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NEWS AND NOTICES
National infrastructure “barely adequate”
The federal government’s advisory body Infrastructure Australia has deemed the nation’s infrastructure “barely adequate”, echoing the results of Engineers Australia’s 2010 Australian Infrastructure Report Card.
Sir Rod Eddington, the chairman of Infrastructure Australia, said Australia’s productivity rate has slowed over the past decade to a point below the average of OECD nations because of poor infrastructure.
“Productivity has slowed as a direct result of infrastructure shortfalls – time lost in travel, delays at ports, lost production due to water restrictions,” he said.
In welcoming the report, Engineers Australia’s infrastructure report card committee spokesman Rolfe Hartley said: “As a large proportion of Australia’s infrastructure slides towards the end of its useful life, the report is another wake-up call to all Australian governments about the perils of the prevailing inertia.
“For over a decade our own Engineers Australia infrastructure report cards have delivered the evidence and spelt out recommendations about the clearly looming infrastructure crisis across Australia. Infrastructure Australia has now amplified this and highlighted infrastructure as a significant contributor to Australia’s falling ranking among OECD nations.
“The fact that the federal government took on board Engineers Australia’s key recommendation to establish Infrastructure Australia was a major leadership breakthrough, and now we have that organisation giving independent, rigorous and comprehensive advice that is not tainted by the timeline to the next election date."
A more detailed article on the report appears in the July issue of Engineers Australia magazine.
Young Victorian of the Year is an engineer
Amit Menghani, a 24-year-old aerospace engineering graduate, has been named the 2011 Young Victorian of the Year. He is president of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia.
In 2009, he sought to raise awareness of the problem of violence against Indians after a young student was stabbed at a party in Hadfield.
Born in Jaipur, Rajasthan and raised in the United Arab Emirates, Menghani arrived in Australia when he was 18.
Australian Engineering Week in August
The 2011 Australian Engineering Week 2011 will run on 1-7 August. The week is designed to demonstrate what engineering is all about and show how engineering plays a major part in everyday life. This year the focus will be on humanitarian engineering.
The programs for 2011, run in each Engineers Australia Division, will include events for school students inquisitive about what engineering is and university students deciding what branch of engineering is right for them. It is designed to increase the awareness and understanding of engineering in the general public.
Nominations open for Victoria Prize
Nominations are being invited for the prestigious Victoria Prize and early-career Victoria Fellowships.
The $50,000 Victoria Prize from the Victorian government will recognise an individual whose discovery or innovation has significantly advanced knowledge or has the potential to produce commercial and/or community benefits.
The research institute supporting the work of the Victoria Prize winner will be recognised through the $100,000 Anne and Eric Smorgon Memorial Award.
Six Victoria Fellowships worth $18,000 will also be awarded to early-career professionals to undertake specialist training overseas. Applications close 3 August. For more information click here.
Summit on humanitarian engineering
The Australian Humanitarian Engineering Summit, organised by Engineers Australia, RedR and Engineers Without Borders, will be held in Brisbane on 26 July. The main speakers will be Simon McKeon, Australian of the Year; Lizzie Brown, CEO of EWB; and Elizabeth Taylor, chair of RedR.
The morning forum will address humanitarian engineering's imperative and response. Parallel sessions in the afternoon will cover corporate Australia's commitment to reconciliation, indigenous engineering's community development, designing for community resilience and a call to action for engineers.
The outcomes of the day’s discussions will be formulated as a discussion paper and used to direct concepts around YoHE Legacy Projects, as well as focus points for the Australian Humanitarian Engineering Conference, to be held in Melbourne later in the year.
For further information contact Nick Byrne at n.byrne@ewb.org.au.
To register for the summit click here.
Open day for students at women’s conference
University undergraduate students are invited to attend a free open day at the 15th International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientist to be held in Adelaide on 20-22 July. The open day will be on Friday 22 July. All the major universities and large engineering and science organisations will be at the conference exhibition to discuss career options and choices for further university study. Register to attend via the Facebook invite. The link is available at www.icwes15.org/futureminds.
Calls for abstracts
Abstracts for the 28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences on 23-28 September 2012 in Brisbane are due 31 July 2011. Inquiries: Click here.
