The 2008 AUES yearbook, Hysteresis, provides a summary of the year's events for the Adelaide University Engineering Society. It includes reports from the heads of each engineering school, summaries of AUES events like O-Week, BBQs, and elections. It also features candid photos from throughout the year, lists of people and things the committee loves and hates, and autographs from committee members. The yearbook serves to document the activities and accomplishments of AUES and the engineering faculty in 2008.

1. YEARBOOK
THE ENGINEERING
HYSTERESIS 2008
The Annual Publication of the Adelaide University Engineering Society

2. HYSTERESIS 2008
The Adelaide University Engineering Society
would like to present
Hysteresis
Published by Adelaide University Engineering Society
Edited by Yasmin Freschi and Lloyd Moffatt
Published October 2008
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Contents
AUES Loves and Hates ....................................................................................................... 1
The AUES Committee 2008................................................................................................. 2
Editorials .............................................................................................................................. 3
Prez Sez .............................................................................................................................. 4
VPs Write-up........................................................................................................................ 5
Treasurer’s Write-up ............................................................................................................ 6
Women’s Officer Write-up .................................................................................................... 6
AUES Events ....................................................................................................................... 7
O’Week ............................................................................................................................ 7
Pub Crawl......................................................................................................................... 8
BBQs .............................................................................................................................. 10
End of Exams Party........................................................................................................ 11
Careers Night ................................................................................................................. 11
Election Week and The Party Party Party ...................................................................... 12
Vox Pop ............................................................................................................................. 13
Head of School Reports
Head of Chemical Engineering....................................................................................... 16
Head of Civil Engineering ............................................................................................... 17
Head of Electrical Engineering ....................................................................................... 18
Head of Mechanical Engineering ................................................................................... 19
Head of Australian School of Petroleum......................................................................... 20
Report from EEESAU ........................................................................................................ 21
Report from AIAA ............................................................................................................... 22
Dirty Words in Engineering ................................................................................................ 23
Women in Technology Challenge ...................................................................................... 23
AUES in Numbers .............................................................................................................. 24
The Maths Building – Before, In-between and After .......................................................... 25
New Engineering Degrees - What the?.............................................................................. 26
The Facebook Group ......................................................................................................... 26
The Must Do List for Every Engie ...................................................................................... 27
The Food and Drink Nazi in CATS ..................................................................................... 29
History-sis - A Blast From The Past ................................................................................... 30
Pub Review........................................................................................................................ 31
Pictures of 2008 ................................................................................................................. 33
Handover BBQ (2007) .................................................................................................... 33
O’Week .......................................................................................................................... 35
Pub Crawl....................................................................................................................... 37
BBQs .............................................................................................................................. 43
Careers Night ................................................................................................................. 49
Election Week and The Party Party Party ...................................................................... 51
Random Uni Pics ........................................................................................................... 53
Autographs ........................................................................................................................ 55
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AUES Loves and Hates
People We Love: People We Hate:
Xan For being so awesome Lloyd For thinking he is awesome
Rhys & Andy For cooking at our BBQs Shwatta Worst President Ever
Sandy For DJing at our BBQs Michael Newman For thinking he has a clue
Lloyd For trying to get more girls on the Foodland For not rocking up with our
committee and actually food until 1.30 when we start
succeeding BBQs at 12!
Dan the Man For being a male model and Lloyd For volunteering for the editing
appearing in all the uni publicity. committee without having read
What a dreamboat! the magazine EVER!
Shannon Mason For once again doing such a great Skullbuggery For thinking that they were so
job helping us defame awesome and that people
entertainment icons – for doing actually wanted to go to HQ.
pub crawl shirts
Lloyd For not doing anything for
James Lovell For looking like the guy from ‘The Hysteresis
New Guy’
That CATS Guy For being a food and drink Nazi
Indiana Jones For being this years pub-crawl while we spent hours trying to
theme produce this mag for our loyal
fans
Xkcd comics For giving me a lot of
entertainment while writing this Med students and For being completely crap and
mag and for allowing us to copy AMSS not taking the credit for the
and paste straight into Hysteresis treasure hunt list!
