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Archive: News & Events
NHMRC awards researchers $19.6 million to target colon cancerResearchers at the University of Melbourne - together with investigators from four Melbourne institutions - have been awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant of $19.6 million to develop new ways of detecting and treating colon cancer.Professor Frank Caruso is leading a team in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering that will focus on treating the disease through the development of smart drugs and nanoparticle delivery systems. Cancer of the colon and rectum is the most common form of cancer in Australia. Over 12,000 people are diagnosed each year with colon cancer and more than a third of these people will die of the disease. This collaboration provides an opportunity to improve outcomes for colon cancer patients. The NHMRC Program Grant was awarded to laboratory and clinical investigators from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Monash University's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the University of Melbourne's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. More information is available on the LICR website and the NHMRC website.
Podcast: Engineering Ice CreamEpisode 29 of the Up Close podcasting series features Dr Ray Dagastine discuss emulsions and the role they play in our everyday life. This episode is the first in a summer mini-season of three specially produced items, each featuring a young scientist in brief conversation on their specialised area of research. The research interests of Ray Dagastine are in the area of particulate and droplet interfacial phenomena, emulsion stability and deformable surfaces. Ray is a leading researcher in developing experimental methods and theoretical analytical tools to study interaction forces between deformable liquid-liquid interfaces using both optical techniques and atomic force microscopy. See the story here.
David Solomon wins the NES Award for Novel Engineering Solutions by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)David Solomon, a professorial Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has been awarded the NES Award for Novel Engineering Solutions by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). Solomon led the team which worked with the Reserve Bank of Australia to develop the first plastic banknote, first issued in 1988. The award is designed to recognise tangible, real applications of chemical, biochemical and process engineering skills where winners have addressed important economic, environmental or social issues. The banknote put Australia at the forefront of secure currency production and the technology has been exported to more than 20 countries around the world since its inception. Made from biaxially-oriented polypropylene rather than paper and cotton, the banknotes are harder to tear, resistant to moisture and dirt, and can be recycled once they have come to the end of their useful lives. The IChemE awards ceremony is designed to highlight cutting-edge innovation and excellence in chemical engineering and coincides with the Institution celebrating the 50th anniversary of receiving its Royal Charter status.The event was attended by over 400 chemical and process engineers and their guests at London's Hilton Metropole hotel. "Chemical and process engineers across a huge range of industry sectors are working hard to develop a cleaner, greener and more sustainable world for generations to come," said David Brown, chief executive, Institution of Chemical Engineers. "Our awards, in this our 50th anniversary year, highlight some of the groundbreaking work that is going on across the globe in all types of organisations, from centres of academia, to SMEs and large global brands."
Luke Connal awarded the 2007 Victoria Fellowship16 Aug 2007Luke Connal was awarded one of six Victoria Fellowships at a ceremony in Government House last night. The Victorian Government awards the fellowships annually to emerging leaders in engineering, science and technology with a cash grant of $18,000 to undertake short-term research, training or assist in product commercialisation. Luke Connal will conduct research into magnetic nanoparticles which has potential applications in medical diagnostics and drug delivery.
Sandra Kentish: 2007 Edward Brown AwardCongratulations to Dr Sandra Kentish for winning the 2007 Edward Brown Award - one of the University's key Teaching Awards. Sandra was selected from amongst the nominations received from the Faculties of Architecture, Engineering, Economics and Commerce, Business. The purpose of the awards is to promote, recognise and reward
excellence in
teaching. The criteria for the awards reflect the Nine Principles Guiding
Teaching and
Learning in the University of Melbourne
and Eleven Practices of Effective Postgraduate Supervisors. Each award
will consist
of a grant of $25,000 and a trophy. Winners may use the grant to support any
project
related to their academic work in teaching or research.
Podcast: Precision Drug Delivery with NanotechnologyEpisode 11 of the Up Close podcasting series, features Professor Frank Caruso discussing how advances in Nanotechnology are enabling the delivery of therapeutic drugs with "pin-point" accuracy in the human body. The Up Close podcast is available here.
Treloar Prizes awarded at the Australasian Polymer SymposiumThe Polymer Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) held the 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium (APS) in Hobart from the 11th to the 15th of February 2007. Our students did very well in their presentations and won both awards for the Treloar prizes:
The Treloar Prize is awarded for outstanding oral and poster presentations by young polymer scientists at National or International Polymer Division Meetings. The Prize is named in honour of the late Dr Edward (Ted) Treloar who was an enthusiastic supporter of young Polymer scientists in Australia. Two prizes are normally awarded, the Treloar Prize (poster) for the best poster and the Treloar Prize (oral) for the best oral presentation.
