Award recipients 2015

Vice-Chancellor's Awards Recipients: 2015

Vice-chancellor's Awards For Outstanding Service For Professional Services Staff

  • Louie Athanasiadis — Faculty of Business
  • Kay Kent — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
  • Anthony Petre — Strategic Marketing and Communications
  • Rachael Phillips — Accommodation Services Division
  • Electron Microscopy Team
    Mitchell Nancarrow — Australian Institute for Innovative Materials
    Dr Gilberto Casillas-Garcia — Australian Institute for Innovative Materials
    Tony Romeo — Australian Institute for Innovative Materials

Marie Lewis Award

  • Jodie Cleaves — International Engagement and Coordination

Rosemary Cooper Award

  • Louie Athanasiadis — Faculty of Business

Professional Services Staff Outstanding Contribution To Teaching And Learning

  • Lesli Kirwan — Woolyungah Indigenous Centre

Vice Chancellor's Award For Outstanding Contribution To Teaching And Learning

  • Research and Critical Analysis (RCA) Program - Graduate School of Medicine
    Dr Judy Mullan — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
    Prof Peter McLennan — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
    Dr Kathryn Weston — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
    Dr Warren Rich — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
    Ms Shelley Crowther — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

Recipients Of Faculty Awards For Outstanding Contribution To Teaching And Learning

  • Dr Martin O'Brien — Faculty of Business
  • Dr Faisal Hai — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
  • Dr Tricia Forrester — Faculty of Social Sciences

Faculty Early Career Academic Award For Outstanding Contribution To Teaching And Learning

  • Dr Amanda Baker — Faculty of Social Sciences

Sessional Tutor/demonstrator Award For Outstanding Contribution To Teaching And Learning

  • Kate Tubridy — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts

Vice-chancellor's Award For Researcher Of The Year

  • Professor Aidan Sims — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Vice-chancellor's Award For Research Excellence For Emerging Researchers

  • Dr Dylan Cliff — Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Dr Md Shahriar Al Hossain (Highly Commended) — Australian Institute for Innovative Materials

Vice-chancellor's Award For Excellence In Research Supervision

  • Professor Paul Keller — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
  • Professor Frank Deane (Highly Commended - shared) — Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Professor Long Nghiem (Highly Commended - shared) — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Vice-chancellor's Awards For Outstanding Achievement In Research Partnerships

  • Professor Paul Cooper from the Sustainable Buildings Research Centre with research partners BlueScope Research Partnership (UOW-Industry) — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
  • Professor Zhengyi Jiang (Highly Commended) and research partner Boasteel Australia Joint R&D Centre Project — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Vice-chancellor's Award For Interdisciplinary Research Excellence

  • Project: An Innovative Ergonomic Heavy Vehicle Driver Seat (shared)
    Associate Professor Haiping Du — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
    Professor Weihua Li — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
    Dr David Stirling — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
    Dr Montse Ros — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
    Associate Professor Stephen Palmisano — Faculty of Social Sciences
    Associate Professor Paul Stapley — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
    Associate Professor Zhenxiang Cheng — Australian Institute for Innovative Materials
  • Project: Dementia-Friendly Communities and Organisations (shared)
    Dr Lyn Phillipson — Faculty of Social Sciences
    Professor Richard Fleming — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
    Dr Chris Brennan-Horley — Faculty of Social Sciences
    Associate Professor Helen Hasan — Faculty of Business
    Dr Danika Hall — Faculty of Social Sciences
    Dr Elizabeth Cridland — Faculty of Social Sciences
    Professor Chris Cook — Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Vice-chancellor's Award For Outstanding Achievement In Research Commercialisation

  • Project: An exclusive license to Neami National for the IP in relation to the Collaborative Recovery Training Program and LifeJET components.
    Professor Frank Deane — Faculty of Social Sciences
    Associate Professor Lindsay Oades — Faculty of Business
    Dr Trevor Crowe — Faculty of Social Sciences

Vice Chancellor's Award For Excellence In Community Engagement

  • iAccelerate Team
    Elizabeth Eastland
    Deon de Saldanha
    Melissa Ryan
    John Kerr
    Genevieve Gatt
    Amira Antoun
  • Bega Campus Team (Highly Commended)
    Samantha Avitaia
    Dr Susan Duchesne
    Brittany Brown
    Elizabeth Symes
    Siobhan Wragg

Workplace Health and safety award

  • Landscape Team
    Mark Haining — Facilities Management Division
    Richard Westera — Facilities Management Division
    Aaron McGrath — Facilities Management Division
    Adrian Green — Facilities Management Division
    Mark Dee — Facilities Management Division

25 Years Service Awards

  • David Briggs — Information Management Technology Services
  • Kerry Benny — Library
  • Rhondalee Cambareri — Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
  • Dr Khorshed Chowdhury — Faculty of Business
  • Olena Cullen — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
  • Toni Dobbs — Institutional Research and Government Reporting Unit
  • Helen Hallingu — Faculty of Science Medicine and Health
  • Peter Hill — Information Management Technology Services
  • Gordon Lewis — Print and Distribution
  • Prof Amnon Levy — Faculty of Business
  • Felicia Martin — Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
  • Karen McRae — Innovation and Commercial Research
  • Pieter Moerkerken — Information Management Technology Services
  • Garry Piggott — Print and Distribution
  • Leonie Prior — Student Services Division Office
  • Leanne Robinson — Weerona College
  • Dr Devi Saini — Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
  • Carolyn Silveri — Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
  • Anne Snowball — Regional Campuses and Student Diversity
  • Prof Geoff Spinks — Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
  • Geoffrey Stewart — Information Management Technology Services
  • Prof Linda Tapsell — Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
  • Jeffrey Thompson — Facilities Management Division
  • Aldo Vescio — Facilities Management Division