Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you all enjoyed the glorious Canberra sun over the weekend. 

After the ANU Council meeting last Friday I hope to confirm by School-wide email the details of our School name change later this week.  For most people, it should be a pretty facile process although back-of-house there is a fair bit to do and I greatly appreciate the efforts of James Irwin, Sue Wigley and Martin Conway to affect the myriad changes necessary.

It is just over two weeks before applications for the Associate Director (Research) position close.  If you have an interest in this role now, or in the future, and are Level C academic or above please discuss with your supervisor and Head of Department.

I took this week’s pic when I visited the workshop in Physics North last week. Standing in front of their handy work, Neil Devlin (left) and Tom Cave are assembling components of a new torsion pendulum being designed by Dr Bram Slagmolen (OzGrav/DQS).  Feel free to send any interesting photos you take around the School or while you’re travelling to Sue.

Have a good week,

Tim

Janet Zhong and Tim Hume with the Australian delegation at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany earlier this month. It was a meeting that invited 39 Nobel laureates and 580 young scientists from 89 countries across the world to, to discuss the emerging topics in physics and how science can address important global challenges.

Jie “Sophie” Zhao from DQS (Professor Ping Koy Lam’s group) was awarded first prize in the Nature: Light Science and Application 'Rising Stars of Light’ Competition earlier this month. Sophie travelled to China to compete with nine other finalists from all over the world.

Market Day is fast approaching, have you updated your projects? Are you interested in a display or lab tour? Please see one of the Market Day committee members asap.

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Please join us for the second meriSTEM’s volunteering hour from 5:30pm on Wednesday 21 August. Our goal is to achieve edited transcripts for 93 short (2 to 5 minute) physics videos, resulting in the entirety of meriSTEM’s Semester 2 physics course being available with captions.

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This event will outline several exciting technologies currently under development to transition from the currently dominant steelmaking technology, the blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace, to new approaches that are no longer dependent on the combustion of fossil fuels.

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Round two for the Collaboration Initiatives of the Policy Greenhouse Fund is now open and will close on 13th September. The Collaboration Initiatives is a $5,000 scheme aimed at workshopping and developing policy ideas with policy community.

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Applications are open for the Mentoring and Guidance in Careers (MAGIC) workshop for women and gender diverse early career researchers with a PhD in the disciplines of Chemistry or Mathematics or Physics (or cognate disciplines), awarded within the past 7 years. Registration closes 16 August 2019

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Diversity Council Australia (DCA) with Google and Deloitte have released a new report which sets out an innovative framework to achieve diversity and inclusion change that works.

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Indigenous Professional Staff Grants closes 16 August 2019

ANU Global Research Partnerships Scheme closes 23 August 2019 

Westpac Research Fellowship closes 26 August 2019

2020 Visions in Microscopy Early Bird Nov 2019 

Departmental Seminars

31 July
Dr Jukka Kuva
X-ray tomography – 3D targeted analysis for better 2D results
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1 August
Mr David McManus
Dual Torsion Pendulum Sensor for Measurement of Terrestrial Gravitational Forces
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Further details about School Seminars or Events can be found on the RSPE Intranet and School News and Events Page.