Travelling Scholarship Awarded to Wenyan Wu
November 2008
Recently, PhD student Ms
Wnyan Wu from the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering
has been awarded both the Research Abroad Scholarship and the D.R.
Stranks Travelling Fellowship for a visit to the Technical University
of Eindhoven, The Netherlands next year from April to July. The Research Abroad
Scholarship is for supporting research travel overseas by enrolled research
students. The D.R. Stranks Travelling Fellowship provides assistance for meritorious
students enrolled in a research higher degree at the University of Adelaide
to travel outside South Australia.
Ms Wenyan Wu is currently working on multi-objective optimisation
of water distribution systems (WDSs) accounting for sustainability. Her supervisors
are Professor Angus Simpson and Professor Holger Maier. In her
research, a new paradigm for the design of WDSs, which takes into account
sustainability objectives from three aspects of sustainability (economic,
environmental and engineering or technical) is being developed. During her
visit to the TU Eindhoven, Ms. Wenyan Wu will be working with Dr. Arris Tijsseling,
Prof. Wil Schilders and Dr. Jan ter Marten. Prof. Wil Schilders and Dr. Arris
Tijsseling both have extensive experience in mathematical modeling and numerical
methods development for solving non-linear equations for determining flows
and pressures in WDSs. Dr. Jan ter Marten has experience in multi-objective
optimisation framework development. Both Prof. Wil Schilders and Dr. Jan ter
Marten hold joint positions at the TU Eindhoven, as well as NXP (the mobile
phone chip manufacturing unit that was spun-off in 2006 from Phillips Electronics
whose world headquarters is in Eindhoven), where the performance of electronic
chips is optimised accounting for multiple criteria. Ms. Wu's visit to the
TU Eindhoven will promote the exchange of ideas from different multi-objective
research areas and increase the prestige and involvement of University of
Adelaide at an international level.
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Climate Change Research
31 October 2008
Work carried out as a final year research project on climate change, urban
heat islands and the coast caught the attention of the Advertiser environment
writer, leading to an article in Friday October 31st's edition.
The article cited results derived by the group indicating the extent of the
urban heat island effect and its effect on the coastal sea breeze which is
occurring more frequently and is also strengthening. This, it is believed,
will be important for future coastal management.
The students are Ross Mc Connell, Patrick Moody, Nick Byrne and Daniel
Osborne. They have also been invited to present their work to a meeting
at the Bureau of Meteorology in November.
New Engineering Textbook
October 2008
A new textbook "Engineering Modelling and Analysis" has just been
published by Taylor and Francis in the UK. It has been written by four academics
from the faculty: David
Walker, Michael
Leonard and Martin
Lambert from the School, and Andrew Metcalfe from mathematics.
The book is based on material developed over the years for the School's undergraduate
computing courses but also brings together the research interests of the four
authors - a mix they believe is important for a good university education.
Abigail Goodman wins Prize
September 2008
Abigail
Goodman, PhD student in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining
Engineering, received the Student Prize (best presentation by a PhD or Masters
student) at the Australian Society of Limnology conference, which was held
in Madurah in WA from 29 September to 3 October. The title of Abby's presentation
was "Investigating the impact of a pulsed salinity regime on four aquatic
macrophytes".
Research Award for Safeguarding Public Buildings
August 2008
Dr Chengqing
Wu and Professor
Deric Oehlers have been awarded a grant of $220k to help design buildings
that can withstand terrorist attack from explosive devices. Chengqing and
Deric will lead a national project to safeguard high-risk public buildings
against terrorist attach by developing construction guidelines for new, ultra-strong
concrete that is ten times stronger than conventional construction materials.
The University of Adelaide will partner with the Defence Science and Technology
Organisation (DSTO), international company VSL Australia and the State University
of New York on the three-year project.
Federal Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon said the program
would evaluate and develop materials and engineering solutions to minimise
the effects of terrorist explosions aimed at civilian and military facilities.
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citations
August 2008
This year's Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citations for Outstanding
Contributions to Student Learning 2008 include three members of staff from
the Faculty: Assoc
Prof David Walker (School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering)
Dr Katrina Falkner and Prof Hemanta Sarma. The awards were presented by Tim
Besley, AC, Chair of the ARC and Professor Richard Johnsone, Executive Director
of the ALTC, at a ceremony in the National Wine Centre on 7 August.