Anthony Stickland: Grimwade Prize in Industrial ChemistryDr Anthony Stickland has been awarded the 2006 Grimwade Prize in Industrial Chemistry. The prize was established in 1905 by the Honourable Frederick Sheppard Grimwade, a drug wholesaler and part owner of Felton Grimwade & Co., later to become Felton, Grimwade and Bickfords Pty Ltd, the largest drug wholesaler in Victoria. The prize is in recognition of a high degree of originality, chemical knowledge and scientific ability displayed in a branch of Industrial Chemistry and is valued at AU$8,000.
Tom Healy: a lifetime of mentoringAustralian colloid and surface science is ranked among the best in the world, thanks in large part to Professor Tom Healy, the winner of Nature's lifetime award for mentoring excellence. He has cultivated generations of high-performing scientists that have excelled both nationally and internationally. "Tom Healy is an example of a person who not only mentors his own students, he also succeeds in mentoring an entire field of science," says William Ducker, of the University of Melbourne. It is not only the supportive "family-like" atmosphere he creates for his own students and colleagues, but his selfless generosity in guiding others that is exceptional. "Mentoring is a way of life for Tom," says Calum Drummond, of CSIRO Industrial Physics, who was mentored by Healy during his undergraduate and postgraduate training. Healy's supportive and collegial approach fosters scientific excellence and collaboration amongst students and colleagues.He is renowned for bringing people together from diverse fields, such as applied mathematics, physics, chemical engineering, and biology. An outstanding feature of Healy's legacy is a student conference in colloid and surface science, held every two years, which he established nearly 40 years ago to help young researchers network with their peers. A testament to its success, aside from its longevity, is the fact that it has been emulated elsewhere around the world, including Europe, the United States and Japan. Healy is renowned for fostering a nurturing environment and creating opportunities for his students, such as encouraging them to get a taste of overseas experience during their candidature. In fact, an award bearing his name was established at the University of Melbourne to fund a student to travel to an overseas conference or research centre. He is also credited with bringing back to Australia's shores some of the finest minds in the field. He has guided people across academia, government laboratories and industry, thus extending his mentoring beyond traditional boundaries. "In today's world, Tom's interest and enthusiasm for forging strong collaborative links with industry might be seen as nothing unusual, but in the 1960's and 1970's his approach was groundbreaking and innovative," says Brian Kavanagh, of the Water Corporation , who was mentored by Healy during his undergraduate studies and throughout his career. "Tom is the benchmark from which I rate all mentors," says Drummond, a sentiment echoed by all of Healy's nominators. This year's winners of Nature's Australasia awards set a gold standard in mentoring excellence. [source: Nature] About the Nature Mentoring AwardNature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public. The Nature Mentoring Awards recognise outstanding achievement in scientific mentoring and the fostering thereby of scientific creativity. There are two awards - each of AUD$10,000 - one for lifetime achievement and the other for scientists in mid-career. The awards will presented by Dr Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature, at a ceremony in Australia on December 1, 2006. For more information see: www.nature.com/nature/mentoringawards/australasia
Advanced Materials cover for poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based honeycomb researchResearch on porous poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based honeycomb films has earned Luke Connal and Greg Qiao a cover article in the latest issue of Advanced Materials (18( 22 ) November 2006). In a related development, the same technique was used to coat a micron-sized doughnut with a porous PDMS film, of which the SEM image won the People's Choice Award at the recent 'Under the Coverslip' competition. > more
Plastic banknote scientist wins the 2006 Victoria PrizeThe scientist who invented the world's first plastic banknote was today announced the winner of Victoria's most prestigious science award. World renowned polymer scientist Professor David Solomon was presented with the $50,000 Victoria Prize by the Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, the Honorable Justice Marilyn Warren at a function at Government House this evening. Internationally Professor Solomon is acknowledged for his pioneering work in Polymer Science, particularly in controlled living radical polymerization. Professor Solomon's career is marked by a deep commitment to science as a researcher, a teacher, and as an administrator. His career is marked at each stage by the publication of a reference book which presents to the reader an easily understood presentation of the field. Thus his initial work on paint systems at Dulux resulted in the book The Chemistry of Organic Film Formers, his work on mineral polymer systems at CSIRO in The Chemistry of Pigments or Fillers and also at CSIRO his polymer studies led to Step-Growth Polymerizations, The Chemistry of Free-Radical Polymerization and The Chemistry of Radical Polymerization. He has published over 250 scientific papers, 8 books and filed 43 patents. He is a Fellow of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), The Australian Academy of Science, The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and of The Royal Society London. He has always been active in the above societies and served on numerous committees. He was President of RACI (1979-1980) and President of the Victorian branch in 1973. Professor Solomon is presently a Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and the Chief Scientific Advisor to CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology.
