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UWA News classified NEW STAFF Please welcome the following new staff who joined the University between July 29 and August 25. Daniel Baker, Information Architect, Website Office Eve Chaloupka, Curatorial Assistant, Berndt Museum of Anthropology Denise Dalton, Administrative Assistant, Humanities Emma Gillespie, Project Officer, Financial Services Michelle Gorman, Administrative/ Research Assistant, School of Surgery Tamara Haynes, Administration Officer, Geraldton Universities Centre Laura Keenan, Editor, University of WA Press Kristy Kleins, Administrative Assistant, Student Services Amy Maslij, Administrative Assistant, Student Services Linh Nguyen, Dental Clinic Assistant, Oral Health Centre of WA Gilberto Sanchez, Research Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Environment Dr Megan Saunders, Research Associate, School of Environmental Systems Engineering Dr Christin Sawstrom, Research Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Systems Engineering Zoran Siriski, Plumber, Facilitiess Management, Maintenance Workshop Evgeny Stepanov, Scientific Officer, School of Earth and Environment Ploy Tangtulyangkul, Information Analyst, Planning Services Ng Wen Qi, Program Assistant, Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care Ben Wylie, Graduate Research Assistant, Medicine and Pharmacology Kanako Yoshikawa, Dental Clinic Assistant, Oral Health Centre of WA NOTICES CONVOCATION, THE UWA GRADUATES ASSOCIATION invites all graduates and other members of Convocation to attend its Second Ordinary Meeting to be held on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 6.30pm for a 7pm start in the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery with reports from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson the Warden of Convocation, Simon Dawkins and the Guild President, Emma Greeney. Guest Speaker: Professor Jessica Meeuwig, Inaugural Director, Centre for Marine Futures who will speak on Science and conservation for Western Australia’s unique fish RSVP on (08) 6488 3006 or via convocation@uwa.edu.au Refreshments will follow the meeting If you will be attending we advise you to ensure that you are warmly dressed, as it can be quite cool in the Gallery due to the need to maintain a constant temperature for the collection. Also, should you require assistance with accessing the Gallery, please call the Convocation Officer, Juanita Perez on 6488 3006. Campus postcards Surprise a friend overseas or interstate. Instead of sending an email, write a postcard. UWA Friends of the Grounds have some beautiful cards for sale at the Visitors Centre and online, featuring images of the campus grounds. The Friends have also published a 2011 calendar with as yet unpublished photographs from the competition for the first calendar, along with images from University archives. The calendar and postcards celebrate the centenary of The University of Western Australia Act, passed by WA State Parliament in 1911. Calendars are $12 each and the postcard are $1 each. Find them online at the UWA website. Click on Alumni and Friends, then go to Friends of the Grounds. Do you own a shed? Overseas Biologist doing long-term field work in WA needs space to store a 14ft field-research lab / caravan and 4WD starting ASAP. Willing to help with or pay for shed clean-out. Conditions to be negotiated. Please leave message at: 08 93897448 or 0438401213 (Greg) KENT STREET REUNION Kent Street Senior High School is celebrating its 70th anniversary on Saturday October 30 Canteen Quadrangle from 1.30pm For more information call the school on 9262 0500 or email kentstreunion@hotmail.com Libraries in late antiquity Michael Champion Friends of the Library Tuesday 14 September 2010 at 7:30pm for 8pm Science Library meeting room, Third floor Many romanticise the Library at Alexandria as one of the marvels of the ancient world. Its reputed size and the various tales of its destruction at the hands of alleged philistines from Julius Caesar, Christian monks or Muslim invaders capture the imagination. The mundane probability that the collection fell victim to damp and rodents is rarely accepted, although it draws attention to problems of preserving ancient literary collections. But Alexandria was only one of many libraries in antiquity. This talk will look at libraries of antiquity, the communities around them and their lasting symbolic and material significance. Michael lectures in Classics and Ancient History Contact: Susan O’Connor on 6488 2272 Partnerships in Practice PHCRED Annual Research Conference November 12 2010 University Club The Primary Health Research Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) annual conference is for anybody with an interest in primary health care research. It provides an opportunity for general practitioners, researchers, health professionals and medical students to share ideas, form collaborations and networks. For more information, contact Lyn Brun, PHCRED coordinator, on 9956 0200 or at lyn.brun@cucrh.uwa.edu. au Professional Video Production Is now available to all departments on campus, and off. With the everincreasing demand for more professional Multimedia productions, we have never been busier. While we mainly work within Science, we can write and produce broadcast quality footage on any subject. For more information, please contact Simon Harris at sjharris@iinet.net.au Red Cross Blood Service Staff and students at UWA have contributed to saving nearly 450 lives. