s Suite, Level 1964, 1974, 1984, 1994, 2004. The next annual Alumni Dinner will be 5, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland at 6pm on Monday 11 August 2014. held on Saturday 27 September at the We encourage you all to attend the 2014 Pullman Hotel Auckland, corner of Princes AUEA Engineering Alumni Dinner. All alumni Light refreshments will be served from 5.30pm. St and Waterloo Quadrant near the are of course welcome from any graduating University campus. The formal black tie/ year. For further information, please contact dark suit affair will take place from David Carter, President, AUEA Inc. at 6.30pm to midnight. A registration form is enclosed with this [email protected] edition of Engineering Alumni News. If you The annual dinner is a unique opportunity for would like to reserve your tickets or table now members of Faculty, the University and old please contact the AUEA Dinner team at: friends to reconnect, share experiences, [email protected] or phone network with former colleagues, classmates, Liz Mitton on +64 9 923 5198.

The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering | 17 AUEA notices CONTINUED The Faculty of Engineering Era’s: collecting the memories In the last edition of the Alumni News, AUEA President David Carter announced the forming of the Faculty of Engineering eras. These eras are to celebrate distinctive times from the history of the Faculty of Engineering and to collect and preserve alumni’s photos, journeys and memories.

We would appreciate your help with collecting photos, memorabilia and anecdotes that relate to your time spent in the faculty. Hovercraft Float, Queen Street, 1962 The Eras are: 1930-1969 – Ardmore Era 1970-1984 – Era of Reinvention 1984-1998 – Composite Era 1998-2013 – Era of Information

And soon we will be able to add the 2014+ - Newmarket Era

We would really appreciate receiving high-resolution scans or jpegs as well as original photographs which we will copy and return to you. We are also interested in your stories, so we can add to our archive and share with other Engineering alumni.

Please send any scans, jpegs, photographs or anecdotes to Sarah Dixon at [email protected] or by post to Sarah Dixon, Faculty of 1964 Engineering Senior Rugby Team Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand, and please include the dates, names of people in the photographs and other relevant information.

We hope to display many of these photos at our AUEA Dinner in September so we would appreciate your assistance as soon as possible.

University of Auckland boat race

1980 Open day

18 | The University of Auckland, Faculty of Engineering AUEA notices CONTINUED AUEA Alumni & Friends Workplace Champions meeting The first AUEA Alumni & Friends meeting of the year was hosted by Waterfront Auckland (an Auckland Council organisation) in June. This gave AUEA alumni, Champions and friends a chance to network, partake in the drinks and excellent nibbles, and hear about the redevelopment vision for the Auckland waterfront.

Associate Professor Gerard Rowe, an Undergraduate Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, gave an update on the faculty, in particular addressing the increase in student numbers, our research success stories, the building programme and upcoming accreditation, and he expressed the faculty’s Neil Carter, Bob Mawdsley, Des Mataga, Alan Routley appreciation for the ongoing industry support we receive.

Dr Stephen Rainbow, General Manager Strategy at Waterfront Auckland gave an extremely interesting presentation about the Waterfront redevelopment vision. The Waterfront Auckland is responsible for around 45 hectares of waterfront property, stretching from Westhaven to Queens Wharf, and includes the development of public space and infrastructure and the aim to attract private investment for residential, commercial and mixed use development.

One of the current developments underway is the Westhaven Promenade, a walkway/ cycleway, which will eventually make it possible to walk or ride from St Heliers, through the already revitalised Viaduct and Wynyard Quarter, all the way to the Harbour Bridge.

For more information on this fascinating topic and the exciting developments discussed in the Carl Burr, Bob Mawdsley, Priscilla Chung meeting, which will revitalise the heart of the Auckland City, visit www.waterfrontauckland.co.nz

If you’d like to find out more about the AUEA Alumni & Friends Workplace Champions programme, please contact Sarah Dixon on +64 9 923 4761 or email [email protected].

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