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Director's Message
Dear Colleagues,
A huge vote of thanks go to Profs Jodie Brady (Head, MP) and Dragomir Neshev (Director TMOS, EME) as co-chairs of the ANZCOP-AIP conference last week, and to Dr Daria Smirnova and Prof Ben Buchler as AIP Technical Committee co-Chairs. Their wonderful helpers deserve a round of applause; Shankar Dutt, Laura Walmsley, Dige Wang, Xingshuo Huang, Hancheng Shao, Galina Shadrivova, Krisztina Thurzo, Nahid Afrid, Hendrik Heimes, Jessica Wierbik, Sam Case, Ankie Larsson, Taleb Alwadi, Alex Kiy, many summer and undergraduate students, the School teams from Stores and Purchasing, Facilities, IT and Admin. Our facilities were well and truly pressure tested, and I heard very many compliments about the conference, the excellent catering and the new building facilities. There is no doubt in my mind that our visiting colleagues enjoyed a superb conference. Well done everyone, something to be very proud of. Images below show the conference dinner at Old Parliament House.
Above, the recipients of the 2023 Director’s Awards; two individual awards went to Patrick Romero and Julie Arnold (FaceTimed in from the beach); the Team Award went to the Student Admin Team, Siobhan Ryman and Luda Mangos; and the External Team Award went to the College Finance Team. Well done to our colleagues, and as I mentioned we had the highest number of applications ever. It is so pleasing to see people wish to recognise our valued colleagues. Thank you for all the nominations, it means a great deal to me.
On Wednesday we honoured some our summer graduates attending the conferring. My thanks to Prof Patrick Kluth for hosting the School morning tea for friends and family of the graduands. Dr Matt Berrington delivered an amazing graduation speech at conferring, and Dr Kirill Koshelev received his JG Crawford prize in person. The VC commented that he needed every bit of his physics training to understand Kirill’s citation. It was a wonderful graduation.
To round off, I’ve included some memorable images from wonderful events that intersected the week of the conference; our VC’s final lecture at the National Press Club, the national announcement of New Frontier Technologies (a member of Momentum) iLaunch Trailblazer partnership deploying their unique composite tape robot at Mt Stromlo, the launch of the new optical ground station also at Mt Stromlo with VC, Chief Minister and A/Prof Francis Bennet (AITC/RSAA), and lastly, many of the amazing central School team enjoy their Xmas lunch.
Don’t forget our end of year tradiation, fruit mince pies on Thursday!
Cheers,
Tim |
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End Of Year Finance Cut Offs
As we approach the year-end, just a friendly reminder to promptly process your Purchase Card Concur reports.
It is important to note that items purchased through an ANU purchase card are not encumbered to a General Ledger Code (GLC)/Financial budget until the claim is processed and approved via CONCUR.
To ensure accurate budget reflections for the current year, please be mindful that all transaction approvals must be completed by the 22nd of December 2023. Transactions processed after the University's year-end closure will be accounted for in the 2024 budget.
Your timely attention to this matter is greatly appreciated. Should you have any questions or require assistance, please refer to the ANU Purchase card Guidelines and procedures or contact the Purchasing Team.
Last Day For...
- Invoices from existing suppliers - Wednesday 13 December 2023
- Self Service Reimbursements - Wednesday 13 December 2023
- Financial Delegates to approve invoices and reimbursements in ES Financials - Monday 18 December 2023
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Congratulations to Our Graduating Students
Please join us for morning tea at 10.30am on Wednesday 13th December, in the foyer of the new building, to celebrate our Postgraduate/Research graduating students:
Ben Swinton-Bland - PhD RSPhys
Farshad Daraei Ghadikolaei - PhD RSPhys
Matthew Berrington - PhD RSPhys
Zahra Azimi - PhD RSPhys
James Stuart - PhD RSPhys
Abbas Hussein Abbas - PhD RSPhys
Yajie Guan - PhD RSPhys
Michael Haese - Master of Science (Advanced) in Nuclear Science
Abhijith Aswathy Gopakumar - Master of Science (Advanced) in Nuclear Science
Damien Philip McGinnes - Master of Science in Nuclear Science
Ryan Ross Leknys - Master of Science (Advanced) in Nuclear Science
Aziz Albar Rofi Uddarojad - Master of Science (Advanced) in Theoretical Physics
And those who are graduating ‘in absentia’ or in a future ceremony:
Dominik Koll - PhD RSPhys
Felicity Lee - MPhil RSPhys
Mark Bradshaw - PhD RSPhys
Samuel Robert Thompson - MPhil RSPhys
Lorcan Conlon - PhD RSPhys
Bradley Vallette - Master of Science (Advanced) in Nuclear Science
Yaxuan Zhang - Master of Energy Change |
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ARC Discovery Projects (DP25) Info Session
The College of Science Research Office and College Research Committee will run a session to update you on the new ARC Discovery Projects (DP25) processes, along with providing tips and tricks to assist you with your application.
