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2010 Trailblazer Winners

Open Category

Winner:  Katarina Mikac
Runners Up:  Garry Hoban
Highly Commended:   Tim Wray

Student Category

Winner:  April Ash
Runners Up:  Simon Meers
Highly Commended:  Peter Sherrell

Entries (projects) listed below photo

Trailblazer 2010 winners
Trailblazer winners Dr Katarina Mikac (fourth from left) and April Ash (fourth from right) pictured with (from left) David Israel (UniQuest), Tim Wray (highly commended student category), Associate Professor Garry Hoban (runner up in open category), Professor Judy Raper, Simon Meers (runner up student category), Peter Sherrell (highly commended student category) and Hedie Meka (a sponsor and judge from Fisher Adams Kelly).
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2010 Trailblazer Finalists

Team Coordinator or Individual Entrant / Category Entry Faculty/Institute
April Ash (student) - Winner Virtu-Real -updating virtual visual displays in real-time Health & Behavioural Sciences
Michelle Gregory (student) Early Childhood Computer training Education
Muhummad Hadi (open) Preventing progressive collapse of buildings Engineering
Garry Hoban (open) - Runner Up Slowmation: student-generated digital animations Education
Konstantin Hoesch-Klohe (open) Green business process management Informatics
Somayeh Jafari (student) Schizophrenia drug therapy Health & Behavioural Sciences
Konstantin Konstantinov (open) Biocompatible composites for cancer treatment Engineering
Simon Meers (student) - Runner Up SleepSignal device to help parents Informatics
Katarina Mikac (open) - Winner BugID card: instant insect diagnostics Science
Peter Sherrell (student) - Highly Commended Hybrid hydrogen utilisation device Science
Wendy Suiter (student) Listening chairs Creative Arts
Willy Susilo (open) New techniques for CAPTCHA Informatics
Tim Wray (student) - Highly Commended The Art Collection Ecosystem Informatics
Justin Yerbury (open) Therapeutic for neurodegenerative disease Science
Yu Zhang (student) Global Commerce Collaboration Platform Commerce
Ms.Chen, Wen-Ting (student) New analytic formulae for pricing options Informatics

2009 Trailblazer Winners

Category Name/Team Leader
Faculty
Entry
Student Winner Philippe Bouttefroy
Informatics
Vehicle speed detection device
Open Winner Dr Bridget Munro
Health & Behavioural Sciences
Lymphoedema support device for breast cancer patients
Student Runner Up Mitra Safavi-Naeini
Engineering Physics
Small animal imaging technology
Open Runner Up Dr Grant Mathieson
Science
Flexalex Cistern
Student Highly Commended Sheridan Gho
Health & Behavioural Sciences
Better bras for women living with a breast cancer
diagnosis
Open Highly Commended Prof Anatoly Rozenfeld
Engineering
Imaging technology to improve prostate cancer treatment
outcomes

Trailblazer Winners
Pictured at the Trailblazer awards announcement for 2009 (from left) are Professor Judy Raper (Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research), Sheridan Goh (student – highly commended), Mitra Safavi-Naeini (student – runner-up), Phillipe Bouttefrot (student – winner), Professor Anatoly Rozenfeld (open – highly commended), Dr Gavin Recchia (sponsor, Davies Collison Cave), Dr Bridget Munro (open – winner), Mr Andrew Davis (UniQuest) and Dr Grant Mathieson (open – runner-up)

Other 2009 Trailblazer Finalists

Team Leader/Individual Entrant Entry Faculty
Shulei Chou Carbon composite with high surface area Engineering
Tim Coltman Simulation-based management training tool Informatics
Rebecca Dabbs Immune system stimulation to fight cancer Science
Sayne Dalton Andy's Fun Food Adventures Health and
Behavioural Science
Bridget Dougherty Web-based interface for relationships research Arts
Xueyu Geng Integrated track drainage and reinforcement system Engineering
Sim Kim Lau DVD resource kit for children with cerebral palsy Informatics
Philip Whitten Novel hydrogel production Science
ZhiQuan Zhou Algorithm for testing internet search engine Informatics
Tao Li Career counselling system for mature-age students Faculty of Education

Proudly supported by platinum sponsors: 
Davies Collison Cave and Fisher Adams Kelly
Gold Sponsors: ShelstonIP, Griffith Hack


Trailblazer Winners 2008

Category Name/Team Leader
Faculty
Entry
Staff - Winner Dr Allison Shorten – Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences "Informed Birth Choices: Pregnancy Decision Support Package"
Student - Winner Jennifer Saville – Faculty of Science "A novel non-invasive technique for the diagnosis of dry eye"
Staff - Runner Up Dr Chris Lukey – Faculty of Engineering "Polymer-based alternative to steel mesh for strata support in underground coal mines"
Student - Runner Up Deirdre McGhee – Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences "Novel sports bra design"
Staff - Highly Commended A/Prof Steven Roodenrys & Dr Stuart Johnstone - Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences "NeuroCog-TS"
Staff - Highly Commended Dr Simon Moulton – Faculty of Science "In vivo site drug delivery: New Technology to replace mulesing in sheep farming"
Student - Highly Commended Annaleise Riethmuller – Faculty of Education "Jump start"
Student - Highly Commended Guanghua Lian – Faculty of Informatics "Closed – form exact solution approach for pricing variance swaps"

