News: achievements
Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature
Associate Professor Jiawen Li (School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing), is the only person in Australia and one of only four women innovators worldwide to be recognised in the inaugural Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature. Read more.
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Advance HE Fellows
Mr Richard McInnes, Dr Daniel Oteng and Associate Professor Melissa Oxlad received the Advance HE Fellowship in recognition of their reflective and effective professional practice in teaching and support of learning. Read more.
Premier's Award: Healthcare for future generations
The winning Premier's Award saw collaboration between the University of Adelaide, UniSA, Lyell McEwen Hospital and Northern Adelaide State Secondary Schools Alliance in a Year 12 Integrated Learning Nursing and Midwifery Pilot Project, where nursing and midwifery sessions were provided to students interested in healthcare thereby attracting a future workforce. View here.
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Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors
Professor Michael McLaughlin AM (School of Agriculture, Food and Wine) has been elected as a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He is the fourth University of Adelaide expert to be honoured by the NAI as a Fellow, joining Professor Peter Høj AC, Professor Anton Middelberg, and Professor Nelson Tansu.
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Australia India Women Researchers’ Exchange Program
Dr Indu Bala (School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences) has been awarded a fellowship as part of the Australia India Women Researchers’ Exchange (AIWE) Program. Dr Bala will collaborate with Dr B R Ambedkar (National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar) to develop an advanced model to optimise urban rainwater harvesting systems. This partnership aims to enhance sustainable water management through innovative research.
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The Australian's annual Research magazine top 250
Professor Shaobin Wang, Dr Zhiwei Sun, Professor Peng Shi, Behrouz Karami, Dr David Baraglia, Professor Paul Jackson, and Dr Kunsheng Hu have each been named leaders in their field in The Australian’s annual Research magazine. The University has also been named as leading Australia’s research in three categories: Chemical and Material Sciences (general), Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis, and Thermal Sciences. Read more.
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International recognition for Highly Cited Researchers
More than 20 University of Adelaide researchers have been recognised for their outstanding work in the Clarivate annual global list of Highly Cited Researchers (HCR). The HCR list is primarily based on citation activity, with successful academics authoring multiple highly cited papers which rank in the top 1 per cent by references for their fields. Read more.
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Chris Powell Medal
Darwinaji Subarkah (School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences) was awarded the Chris Powell Medal by the Geological Society of Australia (Tectonics and Structural Geology Group). The medal is awarded every two years for an outstanding research paper arising from postgraduate research on some aspect of structural geology or tectonics.
Best wine education provider
Jill Bauer (School of Agricultural Science) has received the Best Wine Education Provider award and Syuzanna Mosikyan received Best Wine Student at the 2024 Wine Communicator Awards. Read more.
2024 AmCham Alliance Award in Artificial Intelligence
Professor Simon Lucey (Australian Institute for Machine Learning) has been awarded the 2024 AmCham Alliance Award in Artificial Intelligence. These awards recognise and celebrate the next generation of Australian and American pioneers on the technological frontiers, creating economic prosperity and building people-to-people engagement in the alliance.
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