AUSTRALIA UQ NEWS · 2005-12-13 · international collaboration, involving researchers from Australia, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Korea and Japan,” he said. Dr

Riverfestival 4 Bright Minds 6 Open Days 12

AUGUST 2002 NO. 517

UQ NEWSUQ News Onlinewww.uq.edu.au/newsUQ News Onlinewww.uq.edu.au/news

UQ NEWSA U S T R A L I A

OUT OF THIS WORLDHyShot blasts into historyOUT OF THIS WORLDHyShot blasts into history

UQ newsVICE-CHANCELLOR’smessage

UQ NEWS is produced by the Office of Marketing and Communications, The Universityof Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, 4072, Australia Telephone: 07 3365 3367 Facsimile:07 3365 1488 Email: [email protected] Editor: Peter McCutcheon ProjectCoordinators: Brad Turner, Joanne van Zeeland Art: Wendy Oakley Photography:Chris Stacey, Don Thompson, Information Technology Services 07 3365 2242 Printing:PMP Print, Wacol.Circulation: 15,000. Advertising: John Treacy and Associates 073846 0655Registered by Australia Post Publication No. QBH 0104.The University of Queensland’s web address is www.uq.edu.au

Professor John HayVice-Chancellor

The University ofQueensland is fortunate tohave some of the leadingresearchers in Australia andindeed the world. The recentsuccess of the HyShot project

(see page 5) is an outstanding example of Queenslandingenuity and innovation making an internationalimpact.

In order to highlight the achievements of ourresearchers, the University will be running theinaugural UQ Research Week from Monday, September23, culminating in the UQ Foundation ResearchExcellence Awards ceremony at the UQ Centre onThursday, September 26. These awards, complementedby other research initiatives, demonstrate UQ’scommitment to recognising, encouraging and rewardingits high achievers.

PRAYER FORRECONCILIATION

ARCHITECTUREAWARDS

ROBOCUPCOMPETITION

RIVERFESTIVAL2002

IN PRINT:PULP FICTION

August 26, 2002 Issue 517

COVER: UQ’s Dr Allan Paull with the nose cone of the scramjet , and (inset)

launch of HyShot rocket at Woomera Range, South Australia. PHOTOS: CHRIS

STACEY

HYSHOT SUCCESS................................................................. 5

BRIGHT MINDS LAUNCH ...................................................... 6

UQ AT THE EKKA ................................................................... 7

METEORITE BOMBARDMENT DISCOVERY ........................ 10

OPEN DAYS ......................................................................... 12

TV ENTERTAINS DOGS ....................................................... 15

CONFERENCE CALL ............................................................ 18

ON CAMPUS ....................................................................... 22

KID’S EXHIBITION

84 9

11 14 19

briefin

Lymphoedema studyWomen with arm or leg lymph-oedema and those “at risk” ofdeveloping a swollen limbafter the removal of lymphglands are needed toparticipate in a research studyaimed to assist in earlydetection of this condition.

UQ research fellow DrRobyn Box said women “atrisk” are those who haverecovered from treatment forbreast or gynaecological cancerand may be prone to thedevelopment of lymphoedema(a swelling of the arm or leg).

Queensland volunteers willbe assessed at Royal BrisbaneHospital and should leave theircontact details on the voice-mail service at 07 3365 4660.

This collaborative research,by UQ’s Physiotherapy Depart-ment, Monash Medical Centre,Royal Brisbane and RoyalWomen’s hospitals is fundedby the Commonwealth Depart-

ment of Health and Ageing.

Smart and safe miningA UQ-devised precision instru-ment created to monitor thestability of rock walls in open-cut mines was successfullylaunched at a Hunter Valleycoal mine recently, and istravelling to Western Australiafor further demonstrations.

The Slope Stability Radar ismobile, weather-proof andready to assess the stability ofrock faces and rock piles.

It has emerged from theCooperative Research Centrefor Sensor Signal and Inform-ation Processing based at UQand is the result of research byPhD student Bryan Reeves andother researchers at UQ‘sSchool of Information Technol-ogy and Electrical Engineering.

The trailer-mounted radarcan monitor 320 degreeshorizontally and about 120degrees vertically and issunproof, waterproof anddustproof. It can detect minorrock movements of less than amillimetre that are oftenprecursors to a wall collapse.

UQ will host one of Queensland’sunique multicultural festivals

when the inaugural UQ Sport &Cultural Festival is held on Sunday,September 8, at the St Lucia campus.

Managed by UQ SPORT, and runin association with the BrisbaneRiverfestival, the festival willshowcase multicultural performancesalongside sporting activities anddemonstrations to the Universitypopulation and local community.

Chief Executive Off icer ofBrisbane Riverfestival, Suzannah

Conway, said UQ was one of threelocations identified as part of thefestival’s new Riverfiesta program.

“The Riverfiesta program willprovide for a community day ofquality multicultural performancesacross venues at St Lucia, New Farmand West End,” Ms Conway said.

“The Riverfiesta will aim to fillthe gap in south-east Queensland’sfestival program, which doesn’t havea large multicultural content.

“Brisbane Riverfestival has astrong relationship with UQ throughits environmental program, and thediversity of multicultural life oncampus makes UQ an excellentlocation for the festival.”

Ms Conway said the sporting andcultural aspect of the festival wouldbe a bonus for visitors.

“Sport is part of our culture. Thecombination of the two will providefor a really interesting mix,” she said.

River revelryheads to St Lucia

by Rowan Foster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A new UQ sportingand cultural eventwill form part ofBrisbane’s upcomingcelebrations.

RIVER PROGRAM

9:00am: ENERGEX Riverclean(Sir William MacGregor Drive)

All day: Multicultural food stalls(Sir William MacGregor Drive)

All day: Multicultural entertain-ment (Riverfiesta Stage 1)

All day: Sport and RecreationExpo with FREE interactiveactivities – ultimate disc, hockey,indoor soccer, beach volleyball,cricket, QAS talent search(Playing field 5b)

All day: Sport and recreationdemonstrations (Stage 2)

All day: Campus courtesy bus(see map for bus stops)

All day: Sporting celebrities(various)

10am: Circus skills and acrobaticsclass (6–12 years) (Playing field5b)

11am: Kindagym (18 months–6years) (Playing field 5b)

11am: Lord Mayor presentsEcosystem Health Report Card(ENERGEX Riverclean)

11:30am: Inter-college rugbymatch (Playing field 5)

1pm: Healthy WaterwaysRivertalk (Connell Building [26])

1pm: Brisbane Skydiving Centrelanding (Playing field 5)

2pm: UQ rugby legends match(Playing field 5)

2pm: Channel 9 sportingpersonality (Stage 2)

2:45pm: Half-time goal convers-ion competition (Playing field 5)

4pm: Regatta Hotel courtesy busservice commences (UQ RugbyClub bus stop)

The Hock Chong LionDance Association, partof Riverfiesta activities.PHOTO: courtesyRiverfestival

Sporting activities at the UQ Sport& Cultural Festival will extend toinclude a sporting expo, recreationdemonstrations, adventure displaysand children’s entertainment.

Ms Conway said the addition of theRiverfiesta program to the BrisbaneRiverfestival, which runs from Friday,August 30 – Sunday, September 8, wasa positive development to expandactivities to local communities.

The UQ Sport & Cultural Festivalwill also include a Riverclean, River-talk and River Report Card announce-ment by Lord Mayor Jim Soorley.

The day’s festivities will run from10am to 4pm on Oval 5 precinct.

UQ NE WS, AUGUST 20024

Global fame for HyShot

UQ researchers have claimedsuccess for the world’s first flight

test of supersonic combustion, theprocess used in an air-breathingsupersonic ramjet engine, known as ascramjet.

“Our honest understanding frompreliminary data is that the experimentworked,” said international HyShotprogram leader Dr Allan Paull, of UQ’sCentre for Hypersonics.

“We received data for the fulllength of the 10-minute flight. Allindications are that supersoniccombustion occurred. We’ll now besubmitting the results to internationalpeer review.”

On Tuesday, July 30, a safe andsuccessful launch of a Terrier OrionMk 70 rocket containing a scramjetpayload was held at Woomera Instru-mented Range, 500km north of Adel-aide, in the South Australian desert.

The aim of the HyShot programwas to provide the world’s first in-flighttests of scramjet technology, validatingexperiments held in ground testfacilities.

While scramjets raise the possib-ility of Sydney to London flights in twohours, they are set to revolutionise thelaunch of small space payloads, suchas communications satellites, bysubstantially lowering costs.

They have the added benefit thatthey do not even have to carry most oftheir propellant as they use oxygen fromthe atmosphere.

Vice-Chancellor Professor JohnHay congratulated the internationalHyShot team on its success, which hesaid enhanced the country’s inter-national prestige in space research.

“It’s a magnificent example ofinternational collaboration, involvingresearchers from Australia, the UnitedStates, Britain, France, Germany,Korea and Japan,” he said.

Dr Paull is negotiating with variousgroups to conduct an extensive, ongoingand advanced $50 million program ofsix flights over five years, leading to afree-flying scramjet engine.

A successful launch has turned UQ’s Hyshotproject into an international sensation.

w www.uq.edu.au/hyshot

HyShot payload and Terrier Orion rocketson the Woomera Instrumented Range

launchpad. PHOTO: CHRIS STACEY

Professor Hay (left)congratulates Dr Paull.PHOTO: CHRIS STACEY

by Jan King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

UQ NE WS,AUGUST 2002 5

Bright Minds forthe Smart State

UQ has launched a $2.2 millioninitiative to attract and nurture

more high-achieving students to acareer in the biological and chemicalsciences.

Coordinator Associate ProfessorSusan Hamilton said the aim ofBright Minds was to enrich theteaching of science at all levels andto enhance the profile of science asa career.

Bright Minds will include a rangeof products and services for studentsand teachers from upper primaryschool through to tertiary study.

These will be developed throughpartnerships between educators,students, scientists and the generalcommunity.

“It is a logical extension of theQueensland Government’s Smart

State initiatives, and the recentestablishment of UQ’s Institute forMolecular Bioscience (IMB),” DrHamilton said.

