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NEWS AND NOTICES
Women support empowerment principles
Engineers Australia’s Women in Engineering National Committee has announced its support of the UN Women Empowerment Principles and encourages organisations in the engineering field “to take a lead and sign up to them”.
The principles are:
- Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality
- Treat all women and men fairly at work, respect and support human rights and non-discrimination
- Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all female and male workers
- Promote education, training and professional development for women
- Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women
- Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy
- Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality.
Victorian Professional Engineer of the Year
Victoria Division’s 2011 Professional Engineer and Young Professional Engineer awards were presented at Victoria Division’s Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner on 22 September.
Peter Bowtell from Arup was named the 2011 Victorian Professional Engineer and Gavin Chater from GHD the 2011 Victorian Young Professional Engineer.
All the excellence award winners can be viewed at http://veea11.realviewtechnologies.com.
Humanitarian course on water
RedR Australia is running an orientation course on water, sanitation and hygiene on 17-23 October. For details go to http://www.redr.org.au/training-service/training-courses/water-sanitation-a-hygiene.html. Inquiries to Louise Salkeld on (03) 93291357.
Nominations sought for National Deputy President
Engineers Australia is calling for nominations for the position of its National Deputy President for 2012.
Bye-law 32.4.3 requires that the National Deputy President shall be an Honorary Fellow or Fellow of Engineers Australia who has served at least one term as a delegate to the National Congress.
Nominations close at 5.00pm AEDST 14 October.
Nomination forms may be downloaded from www.engineersaustralia.org.au/ndp2012.
Voting for the National Deputy President will take place at the National Congress meeting, 23-24 November, by secret ballot using a preferential voting system.
Highlighting your pro bono project
As part of the Year of Humanitarian Engineering, Engineers Australia is investigating pro bono engineering projects.
If your company has taken on, completed or even preliminarily looked into providing engineering services pro bono, Engineers Australia wants to hear about it. It will collate stories to share with the industry at the Humanitarian Engineering Conference in Melbourne on 30 Nov–2 Dec and beyond.
Send a synopsis of the project and your company’s involvement to sarah.j.purcell@gmail.com, or contact Sarah Purcell at (03) 9329 1166.
Those sent in by mid-October will be in the running to be featured on exhibition posters, follow-up interviews and profiled in presentations.
Notice of Annual General Meeting
The Ninety First Annual General Meeting of the Institution of Engineers Australia will be held in the Canberra Room, Hyatt Hotel Canberra, Commonwealth Avenue, Yarralumla ACT 2600 on Thursday 24 November at 2.00pm. The agenda will be:
- Confirmation of Minutes of the Ninetieth Annual General Meeting held in Canberra on 25 November 2010.
- Presentation of Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2010/2011.
- Election of Auditors for 2012.
- Business raised under Bye-Law 51.2 of Supplemental Royal Charter 2006.
- Presentation of Engineers Australia Awards for 2011.
- Presentation of Certificates to Honorary Fellows 2011.
- Presentation of Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal for 2011.
- National President’s Address.
- Installation of National President of Engineers Australia.
- Declaration of the National Congress and Council for 2012.
Calls for abstracts
Abstracts for the 2012 Conference on Railway Engineering (CORE2012) on 10-12 Sep 2012 in Brisbane are due 14 October 2011. Inquiries: www.core2012.com.
Abstracts for the Australasian Structural Engineering Conference (ASEC2012) on 11-13 Jul 2012 in Perth are due 14 October 2011. Inquiries: www.asec2012.com.
Abstracts for the conference on Practical Responses to Climate Change 2012 on 1-3 May in Canberra are due 17 October 2011. Inquiries: www.climatechange2012.org.
PUBLICATIONS
Railway Operation and Control, 2nd Edition
$80.00 + GST = $88.00
2009 9780971991853 267pp Paperback
Joern Pachl
This
book provides, in a compact form, the very basic knowledge in the
science of railway operation in a close connection to signalling
principles and traffic control technologies. It was written both as a
tutorial for students of railway-related programs and as a reference for
people in the industry. Although written from a European point of view,
this book tries an independent look at railway operation without
concentrating on the operating philosophy of a single railway.
To purchase this book set click here.
