The 2020 Frater Awards have been announced, with three individuals and one internode team winning opportunities to undertake a range of training courses.
ANFF-NSW’s Jacky He (USyd) will be provided with online training of Python for Klayout CAD design as well as Autocad. This software forms an essential part of a number of micro/nanofabrication practices.
For more information, please visit https://www.anff.org.au/news/2020-frater-awards-announced
(Updated: 11/2/21) Congratulations to Prof. Sven Rogge from the School of Physics, who has been elected President of the Australian Institute of Physics.
More information can be found here.
ANFF is an Awards Sponsor for Frontiers in Bio-Nano Science (FBNS), a Convergent Bio-Nano Science & Technology conference to be held on 19th Feb 2021.
FBNS is for the next generation of pro-active scientists and innovators to discuss ideas, share their skills and grow their careers. For bio-nanoscience to succeed as a research tool, and to produce real industry innovation in Australia, integration of ideas and expertise from all CBNS disciplines is required. More information can be found on their website [link]
Emeritus Professor Christopher Fell (Chair of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) and Prof. Bill Charman (Chair of the ANFF-Vic Council) have both been recognized in the 2020 Australia Day Honours lists as Officers of the Order of Australia (AO). ANFF-NSW would like to wholeheartedly congratulate Prof. Fells and Prof. Charman for their well-deserved recognition in the Honours List and the highly valued contributions they have made to ANFF.
Prof. Fell is a former Dean of Engineering and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and International) at UNSW (Sydney), who was instrumental in the establishment of the ANFF in 2007. He was our first National Director and subsequently in 2011 took over the role of National Chair of ANFF. Prof. Fell received the Order of Australia for distinguished service to science and engineering, particularly to nanotechnology research and fabrication, and to professional networks.
https://www.anff.org.au/news/chris-fell-recognised-in-australia-day-honours
Prof Charman is Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash Uni with a distinguished career in pharmaceutical R&D including co-funding Acrux Ltd to commercialise drug delivery technology. Among his many other roles, Prof. Charman has held the Chair of the ANFF-Vic Council since last year, which coordinates the seven universities that contribute to ANFF-Vic node. Prof. Charman received the Order of Australia for distinguished service to tertiary education, particularly to the pharmaceutical sciences, and to professional organisations.
https://www.anff.org.au/news/chair-of-the-anff-vic-council-honoured-on-australia-day
https://www.gg.gov.au/australia-day-2021-honours-list
https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-01/ad21_media_notes_-_ao.pdf
<p class=”xmsonormal”>UNSW Professor François Ladouceur has been successful in securing $732K from the NHMRC Ideas Grant scheme for a project – “Re-engineering the Future of Electrophysiological Measurements and Brain-Machine Interfaces Using a Novel Multi-Optrode Array” led by Prof. Nigel Lovell.</p>
<p class=”xmsonormal”>Our process engineer Dr Josiah Firth will be fabricating devices for this project using facilities at ANFF-NSW.</p>
