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3. MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN 6. NATIONAL AWARDS FOR TEAM UOW 3. EIS APPRENTICE ACHIEVEMENTS 7. SECTE INNOVATION FAIR

4. ’S FUTURE 7. UOW HIGH SCHOOLS STEM ENGINEERS ENCOURAGED TO COMPETITIONS CHOOSE RAIL 8. TRADE SHOW AND RESEARCH 4. ELECTRICAL TRACTION SHOWCASE ENGINERING 8. FACEBOOK COMES TO TOWN 5. GIFTED STUDENTS VISIT SBRC 9. 2013 GRADUATIONS 5. THE SOLAR OLYMPIAN: LLOYD 10. RESEARCH GRANT SUCCESS NICCOL 11. ACADEMIC PROMOTIONS 6. UOW M2M TEAM

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Message from the Dean

. bachelor degrees to provide greater and has made a huge impact on mining depth and breadth in disciplines, were education by setting up programs with also awarded. Degrees awarded in these institutions in Brazil, South Africa, US ceremonies include our research degrees and Canada. He has a particular passion at both Masters and PhD levels, and this for workplace safety, and has made year over 25 PhD’s were awarded to enormous improvements in the safety researchers from our Faculty. records of his companies. He has earned widespread respect throughout the

mining industry, governments and the This year we are also proud to award an international community not only for his honorary doctorate award to one of our business acumen but also for his past graduates, Mark Cutifani who by approach to political and social issues virtue of his lifetime of exceptional facing communities where mining contributions was awarded a Doctor of operations are located. Mark is a Business Administration (Honoris Causa). It’s the time of the year for Season’s marvellous role model for our graduates, Mark graduated from the University of Greetings and Graduation ceremonies and is also a fine illustration of the with a first class honours again, and we congratulate our many ’s aspiration to degree in Mining Engineering in 1982. students who are graduating this week be one of the world’s best Universities He is now the Chief Executive of Anglo after all their hard work. Due to the by demonstrating a positive impact American, one of the world’s largest amalgamation of the previous Faculties internationally on the world’s mining companies with operations in of Engineering and Informatics into one community. Africa, , Australasia, Europe, North Faculty of Engineering and Information and South America. The company Sciences, we are now a much bigger employs more than 100,000 people We congratulate Mark on his Doctorate- faculty and our graduation ceremonies mining copper, diamonds, iron ore, a fitting reward for such a lifetime of had to be spread out over two separate nickel, platinum and coal. Mark won a contributions. We also congratulate all ceremonies. About 250 students who number of awards as a student here our 2013 graduands and wish you all the came to us from Australia and more than including the Western Mining best for your future careers. Finally, we 30 other countries graduated in each of Corporation award for the best second wish everyone a wonderful Christmas these ceremonies. These included year student, one for best final year and a Happy New Year for 2014. undergraduate degrees from all our thesis, and the Atlas Copco Travelling seven Schools covering engineering, Bursary for 1982, which is awarded to mathematics, physics and information only one student from the whole of technology and communications areas. Australasia. Graduates from all our course work Masters degrees, which build on Mark has had an international career

EIS Apprentice Achievements Two of our workshop apprentices have same high standards to every job he by the perfection to detail displayed in received recognition for outstanding crafts in the EIS workshop. every project he undertakes for our achievements in the Mechanical researchers.

Engineering Trades area. Sean Ritchie won the region By Ron Marshall Australian Industry Group Apprentice of Carl Rindlisbacher finished in the the Year Award for 2013. Sean was top four of the lathe turning category of selected from 10 finalists and was the regional World Skills Olympics which presented the award at a formal was held at Wollongong TAFE recently. presentation on Friday night. This is There were over 25 Fitting and Turning a HUGE achievement due to the rigorous apprentices from the Illawarra region selection process and high standard of entered in the competition and the top entrants that were nominated from four were separated by less than 8%. across the region, which included The skills and craftsmanship that Carl apprentices from all trade categories. showed in the production of his The Skills set Sean has developed over competition task was outstanding; no the short time he has been with us is surprise to us because he applies the outstanding and can be seen Sean Ritchie receiving his award

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NEWS

Australia’s Future Engineers Encouraged to Choose Rail

Six eager engineering students from the and teams visited exhibitors, answered University of Wollongong and the engineering related questions and University of Western arrived at highlighted the benefits of applying their AusRAIL PLUS, the biggest rail event in skills to the rail industry. Australia, to ‘Meet a Rail Engineer’ on 26