The Frank Morton Medal (2006) awarded to Assoc. Professor David ShallcrossAssociate Professor David Shallcross has been awarded the Frank Morton Medal for 2006. The Frank Morton Medal was first awarded by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in 2000 to recognise excellence and innovation in chemical engineering education. This is the first time the medal has been awarded outside of the UK. The medal is named in memory of a past President, Professor Frank Morton, and commemorates his dedicated service to teaching. The award, which is biennial, provides professional recognition by IChemE for excellence in chemical engineering education. The recipient is nominated by a Selection Panel consisting of representatives from the two Universities with which Professor Morton was most associated (UMIST and Birmingham), together with representatives from the IChemE's education community. The medal winner is invited to deliver the Frank Morton Lecture.
2006 ExxonMobil Award - Prof Jannie van DeveterThe winner of the ExxonMobil Award this year is Professor Jannie van Deventer from the Faculty of Engineering. Professor van Deventer is currently the Dean of Engineering and a key researcher in the field of both geo-polymers and hydrometallurgy as well as being a leader in establishing new directions for engineering teaching and research. His research interests include the extraction of gold, recovery of metals by ion-exchange, the froth flotation of large particles, the geopolymerisation of waste materials, the immobilisation of toxic waste and the simulation of ill-defined processes using artificial intelligence.
2006 Fresh Science Finalist - Dr Ray DagastineSenior Lecturer, Dr Ray Dagastine, is one of 16 finalists in the running to receive a $4,000 study tour of the UK coutesy of British Council Australia. > more and more Source: Fresh Science, The Australian
NanoVic award for targeted drug delivery PhD researchMedia Release, August 2006Research into nanoscale polymer capsules that can lock on to cancer cells and deliver a targeted drug dose has won a University of Melbourne PhD student a Nanotechnology Victoria Ltd (NanoVic) Postgraduate Award. The NanoVic award, to Ms Christina Cortez in the University's Centre for Nano-science and Nanotechnology (CNST), is worth $4000 including a day's access to commercialisation experts to discuss plans to implement research outcomes. > more Source: UniNews
Plastic note pioneer David Solomon receives Uni honour & shares currency of science successMedia Release, Tuesday 15 December 2005The polymer scientist best known in Australia for inventing the world's first plastic bank note ... awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Melbourne. > more Source: UniNews
University congratulates David Boger on PM's Science Prize winMedia Release, Tuesday 4 October 2005The University of Melbourne has welcomed the award of the 2005 Prime Minister's Prize for Science to one of Australia's most outstanding scientists, the University's Professor David Boger. Congratulating Professor Boger today, University of Melbourne
Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis said the Prize was a well-deserved
recognition of David Boger's lifetime of pioneering work in
fluid mechanics.
2005 Victoria Fellowship AwardMs Tammy Chau has been awarded a Victoria Fellowship Award for her work - More efficient food and pharmaceutical industries. Her research seeks to increase the efficiency of food and pharmaceutical industries. She is doing this by studying how droplets of food and drugs interact and function.to determine the influences of stabilisers on emulsion stability. This research has the potential to increase the efficiency of dairy, food, and pharmaceutical processing. In the dairy industry, product quality and shelf life rely on stable liquid compounds or emulsions. The interaction of droplets within in emulsions is also important in drug purification processes. There is potential for both cost savings in designing manufacturing equipment design and for optimisation of manufacturing processes. if compounds are more stable. Tammy's study mission to Bristol University will allow her to develop expertise in the use of a newnovel system based on silicon oil emulsion. The system was developed at the Bristol Colloid Centre; a world leader in this area technique and a successful model for collaboration between industry and academia. Her visit will also strengthen collaboration the relationship between the Melbourne and Bristol research groups, each world leaders in different aspects of this field. Congratulations also on being awarded a 2005 Australian French Association for Science and Technology - FEAST France Fellowship for $5,000 as a supplement to the Victoria Fellowship, enabling you to plan a study mission in France. Nano beacon will light way for smarter drug deliveryA nanoscopic molecular 'beacon' that will help scientists design smart gene and drug delivery systems has been developed at the University of Melbourne. The beacon, made from single strands of DNA, is used to measure how easily DNA (for example, genes) can pass through the walls of particles designed to deliver drugs. The innovative technique, which answers a longstanding need of scientists designing drug delivery vehicles, is the work of a team in the University's Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering). Leading the work is Federation Fellow and Director of the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Professor Frank Caruso. Professor Caruso says the past few years have seen major advances in the design of 'molecular vehicles' - particles that can be filled with a medicine or new genes. Uni News article > here
