November 2014

Simulation training and education will be the focus of a cooperative relationship between the Australian Defence College (ADC) and the University of Newcastle (UON) with students set to benefit from planned projects.

Dr Chee Hsiang Liow, a highly-accomplished medical professional committed to improving community health in poverty-stricken areas of rural China, has won the Australia China Alumni Award (ACAA) for Research and Innovation.

The University of Newcastle's Dr Catherine Grant has been awarded funding for 6 undergraduate students to go to Cambodia on a graded volunteer placement program in 2015.

The Science and Engineering Challenge faces a challenging new future with the introduction of a new charge for those who participate in the program.

Students from Merewether High School win the 2014 Business Plan Challenge

Faculty RHD students awarded at annual NUPSA Dinner

Dr Marguerite Johnson from the University of Newcastle's School of Humanities and Social Science looks at the recently restored Grimm Brothers' original fairy tales – which are not intended for children.

Professor Rick Middleton has been awarded more than $295,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for his research project Sensitivity Analysis of Networked Feedback Systems.

Professor George Willis has been awarded more than $443,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for his research project Scale-Multiplicative Semigroups and Geometry.

Professor Daichao Sheng and Dr Jubert Pineda have been awarded more than $782,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Mechanics of Hard Soils and Soft Rocks.

Dr Majidreza Nazem and Professor John Carter have been awarded more than $583,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Unsaturated Soil Dynamics.

Professor Scott Sloan and Dr Chet Vignes have been awarded more than $453,000 in ARC Discovery Project funding commencing in 2015 for their research project Computational modelling of hydraulic fracture.