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service reports that each individual blood donation can help save three lives. And last month, 149 staff and students donated their blood at the mobile donor van on campus. The Red Cross has thanked the University and rebooked its van to visit UWA next year from Monday March 21 to Friday March 25. Mark it in red in your diaries What are your ideas for equity and diversity? UWA’s Diversity Initiatives Fund can help you to get an equity or diversity project up and running. Applications for this year’s grants are now open. They are invited from individuals, groups, schools or faculties seeking funding to assist in the development of targeted diversity initiatives that will enhance equity for students and/or staff. The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial assistance to new projects that aim to enhance educational and employment access, participation and outcomes for groups of students and staff identified as priority areas of focus: Women and men in non traditional work or study areas Culturally and linguistically diverse staff/students People with a disability Indigenous staff and students Flexible work practices and life balance Sexual orientation and gender identity The Diversity Initiatives Fund has been in operation for fourteen years and over that time has served to kick start many UWA projects and initiatives that have proved so successful they have become ongoing. Applications for funding close on Friday September 25. An application form can be downloaded from the Equity and Diversity web site at www.equity.uwa. edu.au or by contacting Lesley Roberts on 6488 3873. Applications should be sent to Equity and Diversity, MBDP 350. PROMOTION BRIEFS Provided by Elizabeth Hutchinson, Executive Officer, Academics Promotion Committee, Human Resources PROFESSOR Susan Gourvenec (Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems) Professor Gourvenec’s research focuses on geotechnical design issues of offshore infrastructure including foundations, anchors and pipelines using a combination of experimental, numerical and analytical techniques. Her work has been adopted for use in industry in Australia and overseas, has led to international awards and selection to the Shallow Foundations task group within the Geotechnical Resource Group of the API, the industry’s key regulatory body. Professor Gourvenec leads the delivery of specialist courses on offshore geomechanics for industry and at undergraduate and masters level at UWA. Adrian Keating, (Mechatronics Engineering, School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering) Professor Keating’s area of expertise is in electronics, RF systems, opto-electronics, photonics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and micromachining. He has focused his research on the theme of advanced sensing technologies, leveraging his optical and MEMS expertise. He has led the optical design effort for micromachined devices at UWA, developing infrastructure and capabilities, building expertise and a strong foundation for the characterisation of advanced micromachined technologies. He is currently collaborating at UWA with teams in biochemistry, soil science and medicine and externally with researchers at the University of Southampton and ITT Madras. RESEARCH PROFESSOR Sergey Samarin (School of Physics) Professor Samarin’s area of research interest has been based primarily on fundamental physics phenomena and physics of solid surfaces. Present research focuses on the development of spin-polarized two-electron spectroscopy technique for surface 14 UWA NEWS 6 September 2010 The University of Western Australia
UWA News classified analysis and its application to magnetic and nonmagnetic structures, the first instrument of this kind in Australia. In this project he is the leading scientist in Perth. His mobility and ability to adapt to different research environments in Russia, Germany and Australia has resulted in high quality physics work. His extensive background and hands-on experience assists his teaching activities and inspires and motivates students to develop in the field of surface science and other related applications. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Shayne Loft (School of Psychology) Associate Professor Loft’s research is to understand the cognitive processes underlying performance and human error in safety critical work contexts (for example, air traffic control, defence and piloting). The outcomes of this research inform training and job design practices to reduce human error in work settings and strengthen Australia’s and the University’s reputation for cutting edge research that extends basic science to applied domains. His exceptional record of research achievement was formally recognised by the Australian Psychological Society (APS), in 2008 with the award of the Early Career Research Award. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Melville Thomas (School of Indigenous Studies) Assistant Professor Thomas joined the School of Indigenous Studies at UWA in 1999 as a full time law tutor to Aboriginal students in the Bachelor of Laws degree. His primary role was as the main tutor to Indigenous Law students, many of mature age. Assistant Professor Thomas and his colleagues won an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Excellence in Teaching Award for UWA’s highly successful Aboriginal Pre-Law Program. He has made a substantial contribution to research planning and development within the School in his role as Associate Dean (Research) for the School and as the Co-ordinator of the Aboriginal Pre-Law Programme. