Award recipients 2013

Award Recipients: 2013

Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Service for General Staff

  • Erin Miskelly — Academic Registrar's Division
  • Debbie Sartori — Academic Registrar's Division
  • Valbona Merxhushi — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
  • Vicky Wallace — Research Services Office
  • Library Outreach Team - Lucia Tome, Rachel Carr, Bernadette Stephens, Debra Nolan, Jeanetta Kettle, Melanie Thompson — Library
  • HDR Student Reporting Team - Christopher Torrens, Damien Menanteau, Craig Napier, Ellenie Petrou — Performance Indicator Unit

Marie Lewis Award

  • Casey Potter — Faculty of Business

Rosemary Cooper Award

  • Sam Hardaker — Academic Registrar's Division
  • Amy Rupa (Special Commendation) — Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning

  • The Law First Year Integration Team - Dr Cassandra Sharp, Margaret Bond, Trish Mundy, Karina Murray, Dr Julia Quilter — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts

Recipients of Faculty Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning

  • Dr Xiaoping Gao (shared) — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
  • Dr Laetitia Vedrenne (shared) — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
  • John Burfitt — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
  • Dr Irina Verenikina — Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Dr Prabuono Buyung Kosasih — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Early Career Academic Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning

  • Karen Fildes — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

Faculty Early Career Academic Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning

  • Dr Aimee Zhang (shared) — Faculty of Business
  • Dr Freda Hui (shared) — Faculty of Business
  • Sarah Tillott — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
  • Dr Nathan Brownlowe — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
  • Fadi Kotob — Faculty of Business

Sessional Tutor/Demonstrator Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning

  • Stephanie Perkiss (shared) — Faculty of Business
  • Ray Tolhurst (shared) — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence for Senior Researchers

  • Professor Hua Kun Liu — Australian Institute for Innovative Materials

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence for Emerging Researchers

  • Dr Melanie Randle — Faculty of Business

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Culture

  • Associate Professor David Pask — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Supervision

  • Associate Professor Minjie Zhang — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
  • Associate Professor Stephen Ralph (highly commended) — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Research Partnerships

  • Centre of Geomechanics and Railway Engineering - Professor Buddhima Indrartna, Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn and Dr Xueyu Geng and research partner Coffey Geotechnics (shared) — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
  • Professor Brian Cullis and research partner Grains Research Development Corporation (shared) — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Interdisciplinary Research Excellence

  • Project: Attacking Lymphoedema in an intelligent fashion - Dr Bridget Munro and Professor Gordon Wallace, Professor Geoff Spinks and Professor Gursel Alici, Professor Julie Steele and Professor Philip Clingin, Professor Don Iverson — AIIM Research Facility, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Vice Chancellor's Unit

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Achievement in research commercialisation

  • Project: Focus Pocus - Associate Professor Stuart Johnstone — Faculty of Social Sciences

Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Community Engagement

  • Individual - Associate Professor Robbie Collins — Shoalhaven Campus
  • Individual (highly commended) - Professor Sandra Jones — Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Team Category - Mudgee Student Accommodation Model - Dr Gary Moore, Associate Professor David Garne, Keith Smith, Kathy Marchant, Belinda Smith — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

25 Years Service Awards

  • Associate Professor Ah Ba Sim — Faculty of Business
  • Andrew Mulligan — Finance Division
  • Christopher Hadley — Academic Registrars Division
  • Professor Colin Woodroffe — Faculty of Science Medicine and Health
  • Desmond Fitzsimons — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
  • Associate Professor Edgar Wilson — Faculty of Business
  • Associate Professor Graham Barwell — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
  • Irene Burgess — Human Resources Division
  • Nicola Masi — Facilities Management Division
  • Professor Paul Cooper — Faculty of Engineering and Information Services
  • Dr Peter Thomas — Faculty of Science Medicine and Health
  • Roma Hamlet — Faculty of Engineering and Information Services
  • Associate Professor Sarath Perera — Faculty of Engineering and Information Services
  • Associate Professor Sharon Nightingale — Faculty of Engineering and Information Services
  • Susan Branch — Faculty of Business
  • Professor Edward Wolfers — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
  • Ian Bridge — Faculty of Engineering and Information Services