MCEM design awarded
The Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM) at the Clayton campus has won an Australian Institute of Architects 2009 National Award for Public Architecture.
The building, designed by Architectus Melbourne, also recently received the Engineering Excellence Award for Infrastructure (projects up to $20million) awarded by Engineer's Australia - Victoria Division and the Excellence in Acoustics Award by the Australian Acoustical Society.
The building is a finalist in the national Engineer's Australia Award, which will be announced later this month.
For more information visit the MCEM website.
Climate scientists visit Parliament House
Eight of Australia's top climate scientists, including Monash Professors Dave Griggs and Neville Nicholls, visited Parliament House recently to discuss the need for urgent action on climate change with Australia's politicians.
The scientists are members of the newly formed independent group Climate Scientists Australia, which wants decision-makers to rely on the best science when determining Australia's response to climate change.
The group is supported by ClimateWorks Australia, a partnership of Monash and the Myer Foundation.
The group spent the morning in over a dozen meetings with individual politicians, and then presented a lunchtime briefing to over thirty of them.
International reproduction expert joins MIMR
Professor Justin St. John, one of Britain's most respected reproductive biologists, has joined the Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR) as the new director for the Centre for Reproduction and Development.
Professor St. John has extensive international experience in reproductive and developmental biology internationally.
Professor St. John said he was excited about the opportunity of joining the Centre for Reproduction and Development.
"MIMR has an outstanding reputation as a leader in the area of reproduction and development. I look forward to enhancing the current research strengths and driving the centre forward," he said.
Honour for magnesium alloys expert
The Faculty of Engineering's Mark Easton has been awarded the GKSS Magnesium Research Award.
The international award was established by the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht, Germany, to honour innovative work by an individual researcher in the area of the science and technology of magnesium alloys.
Dr Easton, a research program leader in the CAST Cooperative Research Centre, was selected from a field of applicants from Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.
"Research is able to contribute to some of the important issues that face the world and humanity. One of the greatest issues is how we learn to live in a resource limited world. I like to think that my research goes some way to addressing these issues,” Dr Easton said.
Monash wins Best Sports Development Initiative
Monash Sport's Student Health and Education Program (SHEP) has won the prestigious Best Sports Development Initiative award at the Victorian Sport Awards, which recognise those in the sporting industry who play a significant role in the wider sporting community.
The SHEP program aims to recognise and develop sporting talent in junior and high school-aged children.
The program aims to assess, educate and talent ID students, enabling students to improve their health and exercise knowledge whilst potential high performance athletes can be identified at all levels of sporting ability.
Sports programs project officer Nicole Schmidt said the program was unearthing more and more talent at junior levels and she hoped it would lead to some of those names being recognised at awards ceremonies in the future.