Benalla scores three PhDs as Barber brothers and Georgina graduateA veterinary scientist, a scientist and a biochemical engineer from Benalla received PhDs from the University of Melbourne on Saturday. Brothers Stuart and Andrew Barber, who regularly return to Benalla to help their father work the family's sheep farm, were conferred with PhDs - Stuart in veterinary science and Andrew in chemical and biomolecular engineering. While friend Georgina Sanders - also originally from Benalla - also received her PhD in veterinary science. The trio are among 53 students who received a PhD on Saturday, which is particularly strong representation for a rural city with a regional population a little over 14,000. Andrew Barber’s PhD research investigated techniques for stressing yeast cells for the possible production of ethanol for transport. Andrew, 37, is technical services manager at Burra Foods in Korumburra. He started at the University of Melbourne in 1987 and “didn’t leave”, getting involved in a gamut of activities from course advice to counseling, to promoting the university to industry. He says he really enjoys his association with the university which continues as he oversees an Australian Research Council project between Burra Foods and the university’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Uni News article > here
$2 million in ARC Linkage Grants awardedThe department has been very sucessful in the 2005 round 2 linkage grants. The following projects will commence on 1st July 2005: Thickener dewatering optimisation in the minerals industry, lead by Prof Peter Scales,$1.2mil, Process induced protein aggregation, lead by A/Prof Dave Dunstan, $0.5mil, and Ultrasonic processing of diary ingredients to control protein aggregation and promote heat stability, jointly lead by Dr Sandra Kentish, $0.5mil.
Professor Tom Healy awarded an Officer of the Order of AustraliaProfessor Tom Healy has been awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia in the recently announced Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Tom has been recognised for his service to science as a researcher and academic in the area of physical chemistry, and to the community through support for the activities of the Ian Potter Foundation and Philanthropy Australia. www.itsanhonour.gov.au
Previous awardsDavid Solomon awarded the R K Murphy MedalEminent polymer scientist and technologist, Professor David Solomon, of the University of Melbourne's Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the 2002 R K Murphy Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) > article EPA awardEPA congratulates inagural winners of Clean Air Society Werner Strauss Achievement Awards named after Werner Strauss from the first class to graduate in chemical engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1952. Professor David Boger wins 2002 Victoria PrizeUni News article > here Previous News
Emeritus Professor David Wood awarded Honorary Doctorate from the University of SurreyEmeritus Professor David Wood has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Surrey for his services to chemical engineering including the international arena. The Doctorate is the highest award that the University bestows and the Faculty wishes to congratulate Emeritus Professor Wood on this prestigious award.
Le Fèvre PrizeProfessor Frank Caruso is the recipient of the Le Fevre Prize of the Australian Academy of Science. The R.J.W. Le Fèvre Memorial Prize commemorates the work of the late Professor R.J.W. Le Fèvre, FAA, FRS. Its purpose is to recognise outstanding research in chemistry.
Professor Frank Caruso appointed to the ARC College of ExpertsCongratulations to Professor Frank Caruso for being appointed to the ARC College of Experts. The College of Experts form discipline-based groups comprising two members in each area of expertise and are responsible for assessing applications for the ARC National Competitive Grants Program. Victorian Senior of the Year Award 2005 - Prof Tom HealyProfessor Thomas Healy has been selected as a finalist for the Victorian Senior Australian of the Year Award for 2005, in recognition of his contribution to the community and the nation through your commitment to science, technology and philanthropy. Professor Healy is currently a Governor with the Ian Potter Foundation. Established in 1964, The Ian Potter Foundation is today one of Australia's largest private philanthropic foundations. Areas of interest are the arts, education, environment and conservation, health, social welfare, science and medical research.
David Solomon’s 75th Birthday Symposium - 19th of November, 2004The Royal Australian Chemical Institute-Victorian Polymer Group (RACI-VPG)
is organizing a “David Solomon’s 75th Birthday Symposium” to
be hosted at the University of Melbourne on the 19th November 2004.
This event is to celebrate Professor Solomon’s 75th birthday
as well as to honour his scientific achievements spanning his career
in polymer science research in Australia. With great pleasure, we hereby
invite you to attend this Symposium.
