2010 Hysteresis

Adelaide University Engineering Society Hysteresis 2010

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The Adelaide University Engineering Society
would like to present

Hysteresis

Hys ter e sis n.
1. The lagging of an effect behind its cause, as when the change in magnetism of a body lags behind
changes in the magnetic field.
2. The annual publication of the Adelaide University Engineering Society, documenting the most vital parts of
the greatest student society on campus.

Published by the Adelaide University Engineering Society

Edited by Kristina Noicos and Peta Johannsen

Published October 2010

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Contents
Origins of the AUES ......................................................................................................................................................1
The AUES’ 11 Highlights of 2010 ..................................................................................................................................2
AUES Committee 2010 .................................................................................................................................................5
Editorials .......................................................................................................................................................................6
Sponsors .......................................................................................................................................................................7
Executive Committee Reports
President’s Report ....................................................................................................................................................8
Vice President’s Report ............................................................................................................................................9
Treasurer’s Report .................................................................................................................................................. 10
Equity Officer’s Report ............................................................................................................................................ 11
AUES Events
O’Week ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
O’Party .................................................................................................................................................................... 13
AUES vs. Med Tug of War ...................................................................................................................................... 14
BBQs ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Pub Crawl ............................................................................................................................................................... 17
Quiz Night ............................................................................................................................................................... 19
Careers Night .......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Cocktail Night .......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Vox Pop....................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Where are they now? .................................................................................................................................................. 26
School Reports
Australian School of Petroleum ............................................................................................................................... 27
School of Chemical Engineering ............................................................................................................................. 31
School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Engineering ............................................................................................. 33
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering ......................................................................................................... 36
School of Mechanical Engineering .......................................................................................................................... 38
Student Society Reports
AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics ........................................................................................ 40
CHEMS - The Chemical Engineering Society ......................................................................................................... 42
SPE - Society of Petroleum Engineers ................................................................................................................... 44
Robogals ................................................................................................................................................................. 46
AUME - Adelaide University Mining Engineering .................................................................................................... 47
Reports from Associated Organisations
University of Adelaide Club ..................................................................................................................................... 48
Engineers Australia ................................................................................................................................................. 50
Clubs Association ................................................................................................................................................... 51
The AUES in Numbers ................................................................................................................................................ 53
The AUES on the Internet ........................................................................................................................................... 54
AUES vs. University Security ...................................................................................................................................... 55
The Full Adelaide Uni Experience ............................................................................................................................... 56
History-sis - A Blast from the Past ............................................................................................................................... 57
Staff Profile - Colin Kestell........................................................................................................................................... 59
2010 Year in Review ................................................................................................................................................... 61
Happy Hours in Adelaide............................................................................................................................................. 63
Photo Gallery .............................................................................................................................................................. 64

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stunted due to the first
Origins of the AUES appearance of the great evil -
Prohibition. This dastardly
The origins of the AUES can be traced back to the early law was made by the evils
Neanderthal days. Unfortunately, cavemen Engies were known as ‘law and order’, to
severely limited in what they could design by several factors - prevent the rise of the Great
for example the wheel was square, electricity was something Society. Fortunately the
to be avoided, and finally (and most importantly) no-one knew population rose up in favour
how to brew a good beer. of the ‘good drop’ and threw
down the great evil.
But as man evolved so too did the Engie Societies - until the
advent of the Romans and the Greeks and their love of sharp As the Society grew in power and influence, senior members
pointy metal things and sticking them in people. Although the of the AUES decided it was time to elect a president, via
introduction of wine boosted Engie’s abilities, there was still a secret ballot. Unfortunately an ongoing argument between the
certain spark of integrity and stability lacking; beer. This lack Germans and the rest of the world about who brewed the best
of beer sadly resulted in the fall of the Roman Empire, as the beer got out of hand and the Great War broke out, so the
beer drinking Gaul and Germanic tribes, aided by their AUES election was postponed in favour of a barbeque - which
superior beer drinking engineers decided to ‘shut the seemed a more appropriate way to settle the argument.
neighbours up’ once and for all by having a REALLY big
barbeque. The issue was finally settled by everyone getting hammered
and throwing ‘empties’ at the Germans. But unfortunately the
Around this period Engie Societies began to appear in what issue was to come up again several years later, when a little
was to become known as Asia through evidence found in the German brewer with his trademark moustache convinced
great Engie scrolls. Apparently a wall-building event some of his mates of the power of the dark side of beer -
organised by the local Engie committee got a little out of began World War II. Once again, the AUES came up with the
control after a few too many Tsingtaos. This epic struggle excellent idea of resolving the conflict - another barbeque!
continued for many years with the wall getting longer and
longer (which pays testament to the stubbornness of Engies) During the barbeque, one of the more enlightened members
until our ancient brethren, the “Sciences”, discovered of the AUES bellowed “Hitler’s a D**KHEAD!” and everybody
gunpowder, and the Engies came to realise it was much more cheered! Such a bold display did not go unnoticed by the
fun to blow things up rather than to build them…as is still world leaders that were present, who, in turn used this cry to
evident in our modern pub crawls! inspire allied troops to victory. It was also decided that such
arguments should never happen again, so the political arm of
It wasn’t until sometime in the middle ages that the holy fluid, the AUES, along with the enlightened boisterous chap as
beer, came into greater prominence. This gave rise to huge leader, became the United Nations, but only after the first
feats of engineering; giant pubs made out of stone and choice “United Breweries” was abandoned.
surrounded by moats full of keg dregs. The reasoning for this
is written by the sage Beerscullo in his writings, which state In more recent times the AUES has continued to grow in
“ye any invader toppled into thy moat would consume too power and influence. While we still undertake historical
much libations (beer) and henceforth be rendered unable to recreations of some our most prominent past events, such as
continue fighting, standing, or talking…”. the pub crawl (a recreation of the great wall building event is
just a little too daunting), the AUES now prefers to keep a
The first pub crawls also began to be organised in this period, lower profile. But we continue to work behind the scenes, and
and owing to the growing popularity of beer, were extremely few important decisions are made without first consulting the
large. These pub crawls became known as the Crusades, and AUES. It is widely accepted that if peace comes to the Middle
tended to go long distances looking to quench their thirsts. East, it will be due, in no small part, to the tireless workings of
the AUES and its members.
Things remained much the same until another major source of
knowledge was discovered - spirits. The advent of spirits gave And so it can be seen that from its humble beginnings
rise to a giant increase in learning, which became known as millennia ago, when the society for engineers was a mere
the Renaissance period. Modern wonders such as the alcohol twinkle in the eye of our strange, yet prophetic, forefathers,
powered car and locomotive were invented, and, with the lack the AUES has developed into a mighty organisation. While
of breath testers, filling up the jalopy took on a whole new some may describe its operations as bizarre or even crazy,
meaning. Fortunately, a bright young engineer pointed out society in general has come to see the AUES as a symbol of
that precious alcohol was being wasted on machines that all that life should be, as a beacon of hope guiding them away
couldn’t really enjoy the taste or other effects, and so from the rocky shoals of their past to a brighter, more
petroleum was used to power vehicles instead. interesting future…

The end of this period saw, in the little known colony of Anonymous
Australia, an initial rising of the AUES, which was temporarily

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AUES’
The AUES’ 11 Highlights of 2010
1. Having an EFTPOS machine and therefore being cooler than every other club.
2. Running a BBQ in O’Week after the huge O’Party the night before... not cool.