Guy who stole our For stealing and losing our
megaphone megaphone on pub-crawl
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The AUES Committee 2008
Chris Schwarz Alexander Jenner-O’shea Rebecca Tennant –
(Shwatta) – Prez (Xan) – VP of Activities Kevin Chan – Treasurer
VP of Education
Tom Vincent –
Ex-Prez
Crystal
Forrester
Kristina Noicos Dan Ali
– Women’s Officer
Hantie Barrie
J James Lovell
Ryan Faulkner
Tim Hickson (Fryzie)
– Secretary Yasmin Freschi
Alex Egan – IT
Michael
Newman Lloyd Moffatt
AUES 2008 Committee
Honorary Committee Members
From Left and Right and Bottom to Top:
Kailash Thiyagarajah
Vanya Bosiosic
Jeremy ‘Red’ Mellor
Essie Morrison
Charlie Aust
Ruth Tupper
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Editorials
I’d just like to say a few things and thank the numerous contributors to
this publication. Obviously, if you’ve never written and edited something
like this then you have no idea how much work really goes into it.
Because chasing up articles that people were supposed to submitted
two weeks ago and then writing them yourself is never good for stress
levels, but anyway that’s all the whinging I’m going to do.
The people that need to be thanked for their contribution are Xan for
rounding up the sponsorship that made Hysteresis possible; without
that we could never afford to print this magazine. Also, Chris Schwarz,
our current president, and Tom Vincent, our ex-prez, have put in a lot of
time and effort suggesting ideas and helping by just hanging around and making it seem
like it really is worth the effort. The rest of the AUES committee also deserves a mention
not only for their work in producing a yearbook that will remind you of 2008 at Adelaide
University but for working tirelessly to bring you better and a much broader spectrum of
events this year. Also, anyone who put pictures up on Facebook, cheers; because that
went a long way to making my job easier. Ha ha, those photos you didn’t want anyone to
see have been printed in the yearbook!
I should probably thank my co-editor Lloyd, but I’m not sure whether he deserves any
thanks because as I write this he hasn’t done ANYTHING, but thanks just in case. Also,
thanks to Xan and Tom for writing Hysteresis last year in 10 days and doing such a
fantastic job. The amount of time and effort was well spent and appreciated; despite the
fact that you guys set such high standards to produce for this year! On a more humorous
note, last year there was a terrible picture of Tom Vincent that made him quite notorious
within the AUES, so not to let tradition lapse, check out this year’s picture in the 2008
committee photos, and if you know Tom at all you would probably say it’s up to his usual
standard of tricks.
Yasmin Freschi
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It goes without saying that events such as BBQ’s and pub-crawls
take a lot of time and effort to organise. I feel compelled to write a
little tribute to some of the outgoing committee that have helped
shape some of the fondest memories we have of our time at uni.
First and foremost, I would like to highlight the effort of our outgoing
Prez Chris Schwarz who showed us all that the biggest and bestest
club on campus can be run with minimal time and effort. And to
Ryan Faulkner for all his years of partying at all our events and setting an example for the
engineers of the future. On a more personal level, Fryzie showed me that you can put your
‘two cents’ into a discussion without any intention of following through with any further
input or effort. A valuable lesson for the future...
It goes without saying that we should give it up for Xan O’Shea who has given so little and
taken so much! Jokes aside, Xan has donated copious amounts of time and any chance of
academic success in becoming the AUES mascot and despite never appearing on any
open day posters we can all agree that he is the face of engineering at Adelaide Uni. So
thanks Xan, you’ve left us with some big pants to fill.
Lloyd Moffatt
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Prez Sez
2008 has been another great year for the AUES, achieved
through the synergy created from pro fun engies, crazy
ideas and copious amounts of drinks. Large changes to the
structure of the Adelaide University Union in late 2007
severely threatened our ability to provide on-campus pro fun
events. Our ability to adapt to this changing environment is
one of our strongest assets which are fuelled by a strong
and passionate committee.
Monday morning of O’Week saw the AUES committee rock
up early and shrug off our booked spot in the Hughes Plaza
and arrogantly declare a small piece of land just off the Barr
Smith Lawns ours. Armed with the iconic megaphone the
committee achieved signing up a record 600 members and selling 300 pub-crawl shirts
(up yours Sunny). A big thankyou to Xan who, equipped with the megaphone
absolutely demoralised all AMSS, med students and anyone within 20 metres of the
SkullDug tent with his witty insults. The conclusion of O’Week saw the AUES pull
together a joint BBQ with the School of Mech for the Design and Build Competition;
this opportunity gave us the ability to strengthen our relationship with the school and
also the chance to fire up our new investment - a $1500 dual tap miracle box.
