Welcome to the April edition of the Faculty news bulletin.
In this edition:
- Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- Launch of the Medical Devices Research Institute (MDRI)
- AusTalk
- Australian students skype with students in India
- SA Young Tall Poppy Science Awards 2012
- Work for postgraduates
- ACORN workshop
- FLO news
- University news: Science and Engineering
- News from the library
- Other items of interest
Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Launch of Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI)
The Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI) was formally launched by Flinders University Vice Chancellor, Professor Michael Barber, at a small member event held last Wednesday 18th April. The launch also included guest presenter, Dr. John Arkwright, 2011 Eureka Prize winner from CSIRO.
New Strategic Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Professor Mark Taylor said it is fantastic to join this well recognised and growing Institute. "As a member of the Institute I am able to benefit from cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional networking and collaboration opportunities". Operating in close vicinity to FMC and the Repatriation General Hospital, there are also opportunities to gain greater access to clinicians and end-users. "At the end of the day it means my research will benefit from the expertise of others in related areas, links to researchers in other institutions, and access to clinicians and end users for clinical trials etc".
For more information, read the full article .
AusTalk
AusTalk are seeking participants from the Adelaide area to record at Flinders for the AusTalk project. The aim of the AusTalk project, of which the School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics is a major contributor, is to build an audio-visual corpus of Australian English by collecting speech samples from participants all around the country. Anyone interested in getting involved should contact austalk@flinders.edu.au. See also www.austalk.edu.au.
Australian students Skype with students in India
Udoy Saikia from the School of the Environment coordinated a successful first-of-its-kind skype chat between 20 post graduate students from Flinders University and 15 students of Parijat Academy.