3. Beating the Meds in the first tug of war of the year... and the second and third.

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4. Getting in trouble with the AUU for putting up an innocent poster in O’Week – It was a joke!
5. Watching the Meds fail at running a BBQ.

6. Free Red Bull. So much free Red Bull.

7. Reviving the tradition of keg stacking...
...and the injuries that occur from keg stacking.

8. The Dress of Shame at Quiz Night.

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9. Electing a dyslexic man as the Facebook Status updater & Website editor.
No, the Pub Crawl is not in November, Henry.
10. Pump tops. It’s about time.
11. Double megaphones.

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AUES Committee 2010

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Equity Officer
Tim Hickson Chris Quek Brad Hocking Kailash Thiyagarajah Charléne Du Toit

Sponsorship Director Sponsorship Director IT Officer Publicity Officer
Alex Arney Kristina Noicos Henry Harch Ruth Tupper

Adam Bowering Andrew Lo Dan Ali James Hardy James Schulte

Kate Turner Lara Rocke Michael Lee Nick Davis Peta Johannsen Yasmin Freschi

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Editorials
This year was my Every great event leaves great
second year as memories. Now, the AUES holds
Hysteresis editor, and the best events. Therefore, by
I’ve greatly enjoyed this logic, leaves the greatest
editing (and writing) this memories - memories which
yearbook with my lovely should be cherished.
co-editor Peta Ever since I obtained my first
Johannsen. copy of Hysteresis back at an
A publication like this Engie BBQ in 2007, I have
doesn’t get created always valued the hard work by
without support from many people, not only AUES the editors in creating something that I can take home,
committee members but other University bodies. The that can remind me of the year that was and all those
biggest thank you goes to Dean of the Faculty of random facts I might have forgotten along the way,
ECMS, Professor Dowd, for not only allowing us to something I will be able to cherish in years to come
publish the magazine, but for generously sponsoring and which will remind me of all the crazy times, good
us to have so many copies printed. friends and days spent drinking too much.
Thanks also go to Heads of Schools/School I believe that Hysteresis is such an important part of
Administrators who took time out of their extremely making this society the best and that is one of the
busy schedules to write articles at late notice (extra- main reasons I put my hand up to edit it. And I tell
special thanks goes to the Schools that also gave us you, it was as great a job as the publication is great. In
money to print!). size, in quantity and in memories.
Lastly thanks to the committee members that wrote First of all I would like to thank Kris for being the most
articles and contributed to the magazine even though amazing co-editor, leading me with her experience
it’s a very busy time of year. and teaching me the ropes. Thank you to the ECMS
I’d like to wrap up my editorial by mentioning some faculty for providing us with such amazing funding,
things I’ve learned through editing Hysteresis: enabling us to publish this yearbook. Thanks to all of
1. No matter how many megaphones you have, you the contributors - it has been fantastic being
can always have more. presented with the opportunity to relive the past year’s
2. Regardless of the climate, the AUES always has memories before anyone else. But most of all, thank
rain-free BBQs. you to you, the members, the readers, for creating all
3. Engie students need to be hassled to do pretty of the memories that make this yearbook truly a
much everything (as in writing articles for a yearbook). celebration of a great club, great events and a stellar
I hope you enjoy the publication! year! May the memories live on!
Kristina Noicos Peta Johannsen

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Sponsors
Here is a page of our wonderful sponsors. Without their support, the AUES wouldn’t be the fantastic club it is today,
so please support them if you have the opportunity to.

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President’s Report
So, the AUES has once again topped its previous levels of
awesome and in no small part thanks to me, the brilliant and
dedicated 2010 President. In all seriousness, I think I must have at
least won a few awards, such as "latest prez ever" and "most
forgetful prez ever"! At times I arranged a meeting or an event and
simply forgot to show up, but luckily I have had a great group of
people to work with, to ensure that the biggest, best, and most
famous events on campus continue to be delivered in all their beer-
swilling-BBQ-munching-goodness to all of you, our thousands of
members.

This position has taught me many things, the greatest of which is
how to turn a dozen people with an idea and a hankering to party
into 2000 tuxedo-clad pub-crawlers stampeding the entire East End
of Adelaide and a little of the west, not unlike MacGyver making an aircraft out of a cement mixer, or picking a lock
with a light-bulb. Another important lesson learned is that being friendly and getting to know people is the easiest way
to avoid doing any work yourself (an example of which was finding someone with some spare plasterboard and a
plasterer that works for beer to fix the wall at the Adelaide Rowing Club, after someone partied too hard into it).

This year has seen a few tweaks to each event, bringing about a larger O'Week and O'Party through the use of
increased advertisements and drinkable incentives. A particular highlight was 5 am the morning after O'Party, sitting
awake watching Facebook updates appear about how everyone had consumed too many litres of Red Bull and
couldn't sleep off their hangovers.

It sometimes still surprises me how big things have become, when compared to the AUES back in my first year, from
going through 5 kegs at BBQs, to our now 18. Our events are now almost guaranteed to sell out, and when they do it
still doesn't stop people from printing fake tickets and trying their luck. The pub crawl this year sold out all 2000 shirts
printed, leading to some clever folks taking the design down to other printing places and making copies (and paying
top dollar) - it's nice to know our events are so famous!

All-in-all it's been a year that I'll never forget, and I'd like to thank the many people that have helped make everything
such a success, in particular: Melissa Musolino (Events at the University of Adelaide Club) for booking our events,
Brad the RP (the Responsible Person at all of our licensed events) for being more helpful than he knows, Xan for
continuing to lend us his speakers and make it to our BBQs despite his locational challenges, Kev and Tom V for
their continued support, and Kristina Noicos (last year's President) for automatically doing everything that I would
have overlooked or forgotten. Finally, a big thank you to the whole committee and all of our members - this club relies
on every single one of you and your love and dedication to our events!

Tim Hickson

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Vice President’s Report
2010 has been a great year for the AUES. The club has seen many breakthroughs
especially in terms of sponsorship and its professional standing.

We have strengthened our bonds with the Faculty of Engineering, Maths and
Computer Science (ECMS) in many ways. Most important was the opportunity to be
part of the launch party for the new $100 million Innova21 building by cooking the BBQ
for all attendees.