The pub-crawl was big. Very big. This year’s theme of Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Goon was well received by pub-crawlers especially though an awesome design from
our traditional artist. The introduction of female singlets saw a positive response from
chicks (and blokes); this is definitely something the AUES will continue into future
years. After shirt sales smashed last years records (up yours Sunny) but disappointing
ran out Monday of pub-crawl week, an entrepreneurial AUES rule was founded – “print
enough pub-crawl shirts to never run out!”
An inaugural event for the AUES in 2008 was the Career’s Night. This event provided
our members with the ability to interact with engineering firms on a personal basis, and
also for engineering firms to gain exposure to undergraduate engineers. The mutual
benefits of the event were evident and the successfulness of the night guaranteed the
continuation of this event well into the future.
2008 saw an increased affiliation with Engineers Australia and the Union. Kev became
the first AUES committee member to sit on the YEA (Young Engineers Australia),
whilst Xan was elected onto the student Union Board and Girl Kris was elected onto
the Executive Committee of the Clubs Association. These connections served a
variety of important purposes for the AUES which assisted the Society on numerous
fronts.
Well done to the AUES committee in 2008, fortunately 2009 is already looking bigger
and better. Finally, thank you to our members who love to party with us, very often.
Chris Schwarz
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VPs Write-up
This has been a big year for AUES education activities with two
new events; the careers night and mock interviews, along with the
traditional statics tutorials and first year engineering barbeque.
The ties established by Chris Schwartz (07 Ed VP) with Engineers
Australia (EA) were strengthened this year, with the AUES holding
a position on the Young Engineers Australia (YEA) SA Committee.
Through this involvement with YEA the AUES was able to secure
financial and administrative support from EA for the careers night
and mock interviews.
The year started off with twice weekly statics tutes. First year
students were able to come along and have their questions about
statics and engineering in general answered in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. Thanks to
Tom, Hantie, Tim & Lloyd for volunteering to help out with the tutes.
The ECMS first year engineering BBQ was held by the AUES in week 6 to coincide with the
universities 'Come Out and Celebrate' week. This BBQ was sponsored by ECMS to provide an
opportunity for first year engies to celebrate making it through their first term of engineering.
First years, already having experienced 1 AUES BBQ turned out in force much to the delight of
ECMS staff and other academics. Engineers Australia sent their team down to sign up student
members and was overwhelmed by the response they received. The left over sausages were
donated to the UniBar, helping the celebrations continue long into the night.
The inaugural careers night was the result of the AUES’ involvement with YEA. Noticing a gap
in careers related services offered to engineering students; we decided to fill this gap by
offering careers presentations from companies, a networking opportunity and mock interviews.
Kevin Chan – VP of Education
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Well, it's absolutely fantastic to be writing this report and have Yasmin to take care of the rest
of the magazine. It's a great part of the AUES and I hope it's a good read. Looking back on my
AUES/engineering experience over the past five years, there have been some great times.
'Promoting' the pub-crawl by abusing passers-by, Frenchie and Friezy coming into quiz night
with a duck, skipping lectures to have drinks on the maths lawns (x10ish), general bludging on
the steps/lawns/Unibar rather than doing assignments, handing up assignments which were
done in the Unibar the afternoon they were due, being drunk all O'Week, being drunk the other
31 weeks. These are the moments that make uni worthwhile.
The AUES megaphone has been the most worthwhile
investment ever made by the club and yelling at randoms to
come on the pub-crawl while drunk on the lawns is going to
rank highly for some of my favourite times at uni. The pub
crawls will always be some of the greatest nights of my life
(yes, even if you do end up asleep in Hindmarsh square at
7:30pm) and I hope that everyone who has ever been on an
AUES pub-crawl feels the same. The AUES is such a
fantastic part of engineering at Adelaide Uni, and may it live on for many, many years to come.