Assoc Prof David Walker's citation was for providing a supportive
learning environment while improving learning outcomes through the implementation
of a self-paced learning program for engineering modelling and analysis.
Second Best Paper Award on Water Distribution Systems and Sustainability
- WDSA Conference
August 2008
Recently Professor Angus Simpson of the School of Civil, Environmental
and Mining Engineering presented a paper at the 10th International Water Distribution
Systems Analysis (WDSA) Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers
held in South Africa 17-20 August, 2008. There were 106 papers presented at
the conference. A paper written by Wenyan
Wu, Angus
R Simpson and Holger
R Maier entitled "Water distribution system optimisation accounting
for a range of future possible carbon prices" won an award for the 2nd
best paper at the conference. Criteria for the selection of the best papers
included 20 points for the written paper (4 categories including 1. Knowledge
Contribution and 2. Innovation and Originality) and 20 points for the presentation
(4 categories including 1. Communication and Clarity and 2. Preparation and
Organization). The paper is based on Ms. Wenyan Wu's PhD work on Multi-objective
Optimisation of Water Distribution Systems Accounting for Sustainability that
she commenced in February 2007. Professor Simpson and Professor Maier are
joint supervisors of Wenyan's PhD work.
Considerable research has been carried out on the optimisation of water distribution
systems at the University of Adelaide over the last 18 years. In previous
research genetic algorithm optimisation has been used given to minimise the
cost of water distribution system networks. There has been a recent increase
in the awareness of climate change, especially in relation to global warming,
that has led to consideration of accounting for sustainability in the optimisation
of the design of water distribution systems. Carbon dioxide equivalent gases
are generated during the mining, manufacture and installation of components
in a water distribution system. In addition electricity usage for pumping
produces greenhouse gases. Research into multi-objective genetic algorithm
optimisation of water distribution systems from a sustainability perspective
where more than one objective is considered is being pioneered at the University
of Adelaide. Objectives to be optimised include 1) the minimisation of cost,
2) the environmental sustainability criterion of minimisation of greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions 3) the minimisation of risk and 4) the maximisation of
robustness of the system to changes in parameters of the design. Results of
the research to-date indicate that the inclusion of GHG emission minimisation
as one of the objectives in addition to cost results in significant tradeoffs
between the economic and environmental sustainability objectives in terms
of a Pareto-optimal front. The tradeoffs generated during the optimisation
process can be presented to decision makers so they can understand the implications
of their decisions on both the cost of the network and on the potential greenhouse
gases that will be produced during the lifetime of the project.
The abstract of the award winning paper follows:
Abstract
Climate change, especially global warming caused by human activities presents
serious global risks. Mitigating global warming by reducing greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions is a unique challenge facing our generation. In order to tackle
this challenge, many measures are being developed, among which carbon trading
is a popular one. In this paper, a new paradigm for the design of water distribution
systems (WDSs) is being developed under a possible emission trading scheme.
In this paradigm, minimisation of the costs of GHG emissions is incorporated
into the optimisation of WDSs either as one part of the objective or as a
second objective. A multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) called WSMGA
(water system multi-objective genetic algorithm) has been developed to solve
this problem. The time value of both the system costs and the costs from GHG
emissions has been taken into account by using present value analysis. Following
the Stern Review Report there is controversy as to what discount rate should
be used in present value analysis for mitigation of climate change, consequently
two different discount rates have been used in this study. The impacts that
the carbon prices used in the emission trading scheme have on the optimisation
of WDSs have been explored for two hypothetical case studies. The optimisation
results show that the different carbon prices used lead to different solutions
in the single-objective optimisation formulation. In general, a network with
larger pipes is chosen when a higher carbon price is used. In contrast, the
carbon price used has no impact on the multi-objective optimisation results.
However, different carbon prices lead to different amounts of savings in greenhouse
gas costs resulting from the same amount of increase in system costs for the
same ordered set of Pareto-optimal solutions.
Chevening Scholarship
August 2008
Ashley Kingsborough, who graduated from the school in 2004, has been
awarded a 2008/09 British Chevening Scholarship. He will undertake a Masters
in Science (Environmental Change and Management) at the University of Oxford
beginning in October 2008.
