Campus News - March 2002 - University of Wollongong

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campus news
At fourteen, Paul-James
embarks on full-time studies
Above: Paul-James White . . . starting university at 14.
When Paul-James White begins studies at the
University of Wollongong this year he will have
rewritten the record books.
At 14 years of age he is the youngest full-time student
ever to enrol at the University.
If successful in his studies, Paul-James will be leaving
UOW with two degrees to his name by age 19.
He will be undertaking the joint degrees of
mathematics and computing engineering over a fiveyear
period.
The former Year 9 Kiama High School student was
accepted into early entry into UOW based on trial HSC
examinations and his overall other outstanding
scholastic achievements.
When he was in kindergarten he was doing Year 2
Maths and he has been accelerated in maths and
physics throughout his schooling.
University offers to school leavers
jump 14 per cent
Despite an overall fall in undergraduate student offers in NSW, the University of Wollongong (UOW) increased its
offers earlier this year by about 14 per cent compared to the same time last year. This reflected an increase in
demand for UOW.
School leaver first preferences jumped by 13.6 per cent while overall preferences for UOW rose by 14 per cent.
UOW made 270 more offers than in 2001 (up from 1,911 to 2,181). This was despite NSW universities
registering an overall drop in student offers from 48, 652 to 47,698.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Operations), Professor John Patterson, said Universities Admissions Index (UAI) cut-offs
for all courses remained high. He said UOW had been able to fill its Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) quota.
The University of Wollongong made 1,523 offers for undergraduate study to those making direct applications,
many of whom are mature-age students or non-school leavers. This was on a par with offers made in 2001.
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contents
Issue 1
Volume 5
Mar 2002
Intelligent knee sleeve launched 2
Nobel Prize winner and bionic ear 2
inventor present keynote lectures
Exploring the common ground 2
- The Royal National Park
Video speed test aims to reduce
Australian road toll 3
‘Eating up’ arsenic from polluted soils 3
Book tracks Wollongong’s past 3
December 2001 Graduation photos 4
University team races to victory 6
Resources for students
- adjusting to university life 6
Sharks invade Wollongong 8
Awards, achievements and accolades 8
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news and achievements on a quarterly basis.

Exploring the
Common Ground
An upcoming exhibition coordinated by
the University of Wollongong explores
the dramatic common ground between
southern Sydney and the Illawarra - the
Royal National Park.
'Common Ground' will be held at the
Hazlehurst Regional Gallery and Arts
Centre in Gymea from 8 June to the 4
August 2002.
It will display existing aspects of the
collections and other material held by
the University of Wollongong including
the art collection as well as new work
created by contemporary artists.
In the lead up to the exhibition there
will be a series of workshops and talks
by the artists involved in the project, as
well as a catalogue of commissioned
essays, which explore the region from a
variety of different viewpoints - from
the historical to the botanical. The
Intelligent knee sleeve
to save costly
sporting injuries
A sporting knee guard that "tells" you if
you have landed the wrong way in
activities such as AFL football, skiing
or netball is one of the latest exciting
developments by experts at the
University of Wollongong.
The knee sleeve has been developed by
a collaboration between the Intelligent
Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) and
Biomedical Science at the University of
Wollongong together with CSIRO Textile
and Fibre Technology.
The sleeve is strapped to the athlete's
knees, with a specially coated
stretchable strip to enable the sleeve to
provide feedback to players by emitting
an audio tone. Athletes will know if
they have landed properly depending
on the type of tone they hear, or don't.
“Initially the knee sleeves have been
developed for AFL players but similar
sleeves could be developed for other
sporting applications,” IPRI Director
Professor Gordon Wallace said.
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workshops will be held in the Royal
National Park (Dance Hall, Farnell
Avenue, Audley) while the talks will be
held at the Hazlehurst Regional Gallery
and Arts Centre.
Artists running the workshops include
Sue Blanchfield, Liz Jeneid, Jacky
Regate and Jelle Van Den Berg from
the University of Wollongong’s Faculty
of Creative Arts.