Peace Out, Xan
Alexander Jenner O’Shea – VP of Activities (and awesomeness)
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Treasurer’s Write-up
I bet many of you are wondering how we manage to have four awesome BBQs a year with
all you can eat and drink, which cost us around $3,000 each! Surely a $5 membership
each year does not cover all the sausages and pints I drink at BBQs? Are we running
some sort of tax scam or just pimping out first years? The truth is neither. We have a few
sources of income and the main one is our pub crawl (the largest in the southern
hemisphere). We sold about 1400 shirts this year at $20 each. We buy them at around $10
each so in total we make $13,000 from the pub-crawl t-shirts.
Other sources of income are sponsorship, renting out the vending machine in CATS and
from union grants. Our sponsorship comes mainly from pub and engineering companies.
You may have noticed a few logos on places such as the back of our pub-crawl t-shirts,
membership cards and the back of this magazine. We are hoping to gain a better
relationship with engineering companies over the next year in order to increase this
revenue from about $5000 to much, much more. The vending machine in CATS is rented
out for about $2000 and union grants are about the same amount.
This is the second year that we have used had a long term
deposit of around $10,000 in the bank. This money is just
our float that hangs around year after year until a smart
cookie suggested instead of having it just sit there, why don’t
we make some money from it? A long term deposit seemed
the easiest way to do this and we make about $400 a year,
which is not a lot, but it’s extra kegs that we can buy for next
year’s BBQs. So overall we run all our events either at a
large loss or at break even and spend all of our profits on you, our members.
Rebecca Tennant
Women’s Officer Write-up
The year started with a promise that there would be some women-only
events to show that the AUES isn’t only about having awesome parties.
Unfortunately these events didn’t come to fruition, but there was
certainly enough work for a women’s officer to handle. This year the
work was divided between stopping Xan and Charlie from offending too
many ladies during O’Week with their use of the megaphone, and
monitoring copycat (and obvious fan of Xan’s) Lloyd from doing the
same thing in his own special way. Thankfully, the year passed without
any complaints of sexually inappropriate behaviour. Unfortunately the
AUES’ one female-specific event, the Hen’s Night, didn’t occur in 2008
due to difficulties with the National Wine Centre, but hopefully it will be
back and bigger than ever in 2009. Congratulations to Peta Johannsen to who will take up
the coveted role of the Women’s Officer for 2009.
Kristina Noicos
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AUES Events
O’Week
This year the AUES once again ruled O’Week just being there (and also by doing the
Union a favour by abusing the med students who were trying to peddle their pond scum
skullbuggery tickets.) As usual we set up our tents wherever we felt like it, yelled at a
bunch of lost-looking, confused first years through our megaphone and sold a bunch of
memberships which cost $5, giving you guys four free barbies with all you can eat and
drink (of course you all know that because we’re only going to give copies of our awesome
yearbook to those of you who were cool enough to join up!). We also sold a fair amount of
pub-crawl shirts to you devoted pub-crawlers who were actually organised enough to get
in quick and get their nice and early.
The AUES publishes a fresher guide to help those newbies because starting an
engineering degree can be a daunting experience, particularly if some guy with a
megaphone called Xan tells you to skip your introductory lectures and hang out on the
Barr Smith Lawns instead. So anyway, we sent a couple of representatives to talk to the
freshers about the social scene
for engies (because as contrary
to what my mum believes, we
engies know how to party and
generally have a good time.) We
also gave tours showing all the
first years the important places
in the uni, basically consisting of
CATS and the Unibar.
Throughout O’Week the
committee ran and hosted a
heap of pretty cool events such
as jelly wrestling; a free BBQ;
glad wrap races; SA Food eating
contest; tug-o-war; Miss and Mr.
fresher; white fear, brown fear,
pink fear, and rainbow fear, plus numerous boat races.
The jelly wrestling was crazy successful, despite the jelly being mostly just gross gooey
unset jelly which looked like cordial. The AUES favourite, Alan, was defeated.
The SA food eating consisted of eating cold pea soup across a pie and drinking an iced
coffee, and was won by our favourite; well one of anyway: honorary engie, Marky Mark. He
then went on afterwards to eat all the leftover stuff before the other contestants even
managed to finish off their allotted portions. Congrats!
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Milk sculling was thoroughly entertaining, big up to Xan and the six litres of strawberry milk
never to be seen again. Prizes again next year to those who throw up on the med stall.
