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December

Tri-University advanced research workshop
Monash University Faculty of Engineering hosted the Tri-University Advanced Research Workshop on the 6th and 7th of December 2007.
General Sir John Monash award winner Dilani Kahawala General Sir John Monash award winner
One of this years recipients of the General Sir John Monash Awards is Engineering graduate Dilani Kahawala.

November

Industry guests Ian Little (left) and Lindsay Wheeler (third from left) of Worley Parsons with Engineering students in the Leadership Program. Engineering Faculty launches Leadership in a Technological Environment program
Monash University’s Faculty of Engineering officially launched the Leadership in a Technological Environment Program at a formal dinner, on Friday 16 November 2007.
Dynamic Crowd-Structure Interaction In Stadium Structures Seminar
Dr Williams is a Reader in Structural Engineering and Deputy Head of the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University.
Australian industry leaders honoured
Leading business, academic, research and government names are among 30 new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering whose elections were announced recently at the Annual General Meeting of the Academy in Perth.
Postgraduate student Hussein Jama is one of only six people to win a prestigious 2007 Victoria Fellowship Tubular steel study a winner for engineering student
Blast-resistant tall buildings, sports stadiums, oil platforms and train stations are closer to reality thanks to the work of engineer Hussein Jama.
Associate Professor Jean Armstrong and Xia Li Sky's the limit
Associate Professor Jean Armstrong is a pioneer in her field. Thirty years ago she was the first woman to lecture in an Australian university engineering department and today continues to pioneer research.
Dr Leslie Yeo Storm warning
An 80-year-old principle discovered by Albert Einstein is being applied by Monash University scientists to develop an 'electronic canary', capable of detecting tiny grains of biohazardous materials.

October

Solar Car Aerodynamic Testing
Testing of the University of Michigan's solar car Continuum was undertaken in Monash University's wind tunnel earlier this month.
Dr Philip Nakashima from the Department of Materials Engineering and Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy has discovered a simple new method to see the shape of atoms. The technique eliminates most of the Solar Car Aerodynamic Testing
Scientists will be better able to 'see' the shapes of atoms thanks to a scientific breakthrough by Dr Philip Nakashima from the Department of Materials Engineering and Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM).
Dr. Gavin Mudd The mining boom is fading fast
A Monash University environmental engineer has warned in a new report that mineral resources are running out, excavation costs are escalating and the environmental costs of mining are devastating.
It’s time to leave the fossil fuels behind
Dr Gavin Mudd is a senior lecturer and course director in Environmental Engineering at Monash University, Faculty of Engineering. In this article Dr Mudd argues the point for renewable energy sources.
Leslie Yeo, Senior Lecturer at Monash University Small is the new Big
Anyone who can find a use for earthquakes and tornadoes has to be admitted – they are not on most people’s must-have list.
Monash Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins at the signing ceremony for the Australia-China International Centre for Light Alloy Research Establishment of Australia-China International Centre for Light Alloys Research
On the 29th of September the Vice-Chancellor of Monash University, Professor Richard Larkins, signed an agreement with the President of the Chinese Aluminium Company (CHALCO), Dr. Yaqing Xiao.
Tony Nicholson, Dr Janet Stanley, Professor Graham Currie,  John Stanley and Associate Professor Geoff Rose were part of the launch of a new book that examines transport and social disadvantage in Australia Transport crisis focus of new research
New research launched by Monash University, has exposed the critical nature of transport disadvantage in Australia.
The first true prototype motor adjacent to a ballpoint pen for scale. Microbots within five years?
Associate Professor James Friend, a senior lecturer with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured on the ABC show ‘Catalyst’ last week.
Research in full colour
In conjunction with Research Matters Month, Engineering research students were asked to create posters depicting their individual research topic.

September

Master of Aerospace Engineering Master of Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace engineering, as the name suggests, is all about flight. It's the idea, design, development and production of aircraft and spacecraft that will fly within the atmosphere and beyond.
Bachelor of Engineering - Telecommunications flavour
Monash University have redesigned the undergraduate Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering (ECSE) discipline of the Bachelor of Engineering.
Dr Karen Hapgood, Senior Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Chemeca 2007 a showcase for knowlegde
Chemeca 2007 (September 23rd - 26th 2007) is an international platform to showcase knowledge, share innovation and provide a forum to discuss current issues and insights.
Twisted segments of the collapsed Westgate bridge at Clayton campus. Did you know?
Fatigued sections from the 1970 Westgate bridge collapse can be found at Monash University’s Clayton campus in the Engineering Faculty.
Head of the School of Applied Sciences and Engineering Professor Sam Adeloju explains aspects of nanotechnology as part of the recent Science and Engineering Week. Nanotechnology innovations spark up Science and Engineering Week
Trafalgar High, Traralgon Secondary and Gippsland Education Precinct students were inspired to learn more about nanotechnology during National Science and Engineering Week.

August

Dr Leslie Yeo 60 seconds with ... Dr Leslie Yeo
Dr Leslie Yeo, Senior Lecturer & Researcher

July

Australian Synchrotron Monash welcomes a bright new era in Synchrotron research
Monash University today welcomed a new era in scientific research with the official opening of the Australian Synchrotron by Victorian Premier John Brumby.
Can Hong Ngo Monash student gives back to his community
A Monash Engineering student, of refugee background, is taking part in a western suburbs mentorship program to boost the morale of other children who have arrived in the West as refugees.
Leadership in a Technological Environment Program 2007
The first undergraduate Leadership in a Technological Environment seminar for Semester 2 was very well attended and guest speaker: John Sturdy ( Director Education/Government Sector: Hudson) Be(Hons), MEng Sci, MBA FIEA, AIM, MAWA, MIPA was animated in his discussions about networking, presenting for interviews and the importance of a mentor.