University partners in the project
include the University of Wollongong
Art Collection and the Royal National
Park/National Parks and Wildlife
Service. Bookings for workshops and
talks are essential and can be made by
phoning 02 8536 5700.
For further information phone Glenn
Barkley, Curator of the University of
Wollongong Art Collection on
4221 5552.
“Non-contact anterior cruciate
ligament injuries are very
commonplace in sports including all
codes of football, so the knee sleeve
has the potential to save millions of
dollars world-wide in medical costs,”
Associate Professor Julie Steele, of
UOW's Biomechanics Research
Laboratory, said.
IPRI has signed a strategic alliance
agreement with CSIRO's Textile and
Fibre Technology in Geelong, Victoria,
to develop the necessary intelligent
textiles. The agreement has brought
together the extensive expertise of
CSIRO in fibre science, textile
technology and instrumentation with
the UOW’s pioneering intelligent
polymer materials.
As well as a demonstration for local
media at the University, a
demonstration of the knee sleeve was
given by players of the Geelong
Football team at the Baytec Stadium in
Geelong, Victoria.
Nobel Prize winner presents
keynote lectures
Nobel Prize winner, Professor Alan
MacDiarmid, and the inventor of the
bionic ear, Professor Graeme Clark,
were among the scientists attending a
three-day Australian intelligent polymer
research workshop at the University of
Wollongong last month.
Professor Macdiarmid is the chairman
of the Intelligent Polymer Research
Institute's (IPRI) International Advisory
Board and IPRI also became an
associate member of the cochlear
implant Co-operative Research Centre
last year.
The conference covered information on
the following:
■ IPRI's collaboration with the US
Army research laboratories on new
weavable fibre battery technologies
■ Synthetic enzymes based on a
recently patented development that
allows highly efficient generation of
hydrogen
■ Polymer technologies aimed at
developing an electronic braille
screen
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■ Polymers capable of highly selective
and efficient gold removal
■ Electronic noses for robots enabling
the autonomous device to track
dangerous chemical spillages
■ Using the principles employed by
nature to produce synthetic opals
■ Polymer actuators for controlling the
degree of bending of the cochlear
ear implant to assist during
implantation of the device
■ Development of a rehabilitation glove
for use on patients' hands
■ Creation of an intelligent knee sleeve
now being trialled by the Geelong
AFL team.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Operations)
Professor John Patterson, will officially
welcome delegates to the conference.
Above: Pictured at the Australian intelligent polymer research
workshop are, from left, Professor Graeme Clack from the Bionic
Ear Institute, Professor Jim Johnston from the Victoria University
of Wellington in New Zealand, Professor Gordon Wallace from the
Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Nobel Prize winner
Professor Alan MacDiarmid from the University of Pennsylvania
and Professor Ray Baughman from the University of Texas, Dallas.

Arsenic eating plant could revive
polluted soils
University biologists are hoping that
current research into plants could lead
to the creation of a new type of plant
capable of 'eating up' arsenic from
polluted soils.
JieHua Wu, a postgraduate student
from the Department of Biological
Sciences, has identified enzymes in
leaves from a plant that converts
arsenic to less toxic organic forms.
These enzymes become active after the
Below: Associate Professor Ross Lilley (front) and Dr Ren Zhang
roots of the plant encounter arsenate.
It is hoped this discovery will enable
researchers to identify the genes
responsible for tolerance to arsenic and
genetically engineer them in other
plants with fast growing deep roots,
which could be used to remedy
contaminated soils.
Associate Professor Ross Lilley and Dr
Ren Zhang are leading the research
group in its goal to create a new plant
capable of extracting arsenic from
polluted soils and concentrating it in
the leaves in a less toxic form. Arsenicpolluted
soils, a legacy of mining,
industrial, agricultural and groundwater
pumping activities, are a major
and widespread global toxicity problem.