November 2013. Chief Executive of the ARA Bryan Nye stated that this was the second year the ‘Meet a Rail Engineer’ is an industry led industry body had facilitated the initiative developed by the Australasian initiative, with the primary focus of Railway Association (ARA) whereby positioning rail as an employer of choice. engineering students are provided with a “The Australasian Rail Industry is in a UOW Sponsors World Congress unique opportunity to spend quality period of significant growth and on Railway Research Gala Dinner time with a practicing rail engineer, with prosperity, I hope that today these the aim to inspire and attract future students witnessed that and will UOW was proud to sponsor recently the engineers to rail. consider a career in rail when they World Congress on Railway Research graduate,” said Mr Nye. It is a wonderful Gala Dinner where our logos and

example of industry working together, banners were well represented and ARA members including Australian Rail through the ARA’s Rail Workforce visible at gala dinner, throughout the Track Corporation, Bombardier, Development Committee, providing congress halls and in the foyer to the Brookfield Rail, Downer Rail, John potential future engineers with a Ausrail Exhibition. Associate Professor Holland, Leighton and , positive “one on one” experience with a Richard Dwight used this opportunity to volunteered their top rail engineers to Rail Engineer and showcase the exciting speak to a crowd of more than 400 rail mentor and guide the six students at career opportunities rail has to offer. specialists from around the world about AusRAIL PLUS. Students and Engineers our Faculty’s rail research and education were matched on a one-on-one basis programs for the rail industry.

New Postgraduate Rail Course available: Electrical Traction Engineering

Co-ordinated through the CRC for Rail members in a broad range of rail  Traction Network Planning Innovation, the Electrical Traction organisations. Admission to this course is Engineering course was developed in either through an undergraduate degree  Traction System Realisation and partnership with Industry and Academia or relevant industry experience. Assets Management in response to a need for more rail The subjects include learning and  Traction Contact System Design engineers with specialist knowledge in assessment tasks, followed by  Professional Project in Traction the area of electrical traction examinations in the following areas: Engineering engineering. The Master of Engineering (Electrical Traction Networks) is a new  Traction Networks Operations, Master of Engineering (Electrical part-time distance education program Safety and Standards Traction Networks) (University of for engineers moving into or working in Wollongong)  Traction Network Interfaces the specialist area of electrical traction Contact: Rachel Weine phone: 02 4221 network engineering. This course aims to  Earthing, Bonding, Electrolysis and 4566 or email: [email protected] accelerate the career development Protection process and produces graduates with  Traction Power Supply System the capabilities to practice as valuable Design

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NEWS Gifted Students visit SBRC

Students also had the chance to try delicious organic and sustainable foods provided by the Red Kitchen.

The event was organised Ben Anderson from the Illawarra Environmental Education Centre and it was such a success there are plans to make this an annual event. Many thanks to Duane Robinson, Craig McLauchlan, Daniel Daly, Scott Redwood, Laia Ledo and Yi Guo, Over 100 academically gifted Year 5 and It is anticipated some of these students Sanja Sreckovic, Julie Curcio and Robyn Year 6 Illawarra students visited the will go on to become leaders in Fumini. Sustainable Buildings Research Centre on sustainability in their school/community 5th December as part of their interest in or beyond and they were given the sustainability. opportunity to tour SBRC. Duane Robinson of SBRC officially welcomed The students had a great day and the students and showed them the enjoyed various activities. The group Illawarra Flame House being re-built. toured the Science Centre and There were discussions on what ideas Planetarium, and they also constructed used in the SBRC that the students may solar cars and boats, and raced them. be able to utilise in their schools and potential careers in engineering.

The Solar Olympian: Lloyd Niccol Retrofitting our way to China and back

Undergraduate Engineering / Commerce envisaged the liveable metropolis of the student Lloyd Niccol took the stage as future – one that embraced part of the 2013 TEDxUWollongong sustainability with retrofitting. Using the Liveability limelight. model of the winning Solar Decathlon home, the Illawarra Flame, he made his

case for a future built with smaller Part of the mix of leading experts to share their vision of tomorrow, Lloyd homes that consume less energy.

The Liveability Lineup from back Left: Rasmus Frisk, Professor Gordan Waitt, Lloyd Niccol, Professor Brian Collins, Professor Ian Buchanan. Front row: Professor Pascal Perez and Dr Sara Adhitya.

