The Award

The Dean’s Postgraduate Research Award was established to recognise outstanding research in engineering and applied sciences. Prizes will be awarded for Best Poster Overall ($3000), and for Runner Up in each of the 4 Faculty Research themes listed below ($500 each). Prize monies will be awarded to students to support their travel expenses to local and/or international conferences.

• Energy, Resources and the Environment
  • Water & Waste Engineering
  • Energy Systems, Renewable & Non-renewable
• Information and Communication Technologies
  • High Performance Computing, Embedded Systems, & Communications
  • Immersive Systems, Data & Software Engineering Technologies
  • Intelligent & Autonomous Systems
  • Spatial Information Systems, Positioning
  • Signal Processing & Control
• Structures, Mechanics, Devices and Materials
  • Structural Engineering, Structures
  • MEMS, Micro & Nano technologies
  • Advanced Materials
  • Behaviour of Fluids & Thermal engineering
  • Geomechanics, Geotechnical Engineering
  • Health & Medical Technologies
• Design, Systems, Management and Education
  • Advanced Manufacturing & Processing Technologies
  • Construction, Manufacturing & Engineering Management
  • Research on Social, Economic, & Environmental Impacts of Engineering
  • Research on Engineering Design & Analysis
  • Research on Engineering Education

Presentation

The overall winner was S. Ramesh Ekanayake from the School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications for a poster entitled Microelectronic Controller and Observer Circuits in SOI-CMOS Technology for Quantum Bit (QUBIT) Control and Readout.

The runners up in each category were:

Design, Systems, Management & Education
Lawrence Kiam Yam Ng from the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering with a poster entitled An Energy Based Paradigm for Reliability Assessment Caused by Creep Damage in Engineering Components.

Energy, Resources & the Environment
Julie Glasscock from the School of Chemical Sciences & Engineering with a poster entitled Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production using Nanostructured Fe2O3 Electrodes.

Information & Communication Technologies
Vinh Bui from the School of ITEE, UNSW@ADFA with a poster entitled Optimal Data Transfer Using Multiple Overlay Paths

Structures, Mechanics, Devices & Materials
Dan Li from the School of Chemical Sciences & Engineering with a poster entitled Architecture of Multifunctional Nano Blocks fro Bio-applications. (Joint runner up)

Dean Karantonis from the School of Electrical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering with a poster entitled Automated Non-invasive Detection of Pumping States in an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump (Joint runner up)

Eligibility

Postgraduate research students who have completed at least 2 sessions enrolment (full-time equivalent) in any Faculty of Engineering research program are eligible to apply for the award. Only one award will be given per candidate over their total enrolment period in graduate research within the Faculty. It is expected that candidates will discuss their application with their supervisor before submission.

Application Process

Applications Closed October 6th 2006

Candidates should complete the application form and submit it with their abstract [a 300 word (MUST be only 1 page,12 pt font,) research description] to Lynne O’Sullivan (Faculty Office) no later than October 6th. Up to 5 candidates will be shortlisted for the prize from each School (including ADFA engineering schools). Those short-listed will be informed by October 18th and will be required to prepare a poster presentation for the Deans Postgraduate Research Award event to be held on November 8th at 5.00 – 7.30 pm.

Application Form [PDF 20kB]

Selection Criteria

Candidates will be selected based on meeting the eligibility requirements and on the quality of the research described in the abstract. Those short-listed for the prize will be required to present a poster on their research and final selection for the Deans Postgraduate Research Award will be based on quality and originality of research and on the poster presentation. The poster should be on maximum paper size of A0, and can be one prepared in the last 12 months for a conference or other poster presentation (no specific format required).