In northern NSW alone there are more
than 1,500 old cattle dip sites at
which the surrounding soil is
contaminated with extremely high
arsenic levels.
Some plants have achieved a degree of
resistance to elevated arsenic
concentrations in the soil by reduced
uptake, while others actually
accumulate arsenic.
“Over the last three-years we have
been studying a species of bentgrass.
It has long been known that this grass
grows happily in soil containing arsenic
levels lethal to most plants. Practical
remediation schemes will require
plants with deeper root systems to be
discovered or engineered with this
arsenic-accumulating capability.” ,”
Professor Ross Lilley said.
Video speed test aims to reduce
Australia’s road toll
A University of Wollongong researcher
is testing volunteers on driving video
speed tests as part of a project aimed
at reducing Australia’s road toll and $6
billion a year in costs associated with
accidents.
Ms Jenny Thornton has received an
$18,000 Youth Road Safety Research
Grant for 2001/2002 from the Motor
Accidents Authority of NSW for the
development and validation of an
Australian Video Speed Test (AVST).
The research is part of Ms Thornton’s
current PhD studies.
The AVST involves having drivers view
video excerpts of a person driving a
vehicle in real driving situations. The
drivers then are asked to estimate the
speed that they would use in the same
situations, that is, how many
kilometres/hour slower or faster they
would drive. The AVST will be
developed using the resources of the
University’s Audiovisual Production
and Services Unit, located within the
Centre for Educational Development
and Interactive Resources (CEDIR).
Four road safety anti-speeding
advertisements (plus one non-road
safety advertisement), will be tested
using the AVST as an outcome
measure, so as to predict which
advertisements are more effective in
reducing driver speed.
“The new ad-testing procedures in this
research came about because it is
difficult to determine which of the
many driver-education media
campaigns tried by the States and
Territories have actually been effective
or will be effective if used in the
future,” Ms Thornton said.
“For example, an advertisement based
totally on instilling ‘fear’ to try to
improve drivers’ speeding habits may
not necessarily be the best approach,”
Ms Thornton said.
She said road crashes were a major
cause of death and injury in Australia,
and incurred costs estimated to be in
excess of $6 billion annually.
Additionally, the direct cost of driver
behaviour campaigns range from
Tasmania's Road Safety Task Force
expenditure of $250, 000 to Victoria's
TAC accident prevention program
costing $23 million a year. The AVST
will be a new technique available to all
road safety authorities.
Ms Thornton is working in close
collaboration with UOW's Professor
John Rossiter on the project. Professor
Rossiter, a world expert in advertising
management, is the most cited
marketing academic in Australia.
Book tracks
Wollongong's
past
It is probably one of the most misused
words in the English language. The
word had a lot more credence
generations ago and it is not the same
today.
The word is 'community' and forms the
pivotal focus of a new book by
University of Wollongong's Institute
Research Fellow, Professor Jim Hagan
and Dr Henry Lee, of Wollongong
University College.
A History of Work and Community in
Wollongong, published by Halstead
Press and the University of Wollongong
Press, received an $85,000 grant from
the National Council for the Centenary
of Federation (including $12,000 from
Wollongong City Council) and in-kind
support from the University of
Wollongong. NSW Premier, Mr Bob
Carr, launched the book at Parliament
House, Sydney.
The book has attempted the first study
in Australia of the rise and fall of
communities in a particular region over
more than a century.
The editors point out in the book that
“at the beginning of the twenty-first
century, governments in Europe, North
America and Australia are beginning to
re-discover what they think of as the
virtues of community living.” But as
the authors ask: “Can governments, by
legislation, now stimulate the growth of
communities, and their will to assume
more responsibility for services which
contemporary governments usually
provide?”
The authors are sceptical of the
outcome arguing that such community
values cannot be created when the old
values of the community are gone.
Through its account of work and
community in the Wollongong region,
the book attempts to identify the forces
that make for the integration and
disintegration of local societies. The
region written about, lies between the
farming village of Jamberoo in the
south and the coal mining village of
Helensburgh in the north.
