Director's Message

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you had a good weekend.

This week’s pic shows colleagues from NPAA hosting a visit by Professor Sebastian Schmidt, Director of the Helmholtz Centre in Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). A Memorandum of Understanding between HZDR and ANU was signed at the Academy of Science by the DVC(RI) Prof Keith Nugent on Wednesday. This agreement will draw focus on the excellent collaboration between the two Accelerator Mass Spectrometry groups. (L to R: Tom McGoram, Kaitlin Cook, Stefan Pavetich, Steve Tims, Keith Fifield, Nanda Dasgupta, Jay Poria (CoS), Sebastian Schmidt and Anton Wallner (HZDR)).

Below, our Dean Prof Kiaran Kirk thanks another important visitor to our School last week, Prof Abhay Karandikar, Director of Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur. Prof Karandikar lead a delegation to ANU to investigate collaboration in electronic and photonic materials. I will let Heads of Department know more as this develops.

The EoI for Associate Director (Research) will close on Friday at 5pm. Please speak with your Head of Department if you are interested in applying.

I had the pleasure of walking around the new building with Oscar Capezio, Curator of the extensive ANU art collection. He’s got some exquisite works lined up for us. I can hardly wait.

Have a good week,
Tim

Sustainability And The Future: Should Nature Have Rights?

Hosted by ANU College of Law and ANU College of Science

Join us for an inspiring panel talk on ‘Sustainability and the future: should nature have rights?’.

This thought-provoking discussion will bring together experts in the field to explore the idea of granting legal rights to nature, and what impact this could have on our planet and its inhabitants.

Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023
Time: 5.30–7.30pm
Location: ANU College of Law Moot Courts, Building 6a, Fellows Road, ANU

Register now

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Bought a soft drink for lunch? Recycle it on campus! Put the 10c container deposit to good use with the new recycling machine on campus, located on the ground floor of the Marie Reay Teaching Centre. 

The reverse vending machine accepts eligible containers and redeems them for cash donations to local charities that were selected by ANU students.  

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Turning Drawbacks Into New Superpowers

Shiyu Wei is working on tiny pillars made from indium phosphide. With diameters less than one hundredth the diameter of human hair, these nanowires, as they are called, have remarkable properties that can be used for building microscopic lasers, antennae or light detectors.

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Professor Barry Pogson

Date: Mon 20th March
Time: 12.30pm
Location: Eucalyptus Seminar Room, Level 2, RN Robertson Building 46 or Via Zoom

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The school's looking for volunteers to become OSLOs for RSPhys.

After training you would be providing advice and assistance on workplace ergonomics to people in the school.

If you interested in taking up this role, please contact the School WHS Office.

Tertiary To Work Careers Fair 2023

Canberra's leading universities ANU, UC & ACU are teaming up again to bring you Tertiary to Work (TTW) Career Fair, one of the largest and longest running career fairs in Canberra.

When and Where
11am-3pm
21 March 2023 - All Industries Fair
22 March 2023 - Health & Education Fair
University of Canberra Refectory, 11 Kirinari St, Bruce ACT 2617

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ANYOU - Staff Engagement Survey

Staff can complete the survey using:

• Link emailed directly from Culture Amp;
• Link in On Campus; or
• QR code featured on posters and Xibo screens across campus – the code takes you to our internal web page which features a button to access the survey (not available until after 3.00 pm on Tuesday).

The ANYOU Survey web page features all relevant information about the survey, including a link to Frequently Asked Questions.

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Specialist Media Training Session For Science Researchers

ANU Media is teaming up with the Australian Science Media Centre to deliver a free online specialist training session, taking place Tuesday 28 March, 12-2pm.

During this online session, Dr Susannah Eliott and Dr Joseph Milton from the Australian Science Media Centre will provide you with some practical tips on how to navigate public engagement through the media when working in a potentially contentious field.

The session is open to all ANU researchers, including postgraduate students studying for a PhD or master’s by research. More details, including the registration portal, can be found on the ANU Eventbrite page. 

If you have any questions, please email James Giggacher, Associate Director of Media and Communications at ANU.

2023 Wall Planners

Need to Edit a Requistion?

If you are new or old to the RSPhys online requisition system, 'read more' for time saving tips when editing a requisition with a mistake.

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EVENTS

Departmental seminars

Mr Matthias Feuchtgruber & Mr Fabian Diemar - 22 March
Automated manufacturing of composite parts for aerospace applications

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School Seminar Program - 21 March

Engineering optical resonances in nanostructured dielectric materials for nonlinear photonics - Dr Kirill Koshelev

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