“There needs to be a paradigmshift in the way in which we educateif we are to get the brightest of ouryouth to actively participate in abiotechnological future for our state.”

The program comprises:

• Resource Packages for schools –including teachers notes, studentactivities, kits for hands-onscience, information for parentsand videos showing scientistsusing modern technologies;

• Enrichment studies – where highability students study theequivalent of f irst semesteruniversity chemistry and biologyduring Years 11 and 12;

Queensland’s most talented students arebeing given incentive and encouragementto consider a career in science.

briefin

• UQ Advanced Study Program –access to cutting-edge science forselected f irst-year undergrad-uates;

• Graduate Certificate Program –for teachers to update skills andknowledge in modern molecularbiology;

• UQ Ambassador Scheme – forYear 11 students to act as contactsbetween UQ and the schools;

• Faces of Science video series –accompanied by teachers notesand suggested activities;

• Frontiers in Science lecture series;

• Careers in Science – profiles ofscientists; and a

• Scientist-in-Residence Program.

UQ’s Schools of Commerce andManagement have merged to

form the UQ Business School.Professor Tim Brailsford joined

the University last month to head thenew School, which was formedbecause of demand for an integratedundergraduate program.

The former Dean of the Facultyof Economics and Commerce andProfessor of Finance at the AustralianNational University said he lookedforward to the challenges that his newposition offered.

“We will be striving for the highestquality in everything we do, and

seeking to achieve recognition fromour students, peers, government andindustry as the clear number onebusiness school in Australia,” he said.

He said that part of the mission ofthe UQ Business School was to seekstrategic alliances with comparablequality institutions and one of its firstgoals was to achieve accreditationwith the Association to AdvanceCollegiate Schools of Business(AACSB).

“We aim to be the first school inAustralia to receive such accred-itation, which will reflect the highquality and international recognitionof our staff, research capability andeducational programs,” he said.

The AACSB, founded in 1916 bya group of North American univers-

ities, is the premier body that peerreviews business schools for thepurpose of international accreditation.

Professor Brailsford said he wasoptimistic that the School wouldreceive AACSB accreditation follow-ing a final stage review at UQ earlynext year.

Professor Brailsford holds a PhD,masters and honours degree and hasprofessional aff iliations throughfellowships with CPA Australia, theAustralian Institute of Banking andFinance, the Finance and TreasuryAssociation and the AustralianInstitute of Management.

His consultancies to industry andgovernment have included theCommonwealth Departments ofFinance and Administration, and ofCommunications, Information,Technology and the Arts; ANZBanking Group, Australian Bureau ofStatistics; the Australian CapitalTerritory Government; AustralianTaxation Office, Austock Brokers;CRA Ltd; Macquarie Bank; and NorthBroken Hill Peko.

Merger good for businessA new businessschool will provideintegratedcommerce andmanagementprograms.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

striving for the

highest quality in

everything we do’

’

w www.brightminds.uq.edu.au

Child injury studyUQ researchers are examining

the long-term effects of serious

childhood injuries.

“There is little information

on the health and well-being

of injured children and their

families after they leave hos-

pital,” said researcher Tamzyn

Davey from UQ’s Centre of

National Research on Disability

and Rehabilitation Medicine

(CONROD).

CONROD’s Queensland

Trauma Registry (QTR) collectsdata on injured childrenrequiring treatment at theRoyal Children’s or MaterChildren’s hospitals in Brisbane.

QTR, in collaboration withthe Australian Centre forPrehospital Research, issending questionnaires to theparents of children who wereadded to QTR’s database afterbeing admitted to one of thehospitals between May 2000and October 2001. Informationabout the long-term effects ofsuch injuries may lead torecommendations for changein the treatment and follow up

of such patients.

Reserves evaluatedCoastal scientists are evaluat-ing how effective MoretonBay’s highly protected marinereserve zones are in conservinginshore fisheries and marine

habitats.Managed by the Coop-

erative Research Centre forCoastal Zone, Estuary andWaterway Management(Coastal CRC), the project willassess how well existing “no-take” reserves, which prohibitfishing and extractive activi-ties, replenish and conservemarine species compared tonearby unprotected areas.

Coastal CRC doctoralstudent Suzanne Pillans, ofUQ’s Centre for Marine Studies,is undertaking the project withsupport from Queensland’sEnvironmental ProtectionAgency, Department of PrimaryIndustries, and Sunfish.


A paddling of ducks, an expandedmouse circus and a litter of

piglets were just some of thehighlights of the Animal Nursery at theRoyal Queensland Show from Thurs-day, August 8–Saturday, August 17.

Nursery Coordinator and seniorlecturer at the UQ School of AnimalStudies Dr Mark Hohenhaus, said theminiature circus, complete with colour-ed lights and music, had proved a hitwith visitors both last year and this.

“We had an enlarged display ofcoloured rats, and Highland fold cattle,a type of Scottish cattle with long hairand long horns, made their reappear-ance after many years,” he said.

This year’s nursery housed all theusual favourites – including lambs,calves, foals, ducklings, piglets, andchickens.

Dr Hohenhaus said some 20 UQCertificate in Animal Husbandry andAgriculture students worked and livedat the Animal Nursery this year. Thenursery was one of the most popularattractions for young visitors andfamilies at the “Ekka” at the innerBrisbane suburb of Bowen Hills.

“The Animal Nursery has beenstaffed by UQ Gatton (formerlyknown as the Queensland Agri-cultural College) students since itopened 36 years ago,” he said.

In the Agricultural Pavilion, stafffrom UQ’s School of Agriculture andHorticulture created a display of fruitand vegetables representing the themeof “UQ Gatton Online” in a webpage.

Lecturer in fruit crop productionDr Gavin Porter said he andtechnician Victor Robertson hadcreated a map of Australia from fruitand vegetables mainly using citrussuch as oranges and mandarins as wellas a range of apple varieties and novelvegetables, like potkins, a smallcolourful type of pumpkin.

“The display took us two days tobuild but many months to plan.”

Studentsadd tomagic ofthe EkkaAnimal husbandryand agriculturestudents lent ahelping hand at UQ’sEkka Animal Nursery.

UQ animal husbandry student Tracey Stewart introduces kid goats to Genevieve, Julian, Sherrieanne and Krystal. PHOTO: BRIAN CONDRON

From left: UQ animal husbandry students Corey Milzewski, Fiona Wallace and Rebecca Crowe. PHOTOS: BRIAN CONDRON

School of Agriculture and Horticulture staff members Lane Pilon (left) and Lyn Nicolson at UQ Gatton’s Ekka display. PHOTO: BRIAN CONDRON

UQ NE WS, AUGUST 2002 7

UQin the

NEWSSOME OF THE STORIES THATPUT UQ STAFF IN THE MEDIA

July/August 2002

Two UQ Gatton buildings wererecognised for their design

significance at the Royal AustralianInstitute of Architects (RAIA) Stateawards this month.

Designed by m3architecture, theMicro/Health Laboratory won the Artand Architecture category and thePublic Buildings (InstitutionalBuilding) Award.

As a regional award winner, thebuilding is now eligible for the RAIANational Architecture Awards,regarded as one of the mostprestigious in the design andconstruction industry, to be held inSydney on Thursday, October 24.

The building integrates art into itsbrickwork façade and since itscompletion in January has been usedby the School of Land and FoodSciences for teaching and research.

“The brickwork designer AshleyPaine came up with the design as anextension of some artwork he hadbeen producing, which emerged frompencil drawings to computermanipulated images to threedimensional bricks,” said projectmanager Peter Davies from UQ’sProperty and Facilities.

Extensions to the ManagementStudies Building designed byDavenport Campbell received highly

commended in the Public Buildings(Institutional Building) section.

Used by academic and admin-istrative staff of the School ofNatural and Rural Systems Manage-ment, the building was completed inSeptember last year under the co-direction of Mr Davies and RobynMcDougall.

Mr Davies said both buildingswon the awards for integrating art-work into the building design,including the use of concrete andsandstone sculptural elements,external landscaping and a glassframing structure for the ManagementStudies Building.

Gongs for UQ Gatton architectureThe revitalisation ofUQ’s Gatton campus

has received Statewide recognition forits design excellence

and integration ofartwork into two

recently completedbuildings.

The Micro/Health Laboratory. PHOTOS: JOHN LINKINS

The success of the HyShot

experiment at the Woomera

Prohibited Range made

headlines around Australia and

the world. Dr Allan Paull, Dr

Susan Anderson, Judy Odam and

Myles Frost from UQ’s Centre for

Hypersonics spoke to numerous

national and international

newspapers and broadcasters

about the world’s first successful

flight of a supersonic

combustion ramjet engine.

Also attracting some

international media attention

was Professor Ken Collerson

from the Australian Centre for

Queensland University Isotope

Research Excellence (ACQUIRE) on

his paper in Nature about the

early meteor bombardment of

earth. Reports of the paper were

carried on BBC News and

Discovery.com as well as

Australian media outlets.

Elsewhere, an intriguing

project between UQ (Associate

Professor Carolyn Richardson,

School of Physiotherapy) and the

European Space Agency on ways

to prevent back and joint pain,

was covered by The Age

newspaper in Melbourne.

Other UQ staff in the news

included:

Professor Peter Mora from the

Queensland University

Advanced Centre for

Earthquake Studies (QUAKES),

who was quoted in The

Courier-Mail on earthquake

simulation;

Dr Margaret Maynard from the

School of English, Media Studies

and Art History was interviewed

by ABC Radio National on

fashion and globalisation;

Professor Vic Callan from the

UQ Business School was quoted

in an article in the Australian

Financial Review about how

the performance of the stock

market was affecting investors;

Dr Toni Johnson-Woods from

the Contemporary Studies

Program at UQ Ipswich was

interviewed on ABC Radio

about her research into

Australian pulp fiction and on

BBC radio about the TV

program Big Brother;

Dr Zlatko Skrbis from the

School of Social Science, was

quoted in The Courier-Mail

about the alleged relationship

between language barriers and

crime in Sydney’s west;

Dr Sheree Cross from the School

of Medicine was interviewed

by The Courier-Mail about

allergic reactions to skin

products; and

Dr Julie Duck from the School

of Psychology was quoted in

Sydney’s Daily Telegraph about

the Norfolk Island community

helping the crew of a stranded

British ship.

briefin

Boost for IMB spin-offThe latest Institute for Molecul-ar Bioscience (IMB) biotech spin-off company, Mimetica, hasreceived $250,000 to drive theinvestigation and developmentof new molecules which havethe potential to impact on awide variety of human diseases.