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Above: Mother and daughter, Cathleen Curran and Kim
Macklin, graduated together with nursing degrees from
the University of Wollongong.
Below: Eighty-one year old June Gardner-Brown
graduated from UOW with a Bachelor of Arts with
distinction with a triple major in French, Italian and
European Studies.
Below: 2001 University of Wollongong medal winner and
law graduate Elisa Arcioni. Elisa has already secured
employment at the High Court as Justice Michael Kirby's
assistant.
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Above: The Vice-President of Mills &
Technology for BHP Steele, Mr Alan Thomas
delivered the Occasional Address at the
Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of
Commerce graduation ceremony. Mr Thomas
is pictured with (from left) the Chancellor,
Mr Michael Codd, AC; the Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Gerard Sutton; and the Director of
the UniversityÕs BHP Institute of Steel
Processing and Products, Professor Rian
Dippenaar.
Graduation ceremonies
December 2001
More than 2,500 students graduated from the University during the December
graduation ceremonies held in the University Hall.
Our photographers were on hand to capture the moment.
Above: Jian Wang celebrated his PhD from the School of
Electrical, Computer and Electrical Engineering with his
wife, Yue Li. Jian worked long hours at his Mount Keira
corner shop to pay his way through his degree.
Above: The graduating Bachelor of Education students
enrolled in the Knowledge-Building Community Mentor
Program celebrate their day with a traditional flinging of
mortar boards into the air. They are pictured with Brian Ferry
(kneeling second from left) and Associate Professor Brian
Cambourne from the Faculty of Education (second from
right).
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Below: Caption for photograph to go here
(underneath the picture)
Below: Mercury journalist and UOW
alumnus, Geoff Failes, with his wife, Penny,
who is also a graduate of UOW, were on
hand to see their son, Ian, graduate with a
Bachelor of Information Technology and
Communications (Hons). On the left is Ian's
sister, Joanna.
These education graduates received outstanding pre-service teacher awards
along with their degrees from the University of Wollongong. The awards,
sponsored by the Australian College of Education and the University's Faculty of
Education, are given to students judged as outstanding beginning teachers
during their practice teaching. Fom left, they are, Lisa Giles, Kenneth Cliff,
Sonia Johnson, Brett Moran and Paula Bacchiella.
Above: lawarra Mercury Chief of
Staff Carol Johnstone also
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
with distinction.
Below: One of the world's leading
statisticians, Professor
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao,
presented the Occasional
Address at the afternoon
ceremony for the Faculty of
Informatics. He was also awarded
an Honorary Doctor of Science
degree.
He is pictured with the Vice-
Chancellor, Professor Gerard
Sutton.
Above: The first graduate from the University of
Wollongong's Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention
Dr Joseph Rosseau with wife Mary Beth and daughters
Catherine and Linette.
Below: WIN TV news reporter Kathryn Lord received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from UOW.
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University team
racing to victory
A team of engineering students from
the University of Wollongong is ready to
take on the world after scoring an
impressive victory in the 2001
Formulae SAE Australasia compeition.
The team of 32 final year engineering
students from the Faculty of
Engineering and their race car the
Steel City Racer, are getting ready to
compete against more than 100 of the
best universities from America and
around the world at a race in Michigan
in May this year.
The Wollongong team stole the
limelight during their race debut at the
four-day Formulae SAE Australasia
competition held in Melbourne.
The team came away with a boot full of
awards, including the International
Autocross Award; the Holden
Achievement Award; and the
Engineering Design Award, the Skid
Pad Award, the Autocross Award, the
Endurance Award and the Overall
Performance Award in the Australasian
Division of the competition.
The National Champions were only
beat out by one team, America's highly
regarded Rochester Institute of
Technology, which took out the
international section of the
competition. UOW team manager,
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Derek Powell, said that the UOW team
was ecstatic about the performance at
their race debut, beating all 13
Australian and two other international
universities represented at the
competition.