Abstracts for the Water Sensitive Urban Design conference (WSUD2012) on 21-23 Feb 2012 in Melbourne are due 15 August 2011. Inquiries: www.wsud2012.com.
Abstracts for the 2012 Engineering Leadership Conference on 30 May – 2 June 2012 in Adelaide are due 26 August 2011. Inquiries: www.elc2012.org.
Abstracts for the ELOPTO 2012 conference, dedicated to the field of colloidal and molecular electro-optics, on 7-8 February 2012 in Sydney are due 15 September 2011. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/ieaust/events/conferences/elopto/.
Calls for award nominations
Environmental engineering
Entries for the 2011 Young Environmental Engineer of the Year award are now open. Nominations close 29 July. Inquiries: Click here.
Professional Engineers of the Year
Nominations are now being accepted for Victoria Division’s 2011 individual awards
• Professional Engineer of the Year
• Young Professional Engineer of the Year.
Nominations close Friday 26 August. For more information, click here.
Civil engineering
The Civil College awards are now open for nominations. They are the Sir John Holland Civil Engineer of the Year Award, the Rod McGee Medal and the Warren Medal. Inquiries: Click here.
Heritage Engineering
Heritage Australia is calling for entries for the 2011 Colin Crisp Award. Entries close on 31 July. For more information go to Engineering Heritage Australia at www.engineersaustralia.org.au (under Groups) or phone 02 6270 6584. Nominations are now also open for the John Monash Medal. Inquiries: Click here.
Biomedical engineering
Nominations are now open for the 2011 David Dewhurst Award for outstanding service in biomedical engineering. Nominations close 26 August. To nominate click here.
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Engineers Australia conferences
The 15th International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists will be hosted by Engineers Australia's National Committee for Women in Engineering and the International Network for Women Engineers and Scientists in Adelaide 19-22 Jul 2011. Inquiries: www.icwes15.org.
The ASEAN Australian Engineering Congress 2011 (AAEC2011), hosted by Engineers Australia's Malaysia Chapter and Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus with support from Sarawak Development Institute, will be held on 25-27 Jul in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Inquiries: www.aaec2011.com.
The 2011 IQEC / CLEO Pacific Rim Conference will be held on 28 Aug – 1 Sep in Sydney. It combines the International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC), the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim, the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT). Inquiries: www.iqec-cleopr2011.com.
The Newcastle Division Regional Convention will be held in Armidale on 16-18 Sep. The theme of the convention is Sustaining our regions: the engineering challenge. Inquiries: Click here or call 02 4926 4440.
Chemeca 2011, the annual chemical engineering conference jointly organised by Engineers Australia's Chemical College, the IChemE in Australia and New Zealand, and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, will be held in Sydney on 18-21 Sep. Early bird registration by 29 Jul. Inquiries: www.chemeca2011.com.
The Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture's 2011 International Conference, titled Engineering in agriculture – Diverse challenges, innovative solutions, will be held in Surfers Paradise on 28-30 Sep. To register click here.
Inquiries: www.seagconference.com.au.
The Coasts and Ports Conference 2011, hosted by Engineers Australia's National Committee for Coastal and Ocean Engineering, PIANC, IPENZ and the NZ Coastal Society, will be held in Perth on 28-30 Sep. Inquiries: www.coastsandports2011.com.au.
The Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering is holding its International Conference on 24-26 Oct in Brisbane. Inquiries: www.ssee2011conference.com, email ssee2011@icms.com.au or phone: +61 7 3844 1138.
The Australian Control Conference (AUCC2011) will be held on 10-11 Nov in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.aucc.org.au.
The Engineering Heritage Conference 2011 will be held on 13-16 Nov in Hobart. Inquiries: www.cdesign.com.au/ehac2011.
The Australasian Association for Engineering Education is holding its 2011 conference on 5-7 Dec in Fremantle. Inquiries: www.aaee.com.au/conferences/2011/
The 2011 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference will be held on 5-8 Dec in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.apmc2011.com
The 3rd Asia-Pacific Optical Sensors Conference (APOS2012) will be held on 31 Jan – 3 Feb 2012 in Sydney. Inquiries: www.apos2012.org.
