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Rses 2008.Pdf Research School of Earth Sciences 2008 Annual Report - Contents Directors Introduction Honours & Awards Staff & Students Research Activities o Earth Chemistry o Earth Environment o Earth Materials & Processes o Earth Physics o PRISE Research Support o Electronics o Engineering Publications National & International Links Staff Activities Director’s Introduction 2008 2008 was the first year in which the Research School of Earth Sciences was engaged with the full range of educational activity from undergraduate, honours, Masters by coursework and higher degree research. All education activities are carried out in the Earth and Marine Science Education Program and all courses now appear with a single code EMSC irrespective of their origins in the former Research School or Department. I would like to thank the Associate Director – Education, Professor S Cox, for steering the education activities of the School successfully through the year. We have had high numbers in first year in courses shared with the Fenner School and a large Honours class. Most undergraduate teaching is carried at the D.A. Brown Building (#47), but Honours and Masters teaching is concentrated at the Jaeger Building (#61). The integration of research activities between the D.A. Brown and Jaeger buildings has worked quite well and some rearrangements of facilities are planned to make the best use of technical resources. Movements of staff have been two way and many members of the school keep fit by walking (or cycling) between the two buildings. The administrative structure in the University continues to evolve. As a result of a University Review of Biological Sciences, the College of Science and the College of Medicine and Health have been reconfigured into the College of Physical Sciences and the College of Medicine, Biology and Environment with a joint college administration for the major functions. The Dean of Science - Prof Byrne is responsible for Education in Science across both colleges. Prof Byrne who is a nuclear physicist also has the role of Director of the College of Physical Sciences within which RSES sits. The full details of the administrative changes are still being worked out, but there has been a subtle but significant shift in the position of the School. Budgetary and Strategic issues are now expected to be worked in a College context. Members of the School received many honours during the year: • Prof. B.L.N. Kennett was awarded the Gold Medal in Geophysics from the Royal Astronomical Society and the Peter Baume award for exceptional merit from ANU. • Prof. R. Grun was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. • Professor H. O’Neill was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science • Prof. M. McCulloch has been made a Fellow of the Geochemical Society • Prof. G. Lister was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America • The SHRIMP team, comprising Dr John Foster, Dr Peter Holden, Mr Peter Lanc, Mr Ben Jenkins, and Mr Norm Schram, received a Vice Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Service Quality With the election of Prof R. Grun to the Australian Academy of the Humanities for his contributions to archaeology we now have fellows in three Australian Academy (Academy of Science, Academy of Technological Science, Academy of the Humanities) which is unusual for a Science based School. As a fitting tribute to his very distinguished career in Earth Sciences, Em. Prof S.R. Taylor has been appointed as an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia. In the internal promotion round for 2008 Drs V. Bennett and M. Norman were promoted to Level D. The number of grants funded through the Australian Research Council was down once more in 2008, but there was continuing success in the areas of earth physics and climate change. Two successful LIEF grants will see renewal in mass-spectrometers for environmentally oriented work. 2008 has seen the establishment of the Australian Office for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) at RSES and Prof Neville Exon appointed as Program Scientist. Australian membership of IODP is supported by a multi-year ARC LIEF grant and contributions from a wide-ranging consortium across the country. The IODP membership brings a substantial foreign currency exposure (US$1.4M per year). Fortunately this year’s partial subscription (~US$1M) was paid near the top of the A$ rate against the US$ before the recent precipitate decline. The Terrawulf II computer cluster funded through AuScope was formally launched in June, this 384 core system is being used for a wide range of research including atmospheric effects in GPS, through ocean modelling to studies of the Earth core and geodynamo. The Jaeger 5 extension building with the ground floor SHRIMP stable and second floor offices for the Planetary Sciences Initiative was completed in mid-year. The energy efficient building provides a contrast and complement