Signing of MOU at Seventh International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies September, 2004At an evening event during the GHGT 7 Conference, the University of Regina and the Petroleum Technology Research Centre took advantage of having delegates from around the world available and signed a number of MOUs. An MOU, or Memorandum of Understanding, is a non-binding agreement to establish cooperation between institutions. Specific annexes to the MOU can be added to establish specific terms under which such collaborative research takes place. The University of Regina's International Test Centre for CO2 Capture signed and MOU with NTNU (the Norwegian University of Science and Technology), the University of Melbourne, Australia and the University of Texas at Austin. This will provide an increased opportunity and incentive for more collaboration between some of the major institutes undertaking research into post-combustion capture of CO2. The PTRC and the University of Regina also signed an MOU with the CO2CRC with the aim of furthering collaboration in carbon capture and storage. Both groups are working on an integrated approach to capture and storage and it is hoped that this MOU will lead to a significant level of cooperation between the two groups. The PTRC signed two MOUs to help develop transatlantic ties. The first of these was with CO2GeoNet. CO2GeoNet is a consortium of 13 research institutions in Europe that create a network of excellence in the geological storage of greenhouse gases. The goal of this agreement, termed a Heads of Agreement, is primarily to move forward with the development of a global network of excellence in the area of risk assessment in geological storage. The PTRC will bring expertise from western Canada and CO2GeoNet from Europe. The second MOU was with TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), again with the goal of furthering risk assessment work. On Friday, September 10, immediately following the conference, the next step in the development of the global network of excellence in risk assessment for geological storage of CO2 (COSRAIN - CO2 Storage Risk Assessment Network) was taken to help ensure the effectiveness of the above MOUs.
Fulbright scholarship reinforces cement researchSeptember 20, 2004University of Melbourne research investigating the building blocks
of new environmentally friendly cement, believed to be the future of
Engineering, has been strengthened with a Fulbright scholarship. source UniNews
Sandra Kentish awarded Universitas 21 Fellowship Sandra Kentish's U21 Fellowship will take her to four U21 institutions
that teach chemical engineering undergraduate courses - the Universities
of Nottingham, Edinburgh, and Birmingham in the UK, and the National
University of Singapore. source UniNews
Top 100 Most Influential Engineers: Engineers AustraliaEngineers Australia has included two Departmental members in its Top 100 Australia's Most Influential Engineers list. Included in the list (academia/research) are Professor David Boger and Professor Jannie van Deventer > article: Engineers Australia Professor Rod Tucker, Laureate Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Professor John Langford, Professorial Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering were also included in the list.
Engineering Celebrates Teaching Excellence 2004Friday 3rd SeptemberThe Dean of Engineering Professor Jannie Van Deventer announced the recipients of the Engineering Teaching Excellence Awards last night at the Faculty's annual Dean's Presentation Ceremony. The Presentation Ceremony is an opportunity for the Faculty to recognise the achievements of its students and its teaching staff. The recipients of the Awards were selected by panel and were each awarded a $10,000 prize to support their research activities. The highest ranked of the three recipients was awarded the Kelvin Medal and a year's membership to the Kelvin Club, courtesy of the Kelvin Club. Dr Sandra Kentish was a recipient of the 2004 Teaching Excellence Awards are, and was awarded the Kelvin Medal for 2004.
Royal Fellow Professor David SolomonOur own Professor David Solomon has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, one of only two Australian scientists elected this year. Professor David Solomon is known primarily for his polymer research and especially for free radical polymerisation studies and mechanistic control which led to novel block, graft and monodispersed polymers. The Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, and has been at the forefront of enquiry and discovery since its foundation in 1660. The backbone of the Society is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists of the day, elected by peer review for life and entitled to use FRS after their name. There are currently more than 65 Nobel Laureates amongst the Society’s approximately 1300 Fellows and Foreign Members. Throughout its history, the Society has promoted excellence in science through its Fellowship, which has included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, Francis Crick, James Watson and Stephen Hawking.
Laureate Professor David BogerProfessor David Boger receives a Gold Medal from the Council of the British Society of Rheology. The Gold Medal is the Society's highest honour and in this case is awarded in recognition of Professor Boger's contribution to the science and engineering of rheology, particularly in the areas of particulate systems, fluid elasticity and the application of rheology to industrial problems: The British Society of Rheology An understanding of fluids that break all the rules has won the University of Melbourne's Laureate Professor David Boger the 2003 Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award > article For more information about the 2003 Clunies Ross National Science & Technology Awards and Professor Boger's citation > here
Professor David Boger Awarded K L Sutherland Memorial AwardThe Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering presented this award to Professor Boger for his fundamental research on the flow properties of particulate fluids and on the properties of viscoelastic fluids ("Boger fluids") and of the application of that science to the handling and disposal of waste tailings from Bayer alumina processing and in the dry stacking of waste solids from mineral processing operations around the world. |
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