Pink fear seemed like an anticlimax as the three fellas had their arms planted firmly in ice
water for almost an hour. After conceding that none were going to give in all were awarded
snow ball tickets.
As occurs every year, the committee abused every person that walked by, and these poor
misled souls actually came back, signed up for membership and bought a pub-crawl shirt,
resulting in record sales for the AUES once again!
The last event of the week was the design and build BBQ at which the AUES ran the bar.
Pretty quickly we just started giving out the beer for free. I managed to single-handedly get
both kegs finished by pouring beer down all the lecturers’ throats. Thanks to Antoni,
Gareth and Colin for putting in the hard yards. Everyone was very happy and sunburned
and then proceeded to the Unibar in true AUES form, except for Colin who went out to
dinner with his wife.
Yas
Pub Crawl
This year’s theme was “Indiana Jones and the temple of goon”. Once again, the AUES has
succeeded in defaming another iconic figure. The girls got singlets for the first time ever,
(we support women in engineering) which were not quite the same colour as the
luminescent yellow worn by their male counterparts!
We started off as usual at 5pm in the Unibar officially although a lot of us started earlier...
not one of our best ideas! The Unibar supplied the pub-crawlers with 1400 free tequila
shots which were distributed
sparingly to all but the
committee members who
got exceedingly drunk by
about 6.30pm.
We of course had sculling
competitions for the leaders
Guernseys which were red
for the first time since
anyone can remember, not
yellow as usual.
We then moved on to
various other pubs: The
Cranker, PJ’s, Austral,
Elephant, Shotz, Winston
Bar, The Office, Griffin’s
Head, Richmond, London
Tav, Mansions, and Church.
The Exeter was visited by a
few pub-crawlers even
though it wasn’t on the list.
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The pub-crawl pledge that the prez Chris recited to everyone in the Unibar goes something
like this: Beer ye, beer ye! Honourable engies, it is time to commit yourselves
wholeheartedly to this year’s Indiana Jones pub-crawl by joining with me in spouting the
traditional AUES oath! Please raise your right hands and repeat after me.
“I, state your name, do solemnly swear to uphold the fine traditions of the engie pub-crawl,
to drink as much as I might without falling down, and should I be caught by the long arm of
the law, I will proudly announce at the top of my lungs “I am an Adelaide Uni Med
Student!”
Another thing I’d like to tell all you guys is that someon stole our megaphone at the Unibar
and then lost it somewhere on the pub-crawl. Thanks to you, we had to purchase a new
megaphone so that we could continue to abuse people and just generally be the most
obnoxious club on campus.
Our most famous committee member, Xan, went
a little too hard too fast and passed out in
Hindmarsh Square at 7.30 that evening. Staunch
bloke but rubbish effort. If you know him go up
and tell him what a complete piker he is. Poor
effort for his last pub-crawl as an engie
undergrad!
For the first time we finished our pub-crawl at
Electric Light Hotel who decided to sponsor the
AUES this year. Thanks guys, you were totally
awesome. The staff there supplied a barbie for
you hungry engies as well so we would just like
to acknowledge them now. This year we sold a
record number of shirts: 1478. Our biggest pub-
crawl yet. Thank you to Xan and Kev for
organising yet another fantastic pub-crawl.
Yas
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BBQs
Let’s face it, The AUES are the only
club on campus who actually hold
decent events; and are very well
known for our BBQs which are
always good fun. First Term barbie
was a huge success with 10 kegs
drank, which was a new record even
for us, (only to be beaten at the
following two barbies). This is the
barbecue where we introduce
drinking to the freshers, who are
thoroughly inaugurated at the
conclusion of our first AUES event of
the year.
Despite the food not rocking up for
ages and not being able to feed the
masses until almost 1.30pm, everyone who was there drank instead and had a great time
anyway.
The second term barbie, better
known as the trans-Torrens tug
BBQ was a great success despite
a mediocre turnout; because
someone, possibly Ben, didn’t
email the members list.
The tug was up to it’s the usual high standard; mostly
because instead of allowing the rubbish med students to
compete, it was held between engie undergrads and postgrads. A reluctant undergrad
ended up in the river because someone decided that it was time for a swim. Well done
whoever you are. Thanks to Vanya and Charlie who refereed the tug from a paddleboat.