Mimetica’s chief scientist Dr

Peter Cassidy said the funding

included $125,000 from StartUp

Australia and the Queensland

Government’s BioStart program.“Mimetica makes molecules

using a Queensland-developedtechnology that mimics the shapeand function of biologicallyimportant peptides,” he said.“Peptides are biological keysfitting into biological locks andaffect a wide variety of process-es involved in human diseases.

“Our goal is more specificdrug molecules that are easierto deliver to the target areaand have fewer side effects.”

briefin

The newly-crowned championsof world robotic soccer put their

silky skills and shooting power ondisplay at the RoboCup JuniorQueensland Competition at St Luciaearlier this month.

Held at the UQ Centre on August10-11, the UQ-trained E-Strikers teamfrom Brisbane Grammar Schoolsuccessfully defended their State titleafter winning the largest and most

Service to disabledProfessor Richard Stephens from

UQ’s School of Dentistry has

been awarded for his research

into supporting people with a

disability.

Professor Stephens was pres-

ented with an individual award

at the 2002 Disability Action

Week Awards held at the Bris-

bane Convention Centre in July.

The award recognised the 16

years of research Professor

Stephens had undertaken into

allowing quadriplegics to carry

out tasks, such as signing their

own name, through the use of

mouth sticks.

East Timor postFormer UQ student José

Fernandes Teixeira has become a

member of East Timor’s first

constitutional government.

He was sworn in on May 20

by the East Timor President

Xanana Gusmao as Secretary of

State for Tourism, Environment

and Investment. Mr Teixeira, who

was born in East Timor, is an

alumnus of UQ where he attained

a Bachelor of Laws in 1992.

Study agreementUQ has signed a student

exchange agreement with one of

the top United States research

universities to permit reciprocal

studies at both institutions.

The State University of New

York Stony Brook President

Shirley Strum Kenny visited UQ

to sign the agreement and held

talks with the faculties of Social

and Behavioural Sciences, and

Biological and Chemical Sciences.

Guests at the ceremony

included UQ Vice-Chancellor

Professor John Hay; Deputy Vice-

Chancellor (International and

Development) Professor Trevor

Grigg; Executive Dean (Social and

Behavioural Sciences) Professor

Linda Rosenman; Executive Dean

(Biological and Chemical

Sciences) Professor Mick

McManus; and Acting Director of

the International Education

Directorate, Andrew Everett.

Robo-champs reignLego was all the gowhen local teamstook on the world’sbest in the ultimaterobotics showdown.

prestigious junior robotics champion-ships in Fukuoka, Japan in June.

The annual State robotics comp-etition is for primary and high schoolstudents, with an emphasis on hands-on teaching of technological andscientific skills.

Students competed in threecategories: soccer (Grades 8-12);rescue (Grades 5-7 and Grades 8-10);and dance (Grades 5-7 and 8-12).

Team 1 from John Paul Collegewere victorious in the primaryschool rescue category while the ATTeam took out the secondary schoolrescue contest.

Bolto’s Gods from ToowongState School won the primary schooldance section and Freaky Cowgirlsfrom St Peters Lutheran Collegedanced their way to the winner’s

podium in the secondary schooldance category.

Since February, UQ’s School ofInformation Technology and Elec-trical Engineering held three-hourtraining courses teaching studentsabout robot construction and thebasics of software programming.

RoboCup Junior QueenslandCoordinator Lynne Launt saidregistration had tripled since 2001,with 93 teams and more than 350students registering, including eightteams from far north Queensland.

The winning teams were invitedto attend the national competition inMelbourne on September 12-14,with the top teams at the nationalcontest eligible to compete in the2003 International RoboCup Juniorcompetition in Padua, Italy.

From left: Nathan Hassall, Simon Costello and JasonVickery of Nerang, with their second prize-winning Bob

the Builder dancing robots. PHOTO: DON THOMPSON


UQ researchers have for the firsttime discovered terrestrial

evidence of a meteorite bombard-ment nearly four billion years ago.

It is widely accepted that the moonwas heavily bombarded at this time,creating huge craters and basins. Butalthough the effect of these impactsis still clearly visible on the moontoday, movement of Earth’s dynamicplates over geological time havereshaped the terrestrial surfacedramatically, leaving little evidenceof these catastrophic events.

In a paper published in theinternational journal Nature, UQresearchers report evidence of theoldest impact events so far discoveredon Earth. The research team of DrRonny Schoenberg, Dr Balz Kamberand Professor Ken Collerson of UQ’snew Advanced Centre for IsotopeResearch Excellence (ACQUIRE)

briefin

Chemistry honourUQ Professor Max Lu has been

awarded the 2002 Le Fèvre

prize for his outstanding

contribution to physical

chemistry.

Professor Lu, who is Chair of

Nanotechnology and Director of

The Nanomaterials Centre, was

awarded the prize by the

Australian Academy of Science.

The award honours the

contributions to physical

chemistry of former Fellow

Professor Raymond James

Wood Le Fèvre.

Last year Professor Lu was

awarded the prestigious Orica

Award for his continued

contribution to Chemical

Engineering. Since receiving the

Young Researcher Award by the

International Union of Materials

Research Societies in 1997,

Professor Lu has focussed his

research in the areas of the

physical and surface chemistry

of porous materials.

In 2000 he was part of the

team of UQ researchers who

invented a way of converting

unwanted Greenhouse gases

into potentially valuable fuel.

Mining links growInternational links with the

mining industry continue to be

strengthened by UQ’s Institute

for Modern Languages (IML).

Staff have forged ahead

with a number of projects for

inter-national clients, including

Thiess South America (TSA), Inco

Ltd, Bechtel, Technip and Hatch.

“In the past semester we

produced a Spanish training

video for TSA staff in Peru,

tought Spanish to Australian and

South American staff and trans-

lated a number of scripts and

undertook voice-overs for TSA’s

operations in Indonesia,” said

IML Manager Georgiana Poulter.

“Goro Nickel Project staff

also undertook French language

training while 20 staff of UQ’s

Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral

Research Centre (JKMRC) had

Spanish language training.”

mantle environment. Therefore, weconclude these rocks must contain acompound derived from meteorites.”

“We have in effect found a chem-ical fingerprint in the earth’s oldestterrestrial rocks of a heavy meteoritebombardment 3.8 to 4 billion yearsago,” he said.

“This finding has implicationsfor the origin of life on Earth as thesegiant impacts would have annihilatedany possible existing life forms butalso delivered complex moleculesfrom carbonaceous chondrites – atype of meteorite – to the earth’ssurface,” Dr. Kamber added.

With adequate funding, furtherresearch on the rock collection willyield insight into the evolution of lifeon Earth.

Meteoric achievementThe discovery by a UQ team of a meteorite assault billions of yearsago has implications for the origin of life on planet Earth.

[email protected]

made the discovery by analysing 3.8billion year old rocks from WestGreenland collected by OxfordUniversity collaborator ProfessorStephen Moorbath and from North-ern Labrador in Canada collected byProfessor Collerson.

The researchers found these veryold metamorphosed sedimentaryrocks – derived from the Earth’searly crust – contain anomalies in theisotope composition of the elementtungsten.

“Such anomalies are usuallyfound in meteorites. To our know-ledge, this is the first time theseanomalies have been shown to existin terrestrial samples,” ProfessorCollerson said.

“There is no plausible mechan-ism by which tungsten isotopeanomalies could have been pre-served in the Earth’s dynamic crust-

UQ will provide extra places forfull fee-paying Australian

undergraduate students in some highdemand programs from next year.

UQ Vice-Chancellor ProfessorJohn Hay said the numbers would belimited and strict guidelines wouldbe in place to ensure academicstandards were maintained.

“About half of Australia’suniversities already offer studentsthis option and, in the current

restricted funding environment, UQhas little choice but to examine allavailable revenue sources,” Prof-essor Hay said.

“We expect the fee-paying placeswill be available in a relatively smallnumber of programs and only veter-inary science, dentistry and law willmake the option available in 2003.

“The places created under thisscheme will be on top of existingCommonwealth Government HECS

Senate extends entry optionsquotas and will not reduceopportunities for other students.

The UQ Senate approved add-itional full fee-paying places forAustralian graduates on the conditionthat:

• they do not exceed 25 percent oftotal places for any program; and

• the cut-off for full-fee students isno more than two OP bands belowthe cut-off for HECS places andnot below OP 8 or equivalent.

The moon.PHOTO: courtesy NASA


An annual multi-faith soirée at theUniversity has been designed to embracethe general principles of reconciliation.

Didgeridoo music and a f ire-making ceremony was part of

the University’s sixth annual Prayerfor Reconciliation event held thismonth.

Organised by the Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Studies Unit(ATSIS) and UQ’s ChaplaincyService, the Wednesday, August 7event was held at dusk in the NaturalAmphitheatre near the shores of thelake at UQ’s St Lucia campus.

“The ceremony was designed tomark the National Week of Prayer forReconciliation and aimed to embracethe principles of reconciliation viasongs, stories and prayers,” saidATSIS Unit Director MichaelWilliams.

The multi-faith event commencedwith a fire making ceremony and apresentation by the NunukulWantamma Aboriginal Dancers witha taper later being lit from the fire aspart of a candle lighting ceremony.

“Chaplains believe that societyneeds to find a way forward togetherand this means including people offaith on the journey of reconciliation,as the spiritual dimension is part ofwhat makes all of us human,” saidReverend Geoff Hoyte from TheChaplaincy Service.

The event was attended by seniorstaff members, representatives ofvarious religious and faith groups, andprominent members of the Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander community.