We have also established good rapport with some professional groups such as the
Environmental Institute by helping them hold a networking event and cooking some
food. The AUES also enjoyed working with the Faculty of Health Sciences on their
125th Anniversary Tug-of-war in which the Engies won fair and square. It was interesting to work with a different
Faculty for a change and we all had a great time socialising with others in different degrees.

The 2010 YEA AUES Careers Night was supported by the Young Engineers Australia South Australia division (YEA-
SA), and was a massive success with more than 250 students and representatives from over 15 companies in
attendance. The AUES is very thankful for the kind support we received from Engineers Australia and YEA-SA and
would like to thank Nathan Jones and Ilan Sagi for being a pleasure to work with. We would also like to thank all
industry representatives who attended the event and gave speeches/networked with students which helped make the
event an awesome one. We would like to thank the Adelaide University Union and Clubs Association for providing
marketing support for the Careers Night. It was honestly a tough challenge at first to organise such a huge
professional event with a very strict timeline (while overloading at uni - never do it!) and being very active in other
extracurricular activities as well. However I learnt so much during the experience and have come out of it a better
person, so I wouldn’t change anything - except maybe begin planning for it earlier in the year!

The Vice President role has been a highly rewarding one for me. In 2010 one of the most important things I learnt is
that there is always be heaps to be done, so it has been an interesting journey to learn how to prioritise tasks and to
make sacrifices in order to see some things come to pass successfully. I also learnt that time management is highly
important - especially when you are dealing with many parties who might each have very different schedules - but
through good communication and early planning it is possible to organise a very successful and potentially massive
event without much headache. Plus the great people I’ve had a chance to meet and fond memories like helping
organise the pub crawl make the experience an awesome one to remember!

Lastly I would like to thank the members of the 2010 AUES committee who have worked so hard to make all of the
events we get to enjoy a success. Well done, we’ve had some good times together! I would also like to thank the
2010 President Tim Hickson for his awesome leadership in the club and 2009 President Kristina Noicos for being
very patient and guiding me when I was still learning the ropes. Finally thank you to our thousands of members who
came along to our events and partied with us, you’re champions!

The future of the AUES is shining brightly and I’m very eager to see the 2011 committee take the club to new
heights. Best wishes to Michael Lee, next year’s Vice President!

Chris Quek

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Treasurer’s Report
2010 was yet another great year for the AUES financially. An increase in pub
crawl shirt sales, and several lucrative sponsorship deals saw the club’s total
revenue rise to an all time high of over $60,000. Being a strictly non-profit
organisation, these additional funds allowed the AUES to not only provide
better deals at our existing events, but to also experiment with some new
events such as O’Party and End of Exams Party.

The health of the AUES’ finances relies heavily on a successful pub crawl.
This year’s Grogfather was the biggest, and by far the most profitable
generating a profit of approximately $32,000. While the club does not aim to
profit heavily from our (insanely cheap) $5 membership, signing up 1200
members provided an additional $6,000. The final major source of income
came from sponsorship this year. The addition of several sponsorship deals
thanks to the hard work of Alex Arney and Kristina Noicos yielded another $4,200.

The profits from these sources allow the club to give back to its members - running the remainder of our events
throughout the year at a significant loss. The AUES’ infamous BBQs have continued to grow this year, costing the
club over $6,000 per BBQ on average. Cocktail Night has been budgeted for a $5,000 loss, while O’Party, Quiz Night
and Careers Night all cost approximately $2000.

So where to now? The Engineering Society is growing at a phenomenal rate, and having bigger events will cost more
money. However, the AUES is confident we will be able to generate the funds necessary to meet the needs of our
members. As the pub crawl continues to grow, and new revenue streams such as industry sponsorship are explored,
the club looks in good stead to continue providing an abundance of benefits to our members - academically,
professionally and socially.

Kailash Thiyagarajah

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Report
Equity Officer’s Report
For those students who are not aware, at the AGM last year, the
AUES voted to replace their women’s officer with an equity officer.
This officer is there to help all students who fall within a minority to
seek help if required. Their role is also to work with minorities within
the AUES to create more friendly events for everyone and
encourage everyone to attend!

This past year ran problem free with not one student feeling singled
out or discriminated against - mainly because the megaphone was
in good hands, thanks to Henry and Schults. Women in engineering
still stand as the largest minority, and as such I have worked
tirelessly to encourage female attendance to events. This showed
with a record percentage of females on our Grogfather pub crawl.
The AUES Cocktail Night, which has a fantastic female showing, is
now a permanent fixture in the AUES Calendar.

In the future the equity officer will look to encourage event participation from people of all walks of life, while possibly
introducing different events to encourage a larger range of people to attend, hence widening our membership base
and creating an even bigger, more varied, accepting and exciting club.

Congratulations to James Hardy who has been elected as the Equity Officer for 2011! I hope your year is as
problem-free as mine.

Charlene Du Toit

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O’Week
O’Week - if you remember it you’re doing it wrong. Unfortunately for reasons I can’t quite fathom, I volunteered
myself to write about O’Week this
year, to give you all the memories
that you don’t have. O’Week kicked it
off in the usual fashion, with the
AUES tent on the Barr Smith Lawns
for the second year. We used this
position to our advantage; the
beloved megaphone was whipped
out and in use within the first five
minutes of the morning.

Every year the AUES gives an
introduction to first years on who we
are and what we do during the
introductory lectures on the Monday,
and this year was no different. Tim and I set off for the first session, and delivered our sensible, sober spiel to an
audience of eager young engineers. As the day progressed, the alcohol consumption picked up and the afternoon
lecture rolled around, this time we rocked up with a few extra committee members in tow. Together we managed to
give a somewhat less sober, more accurate depiction of what the
AUES really is (including liberal use of the phrase ‘free beer’). I don’t
remember much of what was said, but I am sure we left a reasonable
impression as first years are still recognising and talking to me like
they know me 6 months after the event.

Our mission at O’Week is to sign up as many
members as possible and get some early
bird pub crawl shirt purchases going. This
year we signed up a record 873 number of
members, and sold almost a third of our pub
crawl shirts in our 4 days on the lawns. We
also cooked a BBQ for the Union, harassed
passer-bys with our megaphone, watched on
during the fears, and successfully
undermined the Meds’ Scullduggery with our
kick-ass O’Party.

Lara Rocke

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O’Party
The now annual O’Party was run this year at the Adelaide Rowing Club on Tuesday night of O’Week. We sold 200
tickets before the first day of O’Week was even over. Such success with ticket sales was only a small indicator of
what was to come.
Punters turned out early, the place
filling up before sundown. The bar,
although the cheapest, was perhaps
the slowest in town, but the fact that
it was seemingly 17 people deep at
some stages didn’t slow the masses
to succumbing to alcohol’s effects.
Before long, half the party was
stumbling about in a drunken stupor,
whilst the slightly more sober other
half could only laugh at their antics.