Yas
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End of Exams Party
Nate, (manager of the Electric Light Hotel) thought that it would be a good idea to make
this a sports themed party. Needing little excuse to get in the spirit I roll up dressed like
John McEnroe to discover that no-one had dressed up. Moving on from that small hiccup,
the post exams party was, from what I’ve been told and remember, an amazing night and
is something I’m looking forward to doing again soon!
Lloyd
Careers Night
The careers night far exceeded our expectations with over 200 students and 40 industry
representatives in attendance. The night was held in the Eclipse and Equinox function
rooms of and consisted of four 15 minute presentations and two hours of networking.
Stuart Wildy, from the school of Mechanical Engineering, gave the audience an insight into
the life of a PhD student. Steve Mattiazzo (York Civil), Paul Fitzgerald (Worley Parsons),
Angela Harvey and Alan Thomas (both from Connell Wager) introduced the audience to
what sort of engineering their companies did and what their companies looked for in
undergraduate/graduate recruits. Following these four presentations, was the opportunity
to network, over drinks and finger food, with representatives from the following companies:
eLabtronics, BAE Systems Australia, Worley Parsons, Adelaide Brighton Cement,
Maunsell AECOM, GPA Engineering, GHD, ICEWaRM, ElectraNet, Bardavcol, York Civil,
Robert Walters, and Connel Wagner
Engineers Australia (as co-hosts) was
also on hand to answer any questions
about professional development,
chartered status or engineering in
general, whilst Stuart and his wife Jade
stayed to enthuse students about
considering further study.
The mock interviews were held two
weeks after the careers night in the
Harry Medlin rooms. These interviews were intended to give students practice and
feedback on their technique before their vacation work interviews. Lauren Smoker (ASC),
Angela Harvey (Connell Wagner), Bob Cooper (Worley Parsons) and Dr Max Ratcliffe
(Strachan and Henshaw Australia) provided 36 students with mock interviews throughout
the day. Many students commented on how much they had learned from the feedback
provided and all students left feeling more comfortable with the interview process. Thanks
to Lauren, Angela, Bob and Max for
finding the time in their busy work
schedules to help out and to Chris for
running things when I couldn’t be there.
Both the careers night and mock
interviews were an overwhelming
success for the AUES, providing
invaluable services to our members and
strengthening relationships with industry.
These events will now surpass the
statics tutorials as the Education VPs
primary responsibility.
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15. HYSTERESIS 2008
Next year will be another busy year for the Education VP with plans to expand the careers
night and publish a vacation / graduate job E-Book for AUES members. Finally I’d like to
thank Kirby and Jade at the ECMS office for help with room bookings and publicity, Sarah
Strong-Law at the National Wine Centre Events office for organising rooms and catering
and the 2008 AUES committee for their endless work in helping make all these events
possible.
Kev
Election Week and The Party Party Party
Typically, engies don’t vote ‘cos they don’t really care. To this I can testify that engineers
are without a doubt the most
apathetic bunch of students on
campus. I know this because I
decided that I should run for Union
Board so that I could make a
difference and hopefully make
enough changes that the AUES
could continue to run such awesome
events. Thanks to everyone that
voted, I was elected to the board in
the very last position and only made
it in by three votes.
As you can see from the random
picture of me on the sack truck,
sometimes the AUES just gets bored
and resorts to very random acts to
keep themselves entertained. Just
don’t even ask!
The AUES ran several BBQs that week to
promote our 3rd term event the PARTY
PARTY PARTY which is a party to
celebrate the end of election week where
you can once again sit on the lawns without
six student pollies trying to harass you and
make you vote. The AUES, in traditional
style, painted banners advertising their
upcoming events with slogans such as “The
PARTY PARTY doesn’t advertise” and “The
PARTY PARTY: half-arsed banners since
2008” which were then taken down on
Friday and hung up at Electric Light for the
Party.
The PARTY PARTY PARTY was
“organised” by my co-editor Lloyd, who rocked up at Electric Light 20 minutes past eight in
a fairly intoxicated state after telling everyone else to be there at 7.15 for setup for an 8pm
start. Once again fantastic work by Lloyd, who despite not doing anything was lucky that
Pippi Shanks, Vanya and PJ (who does commerce) stepped in and saved him by doing all
the work for him. Thanks girls.