Speakers included Executive Deanof the Faculty of Arts Professor AlanRix, Executive Dean of the Facultyof Social and Behavioural SciencesProfessor Linda Rosenman, and Chairof Reconciliation Queensland JoanHendriks.

Mr Williams said it was animportant event in the University’scalendar and one he hoped wouldcontinue to be celebrated as part ofUQ’s commitment to reconciliation.

Fire lights wayto reconciliation

U niQuest Pty Limited, UQ’stechnology commercialisation

company, has patented a method ofreducing a disease that has a majoreconomic impact on Australia’ssugarcane industry.

Leaf scald, a major disease ofsugarcane that occurs in more than 50countries, is caused by a bacterium thatproduces toxins called albicidins,which weaken and damage the plant.

The UQ technology involves agene that destroys albicidin toxins. It

was isolated from a harmless bact-erium common in sugarcane fields.

When expressed in sugarcaneplants, it allows the plants to defendthemselves against the disease. Thereis also the potential to administer abiocontrol agent expressing thedetoxification gene to reduce the riskfor disease transmission, for examplewhen cane is harvested.

Leaf scald causes large commerciallosses, particularly where susceptiblecultivars grow. As a result, ways ofcombating the disease are of great econ-omic significance. For example, leafscald resistance in plants is an essentialrequirement for every commercialAustralian sugarcane variety.

Inventors Professor Robert Birchand Dr Lianhui Zhang believe it couldbe possible to produce a suite oftransgenic plants that are substant-ially resistant to leaf scald disease.

Productivity gainsare guaranteed bya newly-patentedmethod of sugarcanerust removal.

The Nunukul Wantamma Aboriginal Dancers. PHOTO: CHRIS STACEY

www.uniquest.com.auww www.uniquest.com.au

Disease control a financial sweetener “The current requirement to select

plants for resistance has a significantimpact on the breeding program, lead-ing to the rejection of many otherwisevaluable new cultivars,” Dr Birch said.

“Improved varieties are fund-amental to productivity and profitabilityfor growers. But it takes about 10 yearsto breed a new sugarcane variety.

“Each variety rejected in the latestages of the program has already costaround $1 million in conventionalbreeding and selection costs.

“This resistance gene, in conjunc-tion with gene transfer and geneexpression technologies we havedeveloped, has the potential to rescuevarieties that would otherwise berejected because of susceptibility toleaf scald.”


I t’s horses for courses for UQGatton student Yuko Horii.When Ms Horii moved to Australia

from Japan to begin her Bachelor ofApplied Science in Animal Studies in2001, she had barely ridden a horse.

Now she is a highly competenthorse-rider who supplements herUniversity studies with part-timehorse-riding coaching on the GoldCoast. In September, she will sit for aformal, horse-riding coaching exam-ination.

“I’ve learned so much abouthorses at UQ Gatton – management,nutrition, health, training, breedingand riding skills to name a few. It’simpossible to learn to be a horseexpert at any Japanese universitybecause of low student demand andlack of horse specialists in mycountry. So, I’ve had special andvaluable opportunities at UQG,” MsHorii said.

“After graduation, I would like towork as a conduit between Australiaand Japan, for example as marketingmanager for a company dealing inhorse supplies and/or horses or as ahorse-riding instructor in the tourismindustry, introducing horse knowledgeand technique to Japanese riders.

“Last semester’s course EquineCoaching Education inspired me to

seek a horse-riding instructorqualification. If successful in theSeptember exam, I will be the firstJapanese-speaking qualified instructorin Australia.”

Ms Horii was among the manystudents who competed in continuousequestrian events such as show-jumping and dressage at UQ Gatton’sOpen Day on Sunday, August 25.

She rode Finesse, the Paliminomare she has ridden throughout herstudies and who has helped transformMs Hori from occasional rider to anaccomplished and confident rider.

Finesse is one of seven AustralianStock Horses belonging to the Schoolof Animal Studies and used by studentsthroughout their degrees and diplomas.

Lecturer Lea Bierman said allseven were born and bred, broken inand trained by students at UQ Gatton.

According to Equine Studiesstream co-ordinator Dr MarkHohenhaus, around 200 internal andexternal students are currentlycompleting either the three-yearBachelor of Applied Science (AnimalStudies), the Bachelor of AnimalStudies (Equine Studies), or the two-year Diploma of Applied Science(Equine Studies), with teaching andlearning time split 50:50 betweentheory and practice.

by Shirley Glaister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hurdles cleared

A UQ student from Japan has gone frombeing a novice to an expert horsewoman. Campuses la

welcome mW ith QTAC deadlines fast

approaching, UQ opened itsdoors to thousands of potentialstudents throughout August.

More than 25,000 peopleattended Open Day at the St Luciacampus on Sunday, August 4, whileanother 2000 were at the UQ IpswichOpen Day on Sunday, August 18. UQGatton welcomed the public onSunday, August 25.

Visitors to the St Lucia Open Dayincluded high school students,mature-age applicants, their familiesand friends as well as members ofthe general public. Arriving by car,bus, ferry and bike they enjoyedpresentations and activities acrossthe campus. However, the focus ofOpen Day was the new UQ centre.

Significantly bigger than OpenDay’s former home, Mayne Hall, thecentre easily accommodated UQ’sgrowing number of study options andspecial interest areas.

The HyShot display in thebuilding foyer was a crowd favourite,

Everyone fromthespians to racing

car fans, roboticsenthusiasts and

equine lovers werecatered for when

the University’sthree campuses

went on show tothe public.

Ms Horii. PHOTO: LYLE RADFORD

George Commins and Deane Chadwick with the School of Engineering’s Formula SAE car. PHOTO:


UQ GATTON

ayat

while hundreds packed the Centre’slecture theatre for a number ofspecial presentations.

With many visitors coming to theUniversity for the first time, UQstudents helped guide people aroundthe campus and led special walkingand bus tours throughout the day.

Many took advantage of OpenDay to find out more about theirstudy options as well as theopportunity to experience Universitylife f irst hand. UQ’s museums,libraries and cafes enjoyed a steadystream of visitors.

Other activities across campusincluded performances from theQueensland Shakespeare Ensemble,robotics demonstrations, aninteractive wind tunnel andmechanical engineering studentsbuilding a Formula Society ofAutomotive Engineers (SAE) car.

Two weeks later it was UQIpswich’s turn to welcome the public.A relaxed and fun program of activitiesblended with the University’s cutting-

edge academic offerings to drawthousands of visitors. As well asspecial presentations and inform-ation booths from the academic sideof life at UQ Ipswich, visitorsenjoyed free rides for children,community stalls, markets, food,music and live entertainment.

Guided walks with UQ Ipswichstudent guides proved very popularas visitors were taken on a compre-hensive tour of the campus.

The tours provided an opport-unity to learn about the uniquehistory of the campus and experiencethe state-of-the-art facilities UQIpswich has to offer.

UQ Gatton showcased itsextensive facilities and diverse rangeof programs at its Open Day. Specialpresentations on agribus-iness,agriculture and horticulture, animaland environmental studies wereaccompanied by tours of the campus.

Other activities included libraryand dairy tours as well as equestrianevents in the horse arena.

Open DaysAugust 2002

CHRIS STACEY UQ graduate Jason Leong with his Year 12 sister Amanda. PHOTO: CHRIS STACEY

Year 11 Ipswich Grammar school student Jake Main. PHOTO: KAYLENE BIGGS

UQ IPSWICH


UQ ST LUCIA


briefin

Barrief Reef grantUQ student Karen Arthur was

among 10 recipients of the 2002

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Authority Augmentative Research

Grants announced recently.

The $1000 grants were

awarded to outstanding univer-

sity students for research relevant

to the Great Barrier Reef Marine

Park and World Heritage Area.

Ms Arthur is studying the

effects of the toxic cyanobacteria

Lyngaya majuscula on marine

turtles. The funding is to assist

students with their research and

is awarded to students working

towards a doctorate or masters

degree in the physical, biological

and social sciences disciplines.

Thesis sounds goodFourth-year mechanical

engineering student Emma

Carlisle has won the inaugural

best undergraduate thesis award

from the Queensland division of

the Australian Acoustical Society.

Entitled The SCRAM Project:

Small Chamber Reverberant

Absorption Measurement, the

$1000 award-winning thesis

investigated the development of

a new technique to measure the

sound absorption capability of

building materials.

North to AlaskaAn international research team

from universities in Australia and

Canada is in the Alaskan wilder-

ness investigating the practical

use of the froth flotation min-

eral seperation system used to

separate valuable mineral from

unwanted waste after mining.

UQ’s Julius Kruttschnitt

Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC)

is playing a leading role in theinternational research campaign,sponsored by Teck Cominco, theworld’s biggest zinc producer.

The campaign is part of the

JKMRC-AMIRA P9 project – the

world’s longest running mineral

processing research project – and

the P541A project involving the

University of South Australia and

JKMRC.

Art works by contemporaryAustralian artists have been

interpreted by “little people” as partof a UQ community exhibitionproject.

Big Art – small viewer featuresinterpretations of eight art works,by major Australian artists, by 91children aged between two-and-a-half and five, from the University’sCampus Kindergarten.

The exhibition was opened byMichael Beckmann, Acting Head ofEducation and Regional Services,Queensland Art Gallery, in theUniversity’s Great Court onSaturday, August 17 and continuesuntil Sunday, September 22.

The children’s art works will beexhibited with the originals by the“grown-up” artists.

They are Melinda Harper;Rosella Namok; William Yang;Rosalie Gascoigne; Michael NelsonJagamara and Michael Eather (acollaborative work); Ruth Waller;and Colin Lanceley.

In recent months, the children

have attended workshops at theUniversity Art Museum, to viewand create their own versions of theeight works, which range fromphotographs to oil paintings andinstallations.

Using water paints, collagematerials and pastels, the childrencompleted their works at CampusKindergarten with the aid of photo-graphs of the Australian artworks.

“This collaborative projectbetween the University’s artmuseum and kindergarten providesa wonderful introduction to the artmuseum/gallery environment for

the children,” University ArtMuseum Director Ross Searle said.