Date: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Time: 10.00am – 11.00am (AEDT)
Location: STB Seminar Room 1, The Science Teaching Building, 136 Linnaeus Way
Please register your attendance here |
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ARC Discovery Projects (DP25) - Further Discussion
In addition to the December 12 session (see above), Professor Penny King and Prof John Close will lead a discussion regarding DP strategies for success. This is not intended as a repeat of the December 12 session though some discussion points may be similar.
If you plan on attending this discussion, please ensure you attend the CoS discussion on December 12, or if you cannot, please ensure you are across the new process by visiting the ARC website prior to the December 15 discussion.
Date: Friday 15th December 2023
Time: 11:30am -12:30pm
Location: Conference Room 4.03, New Physics Building 160 |
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2024 AINSE Pathway Scholarships: Applications Now Open
AINSE are pleased to announce the opening of our new Pathway Scholarships for Honours and Masters students, alongside our new and improved online portal for scholarship applications.
Eligible students from AINSE Member institutions who will be enrolled in any Honours program OR Masters program, for some period between 1st January 2024 and 31st March 2024, can now apply for the 2024 AINSE Pathway Scholarship. The Pathway Scholarship replaces our previous Honours Scholarship, and expands that offering to include ALL students enrolled in any Masters degree.
Applications close 11.59 pm AEDT 15th March 2024. » read more
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AMSI Summer School
Join other honours and postgraduate students, early career researchers and industry professionals in Canberra from 8 January - 2 February for the 22nd AMSI Summer School, hosted by the Australian National University (virtual participation also available).
Connect with peers, researchers and potential future employers while developing your maths, stats and data science skills. » read more
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2024 Wall Planners
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2024 wall planners are available now at Reception & the Physics Store. |
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Staff Movements
Cedric Simenel will be away 20/11/23 - 31/1/24
Yuri Kivshar will be Acting HoD in this period
Ben Buchler will be away January 2024
Jodie Bradby will be acting Associate Director (Education)
Please direct all physics education queries to pec.physics@anu.edu.au or ade.physics@anu.edu.au |
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CoS I.D.E.A. Website
Browse I.D.E.A.'s knowledge repository here. |
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College Hot Desking In Physics
Finance, HR & RM Teams
Thursday Mornings
Lv2 Tearoom, Bldg 160 |
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Departmental seminars
Dr Iris Dillmann - 12 December
Taming neutrons for nuclear astrophysics
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Professor Phil Evans - 14 December
Novel materials created by high-energy plasma modification of wood
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Save the Date - 15 December
Vice-Chancellor's End of Year Garden Party » read more
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Know your administrators...
Julie Arnold, Nikki Azzopardi, Belinda Barbour, James Campbell & Petra Rickman » read more
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Know your student admin...
Liudmila (Luda) Mangos -
Higher Degree Research admin
C3.02C, Cockcroft bldg (Thurs 9:30-5pm) hdr.physics@anu.edu.au
Siobhan Ryman -
Physics Education Centre admin and HDR
1.05, Bldg 38A (Tues 8.30-4pm) ; C3.02C, Cockcroft bldg (Mon,Thurs-Fri 8.30-4pm) pec.physics@anu.edu.au |
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Know your Student Reps...
Elizaveta Melik-Gaykazyan, Logan Davis, Yosri Ben Aicha, Victoria Bashu, Aditya Babu
hdrsreps.physics@anu.edu.au |
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ASCA Website
For those interested in defence related research, the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) website has gone live https://www.asca.gov.au/. » read more
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New 'Partnership Engagement and Commercialisation' Website
The ANU has launched a new website that can assit anyone seeking information and support on IP issues, ANU Impact Funds or creating new partnerships. » read more
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What To Do If You Test Positive For COVID-19
If you test positive to COVID-19, please:
1. Inform your supervisor or course convenor.
2. Alert the University through this online form.
3. It is no longer required to report positive RAT tests to ACT Health, however it is strongly encouraged to do so, using this online form. » read more
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