Trailblazer Winners 08

Successful Trailblazer recipients (from left) A/Prof. Steven Roodenrys; Dr Chris Lukey, Dr Allison Shorten; Jennifer Saville; Deirdre McGhee; Annaleise Riethmuller, Dr Simon Moulton and Dr Stuart Johnstone [Absent from photo was Guanghua Lian]

Other photos and more information: media website

 

Trailblazer Winners for 2007

Category Name/Team Leader
Faculty
Entry
Open Winner First Dr Jun Chen (Science) “Nanostructured Flexible Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Energy System.”
Open Winner Runner up Mr Mitchell Byrne (Health & Behavioural Sciences) “Medication Alliance - I have developed a Mental Health staff training program that enables staff to understand the individual reasons for a patients non-adherence to medication.”
Student Winner First Mr Michael Jones & Mr Tony Larchez (Informatics) "Go-with-the-flow - Every Drop Counts: this invention is a compact water saving device which can be easily fitted to a standard showerhead. It provides an easy way for user control over water usage, based on a volume limit”
Student Winner Runner Up Ms Ava Simms (Science) "The OzMUSLE model was developed in order to determine, on an event basis, how soil erosion varies within catchments (area up to 250 km2)”
Open Highly Commended Prof. Aditya Ghose, Evan Morrison and Alexander Menzies (Informatics) “Rapid Model Discovery - the process of building IT systems relies significantly on (mainly diagrammatic) software models to describe system requirements or to specify system designs.”
Open: HC A/Prof. Willy Susilo, Daniel Saffioti and Khin Than Win (Informatics) “iLearning: Niche Learning Tools using iPod”
Student: HC Mr Michael Thomas (Science) “OzID - A new weapon in the fight against obesity, diabetes and heart disease: identifying the molecular structure of fats and oils faster, cheaper and more precisely!”
Student:HC Miss Kori Nemme (Education) “SpiritChild: an intervention program for parents and caregivers of children under seven years of age”.

 

 

(From Left to Right): Alistair Smith (from Davies Collison Cave), Jun Chen, Michael Thomas , Alexander Menzies, A/Prof Willy Susilo, Mitch Byrne, Ava Sims, Tony Larchez, Evan Morrison, Michael Jones, Prof. Aditya Ghose, Mark Horsburgh (from Fisher Adams Kelly)


Trailblazer winners for 2006 were:

Name Category Faculty Name of Idea/Invention or Research Outcome
Dr C. Rujikiatkamjorn, Prof. B. Indraratna, Mr Anass Attya Open
Winner
Engineering Prefabricated Vertical Cross Drain
Dr Lisa Kervin Open
Runner Up
Education ClassSim
Dr Stephen Palmisano Open
Highly Commended
Health and Behavioural Sciences Landing Flare Flight Training Software
Dr Weihua Li & Dr Bin Liu Open
Highly Commended
Engineering Magnetic Field Sensor Based on Conductive Magnetorheological Elastomer
Mr Mark Gaykema & Mr Joseph Polder Student
Winner
Engineering The invention is called the Leaf Lobber
Mrs Kara Perrow Student
Runner Up
Science The targeted delivery of potent cytotoxins in the treatment of malignant disease
Mr Dieter Beaven Student
Highly Commended
Informatics NanoStorm
Mr John Sampson Student
Highly Commended
Health and Behavioural Sciences Muscle gain with less pain, or alternatively, the effect of neural drive on neuro-mechanical responsiveness of skeletal muscle.


Award-winners Mark Gaykema (front row, second from left), Anass Attya (middle) and Dr Cholochat Rujikiatkamjorn (second from right) are pictured with the 2006 Trailblazer competition finalists.

Trailblazer winners for 2005 were:

 

Category Name/Team Leader
Faculty
Entry
Open winner Miss Anna Henningham, Faculty of Science "The metabolic Archilles heel of GAS"
Student winner Mr Luke Scott, Faculty of Engineering "Vacuum membrane distillation"
Open Runner-Up Dr Willy Susilo, Faculty of Informatics "Secure USB Disc Access"
Student Runner-Up Mr Mark Havryliv, Faculty of Creative Arts "Audio controlled games"
Student Highly Commended Mr Nuri Elbasha, Faculty of Engineering "Enhancing the strength and ductility of high strength reinforced concrete beams"
Student Highly Commended Mr Peter Kelly, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences "Homework generator"
Open Highly Commended Dr Bridget Munro, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences "Stretching straining landing training"
Open Highly Commended Mr Simon Meers, Faculty of Informatics "Electro-Neural Vision System"

 


Pictured at the Trailblazers presentation (from left): Managers of Innovation and Commercial Development (Health, Education and Arts) Aapo Skorulis (left) and (Engineering, Science and Law) Dr Troy Coyle (right) with student recipients (from second left) Mark Havryliv, Luke Scott, Joonsana Baek (representing Willy Susilo), Peter Kelly, Anna Henningham, Simon Meers, Nuri Elbasha and Bridget Munro.

 

 

For further information on this event - please contact Tamantha phone: x5025 or 
e-mail: tamantha@uow.edu.au

 

 

Last reviewed: 13 July, 2011
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