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By Monash University, Gippsland - 24th September 2004 - Back to News

• Mark the calendar

Allwyn Fernandes, Masters student in the School of Applied Sciences & Engineering will present ‘The Grand Challenge: Autonomous Navigation in a Dynamic Environment’ at the SASE Postgraduate seminar on Friday, October 1. Allwyn’s presentation will be an analysis of the latest techniques of mobile robot navigation, looking at how robots can identify where they are, how to reach their goal, and how to avoid collisions along the way."

• Making the Grade

Two Monash University Gippsland Campus students, Jennifer Briggs and Leah Leang received awards from the Victorian Branch of the Australian Society for Microbiology for their academic excellence in microbiology last week. The students, who were the top second and third year microbiology students, were presented with their prizes of a cheque and a book in Melbourne. Ms Briggs attended Churchill Primary School and then Chairo Christian School in Drouin. Ms Leang completed her Biotechnology program at the Gippsland Campus and is currently completing her honours year. Ms Leang’s research, conducted in collaboration with the WHO Influenza Centre in Melbourne, involves the development of a new vaccine that may prevent flu epidemics.

Chris Burggraaff, final year Engineering student at the Gippsland Campus has played a key role in the development of a bale tagging device designed to attach identification tags to hay bale strings which allows hay to be traced to the farm on which it grew. The tagging device is believed to be the first of its kind in the world and the prototype will have its test run in Queensland this baling season.

As the lead university in the Victorian Education and Research Network (VERN) consortium, Monash University believes the recent funding announcement of $3 million to provide microwave and fibre network links between Traralgon, Sale, Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance sites will result in improved service for Gippsland area education providers and researchers. VERN is a consortium of the nine Victorian universities and CSIRO. Within the VERN project each institution is responsible for funding its own connections to the fibre backbone. Once connected, staff and students on these campuses will potentially be able to participate as equal partners in national and international collaborative education and research activities.

• Open Subject

Approximately 25 students from across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Indonesia will be attending the Postgraduate Maintenance and Reliability Engineering Residential School this week. Highlights of the week will include industry visits, guest speaker Nicholas Phillips, GHD and National Chair of the Maintenance Engineering Society Australia, as well as students presenting their papers as part of their assessment work.

The Bulletin is a weekly service provided by Marketing and Public Affairs, Monash University, Gippsland Campus. For more information on any of the above articles, please call Justin Kohlman at (03) 5122 6214 or email: Justin.kohlman@adm.monash.edu.au. See the Bulletin on line at www.gippsland.monash.edu.au

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