“We are really happy with our
performance, especially as it is the first
time that we have entered the
competition. We left the other
Australian university teams for dead,”
said Mr Powell.
He would like to thank the team and
sponsors for their contribution to the
Steel City Racer.
Several local sponsors played a vital
role in the team's performance,
contributing both cash and in-kind,
and in many cases providing crucial
expertise, including the University of
Wollongong and major team sponsor,
BHP Steel.
The Formula SAE-A program is
designed to develop the technical and
business skills of young engineers from
both Australian and international
tertiary education organisations.
It requires each of the student teams
to design, engineer and construct an
open-wheel racecar, like the one that
the University of Wollongong team
produced.
Services to help
students adjust to
University
Adjusting to university study and life
can be challenging, however the
University of Wollongong offers
students help with a range of services
from learning how to write universitystandard
essays to finding their way
around the library, to joining a sporting
team or social club and finding a part
time job.
Learning Development
Learning Development works within
faculties, mainly in first year subjects,
to provide learning resources, which
explain the expectations of the
disciplines students are studying and
to help them develop skills for
completing assessments.
The Learning Resource Centre also
provides workshops, individual
consultations and self access resources
on English language and academic
skills, such as report writing, study
skills and time management.
All services are offered from the
Learning and Language Resource
Centre in Room G102 on the ground
floor of Building 19.
To register for workshops and make
appointments for consultations call
into the Centre or phone 4221 3977.
An international perspective
International students experience the
additional pressures of adjusting to
Australian culture as well as
commencing studies in an educational
system, which might differ from what
they are used to in their home country.
The International Student Advisers
provide free and confidential
assistance with settling into Australian
life and study. They assist students
with a range of issues such as
orientation to local area, homesickness,
study difficulties, academic concerns,
budgeting, legal/accidents,
immigration, health, personal
problems, family emergencies and
children's education.
To speak to an International Student
Adviser phone 4221 3173.
Independent learning
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Students with a disability may require
additional assistance in adjusting to
the requirements of their course and
developing independence in their
studies.
Disability Services can liaise with
lecturers and administration, provide
access to assistive technology and
assistance with developing
independent learning skills.
Students who need assistance during
their studies should contact Hazel
England, the Disability Liaison Officer
by phone 4221 3445 or call in at the
office located on the third floor of the
UniCentre building.
Developing students
employment potential
The Careers Service provides career
counselling, career development
programs and assistance with finding
graduate employment.
Students can explore their career
opportunities from early on in their
university degree by accessing the
online Career Management Plan (CMP).
The CMP is unique to UOW and
designed to enable students to explore
their options at the same time as know
more of their own values, interests and
abilities. Two career counsellors are
also available for face-to-face
appointments.
Students can also keep informed of
other career opportunities via the
online Jobseekers Database
(www.uow.edu.au/student/careers/jobse
ekers/index.html).
Workshops are offered for students
about to apply for work - whether
voluntary, vacation or full graduate
employment positions.
Further details can be accessed by
visiting the UOW Careers Service on
Level 3, UniCentre, or phoning 42
213325 or visit the Careers Service
Homepage at
www.uow.edu.au/student/careers/

Coping with emotional stress
At some time during their studies
students might experience emotional
stress which interferes with their study
or life in general.
Such stress might be due to their
personal circumstances or simply the
strain of studying under difficult
conditions. The University Counsellors
offer free and confidential counselling
to students or staff who want to talk
through and change areas of difficulty,
conflict or crisis in their lives.
To make an appointment to see one of
the counsellors, phone 4221 3445 or
call in at the office located on the third
floor of the UniCentre.
Equity
Student Services is also responsible for
student equity on campus.
A range of programs have been
developed within faculties, which are
intended to make adjusting to
university a little easier for students
who come from disadvantaged social
and cultural backgrounds.
The Virtual Library – It’s Never
Been So Easy!