Campus Kindergarten DirectorMegan Gibson said the arts were awonderful way in which childrencould express themselves.

“This experience also gives thechildren an early insight into theways art is created, gets theminvolved in preparing their ownwork and allows them time tofamiliarise themselves with thespace of an art gallery,” she said.

During the workshops, thechildren were presented with theselected adult art works to discuss,contemplate and appreciate.

They were then given theopportunity to choose materialsand express their thoughts andreflections through art.

The University Art Museum isopen Tuesday to Friday from 10amto 4pm and on Saturdays from noonto 5pm.

BIG ART by little peopleAn imaginative collaborative art exhibition is providing pre-schoolers with a unique introduction to the art world.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

… gives the

children an early

insight into the

ways art is

created ’

’

Some of thechildren’sartwork.

PHOTO: DONTHOMPSON

[email protected]


If you thought your old televisionwas stuck in the garage until the

next council collection think again.UQ’s School of Veterinary Science

would like people to donate unwantedtelevisions and radios to entertain dogsbeing housed at the St Lucia campus.

“We have had some problems withbored, barking dogs in the past andwe need to continually look at waysto enrich their environment in orderto keep them amused, happy andcontent,” said Animal House Officer-in-Charge Rebekah Scotney.

by Joanne van Zeeland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“Currently we have about five dogsin our care who need new homes. Cleo,Sweet Emma and Puzzle are sisters ofmixed breed who have been with ussince they were born here two years ago.

“Their six littermates have been re-homed to areas all over Queenslandand reports say that they are doing well.

“Lotti, a Ridgeback cross, andShelley, a Labrador cross, have beenhere for six months and both haveunique personalities with quirky traits.

“We also have about 10 cats thatneed to find new homes.”

TV eases dog day afternoonsTo adopt a cat costs $55 which

includes de-sexing, vaccination,worming, micro-chipping, a bag ofcat food, food bowl and cat collar.

Dogs are free of charge as the costhas been absorbed by either the schoolor research grant and have been de-sexed, vaccinated, wormed, heart-guarded and micro-chipped.

People interested in donatingunwanted televisions and radios, orwho are wanting to adopt a pet, shouldcontact Mrs Scotney or Libby Jollyon 07 3365 3064 or 07 3365 2110.

Mooching about in front

of the telly has taken

some of the bark out of

the pooch population

at the UQ School of

Veterinary Science.

Ms Jolly with Lottithe dog. PHOTO:

CHRIS STACEY

People who believe

UQResearch Week

SEPTEMBER 23-27 2002

2020 VISION – A SPECIAL PRESENTATION> 23 SEPTEMBER

UQ RESEARCH REPORT LAUNCH> 24 SEPTEMBER

POSTGRADUATE INFORMATION EXPO> 25 SEPTEMBER

UQ FOUNDATION RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS> 26 SEPTEMBER

www.uq.edu.au/research


AUQ researcher has put forwarda new model to explain the

unique granite formations of theHimalayan mountains.

The f indings, published thismonth by Dr Kurt Knesel in theprestigious international journalScience, have implications forunderstanding mountain andcontinent formation and globalclimate patterns.

“For some time, scientists havebeen hotly debating the origin of the2000 kilometre granite crest of theHimalayan range,” Dr Knesel said.

“One school of thought suggeststhe granite was formed from fluid-induced melting of the Himalayancrust, triggered by the upward thrustof colliding tectonic plates,” he said.

“But more recently, somescientists have argued the granitemay have formed by decompressiontriggered by the downward slip of thecollapsing Himalayan roof.”

Dr Knesel, who is based at UQ’sEarth Sciences Department, andProfessor Jon Davidson from theDepartment of Earth Sciences at theUniversity of Durham in the United

Kingdom attempted to unravel themystery by analysing the granite’sisotope chemistry.

They concluded that the granitewas formed by a combination ofboth forces.

“A striking feature of Himalay-an granite is the presence ofdifferent isotopic and elementcompositions. We argue this is theresult of different melting reactions,which are largely controlled by thepresence or absence of water,” DrKnesel said.

“The chemistry of the granitetherefore suggests that it may havebeen produced by both mechanismsput forward by scientists rather thana simple model of one or the other.

“By better understanding theformation of Himalayan granite, wegain further insight into howcontinents are formed. Furthermore,the evolution of the Himalayanrange is thought to have aninfluence on global climatechange,” he said.

Puzzle of the peaksA UQ scientist hasadded his researchto the debate aboutthe origin of thegranite tops of theHimalayan range.

briefin

Round table on youth concernsUQ student Helena Rose has been selected

for the National Youth Roundtable 2002.The event, which is held in Canberra, has been

organised by the Federal Government to create adirect dialogue with young Australians agedbetween 15 and 24 to ensure that their views aretaken into account in the policy making process.

Ms Rose, who was diagnosed with BipolarDisorder in 1996 is aware of the education andemployment issues that face young people witha disability and aims to make a significantcontribution to the Roundtable on these issues.

She will be joined by 23-year-old former UQgraduate Chelsea Bond, now an associatelecturer in indigenous health at the University.

“I would like to present a voice for youngpeople who have experienced or do experiencemental illness or psychiatric disability and howthis impacts on our transition from adolescenceto adulthood.

“I aim to present young people with a mentalillness in a positive light, to demonstrate ourcapabilities and desire to make a positivecontribution in our communities,” she said.

Ms Rose, who graduates with a Bachelor ofArts/Education this month, will be in thePathways Team. As part of her project she willlook at how secondary and tertiary educationmeasures up in terms of what young people learnacademically and in their personal development.

Ms Bond will form part of the Creative CulturesTeam which will focus on producing a resourcethat will explore, validate and promote the notionof culture and identity for urban Aboriginal youngpeople amongst both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Brisbane.

East Timor policyThe UQ School of Political

Science and International Studies

recently hosted a launch of the

Australian Strategic Policy

Institute (ASPI) policy report at

Grace College, St Lucia campus.

Entitled New Neighbour,

New Challenge: Australia and

the Security of East Timor, the

report argues that Australia’s key

policy challenge is to help East

Timor meet its urgent security

problems and to encourage

other countries to do the same.

For a full copy of the report

visit www.aspi.org.au

Heritage advisorDr Jon Prangnell from UQ’s

School of Social Science was

recently appointed to the

Brisbane City Council’s new

Heritage Advisory Committee.

The 10-person team, who

have been appointed for a two-

year term, will provide advice

to the Council on issues

affecting the City’s heritage and

character.

They will select appropriate

sites for the City Plan Heritage

Register and will assist in

promoting Brisbane’s history

and heritage.

Dr Prangnell will provide

archaeological advice to the

committee, which comprises

members with backgrounds in

history, architecture, planning,

engineering and law.

The HimalayanMountains.

PHOTO:DR KNESEL


UQ mountain bike star MichaelSkroblin will tackle new terrain

following selection in the Australianteam for the World Junior CrossCountry Championships in Austriathis week.

The first-year science student willmake his international debut on anunfamiliar and notoriously muddyAustrian circuit on Thursday, August29.

He will be part of a 14-strong Aust-ralian team vying against the heavy-weights of European mountain biking.

Mr Skroblin and the team havebeen competing in lead-up races inEurope to build confidence andexperience on muddy terrain ahead ofthe World Championships.

“The team only has a couple ofweeks to get use to conditions inAustria and experience the course,which will be a lot different to theusually dry courses in Australia,” MrSkroblin said.

“I have never raced internationally

The Key Centre for Human Factorsand Applied Cognitive Psych-

ology at UQ has developed arevolutionary document-mapping toolthat can analyse vast amounts of text.

The Leximancer, which wasdeveloped by Dr Andrew Smith, isunique in that rather than merelyshowing you what you ask it to show,it is also designed to show you whatyou did not know.

Consulting and Industry Liaison

or against these competitors before soit will be a good challenge.”

Second placing at both the Aust-ralian and New Zealand National Titlesin 2002, and current leader of theQueensland Mountain Biking Series,confirm Mr Skroblin’s position as oneof the country’s brightest prospects.

The UQ Cycle Club star is aimingfor a top-15 f inish at the WorldChampionships, which will prove avaluable experience in the move tosenior levels in the years ahead.

“Hopefully I can continue to raceinternationally beyond these champ-ionships and make the step up tocompete against the senior riders in thenext few years,” Mr Skroblin said.

While he has seen his fair share ofcrashes in the fast growing sport, MrSkroblin is quick to dismiss any fearsthat may wait in Austria.

“I’ve been concussed a couple oftimes falling but there is no room forfear. If it’s on the course it should berideable,” he said.

by Rowan Foster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mountain climber

A UQ cyclist is representing Australia in theworld’s toughest cross country competition.

Officer for the Key Centre, PeterHollands, is hoping that theLeximancer will begin to be used inorganisations all over the world as itis regarded as a major step forwardfrom search engine technology.

“It is the easiest thing in the worldto use,” he said.

The Leximancer is a CD-based toolthat can also be downloaded onto acomputer. It can portray vast amountsof text by creating a map that links allrelated subtext and key headingsthrough a colour-coded system.

The Key Centre said that thissimplicity is unique to the marketplace. “It can work with a block oftext up to a gigabyte in size,” MrHollands said.

The system was originally dev-eloped as part of Dr Andrew Smith’smasters studies and was then expandedwith the help of the Key Centre.

The Centre said that unlike pastsystems, which merely highlightedspecific text, the Leximancer gave a

clear understanding of each importantconcept collected and its relation-ship with all other concepts in thedocument.

The success of the Leximancer hasalready been proven in trials whichbegan in June with the Schools ofJournalism, Psychology, and BusinessCommunication.

Mr Hollands highlighted the workof Professor Cindy Gallois from theSchool of Psychology in being one ofthe first people to trial the new system.

Search engine has turbo powerby Chris Saxby

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Discovering whatyou did not evenknow you wanted toknow is now only aCD download onyour computer away.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

It is the easiest

thing in the

world to use’

’

Although the Leximancer is stillin a non-finished format, it is hopedthat more outside companies willbegin to use the system for tasks suchas analysing website content and re-filing emails and document lists.