Since graduating Ashley has been employed as an environmental engineer in
KBR's Natural Resource Management group in Adelaide, gaining experience in
environmental management and hydrology. In 2006-2007, Ashley completed a 15-month
placement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO) in Hanoi, Vietnam as an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development,
where he managed the cultural heritage component of a feasibility study to
upgrade the water system within the Hue World Heritage Area. In addition,
he worked with Halong Bay Management Board to improve their management capacity
and the Hoi An Centre for Monuments Conservation to improve their disaster
preparedness planning.
The Chevening Scholarships programme is funded by the British Foreign and
Commonwealth Office (FCO) and administered by the British Council of Australia.
Teaching Prize
24 July 2008
Staff from across the Faculty came together on Thursday 24 July to celebrate
the teaching achievements of Dr Cheryl Pope and Associate
Professor Martin Lambert.
Dr Cheryl Pope from the School of Computer Science was awarded a Faculty
Prize for Teaching Excellence and the Executive Dean's Award for Excellence
in Teaching, while Associate Professor Martin Lambert from the School
of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering was awarded a a Faculty Prize
for Teaching Excellence and a Faculty Award for Excellence for Higher Degree
by Research Supervision. Awards were presented by the Faculty's Executive
Dean, Professor Peter Dowd, and were followed by a celebratory morning tea.
Adelaide Living Beaches Study
July 2008
A research project, supported by the Adelaide Living Beaches initiative,
is in progress on the local beaches. The aim is to assess the suitability
of significant deposits of fine sand as a source for beach restoration. The
work is being carried out by a group of final year students with some assistance
from a visiting French engineering student who is in Adelaide to work with
Dr
Walker. The photo shows (left to right) Brendan Scott (PhD
student), James Koronis (final year student), Camille Couzi
(French engineering student) and Ryan Buckley (final year student)
carrying out infiltration and penetrometer tests at Henley Beach.
The Water Down Under Conference
April 2008
The conference was very successful, with a large number of delegates (~450),
many of whom commented that this was one of the best organised and best run
conferences they had ever attended. This is primarily due to the hard work
and expertise of the organising and technical committees, including Graeme
Dandy as Committee Chair, Trevor
Daniell and Martin
Lambert as Co-Chairs of the Technical Program Subcommittee, and Michael
Leonard, Alex
Osti and Steven
Need as members of the Technical Program Subcommittee. Well done to
everyone involved. Trevor Daniell was selected to give the Munro Oration,
which is a great Honour and a reflection of the many great achievements and
contributions Trevor has made in the field of Hydrology over his career. Trevor's
oration was outstanding, which was acknowledged by many of the delegates.
Martin Lambert and Angus
Simpson (with Pedro Lee, Dalius Misiunas and John Vitovsky) were recipients
of the G.N. Alexander medal best paper award. This award is well-deserved
recognition of Angus and Martin's groundbreaking work on leak detection using
transients, which they have taken from the conceptual stage, to laboratory
trials to contract work with SA Water. This award was also won by Bernie
Foley and Trevor Daniell in 2003 for their work on sustainability,
further highlighting the quality and innovation of the research in water engineering
occurring in our School.
Michael Leonard received the award for best presentation by a recent graduate.
This adds to a long list of awards for our postgraduate students, the last
of which was the Best Presentation award Jakin
Ravalico received at the Modsim conference in Christchurch last December.
Many of our past graduates were at the conference, one of whom Katherine Daniell,
received the award for best poster presentation.
Engineering Challenge and BBQ
March 2008
The tradition of the Engineering Challenge, a design competition for
all the School's students, continued with an event that was held in the first
week of semester. The Challenge culminated with a Welcome BBQ followed by
the testing session on the Barr Smith Lawns on Friday 7th March.
This year the event involved the construction of a structure, made only of
newspaper and sellotape capable of supporting a 2kg weight. The catch was
that all elements of the structure had to fit inside a standard 5 ream photocopy
paper box (a 35cm cube approx.) and be assembled on the day in only 5 minutes.
The event was generously sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff who provided
cash prizes for the teams based on the final height of the structure.
The winning team, who took away $500, finished with a structure 2.22
metres high. Most teams worked with a fairly traditional truss type
structure but there were some very innovative designs too, showing real
engineering flair.
