Engineering News
Student thinks locally to act globally
ANU College of Engineering and Science student, Michael Mazengarb, who is studying a combined Engineering and Science degree, will apply his passion for preserving the environment at the world’s largest round of climate change negotiations.
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
Video star
In recent video competition, Chris Arnold, a 2nd Year Engineering student won the Information Services Video Contest launched by the Division of Information for his video, "What is Wattle?"
You can view the clip on the contest page here.
Chris chose the topic of Wattle as it is a common service he uses. He’s created a pretty sophisticated clip that shows the different features in Wattle and reinforces how important Wattle is to a student’s academic life.
Congratulations on winning, Chris!
Engineers & IT students are a creative lot!
No less than seven of the 14 winning images that feature in the ANU Community Calendar for 2012 were captured by undergraduate engineering and IT students from CECS!
Congratulations to Ka-Jin Chan, Cecil Li, Angie To and Kellie Ly.
The calendar is a project of the Dean of Students. Copies are available by contacting Dinah Withey in the Office of the Dean of Students.