Mr Hollands said that theLeximancer is cost effective and thathe has already received interest fromthe Defence, Science and Technol-ogy Organisation, the United StatesMilitary and companies in Paris andHong Kong.

“The cost to UQ staff is $600 perlicense, which includes the cost ofone person attending the trainingcourse. Additional attendees on thecourse will be charged only $200,”he said.

Mr Hollands also said that theCentre was currently working onintegrating other technologies withthe Leximancer and that he wasexcited about the possibilities thatcould be created by futuredevelopments in the tool.

Mr Skroblin. PHOTO: KRISTINE SEETO

The tool is now being used in nineUQ schools and is also being usedoutside UQ by the QueenslandDepartment of Primary Industries.

American students have beengiven a taste of rural life in

Australia thanks to a UQ OutbackExperience program held recently.

Nine first and second-year under-graduate students from various partsof the United States embarked on thesix-week journey organised by UQ’sSchool of Education.

“The program focused onproviding participants with a usefulinsight into contemporary rural lifewithin the context of rural schools and

briefin

Century for graduateOne of UQ’s oldest graduates

celebrated becoming a

centenarian recently. Edith

Miriam Jones of Ashgrove, who

graduated with a Bachelor of

Arts (first class honours) in 1923,

turned 100 recently.

Ms Jones won a scholarship

to UQ after topping the State in

her final-year examinations. A

resident at Women’s College, she

majored in Latin and Greek and

was a member of the Queens-

land University Musical Society.

Over the years she taught

Latin, Greek, English and history

at various Queensland schools.

She was also a translator for

the intelligence service during

World War II.

Apple scholarshipA UQ Ipswich student has

returned from the United States

after winning one of 16 national

Apple University Consortium

(AUC) scholarships.

Information environment

honours student Jamie Madden,

21, attended the World Wide

Developers Conference in San

Jose, California as part of the

scholarship.

Mr Madden was selected

from more than 90 applicants

and received return airfares,

seven nights accommodation,

access to the conference and AUC

membership.

Winter wisdomUQ science student Peter

Snelling, 19, joined students from

38 Australian and New Zealand

universities at the Australian

Institute of Nuclear Science and

Engineering, and the Australian

Nuclear Science and Technology

Organisation annual Winter

School.

Held in Sydney in July, the

theme was Nuclear Techniques

Applied to Natural Processes.

Students who attend the

event are considered to be in the

top of fields such as chemistry,

engineering, environmental

science, geology and physics.

On track to Outbackcommunities,” said program coord-inator and Lecturer in Education DrNan Bahr.

Dr Bahr said the program wasdesigned to appeal to students whohad an interest in culture, society andrural life.

“The program’s main aim was toprovide opportunities for interculturalexperience, familiarisation withaspects of Australian culture andliving, and an introduction to variousissues facing rural communities.

“It also aimed to encourageintegration and understanding ofexperiences through the development,elaboration and justification of thestudent’s own personal understandingof rural culture, society and comm-unity development.”

The initial two-week on-campuscomponent of the program consistedof lectures, readings, tutorials and

activities covering Australianeducation and curriculum, Australianschools as a hub for rural communitydevelopment, adolescent issues,learning, and preplacement orient-ation.

The rural component wasdesigned in collaboration with theLongreach District Office of Educ-ation Queensland and included twoweeks with a primary and secondaryrural school community and one weekin a homestay environment on astation property.

The remainder of the six weekswas spent travelling and sight-seeing.

Dr Bahr said students wouldreceive credit for the program fromtheir home institution and were placedin communities according to theirbackground knowledge, skills andpreferences.

A group of Americanstudents sampledlife and culture inrural communitiesduring a recent visit.

It’s goodbye long queues at payment counters andhello night and day access to your University

financial details, following a new UQ project.UQ has further simplified the enrolment process

for students this semester, introducing a state-of-the-art electronic invoicing system integrated with Internetpayment of student fees.

The secure system has been seamlessly introducedand mirrors the community’s general acceptance andgrowing use of Internet financial services.

Electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) can be accessedvia the UQ’s mySi-net web-based enrolment system.

Assistant Bursar (Systems) Owen Hudspith said e-invoicing built on the self-service functionality of mySi-

net, which was introduced in 2000. Last year theUniversity introduced a system allowing student creditcard payment over the Internet, having alreadyimplemented Bpay for fee payments several years earlier.

After the success of online enrolment via mySi-net,the University decided to extend online services to itsestimated 31,700 students by introducing electronicinvoices from this year, Mr Hudspith said.

He said the electronic commerce (eC) project alsocompleted a feature to enable HECS and PELS statementsto be delivered online in a similar manner to invoices.

“The new system puts UQ at the forefront ofeCommerce administration systems among Australianuniversities,” he said.

Fresh frontier for invoicing

w www.admin.uq.edu.au/bs/IntPay/index.htm www.admin.uq.edu.au/internal_audit_office/downloads.htm

The students with program organisers. PHOTO: CHRIS STACEY


Making hay after just the rightamount of rain can effect the

fertility of cows, according toresearch by a UQ PhD student.

Darryl Savage’s study of hownutrition relates to beef cattlereproduction was conducted atAlexandria Station – the world’ssecond largest cattle property at 4.4million acres – 350km from TennantCreek, Northern Territory (NT).

“Surprisingly, the preliminaryfindings indicate that when and howrain falls is signif icantly moreimportant than actual rainfall levels inaffecting the nutritional quality ofgrass which in turn impacts on a cow’sfertility levels,” the 28-year-old said.

“We measured the quality ofgrass in various paddocks todetermine the minimum amount offeed supplementation needed toachieve the optimal weight andfertility level required for a cow toproduce one calf every 12 months.

Mr Savage’s job also requires himto coordinate on-station trainingprograms for young people in pastureand reproductive management.

He is the NT representative for theYoung People in Rural IndustriesWorking Group and the NorthAustralian Nutrition Steering Comm-ittee, as well as a committee memberof the North Australian Rural CareersNetwork, which develops initiativesto attract and retain more youngpeople in rural industries.

“There’s a lot of opportunities foryoung people in the country that theywouldn’t get elsewhere and I’m justtrying to do my part to get thatmessage across,” Mr Savage said.

His attempts have not goneunnoticed. Last year he was a nationalYoung Australian of the Year finalist,a Foundation for Young AustralianAchiever Award winner and one of 40people invited to the inaugural YoungRural Leaders Course in Canberra.

Rain beefs fertilityby Joanne van Zeeland

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The quality of grassavailable to cattlehas been found toplay a significantrole in cow fertilitylevels and is linkedto the timing andamount of rainfall.

“We found by matching nutritionalmanagement with measured seasonalconditions, we could halve supple-mentation costs whilst still achievingthe same level of production.”

The four-year recording trialinvolved weighing and pregnancytesting more than 10,000 cows, meas-uring pasture and dung quality everymonth, and continually recording therainfall in four paddocks.

Mr Savage moved to TennantCreek in 1996 after graduating fromUQ Gatton with a Bachelor of AppliedScience (honours) in 1995.

He is currently the Senior AnimalProduction Off icer for the NTDepartment of Business, Industry andResource Development.

The research forms part of hiswork and is financed by the station’sowners (The North Australian PastoralCompany), the NT Government, Meatand Livestock Australia and RidleyAgri-Products.

Chaplains add valueA UQ PhD study has found that

chaplains in Queensland state

schools provide a unique and

much-needed support role

ensuring school communities are

equipped to deal with the issues

facing young people.

Dr Judy Salecich said more

than 110 Queensland schools

now had paid chaplains who

were offering pastoral care.

Her thesis, Chaplaincy in

Queensland State Schools: An

Investigation, is an in-depth study

of the contemporary social and

religious phenomenon that arose

in Queensland in the late 1980s.

“Unlike school-based nurses,

chaplains are not appointed or

paid by the State,” she said.

“Chaplaincy is about

community development – local

people identifying the needs of

young people and families in

their community and mobilising

community resources to meet

these needs.”

Data was gathered from four

Brisbane and five non-metropol-

itan schools with chaplains.

www.chaplaincyinschools.com

Gatton bypass upgradeThe Gatton Bypass, one of the

major access roads to UQ’s

Gatton campus, is being

upgraded to four lanes.

When completed in December

2003 the project will allow

students to travel faster and more

safely between Brisbane, Gatton

and Toowoomba.

The existing bypass carries

10,200 vehicles per day and is the

only section of highway between

Brisbane and Toowoomba that is

not four lanes.

Duplication of the bypass is a

federally funded project and will

be progressed as three packages.

The construction will include

a multi-level interchange where

the Gatton and Esk roads meet

the bypass, new bridges over

Smithfield Road, Philps Road and

Sandy Creek, and duplication of

the rail and road overbridge at

Helidon.

briefin

Mr Savage pregnancy testing trial cows. PHOTO: courtesy Mr Savage

Alexandria Station homestead and yards.PHOTO: courtesy Mr Savage

UQ NE WS,AUGUST 2002 19

UQ NE WS, juLY 200220

Conference

callTo publicise yourconference or seminar,call Joanne van Zeelandon 3365 2619 or [email protected]

MEDICINE

E. S. MeyersMemorial Lecture:

August 29, 7pm, Mayne Hall, StLucia

The pioneer of human in-vitrofertilisation (IVF), Professor AlanTrounson, will discuss Embryos andEmbryonic Stem Cells: Creating NewMedical Directions.

Professor Trounson is Director ofMonash University’s Institute ofReproduction and Development and isalso a Professor of Obstetrics andGynaecology/Paediatrics.

His present research interests arefocused on human embryonic stemcells and their directed differentiation,nuclear transfer for cloning for the pro-cess of dedifferentiation and somatic

SYDNEY ■ MELBOURNE ■ BRISBANE ■ MACKAY ■ PERTH

3348 2500

STORAGE SELF PACK OPTION SUPPLY CARTONS OBLIGATION FREE QUOTE SELF PACK CONTAINER HIRE ECONOMY RATES FOR SMALL CONSIGNMENTS SPECIAL FULL CONTAINER AND CONSOLIDATION RATES FULL PACKING INSURANCE

Oss World Wide Movers (Qld) P/L, 30 Anton Rd, Hemmant Qld 4174email: [email protected] website: www.ossorldwidemovers.com

MOVINGOVERSEAS?