Developments in the range of
information available online are making
the virtual library a rapidly approaching
reality.
The Library’s range of online resources
has increased again this year following
the adoption of an electronic preferred
policy for journals in 2001. More
information is available regardless of
time or location. New online resources
include BioMedNet, ChemNetBase,
and Contemporary Women’s Issues.
“Combined with electronic readings
and a variety of electronic
encyclopedias and handbooks, working
from home, office or on campus may
necessitate fewer visits to our physical
space but more to our virtual space,”
UOW Librarian Felicity McGregor said.
Students and staff are not left
completely on their own however.
Requests to the online service Email a
Librarian have tripled in the last year.
A response to each query is provided
within 48 hours. The Library prides
itself on its personal touch with the
Information Desk being the first point
of call but also encouraging all new
academic staff and research students
to avail themselves of an appointment
with their faculty librarian.
“An appointment provides an
opportunity to address information
needs on an individual basis and for
the client to become aware of
resources in their discipline”, said
Lucia Tome, Faculty Librarian for
Engineering.
“Discussing needs early in the research
process can make a huge difference, in
developing an efficient approach to
gathering material as part of a
literature review!” she added.
Check out the University Library
Homepage at www.library.uow.edu.au/
What's the SRC, and what can
they do for students?
The Student's Representative Council
(SRC) is the representative body of the
Student's Association.
All students, after paying their
compulsory fees are members of the
association. There are 28
representatives on the council, and all
students can run for office in the
October elections. The SRC is the voice
of the students, representing their
interests on campus and in the broader
community.
SRC services include:
■ The Secondhand Bookbank. Here
students can buy and sell used
textbooks
■ Cheap photocopying and a low cost
fax service
■ Free barbecue on the duckpond lawn
every Tuesday in session
■ Co-funding of Clubs and Societies,
University Careers Service and Kid's
Uni
■ Interest free emergency loans (up to
$25)
■ Advocacy and support for students
experiencing difficulties with
tenancy, academic, discrimination or
administration issues
■ Producing the student paper, the
Tertangala.
■ Organisation of social events - bands,
performances, forums etc
■ Free legal consultation (coming soon)
■ Providing funding for student
endeavors, eg. art exhibitions
■ Participating in and organising
campaigns in conjunction with the
National Union of Students (NUS),
as well as staying on top of the ever
changing legislation in relation to
higher education policy and all other
areas that are of concern to
students.
Contact the SRC on 4221 4201 or at
http://src.uow.edu.au for more details.
The SRC is located in Building 11, and
open 9.30am to 4.30pm weekdays.
There's more to university
than study!
The University also offers lots of fun.
On campus, meet friends for a coffee
and a chat or a drink and some fun.
Catch a movie, live band or dance
class. Music recitals, concerts, plays
and art exhibitions are some features
of life at the University of Wollongong.
The Long Gallery exhibits works for
sale throughout the year.
Community centre
The UniCentre is the community centre
of the University. It's role is to
complement academic life with
activities and facilities that develop the
personal and social side of University
life. It offers takeaway food, cafes,
restaurants, a tavern and barbecues. It
hosts market days and competitions,
plus discount first release movies.
For more information call the
UniCentre on 4221 8000, email
unicentre@uow.edu.au or visit the web
page: www.uow.edu.au/unicentre
Sporting life
The Recreation and Sports Association
offers an Olympic size heated pool,
aerobics, tennis, basketball,
badminton, volleyball, indoor soccer,
netball, table tennis, hockey, squash,
water polo, yoga and archery. You can
use the gymnasium, sports lounge and
grass playing fields. Physiotherapy and
massage are available. There are more
than 20 social sport clubs ranging from
rugby to rock climbing. To find out
more phone 4221 4700.
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Awards, achievements and
accolades
Accolades
A high-tech program used by the Royal
Australian Navy and Republic of
Singapore Navy has won a small
multimedia team from the University of
Wollongong new accolades.