The d-floor was cranking all night, with sets from Andrew Howlett and
Stubanga going off, the toilet lines uncomfortably long and half the party
strewn outside the venue on the banks of the river Torrens. By the end of
the night there had been a few brave soldiers swimming in the Torrens (all
of which thankfully didn’t end up with any diseases from the water), and a
story of one fellow who shall remained unnamed that fell asleep in some
nearby bushes only to wake up at 5 am, cold, alone and hungry.

Special mention goes to Red Bull for not only bringing a Red Bull car with
girls to distribute the goods, but for driving their impressively decked out
“Red Bull Truck” onto the lawns in front of the Rowing Club. In what can
only be described as a fusion of truck & night club, it was a definite highlight
of the night, and supplied the party-goers with plenty of loud music and
entertainment with the big screen.

A word of warning for
those planning on attending next year’s party - get in early for
your ticket, and come prepared for the best night out during
O’Week, it’s only going to get bigger from here.

Lara Rocke

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AUES vs. Med Tug of War
The AUES vs. Med Tug of War was officially an event to celebrate the 125th year of the Faculty that brings us lovely
Med students. Unofficially, it was a
chance for the AUES to eat and drink as
much as possible and have the Faculty of
Health Sciences pick up the tab. There
was also the chance to ruin some Med
egos during their annihilation in a tug of
war competition against some formidable
Engies.

It was a free event for members of both societies, however it was only the AUES that had the ability to sign up
members... which was a definite bonus. The food was a tad fancy compared to regular AUES BBQs, with a nice
selection of green leafy salads (nothing like the mayonnaise-soaked potatoes and spiral pasta we’re used to).

After everyone had a chance to fill their bellies to the brim with food and drink, it was time for the Tug of War. For
fairness sake, we had a warm-up round of Engies vs. Engies to show the Meds how a tug of war actually works. After
that, it was determined that the winner of the Cup would be decided by a “best of 3” competition. As you may have
expected, the Engies destroyed the Meds in both rounds quite convincingly – winning the cup and shaming the Meds
on their special day.

Special thanks goes to Red Bull for once again bringing their DJ Truck and supplying the Red Bull girls and free cans
for all. Second thanks are for Apple who kindly donated the red t-shirts for the Engie team, making us look better
than we could have ever imagined.

Kristina Noicos

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BBQs
With more members than ever
before and the reputation of the
infamous Engie BBQ growing, the
2010 committee started excitedly
planning how we could make the
2010 BBQs even bigger and better.
Each BBQ looks, from the outside,
like a casual get together between a
few hundred close friends. However,
in truth it takes two weeks of careful
planning from the committee to
make sure they flow as smoothly as
possible. Advertising starts a few
weeks prior to the event with a
Facebook event being made and the
membership email list being
spammed. Over the next few weeks
posters start appearing around the
University and then, with 20 minutes
before the BBQ officially kicks off, the
AUES releases its secret advertising
weapon: 10 kg of onions thrown on a
BBQ. On BBQ day set up begins at
9.30 am. This consists of hundreds of
trolley trips between our storage
room, the AUU and the Barr Smith
Lawns. Foodland rocks up around 11
am with a small mountain of bread,
sausages and salad. Kegs are
tapped, punch with punch is mixed,
the PA system is warmed up and the
BBQs (yep, there are three of them) are lit,
normally with a hunk of flaming cardboard.

The first AUES BBQ of the year in Term 1
was, in hindsight, epic and even this is a
slight understatement. Our members made
light work of a record number of kegs and
punch. The bunnies from ‘09 returned, this
time sponsored by the AUES to hand out a
little bit of Easter spirit. It became obvious
that the AUES would need to tweak some
numbers and the serving system to be able

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feed and water the masses at the future BBQs. This was done by splitting up the food and drinks area and generally
just spreading things out. This allowed over 500 people to enjoy the Engie BBQ in Term 3. Also an epic addition:
pump tops for dispensing sauce, which have been well overdue.

An Engie BBQ is
not just any old
BBQ, it is a time
where people
come to enjoy
the lighter side
of Uni life, make
new friends and
generally relax.
In Term 3, the
tug of war, which
had been
conducted on
the lawns the
previous year, was moved back to the Torrens with great success. The UniSA students were scared off and a truly
awesome tug of war was conducted by the “North” and “South” members of the AUES. Two minutes of pain ended
when the “North’s”, who were looking impressive, ran out of room to move back and several members had to let go
and run to the front. This gave the “South’s” all the momentum they needed to take home the chocolates. Two
legendary members of the losing team
expressed their dissatisfaction with the
result by performing a protest swim
across the Torrens.

As the BBQs have grown over the last couple of years the lines have grown but
so has the serving efficiency and the customer (member) satisfaction.
Although, we call them Engie BBQs, they are enjoyed by a multitude of
disciplines, students, teachers, homeless lads and... even... med students. The
workload has been shared over most of the committee this year which has
made them a lot easier and more fun to run. Finally, a huge thanks has to be
given to the countless non-committee members that help out by setting up,
turning sausages, pouring beers and generally making them happen. You know who you are.

Henry Harch

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Pub Crawl
This is the one AUES event that sets us apart as the premier provider of
outrageous enjoyment at the University. Looking back on an engineering
degree, the most memorable moments will be the AUES pub crawls
regardless of whether there are any memories of them at all. 2010 was
no exception.

This year’s theme, ‘The Grogfather’, was as popular as the alcohol
consumed on it. With over 2000 people in attendance, it was the largest
pub crawl in the history of the AUES and arguably1 the history of the
world. Commencing at the
coveted UniBar, the AUES
pub crawl oath was recited
with pride in our hearts, beer
in our hands and vodka
shots (FREE thanks to the
UniBar) in our stomachs.2
Sculling competitions set the
scene for what was to
become a momentous night.

Moving on from the UniBar,
the crowd moved in different
directions throughout the
night. However, the sea of
sexy black tux shirts was
unmistakeable and quite
intimidating for city dwellers.

The long arm of the AUES pub
crawl reached countless pubs in
the east and west ends. All in all,
17 pubs were visited plus one food
stop - Hungry Jack’s.

The climax of the night began with
the opening of the doors of St.
Paul’s. Capable of holding more
than half of the attendees, it was
the perfect venue to finish off a
night which by this stage was
becoming quite fuzzy.3

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For those of you who participated in this prestigious event, you are able to walk around with your heads held high
knowing that you have contributed to a long lasting tradition of enjoyment, mateship and excessive drinking. For
those of you who were not there, your life has yet to begin.4

I would like to extend a huge thank you to those few people who roamed the night in white shirts for their efforts as
well as those who put in the effort without one. Also, a special thanks to those very few who went above and beyond
the call of duty to ensure a fantastic night was had by all: they know who they are.