Professor Graeme Dandy Elected to Fellowship
November 2007
Professor
Graeme Dandy was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering in November 2007, placing him among
Australia's leaders of technology and engineering. Professor Dandy was one
of 30 new Fellows elected to the Academy, and one of only three from South
Australia.
Prof Dandy was honoured for his international achievements in the development
and commercial application of genetic algorithms and AI techniques in water
resources engineering.
The Academy is an independent body of eminent Australian engineers and scientists
established to promote the application of scientific and engineering knowledge
to practical purposes.
The Academy's President, Professor Robin Batterham, said the new Fellows
were "joining the ranks of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists
in Australia". "Our Fellowship is comprised of world-class performers and
all are acknowledged as leaders in their field," he said.
Engineering Text Book Launch
November 2007
A second edition of the popular "Planning and Design of Engineering Systems"
by Professor Graeme Dandy, Associate Professors David Walker and Trevor
Daniell and Emeritus Professor Robert Warner was launched by the
Vice Chancellor at a function on Tuesday 20th November in the Barr Smith Library.
In launching the book, the Vice Chancellor outlined the history of
the first edition with its emphasis on problem solving, creativity in design,
environmental assessment, decision making and optimisation. He noted it had
been used widely by universities in Australia, the UK and the USA and that
the demand had led to the need for a reprint by the original publishers.
The Vice Chancellor suggested that the second edition reflects some of the
changes that have occurred in engineering over the years, with new chapters on
management skills, project management, communication, ethics and law and risk
and reliability.
The launch was attended by representatives from industry and the university
and included a good number of current and former students who have benefited from
their introduction to engineering through the first edition.
Student Annual Awards Dinner 2007
August 2007
The School's annual awards dinner regularly attracts over 200 people made up
of current students, alumni, industry presentatives and staff. Pictured right
is Luke Luey, Michael Quince, Nicole Anderson and James Daniell being awarded
the Structural/Geotechnical Research Group Award for 2006, awarded by Professor
Deric Oehlers.
The dinner provides a formal occasion where students can meet prospective employers,
graduates can renew contact with classmates and academic staff, and for industry
to catch up with the achievements of students and staff of the School over the
past 12 months. Pictured left is Hamish Banks being awarded the Steel Reinforcement
Institute of Australia Award for 2006, awarded by Dr
Togay Ozbakkaloglu. Hamish was also awarded the Robert Warner Medal for
outstanding achievement in Structural Design III (Concrete)
James Daniell wins the Honours Alumni University Medal 2007 of the University of Adelaide
July 2007
James Daniell, who graduated in Civil and Structural Engineering (First
Class Honours) and Science in 2006, has been named the Honours Alumni University
Medallist 2007. This medal is given for outstanding academic merit and is the
highest award for an Honours graduate of 2006 across all the Faculties of The
University of Adelaide. James was also awarded a University Medal for Civil Engineering
and Science at the same commemoration ceremony on the 31st July. As well as his
academic awards, James has excelled in sport, representing the university at numerous
university games and receiving a Blue for volleyball in 2005 and a Bob Heddle
Sports Scholarship in 2006.
This year James worked as a geophysicist with Santos Pty Ltd. In September he commenced a Masters in Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology at The European School for Advanced Studies in Reduction of Seismic Risk (ROSE School) incorporating the University Degli Studi di Pavia, Italy, and the University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France. James won the John Crampton Travelling Scholarship, the George Murray Scholarship and a MEEES (European Union) Scholarship for his postgraduate studies in Europe.
South Australia's New Mining Engineers - Field Trip
June 2007
The new mining engineering programme in the University of Adelaide has been
successfully launched and it has attracted 58 students this year. The mining
engineers have recently embarked on a 10 days field trip to visit mining operations
and mineral processing plants around the area. Their first stop is Zinifex's
lead smelter in Port Pirie, followed by two days visit to BHP Billiton's Olympic
Dam operation. The group then visited Leigh Creek coal field and Beverley
uranium mine before spending two days in Broken Hill, visiting Perilya southern
operation and CBH's Rasp mine. BeMaX's mineral sand processing plant at Broken
Hill and Ginkgo operation at Pooncarie were also on their exploration menu.