The Pilotage Courseware V1.0 CD ROM
developed by the University of
Wollongong and its partner Impart
Corporation was chosen as the 'Best of
the Best' at the 8th annual Australian
Interactive Multimedia Industry Awards
(AIMIA) for 2001.
It beat more than 300 entries in 12
categories to win the award, which is a
tribute to the 10 years of work in the
multimedia industry by the Educational
Media Laboratory at UOW. The
courseware also took out the Austrade
Award for Excellence in eLearning
category.
Felicitation Award
Professor Buddhima Indraratna
(Professor of Civil Engineering) recently
received the 2001 Late President
Bandaranaike Felicitation Award as
recognition of his contributions to the
"Construction in Soft Clays", under the
Advancement of Technology awards by
the Ministry of Science & Technology,
Sri Lanka.
The research findings and the knowhow
acquired at the University of
Wollongong by Professor Indraratna and
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his research students in the area of
sub-surface drainage and soft soil
improvement, was noted by the
Government of Sri Lanka and the
National Building Research
Organisation as most beneficial to the
large embankments and highway
construction projects in the city of
Colombo dotted with very soft clays.
Class teacher recognised
Professor Gerry Turcotte's teaching
talents were recognised at the first
annual Quality Education Teaching
Awards ceremony, held at Government
House recently.
The Director of the Centre for
Canadian-Australian Studies and
English Studies Program Head was one
of nine educators from NSW
universities to receive the award from
the Minister for Education and
Training, John Watkins.
Outstanding supervisor
Associate Professor Julie Steele from
Biomedical Sciences in the Faculty of
Health and Behavioural Sciences is the
first recipient of the 2001 Supervisor
of the Year Award - a joint initiative of
the Wollongong University Postgraduate
Association (WUPA) and the University
Research Committee.
Music honour
University of Wollongong lecturer
composer and conductor Dr Houston
Natal Sharks select
‘Gong as
'Down Under’ base
South Africa's Super 12 team, the Natal Sharks, has chosen the University of
Wollongong's Recreation and Aquatic Centre as the base for its 'Down Under'
campaign.
In late November the Sharks' team manager, Piet Strydom, visited various centres in
NSW before settling on Wollongong.
Executive Director of the Recreation and Aquatic Centre, Mr Paul Manning, said Mr
Strydom was impressed with the city, the University and the facilities of the
recreation centre.
The Sharks will stay in Wollongong for the duration of their playing schedule in New
Zealand and Australia. The team will be based in Wollongong during March.
Dunleavy has had his solo piece
'Icarus' chosen as the set work for the
upcoming semi-finals of the 9th
Australian Solo Flute competition in
Melbourne. The piece will be played by
some of the best young flute players in
Australia and heard by the entire flute
community.
Leadership recognised
Clint Wiseman, a University apprentice
with Buildings and Grounds, has been
awarded a sponsorship by the Hunter
Valley Training Company in recognition
of his "personal best" at work and in
the community as a leader of the
future.
In recognition of his efforts, Clint was
sent to the UK to undertake a two
week course of challenging situational
leadership training in the country's
best naval facilities in Dartmouth and
Plymouth.
Graduate wins Bell Award
UOW journalism graduate Katrina
Clifford is fast making a name for
herself in the Australian publishing
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industry after being judged Best
Newcomer to Journalism in 2001 at
the Australian Business Publisher's
Bell Awards.
ANSTO reward
Faculty of Health & Behavioural
Sciences postgraduate student
Matthew Allen has been awarded a
much sought after position with
ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science &
Technology Organisation).
Research scholarship
A postgraduate student from the
Biomechanics Research Laboratory has
been awarded a scholarship for her
"Outstanding Talent in Applied Sports
Medicine Research".
Suzi Edwards was presented with the
$15,000 award at a gala dinner held
recently by the Sporting Injuries
Committee.
This the fourth year in a row that this
prestigious award has been won by a
postgraduate student from UOW’s
Biomechanics Research Laboratory.
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