to the rest of the Jaeger complex. SHRIMP II was successfully moved to the ground floor working area to join SHRIMP RG in the original space. SHIRIMP SI grows in place in the floor and already the general form can be visualised. The offices above are in use and we have gained a valuable area for teaching and small meetings. We have received permission to call this the “D.H. Green Room” in honour of the former Director of the School who has recently ‘retired’ to Tasmania. The Campus Planning and Development committee has approved the design for the replacement of the rear section of the Old Hospital Building (OHB-B) that provides an interesting contrast to the Heritage listed OHB-A. This “Jaeger-8” project now awaits release of funding. It will include additional teaching space and a clear front entrance to the School. Research at RSES mobilises a wide range of geological, geochemical and geophysical techniques and expertise to try to understand the nature of the Earth and its environment. The research is organised through the four main Research Areas: Earth Chemistry, Earth Environment, Earth Materials & Processes and Earth Physics. These research areas link groups with a common style of activity or equipment. Much cross-area cooperation occurs, and many activities transcend area boundaries. The following pages provide an account of many facets of the research activity of RSES undertaken in 2008. B.L.N. Kennett Director, RSES Honours & Awards Ms J.N. AVILA received a travel grant award, from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies Sokendai, to attend the 71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Matsue, Japan. The special volume of the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences "Geochronology in Australia", edited by J. R. De Laeter, A. J. W. Gleadow and I. McDougall, was dedicated to Dr W. COMPSTON. Prof P. DE DECKKER was awarded the Christoffel Plantin Medal for his achievements in many aspects of science. This Belgian award is offered annually. Dr N. EXON received the Stillwell Award for the best written paper in the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences in 2006, at the Australian Geoscience Convention in Perth in July. Mr R.J.M. FARLA has received the Paterson Fellowship award 2009. In August 09 he will visit the David KOHLSTEDT laboratory at the University of Minnesota then proceed to meet Dr S. Karato at Yale University. He will attend the international conference Deformation, Rheology and Tectonics (DRT) early September 09. Dr M. FORSTER was awarded an ARC Fellowship – Australian Research Fellow (ARF) - starting on August 2008 till August 2013. Ms C. GREGORY received the Robert Hill Memorial Prize from the Research School of Earth Sciences for excellence in scientific communication. Prof R. GRÜN was elected Fellow to the Society of Antiquaries, London, and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Mr J. HIESS received an ICOG7 Travel Award to attend the 18th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July. Prof T.R. IRELAND was awarded Fellowship of the Meteoritical Society. C. JONES received a renewal of the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship from the US Department of Defense (3rd year of support) Prof B.L.N. KENNETT received the Gold Medal in Geophysics from the Royal Astronomical Society, London for his work in seismology. Prof B.L.N. KENNETT was awarded the Peter Baume Award from ANU. This is the University’s most prestigious staff award and was presented in recognition of “his exemplary record of research achievement and leadership”. Prof K. LAMBECK contributed to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as a substantial contributor to the IPCC since the inception of the organization. Prof G. LISTER was awarded the Carey Medal by the Geological Society of Australia, and was made a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. Dr J. LONG (Museum Victoria; Adjunct Professor, RSES) received the Australasian Science prize for 2008 for his research on live birth in the Devonian Period published in Nature. Prof H. St.C. O’NEILL was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Sciences Prof M.T. McCULLOCH was made a Fellow of the Geochemical Society in July 2008 for outstanding contributions to Geochemistry. Prof M.T. McCULLOCH was made a Fellow of the Australian Geological Society in July 2008 for outstanding contributions to the Earth Sciences. Mr I. MOFFAT was appointed a member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies A. ROSENTHAL received financial support from the conference organisers for travel to the 9th International Kimberlite Conference in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. KEITH SCOTT received an Honorary Fellowship Award from CRC LEME for "Outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of regolith science". Prof S. R. TAYLOR was appointed as an Honorary Companion (AC) of the Order of Australia.
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