"The mining companies we visited were very supportive and the students did
get a very positive message out of this trip. The students can almost hear the
crying of the industry for qualified mining engineers", said Professor Ian Plimer,
who lead the field excursion. "A lot of time and effort from both members of staff
and personnel from industry have been spent to make this trip happen and I am
glad the trip went well and that the students enjoyed it. I am sure the knowledge
the students gathered will be extremely beneficial to their studies in the next
couple of years as well as motivational for them", commented Professor Mike Griffith,
head of the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University
of Adelaide. Some students have also commented: "It was simply great!", "It's
really great to have the chance to see what is really like in the mining industry
and talk to the real people working in the mines.", "I now have much better idea
what this course is really for. Just can't wait to finish the course and to start
my career in such an exciting industry.", "The scale of the industry is phenomenon.
Can't image our industry without mining. It is so great to be part of something
so big!" The program was inaugurated in August 2006 at National Wine Centre and
was attended by State Government representatives, industry personnel, community
leaders, teachers and school students.
Holger Maier receives the Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Engineering
Education' Award
December 2006
Professor Maier
has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to Engineering Education
by receiving the 'Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education'
award from the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, which is
a Technical Society of Engineers Australia.
The award was presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering
Education, which was held in Auckland, New Zealand from December 10-13. During
the conference, Associate Professor Maier also received a High Commendation for
his presentation titled 'Meeting the challenges of engineering education
via online role-play simulations' [more
details].
Michael Leonard Awarded The AWA's 2006 Postgraduate Research Award
20 October 2006
Michael Leonard, who
is a PhD student in the School, won this award for his project titled: 'Rainfall
Modelling Techniques for Engineering Risk Assessment'.
The Australian Water Association SA Water Awards were established in 1996 to recognise
outstanding recent contributions related to water in South Australia. Judging
of this award is based on a written submission and a 15 minute presentation. The
written submission is to be of 1000 words, describing the nature and benefits
of the research.
James Daniell Awarded Rod McGee Medal
September 2006
James Daniell (final year student) has been awarded the national 2006 Rod McGee
Medal and $2000 prize, for his submission the importance of public works engineering
and the contribution of engineering to the community. [media
statement (pdf 24kB)]
Jakin Ravalico wins the IEMSS Student Prize
August 2006
Congratulations to Jakin Ravalico,
who is a PhD student in the School, for receiving the IEMSS
(International Environmental Modelling and Software Society) Student Prize at
the recent World Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, which was held
in Burlington, Vermont, USA.Jakin received the prize for her paper and
presentation titled 'Rank-Equivalence Method for Sensitivity Analysis of
an Integrated Model of a River Catchment' .Jakin's success follows
a string of High Commendations for PhD students from the School at related conferences,
including Gavin Bowden (MODSIM 2001), Greer Kingston (MODSIM 2003) and Jakin herself
at MODSIM 2005.
Launch of the new Bachelor of Engineering in Mining Degree
17 August 2006
State Government representatives, industry personnel, community leaders, teachers
and school students joined with staff from the University of Adelaide to launch
the new Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) degree at the National Wine Centre on
Thursday, 17 August 2006.
State Government representatives, industry personnel, community leaders, teachers
and school students joined with staff from the University of Adelaide to launch
the new Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) degree at the National Wine Centre on
Thursday, 17 August 2006.
Professor Peter Dowd, Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and
Mathematical Sciences chaired the event. Speakers on the day included the Vice-Chancellor
and President of the University of Adelaide, Professor James McWha, the Honourable
Paul Holloway, Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Dr Roger Higgins who
is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (Australia) of BHP Billiton,
and Professor Ian Plimer who is the Professor of Mining Geology at the University
of Adelaide.
Also in attendance was the Honourable Paul Caica, Minister for Employment,
Training and Further Education, and Mr Mitch Williams, Shadow Minister for Mineral
Resources Development indicating the strong endorsement from both sides of the
State Government for the new degree.
The clear message from speakers at the launch was mining is critical to the
sustained growth of South Australia and the nation, and the University is committed
to supporting the development of both the skills and capabilities necessary to
build this strategic sector.