The ELOPTO 2012 conference, dedicated to the field of colloidal and molecular electrooptics, will be held on 7-8 Feb 2012 in Sydney. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/ieaust/events/conferences/elopto/. Abstracts are due 15 Sep 2011.
The Water Sensitive Urban Design conference (WSUD2012) will be held on 21-23 Feb 2012 in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.wsud2012.com. Abstracts are due 15 Aug 2011
The 2012 Engineering Leadership Conference will be held on 30 May – 2 June 2012 in Adelaide. Inquiries: www.elc2012.org. Abstracts are due 26 Aug 2011.
The 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics will be held on 15-18 Jul 2012 in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.anz2012.com.au.
The 28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences will be hosted by the Australian Division of the Royal Aeronautical Society, in cooperation with Engineers Australia, on 23-28 Sep 2012 in Brisbane. The deadline for abstracts is 31 July 2011. Inquiries: Click here.
For a complete list of Engineers Australia National Conferences click here.
Engineering Education Australia
The Design and fabrication of pressure vessels 5-day intensive course, organised by EEA and the American Society for Mechanical Engineers, will be conducted in Brisbane on 11-15 Jul and Perth on 18-22 Jul. Inquiries and registration: Click here.
A two-day course on Treatment Plant Hydraulics will be held in Sydney on 28-29 Jul. Inquiries: Click here.
A two-day program on Pumping Systems Design is being offered in Brisbane on 25-26 Jul. Inquiries: Click here.
The Experienced Engineers Program is for engineers who are seeking chartered status, registration and career progression. It is delivered over a six-month period, within a structured framework of a series of five one-day professional development workshops, and supporting online resources. The program will commence in Sydney on 23 August.
Inquiries: Click here.
The Diploma of Project Management is offered in both face-to-face and facilitated online formats and is specifically designed for engineering professionals. The face-to-face program is structured around five two-day workshops over a 12 month period.
Inquiries about face-to-face: click here.
Inquiries about online: click here.
The second annual Engineering Leadership Residential - Leadership for Preferred Futures will be held on 5-10 Nov on the Sunshine Coast. Early bird deadline is 31 Jul. Inquiries: click here.
Engineering Education Australia is Engineers Australia’s subsidiary company organising professional development courses, seminars and other events. For a full list of its offerings go to www.eeaust.com.au.
Other events
A lecture on Europe’s largest proposed marine renewable energy project, the Severn River Tital Barrage, will be held on 12 Jul in Sydney. Inquiries: Click here.
A workshop on Structural Design of Stainless Steel will be held on 8 Aug in Brisbane, 9 Aug in Sydney and 10 Aug in Melbourne. Inquiries: Brisbane click here, Sydney click here and Melbourne click here.
The College of Biomedical Engineers is organising a Clinical Engineering Development Workshop on 13-14 Aug in Darwin, prior to the engineering in medicine conference (see next entry). For more information click here.
A conference on Innovative Solutions in Medicine and Health Physics will be held in Darwin on 14-18 Aug. It is a joint conference for the Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference. Inquiries: www.epsmabec2011.org.
The 11th Annual Construction Law Conference organised by McCullough Robertson lawyers (www.mccullough.com.au) and supported by Engineers Australia’s Queensland Division, will be held on 25-26 Aug at Yeppoon, Queensland. Registration by 11 Aug. Inquiries: Click here.
A workshop titled 40 Frequently Asked Questions about Stainless Steel will be held on 25 Aug in Adelaide and 26 Aug in Perth. Inquiries: Adelaide click here and Perth click here.
The 2011 World Engineers' Convention will be held on 4-9 Sep in Geneva, Switzerland. Inquiries: www.wec2011.org or contact info@wec2011.org.
The conference and trade exhibition New technologies in energy networks – topping up or tripping over? will be held on 7-9 Sep in Sydney. Inquiries: www.eesa.asn.au/events/nsw-act/60.
Sediment Transport Short Courses, offered by Engineers Australia’s WA Coastal, Ocean and Port Engineering Panel, will be held on 26 Sep. The two one-day short courses will be targeted at coastal engineers with between 5 and 10 years experience. Inquiries: Click here.
Register now for the PIANC Australia Dredging Workshop on 26 Sept. Inquiries: Click here.