MOVINGOVERSEAS?

cell plasticity for trans-differentiationinto new cell and tissue types.

The annual lecture, which honoursthe memory of one of the foundingfathers of the UQ School of Medicine,Professor Errol Solomon Meyers, ispresented by the UQ Medical Societyand is one of the major highlights ofthe Society’s academic year.

Held since 1957, previous speakersof note include Professor Earl Owen(pioneering microsurgeon responsiblefor the world’s first hand transplant), SirEdmund Hillary (mountaineer anddiplomat) and Professor Peter Doherty(1996 Nobel Prize winner for medicine).

Information: 07 3365 5261,[email protected]

Success and Failuresin Telehealth: held August 1-2,Royal Children’s Hospital,Brisbane

Organised by UQ’s Centre for OnlineHealth, the conference featured 45platform and poster presentations.

Speakers included Lord and LadySwinfen from the Swinfen CharitableTrust, Canterbury, United Kingdom.

They reviewed the work of theTrust, which coordinates consultationsbetween doctors in developingcountries and medical specialists viaemail and digital images.

A pioneer in low cost tele-medicine, the Trust involves morethan 30 local specialists and has 11telemedicine sites around the world,including UQ’s Centre for OnlineHealth.

Other guest speakers at theconference included: Dr Pam Whitten(University of Michigan, US); Dr KariHarno (University Central Hospital,Helsinki, Finland); Professor PingLian (Telemedicine Research Centre,Shanghai, China); and Dr VictorPatterson (consultant neurologist,Belfast, Ireland).

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Skilled ChairpersonWorkshop:

September 2, St Lucia campus

The UQ Teaching and EducationalDevelopment Institute (TEDI)workshop aims to enhance skills in theeff icient conduct of productivemeetings.

It will enable participants tounderstand the types and purposes ofmeetings, the role of the chairpersonand secretary, and good practice in theconduct of meetings.

It will also examine how to achieveproductive outcomes in meetingsthrough management of matters

discussed and personal interactionincluding disruptive behaviour.

Information: 07 3365 3019, [email protected]

INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY

UML™ for BusinessModelling: September 2 and WebUsability and Accessibility:September 11, Queensland Uni-versity of Technology, George St

Organised by the Distributed SystemsTechnology Centre (DSTC), the firstseminar will provide an overview ofthe major features of UML™ – ageneric visual modelling language.

The seminar would be of interestto project managers, system designersand architects, and software developersinvolved in building and designingobject-based software systems.

The later seminar will give attend-ees an introduction to the concepts ofusability and accessibility of the Web.

Participants are required to befamiliar with the Internet and a back-ground in basic HTML would beadvantageous.

UQ staff are entitled to a 33 percentdiscount on registration costs.

Information: 07 3365 4310,[email protected]

UQ NE WS, juLY 2002 21

PRINT

Fryer Library Officer Bill Dealy. PHOTO: CHRIS STACEY

There is not much left of the pulpfiction churned out by Australia’s

publishing “factories” in the 1940sand 1950s.

But some has survived, thanks tothe diligence of private collectors.And it represents a rich period in thenation’s publishing history, accordingto UQ lecturer in contemporarystudies Dr Toni Johnson-Woods.

From 1939 to 1959, she said, highexcise taxes effectively bannedimports of American literature. Andlocal writers found a ready audiencefor hardboiled detective fiction withan American twist.

Authors using pseudonyms suchas Carter Brown, Larry Kent andBella Luigi turned out thousands ofwords a week to produce formulafiction with titles like Walk SoftlyWitch, Get me Homicide and Nude inthe Boot.

Sydney publishing companies likeHorwitz and Cleveland printedhundreds of novelettes each month.

The phenomenon was much morethan a publishing bonanza, DrJohnson-Woods said.

As popular literature, the storiesreflect contemporary mainstreamattitudes, values and trends. And theyhave been virtually untapped as aresearch resource.

“The stories may have been short

on literary merit but they documentthe desires, interests and anxieties ofthe age,” she said.

“This was cheap, disposable, bulkfiction – so ubiquitous most peopledidn’t see it as anything worthkeeping, just as most of us wouldn’tbother to save this week’s TV Guide.

“But those guides reflect life inAustralia today, for example thecurrent predilection for realitytelevision shows.”

Dr Johnson-Woods has alreadydone her bit in recording today’slifestyles for future generations.

She recently published Big Bother,based on the Big Brother televisionshow screened in 20 countries, as a

historic document of the reality TVphenomenon.

Now she is planning a similarforay into pulp fiction.

Dr Johnson-Woods is organising adisplay of holdings in The Universityof Queensland’s Fryer Library andextending her research to other rarecollections held in Australian andAmerican universities and libraries.

She will be seeking insights intothe lives of the authors, the human andcommercial aspects of the publishinghouses and the books as culturalproducts. She also hopes to uncoversomething of the audience, throughbook reviews or readers’ memoirsbefore they are lost forever.

BOOKSHOP

UNIVERSITY OFQUEENSLAND PRESS

CURRENTBEST SELLER LIST

NEW RELEASES

1 True History of the KellyGang, Peter Carey (OneBook One Brisbaneedition, UQP, $20)

2 About a Boy, NickHornby (Penguin, $22)

3 Fourth Hand, John Irving(Black Swan, $22.95)

4 Johannes Bjelke-Petersen – The Lord’sPremier, Rae Wear (UQP,$35)

5 Piano Teacher, ElfriedeJelinek (Serpent’s Tail,$19.95)

6 Short History ofBrisbane Architecture,Patrick Bingham-Hall(Pesaro, $35)

7 Philosopher’s Dog,Raimond Gaita (TextPublishing, $27.50)

8 New Rulers of theWorld, John Pilger(Verso, $30)

9 Mayne Inheritance,Rosamond Siemon (UQP,$19.95)

10 Hellish Nell – Last ofBritain’s Witches,Malcolm Gaskill (4thEstate, $20.95)

inby Moya Pennell

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Johannes Bjelke-Petersen – TheLord’s Premier by Rae Wear.Paperback $35.

Was Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen straightas a die, crooked as a dog’s hind legor mad as a cut snake? These andother questions are explored byleading political scientist Dr RaeWear in her long-awaited biographyof the colourful Queensland Premierwho ruled the roost in the SunshineState for 20 years. A saviour to many,and reviled by others, Sir Joh was asquixotic as he was ruthless, able tocharm a conservative electorate withhis drawing-room manners and hispopulist policies, yet capable ofheadkicking and verbal abuse whilstpresiding over a corrupt government.

So you want media coverage…A simple guide on how to get itand how to handle it by AnthonyFrangi and Mandy Fletcher.Paperback $30.

This is a book for anyone whowants to promote a business, anorganis-ation, a school fete, a new-product release or the launch of anational community campaign.

Authors Mandy Fletcher andAnthony Frangi offer tried-and-truemethods for effective media coverage,even on a limited budget.

Tips include:

• how to stand out from the crowd;

• how to find or create good stories;

• how to write a good media release;

• when and how to contact the media;

• how to handle interviews con-fidently and competently; and

• how to get the best result possiblein any situation.

Anthony Frangi has hosted talkshows on ABC Radio and Talk Radio4BC and reported and produced forChannel Nine, while Mandy Fletcherhas worked in TV, radio and printmedia as well as media liaison.

The Making of the AustralianLiterary Imagination by RichardNile. Paperback $28.

Richard Nile debunks some of thepowerful myths of cultural national-ism and observes its passing in favourof the celebrity author. He exploresthe power of nationalism as a govern-ing force in the creation and ultimatedemise of Australian literature.

The book moves from literaryLondon to Australian bookshops,gets inside Angus and Robertson andinterrogates the politics of rep-utation. It investigates censorshipand patronage, paperback heroes andthe able-bodied writer, and explorescinema and literature in a centurythat belonged to the novelist.

PRIZES

Concerts, special lecturesand seminars, Universityevents of generalinterest and informationabout visiting academicsand dignitaries ispublished in this section.Entries, including date,time, department/section and details ofthe event or visitors,along with a contactname and telephonenumber, should beemailed [email protected]

SEMINARS■ Tuesday, August 27

School of Molecular and

Microbial Sciences,

Approaches to SNP-based

Genotyping of Bacteria, Dr Phil

Giffard, Queensland University

of Technology (1pm, Room 228,

Molecular Biosciences

Building).

School of Geography, Planning

and Architecture, Interregional

Dust Transport – Impacts on

Climate and Biogeochemical

Cycles, Samuel Marx (1pm, Room

115, Chamberlain Building).

■ Friday, August 30

School of History,

Philosophy, Religion and

Classics, Free Will and the

Burden of Proof, William

Lycan, University of North

Carolina (3pm, Room E339,

Forgan Smith Building).

School of Psychology, Gray’s

Model of Personality and Signal

Detection Theory: Personality and

Decision Making Processes, Luke

Smillie (3.30pm, Room 304,

McElwain Building).

CLASSIFIEDS

HOUSE-SITTING■ Family of four. Pets, garden ok.

West sub pref. Linda: 3365 2637,[email protected]

WANTED TO RENT■ 2-3 bd furn hse. Jan-May, 2003.

Gary: [email protected]

TO RENT■ 3 bd furn t/house, Taringa, $310/

wk. Dble car, a/c. 12 mths fromOct. Pax: [email protected]

■ 2 bd furn unit + study, St Lucia,$320/wk from Jan 1. Suitacademic, many extras, close toUQ, Citycat. Linen not included.Graham: 3365 6134, 3870 8202,[email protected]

■ 1 room, Indoor, $150/wk neg.Own bthrm, balcony, garage. FastInternet. Edward: 3878 3443.

onCAMPUS

For further information aboutprizes and scholarshipscontact the Prizes Office on07 3365 1984.