June

Monash freeway Poor on fringes will be isolated as car costs rise
Professor Graham Currie, Chair of Public Transport in the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University says low income families forced to rely on cars.
Dean of Engineering, Professor Tam Sridhar has welcomed funding to assist a research partnership between Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Australian and Indian research giants combine
The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, has announced two new research partnerships between India and Australia.
Professor Rob Norris, Professor Doug Macfarlane and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Edwina Cornish at the ACES launch. Big hand for ACES opening
The new ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) launched last week brings together eminent scientists to develop new advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Former Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Peter LePoer Darvall has been awarded an AO in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours. The Queen's Birthday 2007 honours list
Emeritus Professor Peter LePoer Darvall was made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for service to education.

May

Professor Harald Schmidt was one of the guest speakers at the World Conference of Science Journalists’ breakfast, hosted by Monash University. Monash University hosts breakfast for international journalists
Monash University experts are telling their story to the world.
Award recipients 2007. Dr Alan Finkel addresses faculty awards night
The annual Faculty of Engineering Awards Presentation Dinner was held on Wednesday 9th May at the Monash Banquet Hall.
2007 Women in Engineering Bursary holders meet with Prof. Tam Sridhar, Dean of Engineering and Assoc. Dean (Teaching) Assoc. Prof Gary Codner Women in Engineering Bursary Winners
10 female commencing students met with the Dean of Engineering this week to receive their $2000 bursaries as part of the Faculty's Women in Engineering Program.
At a time of greater awareness of climate change, Monash University researchers are leading the way in development of clean coal technologies. Engineering clean coal
At a time of greater awareness of climate change, Monash University researchers are leading the way in development of clean coal technologies
New Chancellor in 2008 Dr Alan Finkel Five minutes with our new Chancellor
He has established a world-class supplier of electronic and robotic instruments, invented a device that was successfully commercialised to speed drug research, and co-founded the award-winning science magazine Cosmos.
Dr Gavin Mudd. Shallow debate?
When it comes to uranium mining, have industry and government looked at the true long term environmental costs?
APEC Automotive Dialogue Conference delegate behind the wheel of Monash University Accident Research Centre’s Advanced Driving Simulator. APEC delegation visits accident research centre
Automotive specialists from across the Asia-Pacific region are learning from Monash University.

April

Daniel Mitchell will continue his research in the field of aircraft mechanics at Stanford University. Groundbreaking opportunities for next generation of scientists
Three more Monash University postgraduate students have received Fulbright Scholarships to pursue cutting-edge research that may change the way we treat cancer, fly supersonic jets, and manage our water supplies.
Professor Arthur Lowery Engineering professor receives 2007 ATSE Clunies Ross award
Professor Arthur Lowery, Head of the Department Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Victoria is the recipient of a 2007 ATSE Clunies Ross Award for his contribution to the area of photonics.
Monash University Vice-Chancellor Professor Richard Larkins, Victorian Treasurer John Brumby and Aluminium Cooperation of China (Chalco) chief executive officer Mr Xiao Yaqing. High-level delegation visits Monash to promote shared research
Monash University recently hosted a high-level delegation from China that explored ways to further promote international research in light metals.
Professor Chun-Zhu Li Monash leads on clean coal research
Monash University is a major beneficiary of grants for brown coal research announced by the Victorian Government today.

March

Ms Vanessa Kong was one of the participants in the recent induction for the inaugural 2007 Engineering Leadership Program for Undergraduates Inaugural leadership program for Engineering undergraduates
Thongs flying, Nikes swooshing, mobiles ringing, frantic dialling, colourful bandanas in orange, hot pink, blue, some tied to arms, others to ponytails or belt loops, all against a backdrop of deep blue sea...
Students and staff at the Leadership in technology induction workshop Providing engineers for the future
The Faculty of Engineering launched a new Leadership Program for engineering graduates at the Melbourne Business School in Mount Eliza last week.
Students and staff at the Leadership in technology induction workshop Engineering scholarship students return to Botswana with honours
Professor Tam Sridhar, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Monash University hosted a dinner reception at the Gaborone International Convention Centre on Tuesday evening (27 February 2007) for the first cohort of graduates...

February

Joseph Jones, a Year 12 student at Saint Brendan Shaw College, La Trobe, Tasmania, shows off his microcontroller system created during the NYSF session held at the Monash Clayton campus earlier this month. Engaging youth through science
A lecturer from the University's Engineering faculty is inspiring teenagers to build their own computers.
Dr Paul Webley (left), research prize winner Anushi Kulasiri and Professor Mark Thompson A fitting end to a successful summer research season
Over the past few months, while some other engineering students have been wiling away their summer holidays at the beach or at the movies, a group of 32 dedicated students have spent 13 weeks working on research projects in the Faculty of Engineering.

January

Melanie Bok, president of Monash Chapter of Engineers Without Borders Engineers without frontiers
True to form, Monash engineers are making a difference in the world - some even before they graduate.
 
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