Brad Hocking

1 Quite arguably!

2 Many vodka shots by this
stage had already managed
to resurface and could be
found in various locations
around the UniBar.

3 Please see photos for a
more in depth explanation
of the night from St. Paul’s
onwards as there was no
one on the committee and
possibly the entire pub
crawl that can remember…

4 No. Not metaphorically.
You literally have not lived.

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Quiz Night
The 2010 AUES quiz night was definitely one of the best events on the AUES calendar, with 220 bright, eager young
minds filling 22 tables. Each attendee eagerly awaiting an evening of pure brain teasing questions interlaced with
delightfully stimulating
mini-games, the
highlights of which were
heads and tails, boat
races and toss a coin at
a bottle of liquor. This
night offered the usual
AUES quiz night fun,
games and “occasional”
drink, but this time at a
new venue, St Paul’s.
This classy new venue
boasted not only
glasses actually made
of glass, but also table
service! This removed
the need for any of the competitors to run away from their tables to refill their drinks, but instead allowed them to give
their full attention to the fantastic questions prepared by the AUES committee.

The night got off to a speedy start in the drinking and socialising departments while everyone waited on the most
important ingredient of a quiz night, the questions, which were still in the process of being printed in CATS by the
7:00 pm starting time. This delay,
however, did allow teams to begin on the
trusty table games like “Name This Flag”,
“Where In Uni Am I?” and of course the
famous “Scavenger Hunt”. The MC for the
night, Xan, used this time to introduce
another new addition to the 2010 Quiz
Night. This item was used many times
throughout the night and was successful in

removing small pieces of every user’s dignity as
it went, this item of course was the “dress of
shame”, used to highlight everything from
cheating quiz goers to slightly inebriated acts of
stupidity.

With the arrival of our trusty president Tim, a
fresh round of beer, wine and champagne and of course the
questions, round 1 began. A ripple of excitement permeated around
the room. The teams debated the opening questions in an attempt to

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win the first round. For some, this was an attempt to get a good
start on the way to winning the night. For others it was a matter of
being able to say “we were number one!” before slowly falling down
the leader board with every beer, wine or champagne consumed.

As the night progressed a clear divide was forming between the
tables. Some teams had obviously come to win, while others,
although beginning with great enthusiasm and promise, later
realised they were not quite up to scratch. Some teams soon
changed their focus of winning the main prize of Quiz Night glory
towards another equally important, respected and prestigious prize
- the wooden spoon.

As the final round drew to a close,
the leader board revealed The
David Campbell Experience as
the winners of eternal glory, or, in other words, the 2010 AUES Quiz Night. By 1 point, they claimed the title of Quiz
Night Champions, as well as winning the Scavenger Hunt.

With the quiz over for another year,
attention turned to making the most
of the remaining drinks package.
Congratulations and commiserations
drinks were shared before gearing
up for the Winston Bar after party.
With the party set to rage on for
hours to come, it was overall a
fantastic night with quizzes, mates
and many drinks topping off yet
another fantastic AUES event.

James Hardy

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Careers Night
The 2010 YEA AUES Careers Night which took place in Term 3 was a roaring success, with over 250 students and
50 industry representatives in attendance.

The Night kicked off with an hour of presentations from esteemed companies Chris Tan Consulting, Santos, Babcock
International and Australian Defence Force. Each company shared their insight on student relevant topics such as
“Engineers can make a difference”, “Getting out of the office”,
“Your career, aim high, be proud”, and “The alternative side to
engineering”. The response from students on the night was so
overwhelming that all seats and aisles of the function room were
packed out before the event commenced.

Following these presentations was the opportunity to network over
drinks and finger food, with representatives from the following
companies in stalls: DSTO, Australian Defence Force, Engineers
Australia, ElectraNet, KBR, Babcock International, GHD, Farley
Riggs, Bardavcol, York Civil, Santos, GPA Engineering and Teach
AUES Vice President Christopher Quek presenting the
ADFA Industry Representative with a bottle of wine.
for Australia.

Young Engineers Australia (YEA) were the major sponsor of the event and provided great support by providing
advice in the early planning stages and being very generous to open up the event to all engineering students from
other major Universities in South Australia. YEA were also very kind to contribute an iPod Nano as a door prize
which was presented by the University of Adelaide YEA Campus Coordinator Divina Tomamak.

The AUES is very honoured and would like to thank the representatives who flew in from interstate to attend the
event. We are also very thankful that multiple company owners took an interest in the event and personally came
along to meet students. It was a highly rewarding evening with many students securing vacation work interviews and
making new contacts/networks. The industry representatives were very pleased with outcome of the event and have
expressed their interest in participating in the future.

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The careers night was an overwhelming success and exceeded our expectations in terms of quality and student
participation. We aim to bring this event up to a bigger scale in 2011, with hopes of moving to a larger venue to cater
to increased student numbers.

The AUES would like to thank
the organising committee for
putting in a lot of hard work in
organising the event. We would
also like to thank the Faculty of
Engineering, Computer &
Mathematical Sciences (ECMS)
for their continual support. It has
enabled us to organise quality
events on a regular basis for our
dedicated student body.

Chris Quek

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Cocktail Night
As the Cocktail Night falls outside the timeline of Hysteresis in 2010, we have an opportunity to look back at the
inaugural event held in 2009. It was a starry night,
and surprisingly, people turned up at exactly the
starting time, a very early 7 pm. So much for these
engies being “fashionably late”, although for the first
time the truly fashionable side of AUES members
was evident as they dressed up in their finest
cocktail attire. The event was to celebrate “100
Years of the AUES”, despite the somewhat obvious
knowledge that the AUES has not actually existed
for 100 years. It does sound good though.

The hors d’oeuvres were quickly devoured, and the
drinks package was a delight (excepting for the
strangely purple “Fruit Tingle” daiquiri which will not
be repeated in 2010). An extreme underestimation of drink consumption (sorry everyone!) resulted in the cocktails
running out by 9 pm, so it was a quick drive to Dan Murphy’s and Coles to fill up a very small hatchback with $1200
of ingredients! Tom Vincent, the AUES’ longest
serving committee member, kindly offered to be
bartender for the entire night, and was supported
by the tireless efforts of Yasmin Freschi and
Charlie Aust (who isn’t actually on committee but
loves being behind a bar). Without their quick
service and drink skills the night would definitely
not have run so smoothly.

Sadly, the hired DJ seemed to misinterpret the
meaning of “current charts music” and decided to
play a mixture of electro/house tunes that no one
wanted to dance to for a long time. This again will
not be repeated in 2010 - when we say a DJ will take requests we really mean it this time!

The 2010 event themed “The Red Carpet Cocktail Night” is
shaping up to be a bigger and even better event than its
predecessor. It has been kindly sponsored by GPA Engineering
and will feature a slightly new collection of drinks and definitely
more food. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet, go to the
Chemical, Mechanical or Civil school offices and do it!