Minister Holloway said, "South Australia was experiencing an exploration
and mining boom, unprecedented in the State's history. More and more local, national
and international mining companies are turning their attention to our State, and
our rich mineral and resource deposits. The new mining degree at the University
of Adelaide will play a significant role in ensuring that skilled workers are
available to meet the increasing demand for our resources. The degree will also
prepare young South Australians for rewarding careers in the State's mining industry."
Professor Plimer said, "Australia has been producing just 40% of the mining
engineers required to satisfy industry needs. The new four-year Bachelor of Engineering
(Mining) degree is designed to help redress the nation's serious shortage of mining
engineers."
The Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) Degree
A new degree to be offered by the University of Adelaide in 2007 will position
South Australia at the forefront of mining education in the country. Up to 30
students will be offered places in the inaugural Bachelor of Engineering (Mining)
intake in the first semester of 2007.
The University recruited Professor Ian Plimer from the University of Melbourne
early in 2006, specifically to develop mining geology courses and lead the recruitment
drive for the new mining engineering degree. He holds a joint appointment in the
Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences and the Faculty of
Sciences.
"This University - in conjunction with the State Government - has been
incredibly astute to realise that the world is undergoing a global restructuring
of commodities and we can play a huge role in that," Professor Plimer said.
"The population explosion in India and China - which collectively numbers
more than two billion people, had placed pressure on the world to supply their
energy and manufacturing feed-stock needs. What we're experiencing is not a mining
boom or bubble, but a fundamental re-evaluation of commodities against real estate
and cash. It means we will have to do a lot more exploration and to do that we
need highly skilled people."
Professor Plimer has spent the past two months on a statewide recruiting drive
for the first cohort of mining engineering students.
Details of the new degree can be found a on the Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) page.
Katherine Daniell wins SA Young Achiever Environment Award
8 April 2006
On Saturday night April 8th, Katherine Daniell, who graduated in 2004
from our School, won the South Australia Young Achievers Environment Award sponsored
by SA Water. This was one of eight categories for which the awards were given
for young achievers between the ages of 14 and 26 years.
The Awards applaud high achievement, vision and commitment while fostering
the pursuit of excellence and highlighting the efforts and success of young people
making meaningful contributions to their field of endeavour. Well done Katherine!
Paper Award
29 March 2006
PhD student, Darren Broad,
has received the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment 'Excellent Publication
Award' for the paper:
Broad, D.R., Dandy, G.C. and Maier, H.R. 2005 'Water Distribution System
Optimisation Using Metamodels'. Journal of Water Resources Planning and
Management - ASCE, 131 (3): 172-180.
Staff v Student Softball Match
27 March 2006
The annual Staff - Student softball match was held on Monday 27th March. The
School's hydrology guru Trevor Daniell had been busy in the morning checking the
latest weather radar data from the Bureau of Meteorology and predicted flooding
north of Clare but dry conditions at the Graduate's Oval.
The match started with a BBQ cooked, as usual, by the very capable laboratory
staff under the direction of 'Chef' Greg Atkins. Following frenzied practice
(mainly by the students) a coin was found, tossed and the first of six innings
was underway.
Despite the lack of match practice there were 38 runs in total over the day
with the staff winning narrowly by 20 to 18. As in life, it's amazing what four
or five academics can do when amply supported by a host of postgraduate students
and professional staff!!
Passing of a Former Academic
27 March 2006
Dr Maurice Arnold, Former Senior Lecturer in the School, passed away
today. Maurice is well known in the Geotechnical Engineering Community for his
work on the mineralogy of clays, expansive soils and the pressure meter test. Our
sincerest condolences to his family.
Winners of the WH Warren Medal 2004
presented August 2005
In August 2005, Professor Andrew Downing presented the 2004 Warren Medal to
Ms Bernadette Foley and
Associate Professor Trevor Daniell for
their joint winning papers: 'A Sustainability Tool for Intrasectoral and
Intersectoral Water Resources Decision Making' and 'Are Traditional
Thinking and Decision-Making Techniques Adequate for Developing Sustainable Water
Systems?' The Warren Medal perpetuates the memory of Professor WH Warren
who was the first President of the Institution of Engineers Australia. Established
in 1929, this award is given annually by the Civil College of Engineers Australia
for the best paper in the discipline of civil engineering. Congratulations to
Bernadette and Trevor.