The International Conclave on Climate Change and Exhibition will be held in Hyderabad, India, on 12 -14 Oct. For inquiries and registration go to www.iccc-esci.com.
The PacRim Stainless 2011 conference, titled Smart, Strong, Sustainable and organised by the Australian Stainless Steel Development Association, will be held on 20-21 Oct at the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. For more information click here.
Four-day training courses will be held in Brisbane and Perth for engineers involved with the design or maintenance of high capacity belt conveyor systems for the mining or related industries. The first is scheduled for 31 Oct – 3 Nov in Brisbane and the second for 29 Nov – 2 Dec in Perth.
Inquiries: ann.odonovan@techtraining.com.au
The 3rd Asia-Pacific Optical Sensors Conference (APOS2012) will be held in Sydney on 31 Jan to 3 Feb 2012.
The 15th International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists will be hosted by Engineers Australia's National Committee for Women in Engineering and the International Network for Women Engineers and Scientists in Adelaide 19-22 Jul 2011. Inquiries: www.icwes15.org.
The ASEAN Australian Engineering Congress 2011 (AAEC2011), hosted by Engineers Australia's Malaysia Chapter and Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus with support from Sarawak Development Institute, will be held on 25-27 Jul in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Inquiries: www.aaec2011.com.
The 2011 IQEC / CLEO Pacific Rim Conference will be held on 28 Aug – 1 Sep in Sydney. It combines the International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC), the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Pacific Rim, the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT). Inquiries: www.iqec-cleopr2011.com.
The Newcastle Division Regional Convention will be held in Armidale on 16-18 Sep. The theme of the convention is Sustaining our regions: the engineering challenge. Inquiries: Click here or call 02 4926 4440.
Chemeca 2011, the annual chemical engineering conference jointly organised by Engineers Australia's Chemical College, the IChemE in Australia and New Zealand, and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, will be held in Sydney on 18-21 Sep. Early bird registration by 29 Jul. Inquiries: www.chemeca2011.com.
The Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture's 2011 International Conference, titled Engineering in agriculture – Diverse challenges, innovative solutions, will be held in Surfers Paradise on 28-30 Sep. To register click here.
Inquiries: www.seagconference.com.au.
The Coasts and Ports Conference 2011, hosted by Engineers Australia's National Committee for Coastal and Ocean Engineering, PIANC, IPENZ and the NZ Coastal Society, will be held in Perth on 28-30 Sep. Inquiries: www.coastsandports2011.com.au.
The Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering is holding its International Conference on 24-26 Oct in Brisbane. Inquiries: www.ssee2011conference.com, email ssee2011@icms.com.au or phone: +61 7 3844 1138.
The Australian Control Conference (AUCC2011) will be held on 10-11 Nov in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.aucc.org.au.
The Engineering Heritage Conference 2011 will be held on 13-16 Nov in Hobart. Inquiries: www.cdesign.com.au/ehac2011.
The Australasian Association for Engineering Education is holding its 2011 conference on 5-7 Dec in Fremantle. Inquiries: www.aaee.com.au/conferences/2011/
The 2011 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference will be held on 5-8 Dec in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.apmc2011.com
The 3rd Asia-Pacific Optical Sensors Conference (APOS2012) will be held on 31 Jan – 3 Feb 2012 in Sydney. Inquiries: www.apos2012.org.
The ELOPTO 2012 conference, dedicated to the field of colloidal and molecular electrooptics, will be held on 7-8 Feb 2012 in Sydney. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/ieaust/events/conferences/elopto/. Abstracts are due 15 Sep 2011.
The Water Sensitive Urban Design conference (WSUD2012) will be held on 21-23 Feb 2012 in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.wsud2012.com. Abstracts are due 15 Aug 2011
The 2012 Engineering Leadership Conference will be held on 30 May – 2 June 2012 in Adelaide. Inquiries: www.elc2012.org. Abstracts are due 26 Aug 2011.
The 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics will be held on 15-18 Jul 2012 in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.anz2012.com.au.
The 28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences will be hosted by the Australian Division of the Royal Aeronautical Society, in cooperation with Engineers Australia, on 23-28 Sep 2012 in Brisbane. The deadline for abstracts is 31 July 2011. Inquiries: Click here.