Kristina Noicos

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Vox Pop
1. Something you can’t wait for to be created?
2. Favourite sexual innuendo?
3. Place you would pick to pay your bill in 5c pieces, why?
4. Why you think Jesus turned water into wine instead of beer?
5. Favourite club on campus? (Hint: AUES)

Tom Noicos
1. Performance enhancing drugs that actually increase your
learning capabilities (they would have to be illicit so I could
then proceed to sell them, thus generating wealth and
maintaining high grades).
2. A Secular Nun.
3. Whichever store hired a blind clerk so I could beguile them
into believing they were light $2 coins.
4. I believe like me he was a shallow man, and prior to the
days of low carb beers, Jesus believed that beer would
create a voluptuous society and one in which he would no
longer want to penetrate with his gift of love, hence the
lower cholesterol option of wine.
5. AUES.
Lloyd Moffatt
1. Fart Cam, track down the bad eggs in lectures (pardon the pun).
2. Doggy Style. Innuendo is French for position, right?
3. DJs Subway at lunch time. To teach them a lesson for having
broken toasters, for over a month!
4. They didn't have home-brew back then I guess.
5. AMSS, ‘cos they're all dumb enough for engineers to be able to pick
up. "hey cutie, can you teach me how to play doctors..."

Jenny Ngyugen
1. Time travel.
2. That's what she said.
3. The $1 shop to piss them off.
4. Same reason why Jews have wise monetary
investments - wine actually goes up in value.
5. AUES.

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Law Stapleton
1. Self removing pair of trousers.
2. Addicted to group sax nights.
3. Laos or Thailand, currency takes it a bit further.
4. When Jesus told all his followers to turn around for his trick, he knew
they were full of faith but the opening of a bottle of beer in place of the
water was too noisy, therefore giving away his trick, where the casket
wine is much more stealth to pour.
5. AUES because their BBQs are unlike anyone else and more like
everyone else’s.

Chris McMichael
1. A GPS on the TV remote so you can’t lose it.
2. Associated homogenous equation (ass. homo. equation).
3. The Casino - because they keep taking my money.
4. Jesus was a snob...?
5. What's that club that has that sweet pub crawl???

Michael Hopper
1. A device that allows me to hit idiots on
the internet through the computer screen.
2. More like in-your-endo.
3. When paying a parking fine because
pissing off that desk wench gives me a
warm fuzzy feeling.
4. Because Australian beer hadn't been
invented yet and he liked the taste of his
own blood.
5. AUMS; without their solutions I could
never have achieved my brilliant 51P in
DESM. They also give me lots of
sausage.

Michael Lee
1. Powdered water.
2. The second coming is imminent.
3. Any nightclub. Let’s see if the door b**** actually knows how to count.
4. Jesus was a template for today’s modern homeless man; poor, unwashed,
goes everywhere on foot and so on. Now if we apply this analysis backwards,
today’s modern homeless man can obtain a bottle of wine for $1.99 and
when you’re homeless and drinking in the park with your buddies, $1.99 is an
excellent price.
5. AUES, enough said.

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Where are they now?
Name: Paul Pearce MIEAust CPEng

Degrees: MEng(MilitarySysInteg), B.E (Mechatronics),
B.Ma&CompSc

Final Year Project: “GPS Differential Carrier Phase
Measurements for Attitude Determination”. My colleague,
Matthew Cranwell, and I built a demonstrator to use the
relative readings of three GPS receivers (to be installed in
the wings and nose of a UAV) to determine pitch, roll and
yaw in real-time, as an alternative to a regular inertial
navigation system. Matt Tetlow was our supervisor (thanks
Matts).

Current Job: Lead Systems Engineer at Deep Blue Tech Pty Ltd (DBT)

DBT is an R&D arm of ASC (formally Australian Submarine Corporation) based in Adelaide. DBT is focussing on
developing and comparing submarine concepts to replace the Collins Class submarines. In DBT, I have been
responsible for developing a distributed submarine simulation, called SUBSIM, which is used to assess and compare
submarine concepts.

Winding the clock back, I graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2004, having completed both a Bachelor of
Engineering (Mechatronics) and a Bachelor of Mathematical and Computer Sciences. In the same year, I completed
a 3-month student internship working on the A380 passenger jet at EADS Airbus in Hamburg, Germany. It was an
incredible journey, both technically and culturally. Imagine having to walk under a landing strip to get from the front
gate to my office building!

After graduating, I got a job with ASC and entered into a two-year graduate program. As a graduate I was rotated
through a number of different engineering departments to expand my knowledge and skills. Two highlights spring to
mind - the first was spending seven days at sea on HMAS COLLINS transiting from Adelaide to Perth. Living on
board an operational warship was an amazing experience - and I gained an enormous respect for our submariners
and the steel tube they call home. The second highlight occurred towards the end of my graduate program, when I
worked on the Air Warfare Destroyer project during the competitive tendering phase. During that time I helped to
coordinate alternative bids from Navantia and Gibbs & Cox.

On a reflective note, my closest friends today are still the same rag-tag bunch of friends that came together in
second-year uni to solve tutorials and assignments! Now, despite being spread far and wide interstate and overseas,
we still try to celebrate with a meal somewhere when someone returns home.

Paul Pearce

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Australian School of Petroleum
Head of School
Professor Steve Begg

Deputy Head of School
Professor Bruce Ainsworth

The past year has been full of eventful highlights for the Australian School of Petroleum. Early in 2010 we welcomed
a new Head of School with Professor Richard Hillis leaving ASP to take up the position of CEO for the new Deep
Exploration Technology CRC after 18 years at the University of Adelaide. The newly appointed Head of School for
ASP is Professor Steve Begg with Professor Bruce Ainsworth as Deputy Head of School.

In addition to Richard Hillis’ departure we have also farewelled Dr Ros King, Dr Motiur Rahman, Dr Rachel Nanson,
Dr Nicole Dobrinski, Dr David Haberlah and Sally Holl. Yet we welcomed the arrival of Dr Mark Tingay, who took up a
Senior Lecturer position with the School in March. Mark has taken on co-ordination of the Level II course ‘Drilling
Engineering’, as well as ‘Introduction to Petroleum Engineering’.

In late 2009 Dr Kathryn Amos, who was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at ASP, started as a Lecturer. In addition to
her teaching into the Petroleum Geoscience program, Kathryn is currently co-ordinating ‘Sedimentology &
Stratigraphy’ for Level II Petroleum Engineering students and supervising an Engineering Honours project.

On the research side we welcomed Dr Julien Bourget in February. Julien is the first ASP funded Postdoctoral Fellow
and has been working with Prof Bruce Ainsworth on ‘Plio-Pleistocene evolution of the Bonaparte basin, Timor Sea,
NW Australia’. Julien has also been assisting with both the Geoscience and Engineering programs.