Yas
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16. Vox Pop HYSTERESIS 2008 Adam ‘Acey’ Cope
1. Favourite number and why? 1) 7... No! 13... No! What was the question?
2. If you had to design something what would it be? 2) Bragg lecture theatre with more leg room
3. Best thing I’ve learnt in my degree is... 3) Maths IA is heaps easier the third time
4. Favourite engineering moment? 4) Watching Lloyd, Crowie and Westy get kicked
out of Thermo 1 for teasing Gareth
5. Favourite pub-crawl story
5) Getting glad wrapped to a light pole on Rundle
Street. Who brings glad wrap to a pub-crawl...
Seriously!!
Brenda Chang
1) 5, I’ve always had a thing for that number
2) A ‘Lloydmeister’, wouldn’t that be tasty
3) 90% guys, and being one of the 10% REALLY!
Maybe not...
4) When my friend got asked out in NAPS by a
random guy through a note! How cute!
5) Seeing engie nerds get drunk for the first time!
Nicole Lovibond
1) π... mmm... pie!!
2) Stronger, longer lasting deodorant for all the
smelly boys in my lectures
3) Ummmm.... maths??
4) Meeting my favourite engineering buddy...
Brenda!!
5) I haven’t been on a pub-crawl....
Mark Crowhurst
1) 13- I’m a maverick
2) A condom that doesn’t break, for obvious reasons.
3) “During the next 10 minutes, you may read the paper and
make notes on the scribble paper provided. Please be
advised that no co candidate may leave the examination
room until 40 minutes have elapsed, at 1:30. Your reading
time begins now”
4) Sacarino catching a paper plane we threw at him, mid
sentence.
5) The ATM – Cheers Lloyd
Nick Bartsch
1) 13... my birthday...from all accounts I was two weeks
late, new years
2) most useful idea so far is an automatic beer bong from
uni-bar
3) it is socially acceptable amongst engineers to
occasionally drop into the maths drop in centre...
before it was demolished that is
4) realising that one particular engineering lecturer is
much more entertaining when you could see that he
closely resembles a little brown monster off super
Mario
5) ending up in the RAH emergency room before 9pm only
to have it written on my shirt by Tom Sherwin
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17. Ryan Faulkner HYSTERESIS 2008 Tom Vincent
1) Nothing, I live on the wild side 1) 96... That’s how I roll
2) A beer fridge that tosses beer to 2) An alarm system for the vending
you machine for all you bastards that try
3) Uni’s a breeding ground for to knock free shit out of the vending
hippie art students that suck! machine
4) Winning the keg stack, breaking
3) Lecturers make the worst lecturers
my ribs on the bouncy castle. Or
going in the Torrens with Xan 4) Witnessing Xan in his drunken fury
after losing the tug of war. through the megaphone during
5) Well the biggest problem with o’week... those school girls will
pub-crawls is that I can’t never be the same
remember any of them 5) Ill toss up my mansions rage and
Xan’s snooze in the park at 7pm
Boy Chris
Xan O’Shea 3) 7, it makes two appearances in
my date of birth
1) 50... 51 wasted effort, 49
4) The wheel
wasted year
5) How to delegate the job of ‘vox-
2) A lift that refuses to take people
pop’ for Hysteresis to other
from level two to level one, and
people
a jump to conclusions mat
6) Sitting a maths exam high as a
3) Learning a subject, from
kite
scratch, in an open book exam
7) 2nd year, legless, theft
didn’t hurt anyone, and beer on
competition with Xan
the lawns, never overrated
4) The duck at quiz night, all
nighters in CATS. Redbull, Girl Kris
SAPAC and Youtube 1) 1, everyone wants to be number one
5) 90c beers at church... 2) Shut up, I’m enthralled in this game... why
bulletproof are those ones shooting???
3) How to pass an exam rather than learn
the subject. It’s really quite sad
4) BBQs and pub crawls
5) Hanging out in the parklands with guysi
just met and a bottle of jagermeister
Lloyd Moffatt
1) 66... think about it ; )
2) A car that drives itself. I suspect a little
Japanese guy may have the jump on me
here...
3) Beer, music and people is a bulletproof recipe
for success
4) Watching a vending machine steal Gareth’s
money... and the wrath that followed
5) Watching Xan throw up and then pass out in
the same bush... around 7:30ish
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18. HYSTERESIS 2008 Tom Sherwin
1) 6 Just cos.... don’t look at me like that, it
Luke Betros sounds good!