For a complete list of Engineers Australia National Conferences click here.
Engineering Education Australia
The Design and fabrication of pressure vessels 5-day intensive course, organised by EEA and the American Society for Mechanical Engineers, will be conducted in Brisbane on 11-15 Jul and Perth on 18-22 Jul. Inquiries and registration: Click here.
A two-day course on Treatment Plant Hydraulics will be held in Sydney on 28-29 Jul. Inquiries: Click here.
A two-day program on Pumping Systems Design is being offered in Brisbane on 25-26 Jul. Inquiries: Click here.
The Experienced Engineers Program is for engineers who are seeking chartered status, registration and career progression. It is delivered over a six-month period, within a structured framework of a series of five one-day professional development workshops, and supporting online resources. The program will commence in Sydney on 23 August.
Inquiries: Click here.
The Diploma of Project Management is offered in both face-to-face and facilitated online formats and is specifically designed for engineering professionals. The face-to-face program is structured around five two-day workshops over a 12 month period.
Inquiries about face-to-face: click here.
Inquiries about online: click here.
The second annual Engineering Leadership Residential - Leadership for Preferred Futures will be held on 5-10 Nov on the Sunshine Coast. Early bird deadline is 31 Jul. Inquiries: click here.
Engineering Education Australia is Engineers Australia’s subsidiary company organising professional development courses, seminars and other events. For a full list of its offerings go to www.eeaust.com.au.
Other events
A lecture on Europe’s largest proposed marine renewable energy project, the Severn River Tital Barrage, will be held on 12 Jul in Sydney. Inquiries: Click here.
A workshop on Structural Design of Stainless Steel will be held on 8 Aug in Brisbane, 9 Aug in Sydney and 10 Aug in Melbourne. Inquiries: Brisbane click here, Sydney click here and Melbourne click here.
The College of Biomedical Engineers is organising a Clinical Engineering Development Workshop on 13-14 Aug in Darwin, prior to the engineering in medicine conference (see next entry). For more information click here.
A conference on Innovative Solutions in Medicine and Health Physics will be held in Darwin on 14-18 Aug. It is a joint conference for the Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and the Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference. Inquiries: www.epsmabec2011.org.
The 11th Annual Construction Law Conference organised by McCullough Robertson lawyers (www.mccullough.com.au) and supported by Engineers Australia’s Queensland Division, will be held on 25-26 Aug at Yeppoon, Queensland. Registration by 11 Aug. Inquiries: Click here.
A workshop titled 40 Frequently Asked Questions about Stainless Steel will be held on 25 Aug in Adelaide and 26 Aug in Perth. Inquiries: Adelaide click here and Perth click here.
The 2011 World Engineers' Convention will be held on 4-9 Sep in Geneva, Switzerland. Inquiries: www.wec2011.org or contact info@wec2011.org.
The conference and trade exhibition New technologies in energy networks – topping up or tripping over? will be held on 7-9 Sep in Sydney. Inquiries: www.eesa.asn.au/events/nsw-act/60.
Sediment Transport Short Courses, offered by Engineers Australia’s WA Coastal, Ocean and Port Engineering Panel, will be held on 26 Sep. The two one-day short courses will be targeted at coastal engineers with between 5 and 10 years experience. Inquiries: Click here.
Register now for the PIANC Australia Dredging Workshop on 26 Sept. Inquiries: Click here.
The International Conclave on Climate Change and Exhibition will be held in Hyderabad, India, on 12 -14 Oct. For inquiries and registration go to www.iccc-esci.com.
The PacRim Stainless 2011 conference, titled Smart, Strong, Sustainable and organised by the Australian Stainless Steel Development Association, will be held on 20-21 Oct at the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. For more information click here.
Four-day training courses will be held in Brisbane and Perth for engineers involved with the design or maintenance of high capacity belt conveyor systems for the mining or related industries. The first is scheduled for 31 Oct – 3 Nov in Brisbane and the second for 29 Nov – 2 Dec in Perth.
Inquiries: ann.odonovan@techtraining.com.au
The 3rd Asia-Pacific Optical Sensors Conference (APOS2012) will be held in Sydney on 31 Jan to 3 Feb 2012.