■ The Thomas Morrow Prize:for an undergraduate who aspart of their program has writtenthe best essay in the field ofAustralian literature. Honourstheses will be considered.Worth: $1500. Closing:Saturday, November 30.

■ The Percy Brier MemorialPrize for Music 2002: for aUQ student who in the opinionof the Head of Music submittedthe composition of greatestpromise. Worth: $1236.Closing: Friday, November 1.Information: 07 3365 4949

Vietnam’s forests rebornUQ experts have been awarded

more than $1.8 million fundingand in-kind support to help theVietnamese government reforest fivemillion hectares of land in the nextdecade.

The Australian Centre forInternational Agricultural Research(ACIAR) will provide almost$940,000 over four years for the UQgroup.

“We will provide the intellectualsupport on how to restore thecountry’s biodiversity and ecologicalservices whilst helping to overcomerural poverty on a large scale,” saidgrant co-winner Dr David Lamb fromUQ’s School of Life Sciences andCooperative Research Centre forTropical Rainforest Ecology andManagement (CRCTREM).

In addition to Dr Lamb, the groupcomprises Dr Peter Erskine from theSchool of Life Sciences andCRCTREM, Dr Sharon Brown fromthe School of Land and Food Sciencesand Associate Professor SteveHarrison from the School ofEconomics and CRCTREM.

“The Five Million HectareReforestation Program is a hugeundertaking considering Australia’stotal reforestation plantationsencompass just over one millionhectares after 50 years of planting,”Dr Lamb said.

“Vietnam’s forestry industry hashad a varied history largely due to itsattempt to restock its dwindlingforests with eucalypts, which endedup dropping in value due to anoversupply in the 1980s and 90s.

“This time they will use a mixtureof higher value native species toprovide benefits other than timber,such as fruit, gums, resin andmedicinal aid, as well as biodiversityand watershed protection and soilfertility.

Dr Lamb said the group’s advicewould focus on how the trees wouldgrow in a non-monoculture or multi-species environment.

“We need to create a type ofinsurance policy for the poor, individualfarmers who will provide the terrain forthis project after being given land rightsby the Vietnamese government over thepast few years,” he said.

“By finding the right mix of nativespecies to form a stable envir-onment,we should ensure Vietnam the bestpossible economic and environmentaloutcome in the future.”

A multi-skilled UQ teamwill play an important role

in the restoration ofVietnam’s ecological

services and biodiversitywith the aim of helping

eliminate widespreadrural poverty.

We need to create

a type of insurance

policy for the poor

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

. ’

’


by Joanne van Zeeland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

S

Vietnamese workers collecting plant shoots. PHOTO: DR BROWN

■ Friday, September 13

School of Psychology, Schizophreniaand Information Processing, NatalieShockley (3.30pm, Room 304,McElwain Building).

UQ Business School, A MultilevelModel of Individual Performance inOrganisations, Dr Mark Griffin,Queensland University of Technology(12 noon, Kathleen Room, UQ Staffand Graduates Club).

School of Biomedical Sciences,Regulation of Cell and Tissue Structureby the Actin Cytoskeleton: New InsightsFrom Old Genes, Prof Peter Gunning,Westmead Children’s Hospital (1pm,Room 305, Skerman Building).

School of Political Science andInternational Studies, The Powerand the Passion: Discourses ofCivilisational Identity and September11, Dr Cindy O’Hagan (3pm, Room537, GPN3 Building).

■ Saturday, September 14

School of Law, Copyright and theInternet, A/Prof Clive Turner(Customs House, 399 Queen St). Fordetails, telephone 07 3365 1492.

■ Tuesday, September 17

Australasian Centre on Ageing, NotPast My “Use-by-Date”: OlderPeople and Volunteering, Dr JeniWarburton (7.30am, Royal on thePark, cnr Alice and Albert St). Fordetails, telephone 07 3346 9084.

■ Thursday, September 19

Centre for Critical and CulturalStudies, Would You Like Ice WithThat? Australia’s Antarctic Empire,Dr Christy Collis (5.30pm, MayneHall Foyer).

School of Journalism andCommunication, tba (3pm, SeminarRoom 1, Journalism Annex).


School of History, Philosophy,Religion and Classics, Ethical andPublic Policy Issues Raised by theDebate About a “Heroin Trial” inAustralia, Prof Wayne Hall (3pm,Room E339, Forgan Smith Building).

School of Biomedical Sciences,Gastointestinal Drug Absorption andElimination: New Mechanisms,Theories and Technology, Prof AndrewSomogyi, University of Adelaide(1pm, Room 305, Skerman Building).

School of English, Media Studiesand Art History, Australising theInternet: On Writing InternetCultural History, Dr Gerard Coggin(1pm, Room 540, Michie Building).


Physics Museum, Precision Clocks,E/Prof Alan Emmerson (6pm, RoomG.77, Parnell Building).


Centre for Maritime Law, In Searchof an Australian Shipping Policy. Fordetails, telephone 07 3365 2120.


School of Psychology, ProspectiveMemory in a Dynamic Environment:A Preliminary Investigation,Susannah Tiller (3.30pm, Rom 304,McElwain Building).

School of Biomedical Sciences, TheWonder of a Headless Chicken:Pattern and differentiation in theDeveloping Spinal Cord, Dr MurrayHargrave (1pm, Room 305, SkermanBuilding).

School of Political Science andInternational Studies,Contemporary Capitalism inAustralia: Old Policy Debates andTheir Relevance to the New Politicsof Distribution, Production andConsumption, Prof Boris Frankel,Swinburne University of Technology(3pm, Room 537, GPN3 Building).

School of English, Media Studiesand Art History, Art, Myth andInternational Style: AustralianPainting 1940-1970, Dr LaurieDuggan (1pm, Room 540, MichieBuilding).

EXHIBITIONS■ University Art Museum,Big art – small viewer untilSeptember 22 (Level 5, ForganSmith Tower).

CONCERTS■ Thursday, August 29

School of Music, FluteRecital, Andrew Macleod, SueWitham (12.30pm, Nickson

Room, Zelman Cowen Building).

■ Saturday, August 31

School of Music, Dinner ConcertSpectacular with Jaleous Flamenco(7pm, Long Room, Customs House,399 Queen St). For details, telephone07 3365 8999.

School of Political Science andInternational Studies, The Limits ofRational Choice: NewInstitutionalism in the Test Bed ofCentral Banking Policy in Australia,A/Prof Stephen Bell (3pm, Room537, GPN3 Building).

School of English, Media Studiesand Art History, PopularisingPolitics: This Day Tonight andAustralian Television Current Affairs,Professor Graeme Turner (1pm,Room 540, Michie Building).

■ Sunday, September 1

Friends of Antiquity, MemoriesWhich Pain Me Like Fangs in myFlesh: Cicero’s Major DepressiveDisorder, Dr Katie Evans (2pm,Room 816, Michie Building).


School of Geography, Planning andArchitecture, Development Planningin a War-torn Area: The Case ofJaffna, Dr Basil von Horen (1pm,Room 115, Chamberlain Building).

■ Wednesday, September 4

Centre for Critical and CulturalStudies, In the Forest of HumanBecoming: Haitian Voodoo,Culture and Counterculture, A/Prof Ken Gelder, University ofMelbourne (1pm, ConferenceRoom, Social Sciences andHumanities Library).


School of Biomedical Sciences, StemCell Plasticity: There is No Truth,Only Interpretations, Prof PaulSimmons, Peter MacCallum CancerInstitute, Melbourne (1pm, Room305, Skerman Building).

School of English, Media Studiesand Art History, The Sound of theInvisible, Linda Neil (1pm, Room540, Michie Building).


School of Law, The World of Patents,Prof Kamal Puri (Customs House,399 Queen St). For details, telephone07 3365 1492.


School of Political Science and Inter-national Studies and The BrisbaneInstitute, The Democratic Deficit inAustralian, Dr Ann Capling (5.30pm,Customs House, 399 Queen St). Fordetails, telephone 07 3365 3101.


School of Music, Vocal Recital,Emily Whelan, Mitchell Leigh(12.30pm, Nickson Room, ZelmanCowen Building).

School of Music, Twilight Concert –TQO Strong Quartet (6pm, LongRoom, Customs House, 399 QueenSt).

■ Friday, September 6 – Saturday,September 7

School of Music, Machine for

Contacting the Dead, Elision (8pm,Judith Wright Centre ofContemporary Arts, 420 BrunswickSt, Fortitude Valley). For details,telephone 07 33665 7314.


School of Music, NYCC Recitalists

(12.30pm, Nickson Room, ZelmanCowen Building).


School of Music, Masters recital,Nathan Sinclair (12.30pm, NicksonRoom, Zelman Cowen Building).


School of Music, El Cielo Canta

(8pm, St Stephens Cathedral,Elizabeth St, City).


School of Music, Fiddlers Festival

(12.30pm, Nickson Room, ZelmanCowen Building).

OTHER EVENTS■ Friday, August 30

Degrees of Success Lunch:cosmetic surgeon Dr HughBartholomeusz (Links room,

St Lucia Golf Links). For details,telephone 07 3346 3924.


Social Work and Social PolicyPractice’s Day: Will providestudents and practicing socialworkers with an insight into thedifferent streams of social work.(9am–5.30pm, Women’s College, StLucia). For details, telephone 073346 3924.

■ Monday, September 16

Courting the Greats: awardpresentation for UQ’s Alumnus,International Alumus and YoungAlumnus of the Year. For details,telephone 07 3346 3924.

E

Library Hours for 2002Information on library hours is available on the Library’s homepagewww.cybrary.uq.edu.au or telephone (07) 3365 6703.

O


C

Discover your coursework andresearch options at the UQPostgraduate Information Expo.Wednesday 25 September 2002, 3pm – 6pm.UQ Centre, Union Road (next to UQ Aquatic Centre).For details visit www.studyatUQ.net

Can I dofurtherstudy?

‘‘

’’

Documents

AUSTRALIA UQ NEWS · 2005-12-13 · international collaboration, involving researchers from Australia, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Korea and Japan,” he said. Dr