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NEWS UOW Telstra M2M Team

Congratulations to the UOW M2M Team for finishing third in the recent Telstra M2M University Challenge.

The Machine-to-Machine (M2M) is one of the fastest growing areas of telecommunications. It encapsulates technologies that allow virtually any ‘thing’ to communicate meaningful information – such as locations, measurements, events, etc.

It is a ten-week competition that gives development and be designed to work operators can access. efficiently on the Telstra NextG® university students a chance to prove they are the next generation of leading network. The UOW M2M Team consists of Australian innovators. students in ICT, Design, Business and AutOBD or Automated On-Board related disciplines. Congratulations to

Winners are judged on their ability to Diagnostics is the University of Jacob Donley (Team Captain), Luke create a M2M solution that will Wollongong’s M2M system that collects Angove, Renee Cuda, Matthew Dabin, positively impact people and businesses. data from a car’s on-board diagnostic Adam Debono, Mitchell Just, Charles The developed applications should be computer and, via NextG®, sends it to a Morgan, Yukin Wu, Shiwei Zhang, and commercially sound, focus on software server – where the data is turned into a Phillip Ogunbona (Faculty Member). report that roadside assistance

National Awards for Team UOW At the recent Australian Institute of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration The Team UOW/BlueScope Solar Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and (HVAC&R) industry. Assisted Air Conditioning System was Heating (AIRAH) National Awards developed by a team of students and presentation dinner in , Team staff from the University of Michael graduated with a Bachelor of UOW/SBRC students won two Wollongong’s Sustainable Buildings Engineering (Mechatronics) honours prestigious awards: Research Centre, in collaboration with degree from UOW in 2007, and went on to develop his skills with Lend Lease as a  Team UOW Solar Decathlon China BlueScope. Team UOW Developed this Specialist Services Engineer. He is now team, in collaboration with BlueScope unique system to enhance the electrical studying a Master of Engineering , won the Denis Joseph Award for efficiency of their Photovoltaic (PV) (Research) on innovative building display Innovative Use of Solar Energy in system while also harvesting the thermal systems at UOW’s SBRC. Michael’s Heating Ventilation, Air Conditioning and energy of the sun. The Illawarra Flame’s award was in large part recognition for Refrigeration (HVAC&R); retrofitted Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) stem consists of a number of thin-film the pivotal role he played as the Building  Michael Whitehouse was named as PV panels mounted on a steel sheet Services Manager of the Team UOW the ‘AIRAH Student of the Year’. flashing that is fixed to the top of a sheet Solar Decathlon team, developing much of the design and documentation of the metal roof profile. This system creates a cavity underneath the steel flashing building services in the first-place through which the working fluid, air, can winning Illawarra Flame House. flow and exchange heat with the PV panel. In other news Team UOW and Relativity were one of three finalists in the Art of

The system was designed to be a cost Engineering awards for their animated effective retrofit solution for existing walk through the Illawarra Flame House. Massimo Fiorentini, a PhD student at the residential buildings, as demonstrated UOW Sustainable Buildings Research on the Illawarra Flame House Solar Centre (SBRC) who played a leading role Decathlon house. in the development of the ‘Team UOW/

BlueScope Solar Assisted Air SBRC student Michael Whitehouse won Conditioning System’, accepted the the AIRAH Student of the Year Award in Denis Joseph award on behalf of Team recognition of his outstanding work and UOW and BlueScope. scholarship in the Heating, Ventilation, Massimo Fiorentini accepting the award

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EVENTS SECTE Innovation Fair

A showcase of new age, technology- Machine), the Ultrasonic Washing driven student products and projects Machine which has a nozzle was on display at the Annual SECTE manufactured using a 3D printer, the Innovation Fair held in November. The remote fishing line, and the Hazardous event was held at the Sports Hub and Early Warning System. officially opened by Professor Timothy Marchant, Dean of Research. SECTE Higher Degree Research students

and ECTE458 and ECTE953 students Dean of Research, Professor Timothy The objective of this show is to present presented posters and demonstrations Marchant, inspects the Hyper Engineering the ECTE250 and ECTE350 project from their specialist areas. The Team’s electric vehicle charging system students to a wider audience. Students Innovation Fair is a great opportunity to were on hand to discuss their projects support and promote the work of our with staff, high school students and students to the University and the wider industry partners and advisors during community. For the full article visit the event. http://media.uow.edu.au/news/ UOW160883.html Some of the projects on display included SWAM (Submersible Water Analysis Off The Hook Engineering with their automated fishing rod