Wings of Their Dreams: Purdue in Flight
John Norberg
$40.91 + GST = $45.00
2005 9781557533623 456pp Hardcover
Throughout
flight's first 100 years, Purdue University has propelled unique
contributions from pioneer educators, aviators and engineers who flew
balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed the countryside, helped
break the sound barrier, and left footprints in lunar soil. Wings of
Their Dreams follows the flight plans and footsteps of aviation's
pioneers and trailblazers across the twentieth century, a path from Kitty Hawk to the Sea of Tranquility and beyond.
To purchase this book set click here.
Engineers Australia conferences
The Victoria Division is hosting the 2011 Sustainability in Practice Symposium for structural engineers on 11-12 Oct in Melbourne. Inquiries: http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/structuralsymposium/.
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 Humanitarian Engineering Conference 2011, organised by Engineers Australia, Engineers Without Borders and RedR, will be held on 30 Nov–2 Dec in Melbourne. For inquiries contact Nick Byrne. To register click here.
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 Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference will be held on 31 Jan–2 Feb 2012 in Sydney. Inquiries: www.pacific2012imc.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 colloidal and molecular electrooptics, will be held on 7-8 Feb 2012 in Sydney. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/ieaust/events/conferences/elopto/.
The Water Sensitive Urban Design conference (WSUD2012) will be held on 21-23 Feb 2012 in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.wsud2012.com.
The conference on Practical Responses to Climate Change 2012 will be held on 1-3 May in Canberra. Abstracts are due on 17 Oct 2011. Inquiries: www.climatechange2012.org.
The Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineering Society (MEMMES) Convention will be held on 24-25 May 2012 at the Crown Plaza Hunter Valley. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/memmes.
The Risk Engineering Society Conference (RISK 2012), organised by Engineers Australia’s Risk Engineering Society, will be held on 23-24 May 2012 at the Crown Plaza Hunter Valley. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/risk.
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 Asset Management Council’s ICOMS Asset Management Conference will be held 4–8 June, 2012, at Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart. Inquiries: www.amcouncil.com.au.
The Australasian Structural Engineering Conference (ASEC2012) will be held on 11-13 Jul 2012 in Perth. Abstracts are due 14 Oct 2011. Inquiries: www.asec2012.com.
The 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics will be held on 15-18 Jul 2012 in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.anz2012.com.au.
CORE2012, the Conference on Railway Engineering, will be held on 10-12 Sep 2012 in Brisbane. Inquiries: www.core2012.com. Abstracts are due 14 Oct 2011.
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. Inquiries: Click here.
For a complete list of Engineers Australia National Conferences click here.
Engineering Education Australia
A five-day ASME master class on Power Piping Design and Fabrication will be held in Brisbane on 10-14 Oct and Perth 17-21 Oct. Inquiries: Click here.
The second annual Engineering Leadership Residential - Leadership for Preferred Futures will be held on 5-10 Nov on the Sunshine Coast. 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 breakfast seminar on how to influence society will be held on 26 Oct in Adelaide. It is part of the lead-up to the 2012 Engineering Leadership Conference in May (www.elc2012.org). For more information click here.
The Australian Nuclear Association is holding its 2011 Conference on 7 Oct in Sydney. The conference is supported by Engineers Australia’s Nuclear Engineering Panel. Inquiries: www.nuclearaustralia.org.au.
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.
Materials Australia, a Technical Society of Engineers Australia, is hosting the Materials Innovation in Surface Engineering 2011 Conference on 18-19 Oct in Melbourne. Following the conference a one-day Heat Treatment Workshop is being run on 20 Oct. Inquiries: www.materialsaustralia.com.au/ or contact 03 9326 7266.
The PacRim Stainless 2011 conference, 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.
The Melbourne School of Engineering is celebrating the 150th anniversary of engineering education at the University of Melbourne and is hosting a gala dinner at the National Gallery of Victoria on 28 October. RSVP closes 14 October. Inquiries: http://bit.ly/pLDgQX.
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 inaugural Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) Science, Technology and Engineering Conference, supported by the Australian Society for Defence Engineering, will be held on 8-10 Nov in Adelaide. Inquiries: www.submarineinstitute.com/sia-conferences/.
The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research is presenting MADD5: 5th Mites Asthma Domestic Design Conference in Sydney 8-9th November. Inquiries: www.MADD5.org.
Griffith University is hosting the Construction Law for Engineers one day course on 11 November 2011 at its Gold Coast Campus. Inquiries: www.constructionlawevents.com.
