Issue 1 - January 2009
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Faculty highlights

Monash awarded $89.9m funding for New Horizons project

Monash University has received $89.9 million from the Federal Government's Education Investment Fund (EIF) to create a new platform for excellence in Future Manufacturing research and teaching.

This initiative, known as New Horizons, will co-locate and integrate around 300 staff from Monash with about 150 from CSIRO, supported by platforms for global research and teaching collaboration through state-of-the-art ICT. It will be located at the northern edge of the Clayton campus of Monash, immediately adjacent to CSIRO.



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Award-winning researcher joins Engineering
Indonesian biochemical engineer Dr Penia Kresnowati will spend two years conducting stem-cell related research in Monash University's Department of Chemical Engineering after winning a prestigious UNESCO-L'oreal Fellowship for Women in Science.

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Alan Finkel Scholarships
Dr Alan and Dr Elizabeth Finkel wish to support PhD research by providing financial support in addition to a University funded scholarship stipend to enable three outstanding graduate scholars to pursue research in the Faculty of Engineering. Funding for the award is provided by the Finkel Foundation and Dr Alan and Dr Elizabeth Finkel.


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Young Australian of the Year Finalist - Daniel Adams
Daniel Adams, currently studying a double degree in Commerce and Aerospace Engineering at Monash, is a social justice advocate, educator, innovator, and project director. As a 2008 Young Australian of the Year Finalist he was the mastermind and event co-ordinator of the 2006 concert for the Make Poverty History campaign, the largest youth-run event ever held in Australia.


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Feature article

Monash helps Aussie cyclist go for gold
Cadel Evans used the wind tunnel in 2008 in his Olympic preparation as part of a new partnership between Monash and the Australian Institute of Sport's (AIS) elite cycling program. In a two-hour session, twin five-metre tall fans blew winds of up to 70kmh at Evans while he pedalled furiously on a stationary bicycle held in a specially-designed rig.


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Alumni news

Alumni news
The Faculty of Engineering Alumni Awards were presented at a cocktail event on Tuesday 21 October in the Banquet Rooms at the Clayton Campus. There was a variety of alumni in attendance, spanning the generations from alumni who graduated in 1952 right up to last year’s graduates.

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International news

Recycling energy offers huge potential savings
Each day, energy worth millions is literally blown away as cool air vented out from building air conditioning systems.

Monash researcher Associate Professor Dr Ong Kok Seng and his team are working with one of the world's leading producers of air conditioners to produce a system that will harvest some of this energy back into the air conditioning system, saving money and the environment over the long term.


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Alumni profile

Marc Colella
At the age of just 35, Monash engineering graduate Marc Colella is playing a key role in the huge rebuilding project at the World Trade Centre site in New York.

Mr Colella is the structural engineer in charge of building the Freedom Tower, a 105-storey building with a 120m spire that will be the biggest of the four towers being built on the World Trade Centre site.


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Congratulations!

Monash 50th Anniversary Research awards
The Monash 50th Anniversary Research awards were presented on Monday 18 August at Government House in Melbourne. The 50th Anniversary Research Awards recognise outstanding research achievement. The awards acknowledge and celebrate Monash researchers who have had significant success and impact in a broad range of areas over the past 50 years.


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Australian institute of energy postgraduate student awards
Two outstanding Engineering postgraduate students were recognised for their achievements at the Australian Institute of Energy Post-Graduate Student Awards presented on 4 September 2008.

Trent Harkin, a Chemical Engineering Masters student won the award for the "Best Carbon Capture and Storage Project", while Timothy Khoo, a Masters student in Materials Engineering won the award for the "Best Energy Systems and Efficiency Project".


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Message from the Dean
Welcome to the first issue of Reconnect - the Faculty of Engineering Alumni Newsletter. We had a remarkable year in 2008 and were able to take part in the celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of Monash University. So what of the next 50 years? Most of you are well aware of the significant shift in engineering careers. The twin effects of globalisation and skills shortage will test the mettle of our engineering leadership. This era will also present unique global and national problems.

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