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Thea Shavlakadze (School of Anatomy and Human Biology) Associate Professor Shavlakadze’s research has focused on the role of different IGF-1 isoforms in normal dystrophic and aged skeletal muscle. There is great interest in the use of IGF-1 as a therapeutic agent, especially to reduce muscle atrophy resulting from disuse, ageing and various inflammatory conditions. Her other current major research projects investigate the contribution of the following factors to loss of muscle mass in different situations: inflammatory signalling, oxidative stress, muscle and nerve interaction and proliferative ability of stem cells. In a campus emergency dial 2222 She was invited to work for a year with the Global Head, Muscle Diseases, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, USA from June this year. The links with Novartis are possible due to her musculoskeletal research work which is highly valued and recognised for its potential clinical significance. RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Noel Boylan (Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems) Assistant Professor Boylan’s research interests and activities are divided into several areas of offshore geotechnics, geohazards and centrifuge modelling. He has developed a facility to model the run-out process of submarine slides in the drum centrifuge and conducted experiments which have provided insight into the processes that soil undergoes during these events. He is also developing independent research on maximising the potential of penetrometers in site investigations and foundation design and was recently awarded a UWA small grant to support this research. RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Alice Devillers (Pure Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics) Assistant Professor Devillers’ research interests are the interaction between permutation groups and incidence structures, such as graphs, partial linear spaces, designs and buildings. To date, this has included studying (ultra) homogeneous structures, rank 3 partial linear spaces, locally s-distance transitive graphs, and buildings. She is part of the new Centre for the Mathematics of Symmetry and Computation, working with 2009 WA Scientist of the Year Cheryl Praeger and other colleagues in the Centre. Her recent work focuses mostly on Graph Theory. RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS Grants awarded August 7 – 20 AARHUS UNIVERSITY EX DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION Professor Mark Spackman, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences: ‘Center for Materials Crystallography’ – $475,000 (2011-14) ADVANCED GEOMECHANICS Professor David White, Associate Professor Christophe Gaudin, Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems: ‘AG ‐ Ichthys Centrifuge Modelling of Pipe Soil Interaction’ – $186,750 (2010) AUSTRALIAN POWER INSTITUTE Professor Victor Sreeram, Associate Professor Herbert Iu, Professor Tien Nguyen, Dr Ba Tuong Vo, Dr Gregory Crebbin, Dr Octavian Dranga, School of Security staff will call the emergency services, direct them to you and come to help you while waiting for their arrival. It is more efficient and effective to dial 2222 than to call 000. Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering: ‘A Miniature Model of Smart Grid’ – $20,000 (2010) CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY EX DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT WATER HERITAGE AND ARTS DEWHA/ NERP Professor Peter Davies, Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management: ‘TRaCK Research Program ‐ Transition Phase Harvest Project’ – $119,742 (2010) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Winthrop Professor Michael Dentith, Professor Annette George, Winthrop Professor David Lumley, School of Earth and Environment: ‘Canning Basin Project’ – $1,644,476 (2010-11) UWA RESEARCH COLLABORATION AWARDS Assistant Professor Deirdre Gleeson, Jennifer Carson, Dr John Moreau, School of Earth and Environment, University of Melbourne: ‘Deep Biosphere Geomicrobiology ‐ A New Frontier For UWA’ – $5,000 (2010) WA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Dr Karen Martin, School of Population Health: ‘Starter Grant ‐ Child’s Play: Factors that Encourage Play in Neighbourhood Parks and Playgrounds’ – $30,000 (2010) WA ENERGY RESEARCH ALLIANCE (WA: ERA) EX CHEVRON Winthrop Professor David Lumley, School of Earth and Environment: ‘Time Lapse Geophysical Monitoring of Gas Depletion and CO2 Sequestration’ – $30,000 (2010) When life is not plain sailing ... The Employee Assistance Program offers free confidential counselling to UWA staff & immediate family, for personal or work problems. To arrange an appointment contact one of the following service providers For further information on the UWA Employee Assistance Program see www.safety.uwa.edu.au/policies/eap WA HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION Assistant Professor Hayley Christian, Assistant Professor Lisa Wood, Winthrop Professor Billie Giles‐Corti, School of Population Health:‘Starter Grant – Physical Activity Minimal Intervention Targeting Dog Owners’ – $30,000 (2010) WHEATBELT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED Assistant Professor Colin MacGregor, Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management: ‘Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management Annual Community Survey 2010 to 2011’ – $25,486 (2010-11) WORLDWIDE UNIVERSITIES NETWORK (WUN) Professor Peter Davies, Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management: ‘Climate Change” Global Partnerships for Better Understanding Adaptation of Freshwater Ecosystems’ – $8,240 (2010) STAFF ADS Classified advertising is free to staff. Email: staffads@uwa.edu. au HOUSESITTING UK academic couple visiting UWA would like to arrange a house-sit from mid-December 2010 until mid-January 2011. We are responsible homeowners, quiet, non-smoking, with no accompanying children, and are able and willing to look after pets, plants and pools. Email T.A.Unwin@bristol.ac.uk PPC Worldwide Level 16, 251 Adelaide Tce, Perth Tel 1300 361 008 (24hrs) Web www.au.ppcworldwide.com UWA Counselling & Psychological Service 2nd Floor, South Wing, Guild Village Tel +61 8 6488 2423 (Office Hours) Web www.counselling.uwa.edu.au UniPrint 66321 The University of Western Australia UWA NEWS 6 September 2010 15
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