There have been some significant staff achievements over the last 12 months, including major ARC funding success
for Prof Pavel Bedrikovetsky, who was awarded both a Discovery Project for ‘Modelling the capillary entrapment
phenomena and integrity of geological reservoirs for clean energy, water and waste management technologies’ and
a Linkage Project for ‘Development of innovative technologies for oil production based on the advanced theory of
suspension flows in porous media’.

Dr Mark Tingay was selected, on the basis of being an exceptional early- to mid-career researcher, to attend the
Australian Academy of Sciences 2010 high-fliers think tank on ‘Searching the Deep Earth: The Future of Australian
Resource Discovery and Utilisation’.

Prof Steve Begg will begin an SPE Distinguished Lecturer tour in October presenting on ‘Reliability of Expert
Judgments and Uncertainty Assessments’. The tour will include Romania, Norway, Denmark, the UK and Spain.

There have also been numerous student achievements. Petroleum Engineering Honours student Mohamad Hakim
Hamid was awarded 1st prize and the Patrons Award at the Merdeka Gala Dinner Awards held in August. The award
recognises top Malaysian students in their final year at a South Australian University, based on their academic
performance and community contributions.

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Final year honours student Finlay Ball was the 2010
recipient of the JF Kennedy Memorial Petroleum
Engineering Entrepreneurial Scholarship The
scholarship of $20,000 is awarded to students who
demonstrate entrepreneurship, community
involvement, innovation and academic achievement.

For her poster presentation at the 2010 AAPG Annual
Convention, PhD student Marianne Sandstrom
received an SEPM Award, one of their Mobil Student
Travel Grants. Marianne was one of five students to
receive one of these awards.

PhD student Justin MacDonald has been awarded an AAPG grant (the Gordon I. Atwater Memorial Grant of $3000)
to use towards conducting analytical modelling of detachments in the delta and deepwater fold-thrust belts of the
Ceduna Sub-basin, Australia. He also received second place in the '2009 Midland Valley Student Structural Prize'
($1000 USD), for his work on the White Pointer and Hammerhead Delta Systems in the Bight Basin, Australia.

In November 2009 John Ciccarelli, a member of the 2009 honours class, was invited to attend the Energize Your
Future Conference in Paris, all expenses paid! We congratulate John, one of only three students internationally to
have been invited to attend.

In late 2009, PhD student Treena Bron was awarded the Eric Rudd Memorial Scholarship of $5000. This travelling
scholarship is designed to enable students to spend time at some of the best geoscience institutes, mine sites and
other key geological locations, possibly in combination with presenting a paper at an international conference.

Caitlin Davis from the 2009 Petroleum Geoscience honours class received the PESA Graduate Prize for her thesis
entitled "Pre-Permian structural evolution of the Western flank of the Cooper Basin, with implications for migration
pathways".

In October 2009 Dan O’Reilly (who graduated in April 2010) won the Australia region Society of Petroleum Engineers
(SPE) student paper contest, winning an expenses paid trip to attend the SPE Annual meeting in the US where he
presented his paper at the
International Student Paper
Contest. This is the highest
award/level achievable for
undergraduate petroleum
engineering students. Dan came
second out of around 20 regional
winners.

Our Geoscience Honours and
Masters program has proved
very popular this year with a
record number of 19 enrolled

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students. The class benefitted from the annual trip in June to the Amadeus Basin in Central Australia. The week-long
trip sees students travel to Alice Springs, the starting point for an examination of the Proterozoic and Palaeozoic
succession in the Amadeus Basin.

Over the first weekend in May our 1st year class enjoyed the annual weekend field trip to Sellicks Beach and
Carrickalinga Head. Geoscience and Engineering staff, as well as some ASP postgraduate students assisted the 1st
year groups with some basic geological tasks whilst exploring the Fleurieu Peninsula.

This year we have our largest number of undergraduate engineering students (almost 50), completing their final year.
Honours and Design project presentations will be held over 3 days from October 27th to 29th.

One of the most engaging final year undergraduate courses is ‘Integrated Reservoir and Project Management’ which
is taught by Dr Steve Mackie and Peter Gilliland. The Project Management portion sees the ASP conference room
transformed into a dynamic classroom as students undertake their group projects.

The articulation program with Ho Chi Minh University of Technology has seen several students arrive from Vietnam
to complete their Petroleum Engineering degree at the University of Adelaide. We look forward to the expansion of
the program and anticipate significant increases in student numbers for the next couple of years.

The ASP Seminar Series continues to attract interest with the 2010 seminars including a presentation from an ex-
engineering honours student Jürgen Mason. Jürgen’s presentation was on the Cobia platform, located in the Bass
Strait. He gave an overview of the geology of central fields, the key challenges associated with developing drilling
targets, and the
importance of good
communication and
strong team work.

The annual Graduation
Dinner for 2009 was held
at Ayers House on the
evening of December
10th. From our 2009
engineering honours
class, awards were
received by Phillip
Lemon, Ibrahim Shahin,

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Elferrerious Alim Albert, Dominic Pepicelli and Piotr Sapa. Petroleum Geoscience honours student Steven Kwitko
received 3 awards at the dinner including the George Allen Memorial Prize, the AusIMM/Santos Prize and the Origin
Energy/Ted Moorcroft Award.

ASP had 56 graduates who had their award conferred in April 2010. There were 32 in BE (Petroleum) and combined
degrees, 7 in our Masters of Petroleum Engineering program, 4 in the Master of Petroleum Geoscience program, 10
in our Honours Petroleum Geology and Geophysics program and 3 PhD students. We wish all our graduates great
success in their future careers.