The 52nd Floodplain Management Association Conference is being held at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, Batemans Bay from 21-24 February. Inquiries: http://www.floodplainconference.com/.
The Victoria Division is hosting the 2011 Sustainability in Practice Symposium for structural engineers on 11-12 Oct in Melbourne. Inquiries: http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/structuralsymposium/.
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 Humanitarian Engineering Conference 2011, organised by Engineers Australia, Engineers Without Borders and RedR, will be held on 30 Nov–2 Dec in Melbourne. For inquiries contact Nick Byrne. To register click here.
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 Pacific 2012 International Maritime Conference will be held on 31 Jan–2 Feb 2012 in Sydney. Inquiries: www.pacific2012imc.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 colloidal and molecular electrooptics, will be held on 7-8 Feb 2012 in Sydney. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/ieaust/events/conferences/elopto/.
The Water Sensitive Urban Design conference (WSUD2012) will be held on 21-23 Feb 2012 in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.wsud2012.com.
The conference on Practical Responses to Climate Change 2012 will be held on 1-3 May in Canberra. Abstracts are due on 17 Oct 2011. Inquiries: www.climatechange2012.org.
The Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineering Society (MEMMES) Convention will be held on 24-25 May 2012 at the Crown Plaza Hunter Valley. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/memmes.
The Risk Engineering Society Conference (RISK 2012), organised by Engineers Australia’s Risk Engineering Society, will be held on 23-24 May 2012 at the Crown Plaza Hunter Valley. Inquiries: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/risk.
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 Asset Management Council’s ICOMS Asset Management Conference will be held 4–8 June, 2012, at Wrest Point Hotel, Hobart. Inquiries: www.amcouncil.com.au.
The Australasian Structural Engineering Conference (ASEC2012) will be held on 11-13 Jul 2012 in Perth. Abstracts are due 14 Oct 2011. Inquiries: www.asec2012.com.
The 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics will be held on 15-18 Jul 2012 in Melbourne. Inquiries: www.anz2012.com.au.
CORE2012, the Conference on Railway Engineering, will be held on 10-12 Sep 2012 in Brisbane. Inquiries: www.core2012.com. Abstracts are due 14 Oct 2011.
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. Inquiries: Click here.
For a complete list of Engineers Australia National Conferences click here.
Engineering Education Australia
A five-day ASME master class on Power Piping Design and Fabrication will be held in Brisbane on 10-14 Oct and Perth 17-21 Oct. Inquiries: Click here.
The second annual Engineering Leadership Residential - Leadership for Preferred Futures will be held on 5-10 Nov on the Sunshine Coast. 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 breakfast seminar on how to influence society will be held on 26 Oct in Adelaide. It is part of the lead-up to the 2012 Engineering Leadership Conference in May (www.elc2012.org). For more information click here.
The Australian Nuclear Association is holding its 2011 Conference on 7 Oct in Sydney. The conference is supported by Engineers Australia’s Nuclear Engineering Panel. Inquiries: www.nuclearaustralia.org.au.
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.
Materials Australia, a Technical Society of Engineers Australia, is hosting the Materials Innovation in Surface Engineering 2011 Conference on 18-19 Oct in Melbourne. Following the conference a one-day Heat Treatment Workshop is being run on 20 Oct. Inquiries: www.materialsaustralia.com.au/ or contact 03 9326 7266.
The PacRim Stainless 2011 conference, 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.
The Melbourne School of Engineering is celebrating the 150th anniversary of engineering education at the University of Melbourne and is hosting a gala dinner at the National Gallery of Victoria on 28 October. RSVP closes 14 October. Inquiries: http://bit.ly/pLDgQX.
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 inaugural Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) Science, Technology and Engineering Conference, supported by the Australian Society for Defence Engineering, will be held on 8-10 Nov in Adelaide. Inquiries: www.submarineinstitute.com/sia-conferences/.
The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research is presenting MADD5: 5th Mites Asthma Domestic Design Conference in Sydney 8-9th November. Inquiries: www.MADD5.org.
Griffith University is hosting the Construction Law for Engineers one day course on 11 November 2011 at its Gold Coast Campus. Inquiries: www.constructionlawevents.com.
The 52nd Floodplain Management Association Conference is being held at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, Batemans Bay from 21-24 February. Inquiries: http://www.floodplainconference.com/.