Director's Message

-Event Horizon resend, as Event Horizon #30 went straight to Junk Folders-

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you to all those able to attend the School morning tea last Thursday. It was great to see so many people, and to have the Dean swing by. I’ve attached some happy snaps courtesy of Martin Conway below. The event was to mark the ongoing transition into the new School structure by thanking the Heads and School Manager for their contributions. 

Whilst formal renaming of new Departments cannot happen until Council meets in October, we intend to operate under the new structure as of 1st August. HR is already working to move Staff into the new structure, and new HoD’s are being activated. Work will also be undertaken in the Finance space as required. Your new HoDs will be a primary conduit of information as it comes to hand in relation to changes. Please note that until Council approves, many online systems will not reflect new Department names which may lead to some short term confusion, so please seek guidance from any of our helpful Admin team. It should also be noted that Students graduating in 2021 will graduate under their existing Department name due to the census times of ANU systems. Complex, I know, but this is just a heads-up and there will be communications prior to any change that affects you.

This week’s pic is taken from “Insight out”, an outdoor art exhibition curated by Ambush Gallery along University Avenue. Twenty-four visual arts student were paired academics across the ANU, including Dr Vanessa Robins (FTP/MP). The work above, ‘Porous’ by Emily O’Neill, was based on her work with Vanessa’s research on 2D hyperbolic tilings as a source of crystalline networks in 3D euclidean space, found in Epinet, through the Physics Data Portal.

Have a good week,
Tim

Resilient Researcher webinars with Dr Shari Walsh

ANU 3MT Final 2021 - 1 September, 6-8 pm

Enhancing Personal Performance for HDR Students

2022 Visiting Fellowship program "Mobilities" - Applications close on 30 September 2021

Introduction to Personal Consultancies at ANU

ANU Enterprise is presenting a series of information sessions beginning with one on consultancies, on Thursday 5 August, 3-4PM.

This event is for academic staff at ANU who have little or no consultancy experience and are interested in becoming a consultant.

The event is also relevant for staff who have prior experience in 52 Day Rule consultancies. The presentation will cover how, when, and where to notify ANU of your consultancy pre-existing arrangements and information on how and where ANU Enterprise can support future consultancies.

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2022-2025 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Competition

The Executive Committee of the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics invites faculty and senior researchers within physics, astronomy or related fields to submit nominations for the 2022-2025 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics competition.

Nominees should be young physicists of exceptional ability at the beginning stage of their careers, who currently have or will have received a doctoral degree in physics, astronomy or related fields by September 1, 2022.

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Quantum Next Generation 2021

Army is seeking Australia’s next generation of Quantum Technologists for 
Quantum Next Generation 2021: Quantum Camouflage

The Australian Army is Calling for Proposals to Quantum Next Generation 2021 (QNG21). QNG21 is a technology challenge specifically targeting Australia’s talented postgraduate students, early career researchers and early-stage start-up entrepreneurs. QNG21 aims to embolden, network and develop this next generation whilst also solving an important Army problem.

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Domestic Postgrad Scholarship Opportunity -  the Westpac Future Leaders

Scholarship (worth up to AU$120,000 for Masters/PhD study). There are two of these scholarships allocated to ANU, and applications close 2 September 2021. 

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Need to Schedule a Meeting with the Director?

For ANU Outlook users
Open a new invite for Director.Physics@anu.edu.au, and use Scheduling Assistant to propose a mutually convenient time and send.  

For all others
Please send an email request to Director.Physics@anu.edu.au 

Tim will reply to any meeting requests ASAP

Building and Room Security Access

Please note that the school now has a general access restriction of 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.  

If you need to complete a new after-hours risk assessment, please see the new top section here: https://physics.anu.edu.au/intra/whs/

EVENTS

School Colloquium - 12 August

Graphene metamaterials and two-dimensional devices - Professor Boahua Jia

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HDR Progress Milestones

Students and supervisors can access information on HDR progress milestone requirements on the School Intranet.

ANU Privacy Policy review - Submissions Due 27/08/21

You are invited to provide written submissions for consideration and response for the 2021 review of the Privacy Policy.

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Notice of Intent (NoI) Form for ARC schemes closing in 2021

The College of Science Research Office (CRO) is now inviting notices of intent (NoI) for the following schemes closing in 2021:

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From Previous Weeks...

Physics Higher Degree Supervisor Training Workshop Announcement

AINSE Opportunities

Quantum Hackathon | 24–27 August