UOW High Schools STEM Competitions

The Faculty of Engineering and Since then, this inaugural Competition Competitions with over 330 awards Information Sciences’ High Schools has been progressively expanded. This presented. Competitions continue to go from year, the Faculty ran 13 competitions strength to strength. throughout the whole of NSW and the All of the awards were provided by 60 ACT. The two ACT Competitions are now sponsors with a total of $70,000 cash In 2000, Bob Wheway as a member of Science - Technology - Engineering - and in-kind sponsorship. the ISRG Committee of Sydney Division Mathematics (STEM) while Caz Sandison of Engineers Australia, organised a pilot and Annette Worthy have run inaugural Year 11 Engineering Studies Engineering competitions for Years 7 & 8, 9 & 10 and Report Competition for High Schools 11 and 12 Maths students. Details of all between Bulli and Kiama. This inaugural of the 13 Competitions can be found on Competition had one sponsor (Sydney the website http://eis.uow.edu.au/ Division) providing $250 for student highschoolcomp/index.html awards. Six students from three schools submitted entries in this Competition. This year there were a total of 560 registrations received for the 10 STEM

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EVENTS Trade Show and Research Showcase

UOW’s School of Computer Science and the event. Finder’, a location-based web app that Software Engineering (SCSSE) and the helps students find the staff and Many of their projects had an industry School of Information Systems and resources they need for their studies, focus, and students were keen to Technology (SISAT) held their annual ‘Gluphien’, client, server and dashboard receive industry comments and Trade Show and Research Showcase on for a medical call centre, ‘Spriii’, a feedback. The SCSSE and SISAT Research 31 October in the University Hall. Senior system developed for smartphones and Centres also presented displays and Deputy Vice-chancellor, Professor John tablets that allows salons and other demonstrations of their research and Patterson opened the showcase with small beauty industry businesses to stay specialist areas. Edwin Kwan, a software engineer form in contact and reward the loyalty of Telecommunications Systems giving the their customers. keynote speech. SCSSE project displays included the

‘Smart Lift’, a lift management system in

multi-storey buildings, ‘SnapIn’, a For the full article visit : http:// The event, held in the University Hall, Smartphone application that removes media.uow.edu.au/news/ showcases the projects third-year the need for you to remember a UOW160820.html Computer Science and Information password when logging into websites, Systems students to the public and and ‘Viral Flux’, a multi-platform strategy included industry advisors and invited war game based on malware. high school students.

Student teams were on hand to present SISAT project displays included ‘Staff and discuss their projects throughout

Facebook Comes to Town

company.

“The world is changing fast and we want to make sure our graduates are well aware of and can contribute to the science and technologies which are having such great social and technological impacts. Facebook of course is one of the most powerful and instructive examples of how entrepreneurs and researchers can change the world and we are very pleased indeed to be hosting this visit by Facebook to our University.” The University of Wollongong in Facebook’s fast-moving software partnership with Facebook recently ran engineering culture. Associate Professor Daniel Saffioti, who a special event for current and holds dual roles in the School of prospective students and alumni who “A few billion likes and a few hundred Computer Science and Software wanted to connect with Facebook million photos uploaded a day. A Engineering and as Deputy Director of recruiters. hundred or so petabytes of UOW’s Information Technology Services, *questionable+ data and a handful of said: “This is an excellent opportunity for UOW network engineer graduate Mr power hungry datacentres. And it’s all our talented IT students to get out there Cooper Lees returned to UOW to share humming while code is being written and show the world what they can do.” his story. Cooper is now an operations and deployed twice daily without users engineer working on Facebook’s site noticing,” Mr Pobar said. For the full article visit http:// reliability, and spoke about how he media.uow.edu.au/news/ earned his big break and what it takes to Dean of Engineering and Information UOW163163.html. You can also view work for the California-based Sciences at UOW, Professor Chris Cook, the article in the Sydney Morning Herald conglomerate that collected US$5.1 said the event was an exciting http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/ billion last year. opportunity for students and recent expertise/facebook-fishing-for-new- Facebook engineering manager Mr Joel graduates to get their foot in the door in talent-in-wollongong-20131212- Pobar also gave guests an insight into the world’s largest social media hv5go.html

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EVENTS 2013 Graduations

The CEO at AngloAmerican, Mark Cutifani, delivered the Occasional Address and received an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration at the Engineering and Information Sciences ceremony on 16 December. He is pictured with the Deputy Chancellor, Dr Stephen Andersen (left) and UOW Vice -Chancellor, Professor Paul Wellings. Medical Radiation Physics Engineering graduate Dr Stefan graduates Dr Cheryl Lian and Mitra Griesser pictured with his father Safavi-Naeini with Professor Hubert, who flew out from Austria Anatoly Rozenfeld to attend his son’s graduation ceremony.

