Solar PV news
Steady as she goes
By Heather McEwen
Professor John Hosking, the new Dean and Director of the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, had his first opportunity to address the College as a whole at the College Staff Forum on 31 January 2012.
He took the opportunity to thank Alistair Rendell, Interim Dean, on a personal and professional level for the difficult task of steering the College during what was a fairly lengthy captaincy, and the College joined him in a vote of thanks.
Professor Hosking remarked that he felt welcomed into a vibrant College with committed staff and students, thanking three graduate students for their outstanding contribution to outreach to develop a high school tool to demonstrate the role of IT in the environment. Torben Sko, James Sheridan and Ben Swift were presented with certificates and gifts to acknowledge their achievements.
The way forward: Smart modules and smart inverters
PhD candidate, Arnold McKinley, from the Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems in the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, discusses how many of the modules and inverters currently available on the market lack the 'smarts' that would make solar systems more efficient, in the February 2012 edition of Solar Australia.
Read the article, The way forward: Smart modules and smart inverters
Higher Degree by Research Student poster day 2011
by Heather McEwen
For a snapshot of the innovative research and creative ability of our research students go to our HDR Student Poster Day 2011 site.
We would like to thank our sponsors for this event: The Canberra Business Council and the Office of Commercialisation.
If you are interested in supporting Poster Day, contact:
Project Manager
T 02 6125 6601
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The Techno Expo
by Heather McEwen
On 15 August 2011 more than seventy research students from the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science presented their research in an illustrated poster, and talked with visitors from business and academia.
Congratulations to our prize-winners who each won financial assistance for conference travel, plus a cash prize to help them to celebrate:
Ready, GetSet, Go!
Sixty Year 11 and 12 girls visited the College of Engineering and Computer Science on Friday 13 May for the annual GetSet (Girls in Engineering and Technology) event. Students participated in a full day of fun, hands-on activities covering artificial intelligence and computer vision, engineering in developing countries, biomaterials for human health, as well as solar energy and sustainability - all delivered by some of our enthusiastic early career researchers, and other volunteers, within the College.
