Archive News 2006, Monash University

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Archive News 2006

	6 December 2006 Engineering success with the right chemistry Dr Karen Hapgood from the Department of Chemical Engineering has won the 2006 award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists for 'New Investigator in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical technology'.
	18 November 2006 Trickle down technology The efforts of two Monash researchers may help persuade the urban planners of the world's driest continent to save precious rain water by using a new type of paving for public areas.
	18 November 2006 Engineering open house and alumni dinner On Saturday, November 18, the Faculty of Engineering held its first ever faculty - wide alumni event.
	1 November 2006 Monash China consortium established Monash has established a new consortium to provide a platform for research and industrial engagement between Australia and China.
	1 November 2006 Fellowship returns biological engineer to Monash Internationally renowned scientist Dr Cait MacPhee is due to return from overseas to work at Monash, thanks to a Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation (VESKI) fellowship.
	30 October 2006 'Tea leaf paradox' leads to new generation diagnostics Monash scientists have used an 80-year-old scientific principle to separate red blood cells from blood plasma in a discovery that could lead to pocket diagnostics such as a 'smart card' that performs on-the-spot blood tests.
	25 October 2006 International awards for materials engineering Researchers from the Department of Materials Engineering have received four international awards for their research papers about light metals and steel
	11 October 2006 Electricity supply research centre opens The Victorian Minister for Innovation, Mr John Brumby, has officially opened a new Monash research centre that will play a pivotal role in improving the operation of Australia's power transformers.
	11 October 2006 Civil engineer wins international geosynthetics award Associate Professor Abdelmalek Bouazza of Monash's Department of Civil Engineering has received the 2006 International Geosynthetics Society Award and gold medal.
	October 2006 On track with Monash - Monitoring rail track conditions Monash's Institute of Railway Technology has developed a fully automated condition monitoring system for railways.
	October 2006 Rebuilding the road network: pavement engineering Management of the Australian road network is a significant challenge that requires high level research to provide innovative technologies, particularly suited to Australian conditions.
	4 October 2006 Chemical Engineering excellence Professor Xiao Dong Chen of the Department of Chemical Engineering has been honoured for his research excellence in the area of food processing and chemical and biochemical engineering.
	27 September 2006 Sustainable development champion Alex Zahnd visits Monash engineering Monash Engineering, in collaboration with Engineers Without Borders, welcomed Mr Alex Zahnd from Kathmandu University to the Clayton campus on September 7th.
	13 September 2006 Student racers' German success A team of Monash engineering students, who last month in Germany raced a car they designed and built, have returned from the international event with a respectable result.
	6 September 2006 Engineering appoints Chinese professor The Faculty of Engineering has announced its first senior academic appointment under a new Monash-China cooperative agreement.
	2 August 2006 R&D in the air A senior RAAF officer has told Monash engineering and science researchers about the potential for their involvement in an international program to develop the next generation of fighter aircraft.
	26 July 2006 Engineering complex fluids at Prato The Monash University Prato Centre has hosted an international workshop at which engineers and scientists discussed research advances involving the phenomenon of complex fluids.
	12 July 2006 Monash Plays a Pivotal Role in Organising Railway Conference Monash's Institute of Railway Technology (IRT) played a pivotal role, working closely with the Engineers Australia’s Railway Technical Society (RTSA), in the success of the recently held biennial International Conference on Railway Engineering 2006 (CORE2006).
	5 July 2006 Engineering launches new multi-purpose computer complex The Faculty of Engineering has opened the doors of its refurbished and extended computer complex at the Clayton campus.
	21 June 2006 Engineering student flies high The efforts of a Monash engineering student to modify the design of a commercial reconnaissance plane have resulted in the aircraft breaking the world record for a continuous flight by an unmanned aerial vehicle.
	20 June 2006 Faster optical communications coming down the line Monash University researchers have scooped the pool of prizes, including the $100,000 Peter Doherty Prize for Innovation, at the Commercialisation Expo 2006, for their work in faster optical communications.
	16 June 2006 Awards Night 2006 The annual Faculty of Engineering Awards Presentation Dinner was held on Wednesday 31 May at the Monash Banquet Hall.
	May 2006 Designing better vaccines Monash University researchers are developing a method of making vaccines that will lead to highly effective inoculations made in a fraction of the time it now takes.
	31 May 2006 Cambridge gates open for Joan Monash engineering graduate Ms Joan Ko has been offered a prestigious scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge in the UK.
	24 May 2006 Chinese Government rewards two Monash PhD students Two PhD students from China have been recognised by the Chinese Government for their achievements while studying at Monash.
	2 May 2006 Inaugural Dean's HEW Awards Staff of the Faculty of Engineering joined the Dean in the Sir Alexander Stewart Conference Centre for the announcement of the winners of the inaugural Dean’s Higher Education Worker Award.
	2 May 2006 The research experience summer scholarship The Faculty of Engineering at Monash University has established a summer scholarship program to enable talented undergraduate students to explore the world of engineering research.
	8 March 2006 Synchrotron celebration Hundreds of VIPs attended a gala dinner at the Australian Synchrotron on Saturday 4 March - the first and only opportunity to dine on the synchrotron's 'technical floor'.
	4 March 2006 Foundation dinner The Monash Engineering Foundation is hosting the gala event that will bring together hundreds of VIPs at the 21st century research facility that is taking shape next to the university’s Clayton campus
	8 February 2006 Engineering a French connection Two French PhD students are undertaking part of their research in Monash's Engineering faculty this year and two Monash PhD researchers will study in France, as part of the international collaboration program Cotutelle.