Innovation Campus Operations and Facilities Manager, Anuchit Laohakanniyom (Master of Information and Raymond Gunn, was on hand to see his son, Adrian, graduate Communication Technology Advanced with Distinction) and with a Bachelor of Engineering degree. Azira Khalil (Master of Medical Radiation Physics)

Michael Evans gained a Bachelor of Engineering Honours in Mining Engineering.

Tom Borgo (Bachelor of Information Technology) celebrated his graduation with parents John and Leslie Borgo and girlfriend Lauren Ognenovski. Lauren Bell graduated with a Brothers Cher Hau (Alex) Seng (left) Bachelor of Medical Radiation and Kuok Hau (Ivan) Seng both Physics Advanced received their PhDs on Wednesday evening – Alex in Electrical

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STAFF NEWS Research Grant Success

Congratulations to all those successful in Australian steel industry to improve its new materials and their assembly into latest December ARC rounds. global competitiveness. Based on an electrochemical devices. The resulting integrated, value chain-wide approach technology breakthroughs will have a The Total excluding LIEF where UOW is to innovation in the steel sector the direct impact on some of today’s most not the lead =$4,484,332 . $900,000 of Research Hub includes projects on challenging global problems in clean this is Buddhima’s et al LIEF grant which innovation strategy and management, energy, synthetic biosystems, will continue UOW’s leading role in Rail customer-focused product diagnostics and soft robotics. The ARC Research in Australia and complements development, innovation in coating and funding will allow ACES and Australia to their ARC Centre of Excellence. Two surface engineering technology, and take a global leadership position in 3D grants below include ISEM researchers economic and environmental electromaterials science and to use this as well as EIS researchers-the interaction sustainability of iron and steelmaking. knowledge to create new industries. of researchers from EIS and ISEM and

IPRI continues to be a very powerful The ARC Centre of Excellence for force. Electromaterials Science (ACES) led by Centre Executive Director, Prof Gordon ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Wallace (ARC Laureate Fellow), was Manufacturing - $12,000,000 research awarded $25 million in funding as a new grant success with $5,000,000 from ARC. ARC Centre of Excellence from 2014 to Researchers led by Brian Monaghan with 2020. ACES is one of only 12 Centres of many others from our Faculty, others Excellence funded nationally and the from UOW and many colleagues from only successful Centre this round to be BlueScope with some contributions from led by a NSW university. The funding other industries have combined to be awarded to ACES represents the largest successfully awarded one of the largest ever ARC grant awarded to the ARC competitive industry-linked projects University of Wollongong. ever. The new ACES Centre will create important new functional 3D devices The aim of this Research Hub is to including soft robotic limbs and artificial develop breakthrough process and body systems through the discovery of product innovations to enable the

Academic Promotions

Congratulations to all our successful promoted to Level C Senior  Dr Man Ho Allen Au, School of candidates who were successful in the Fellow Computer Science & Software latest promotions round. Engineering, - promoted to Level B  Dr Tao Yu, School of Civil Mining & Lecturer Environmental Engineering, -  Dr Lenka Kuzmikova, School of promoted to Level C Senior  Dr Marianito Rodrigo, School of Mechanical, Materials & Lecturer Mathematics and Applied Statistics, - Mechatronics, - promoted to Level B promoted to Level C Senior Fellow  Dr Zhenjun Ma, Sustainable Buildings Lecturer Research Centre, - promoted to Level  Dr Nagesh Shukla, SMART C Senior Lecturer  Dr Luping Zhou, School of Electrical, Infrastructure Facility, - promoted to Computer & Telecommunications Level B Fellow  Dr Susanna Guatelli, School of Engineering, - promoted to Level C Physics, - promoted to Level C Senior  Dr Marco Petasecca, Centre for Senior Fellow Lecturer Medical Radiation Physics, - The Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences wishes you and your Family a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Safe & Prosperous New Year!

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