Anne Gurowski
Administrator of Australian School of Petroleum

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School of Chemical Engineering
As the first year of my tenure as Head of School comes to a close, I look back on the year
with pride and a renewed sense of purpose as we look towards 2011.
Some significant firsts have occurred in 2010. This year saw the opening of the new $1.5
million biopharmaceutical laboratory in Engineering North that is now fast being populated
by state-of-the-art equipment and exploited by both undergraduate and postgraduate
students. This year will also see the graduation of the first cohort of Pharmaceutical
Engineering students, a major milestone in this program that is unique in Australia.
The Pharmaceutical Engineering students also formed the first Australian-based student
chapter of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) earlier this year.
Head of School This chapter has since organised a very successful industry night at Adelaide and, if the
Prof. Mark J. Biggs feedback from others in the community are anything to go by, it also represented the School
with distinction at the ISPE Leadership Forum recently held in Sydney. Dr Hu Zhang and Dr Jingxiu Bi, the two
Pharmaceutical Engineering lecturing staff in the School, have played a significant role in mentoring this chapter.
The School also played a leading role in organising Chemeca 2010, the 40th Annual Australasian Chemical
Engineering Conference, which was held in the Adelaide Hilton over the last few days of September. This conference
was one of the largest Chemeca conferences ever, with nearly 550 delegates, and one of the most cutting-edge, with
the posters being delivered via 42 inch flat
screens and the proceedings being supplied on a
USB stick.
The School is proud to acknowledge the
sponsorship of two undergraduate scholarships
by BHP worth $40,000 each over four years. The
recipients this year were James Russell and
Alicia Hurkmans, who are both to be
congratulated. The School is also pleased to
acknowledge Santos for very generously
donating a personalised copy of Perry’s Chemical
Engineering Handbook to every first year student
in the Chemical Engineering and associated
double degrees!
The School was also very pleased to hear
recently that Abdul Al-Dasooqi, a second year Dr David Lewis (left) and Associate Professor Peter Ashman (right) with the
General Manager of SQC, Gerald Barker, the company that has recently
chemical engineering student, recently won the joined with the Australian Research Council (ARC) to fund a major project in
‘Make It So’ competition. The purpose of the the School concerned with energy co-products from microalgal biofuel
competition, which was run nationally by production, which is one potential way of making fuel from microalgae
Engineers Australia, was to raise awareness of economically feasible.
the contribution engineers make to the
community. Over 7000 ideas were submitted by more than 100,000 people – 1 in 100,000 is pretty impressive! Well
done Abdul.
As one of the inaugural recipients of the Schroder Scholarship in the first half of the 1990s, I am particularly pleased
to see its re-launch in 2010. This scholarship, which is supported by Adelaide Brighton Cement, supports PhD
studies directed towards developing a more sustainable Australia. The scholarship was awarded to Andrew Ward,
who will be researching anaerobic digestion of marine microalgal biomass under the supervision of Dr David Lewis.
On the staff front, the School is happy to welcome its latest Associate Professor as Peter Ashman gets a well
deserved promotion following his year as Acting Head in 2009. This reflects the outstanding contributions that Pete
has made over many years to teaching, research, leadership and life of the School.
The School has also seen an influx of new staff in the last 18 months with the arrival in the second half of 2009 of Dr
Sheng Dai and Dr Philip Kwong. Both work at the interface between materials and chemical engineering. These
appointments along with my own in December 2008 means the School is once again building a major presence in
the materials sphere.

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The School has also recently appointed three new independent postdoctoral fellows – Dr Shen (biomaterials), Dr
Zivkovic (microfluidics) and Dr Mijajlovic (bionanotechnology) – following success in the Faculty Research Group
Initiative launched by the Dean in 2009.
The School lost one of its longest serving members, Sanh Tran, in 2010 when the School’s computing officer post
was made redundant following a review that recommended the resources would be better directed towards assisting
academic staff be more innovative in their delivery of the taught programs. This support will come in the form of a
Learning Support Officer (LSO) whose appointment is being finalised as I write this article.
In early 2009, staff gathered at the annual two-day School Strategy Workshop to develop the basis for a strategy
aimed at making the School a research leader in the field by the middle of this decade. Much efforts since then has
been focused on developing and implementing the details of this strategy. There has already been some
encouraging developments with the number of category 1 grant applications in 2010 up 4-fold on 2008, whilst the
number of top (A/A*) journal publications has increased dramatically over the same period from 2 in 2008 to what
looks like being more than 30 by the close of 2010.
The strategy has also seen the launch of a new
School Research Seminar series. Funding of this
series has seen leading researchers from around
Australia and beyond brought to Adelaide to present
on their work, including Professor Kaneko from Japan,
a World leader in nanocarbons, and Professor Su of
the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an internationally
recognised bioprocess engineer.
Students enjoying themselves at the Annual Chems Dinner
held this year in the Sebel Playford following a very successful
fundraising campaign by the Chems Society.

2010 has also seen the micro-algae activity at
Adelaide come of age. This activity, that was
founded by Dr David Lewis and Professor Keith
King in the earlier part of this decade and has
since been joined by Associate Professor Peter
Ashman, was recently awarded nearly $1M from
the ARC and SQC Pty Ltd to investigate energy
co-products from microalgal biofuel production.
This follows on from a $2 million grant awarded in
2008, with partners at Murdoch University, to
make the economical production of fuels and other
materials from microalgae a reality. As part of this
work, construction of a pilot plant in currently
underway at Karratha in WA. The group has now
been invited to be part of a Cooperative Research
Centre involving four universities and several
major companies. The bid has progressed to stage 2 and there are high hopes of success.
The School is not, of course, resting on its laurels. It has much further to do on the research front. The School has
also resolved at its 2010 Strategy Workshop in July to increase substantially the innovation in its curricula and the
way they are delivered.
The above clearly indicates we have achieved much as a School over 2010 and I am proud to have been part of
those achievements. Of course, none of these would have been possible without the hard work of all the staff and
students in the School – I thank you all for these efforts. In closing, I would like to wish our soon-to-be graduates of
2010 all the best in their new careers and hope you will not forget to let us know from time to time what you are
doing. Of course, we would also most definitely welcome you back for a visit either as individuals or as a cohort.

Professor Mark J. Biggs

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School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Engineering
Forty students are expected to graduate from the University of Adelaide’s new mining
engineering program at the end of the year, the first graduates since the program started in
2007. For the students, the timing couldn’t be better as the mining industry continues its
dramatic recovery. Developed in conjunction with the South Australian government and in
response to industry’s increasing demand for resources and skilled workers the program
was targeted to turn out highly trained and job-ready graduates. With this in mind the
students have been exposed to all aspects of the mining industry including geology,
planning and design, mine management and environmental engineering. We wish the new
graduates all the best as they start their careers.
Head of School
Prof. Martin Lambert Interest in Architectural Engineering has also been very strong and student numbers
continue to grow dramatically. Meetings with industry have indicated that graduates with this qualification will be
sought after in the fast moving buildings engineering area. The school has just appointed its first Architectural
Engineering academic, Dr Alex Ng, who will take up his position in February 2011 and we expect another more
senior appointment to be made soon.

The Civil Engineering laboratories have been extremely busy with final year research projects and commercial
testing this year. 18 Civil Honours research projects were undertaken, as well as an additional 5 postgraduate
research projects and a large volume of commercial testing work. Civil laboratory facilities were also used by 5
Mechanical Engineering Honours research groups.

The year started with a courageous attempt to win back the
Concrete Canoe Race champions title from UniSA, but
despite a valiant effort by all involved the title remained
elusive. Look out in 2011 though!

Two significant Civil structures projects were undertaken,
one investigating earthquake protection of masonry walls
using near surface mounted CFRP, while the other looked and the cyclic loading performance of Carbon Fibre
(CFRP) and Aramid Fibre (AFRP) tubes with high strength concrete. Other projects investigated the growth of biofilm

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