1) 7, cos everyone likes it 2) New car... I like cars
2) A heated toilet seat 3) Not to do a PhD
3) How to drink beer 4) Passing VACA... As they say, third times
4) Meeting Gareth, He’s a clown that a charm
bloke 5) The bloke that taxed the eftpos
machine from hungry jacks
5) Can’t remember
Red
1) 999, I’m evil when I do handstands
2) A DVD that can hold an infinite amount of porn
3) Can’t think of anything
4) Entertainment at ‘Hen’s and Bucks’ 2
5) Fryzie getting taken home by the police. They found him
and his bike passed out after crashing on War Memorial
Drive
Dahhhhh.....
Daniel Kisgyano whatcha lookin’
1) 21, old football number at me for??
2) A toaster that keeps the toast
warm after it pops. Fuck yeah! Tim Dabrowski
3) That that guy standing behind 1) x, ‘cos it solves everyone’s problems
me is heaps under-rated 2) A cat that acts like a dog. Preferably
4) Being involved with UARC08 one that would bark
(Awwwww...) 3) Yr 12 knowledge and old skool nouse
5) Bohemian Rhapsody Karaoke at will get you through till the end of
PJ’s (They do karaoke on pub- third year
crawls??) 4) When Lloyd tried to hang a boat from
a bridge
5) Don’t do pub-crawls (What a LOSER!!)
Tim Hickson
1) 2- the only even prime number, and titties also come in this quantity
2) Beer dispensing backpack, like a ‘camelpack’ only pressurised and
inconspicuous...
3) Beer is the solution to all mathematical problems (Proof: Bonus
marks from a tutor who mistook beer marks for coffee stains
showing long hours of study)
4) Receiving an “unsatisfactory Academic Progress” letter for passing
only one of the two subject I took that semester
5) Pub-crawls are hard to remember, but I seem to recall someone
slipping over in a toilet where the urinal was overflowing with urine
and vomit... that was priceless
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19. HYSTERESIS 2008
Head of Chemical Engineering
Individual staff have maintained existing research programs and/or
developed new ones with other researchers in the University of
Adelaide and with industry, research institutions and universities in
Australia and overseas. For example, Dr. David Lewis and Dr.
Peter Ashman, in collaboration with Professor Michael Borowitzka
of Murdoch University were awarded significant funding from the
Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Task Force
(REDGTF) of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development
and Climate (AP6) Program for their project, “A Fully Integrated
Process for Biodiesel Production from Microalgae in Saline Water”.
The aim of the project is to demonstrate the technical and
economic feasibility of an integrated process for the production of
microalgal oils that are suitable as a feedstock for biodiesel
production. The project will cover the whole process of microalgae oil production including species
selection, culture system design, construction and operation, optimal growth conditions and culture
management for sustainable high oil yields, harvesting, media recycle, oil extraction and biomass
disposal and/or reuse. It integrates existing technologies with new advances and developments at
all stages of the process.
On 22 February this year the School Seminar Room, N123b was officially named the Robert W F
Tait Room in honour of the late Professor Robert (Bob) Tait (1917–1997) who was Professor of
Chemical Engineering from 1963 until his retirement at the end of 1982. During his tenure he was
instrumental in leading and nurturing the development and growth of chemical engineering at the
University of Adelaide. His widow, Mrs. Norma Tait was a special guest of honour at the naming
ceremony.
We continue to attract undergraduate and postgraduate students of exceptional quality and within
each cohort a significant number of females. The number of new students enrolling in Chemical
Engineering degree programs continues to increase and we are very pleased that our new degree
program in Pharmaceutical Engineering that was introduced in 2007 has attracted significant
enrolments. Another new venture is the Chemical Engineering stream in the Sustainable Energy
Engineering degree that commenced just this year. The School continues to put considerable
effort into attracting industry support for student education and activities, including sponsored
prizes. For example, industry partners who have provided new and ongoing support are Santos,
Exxon-Mobil, Origin Energy, BHP-Billiton, OneSteel, Protherics, the Australian Institute of Energy
and Campus Travel.
The annual University of Adelaide Chem-E-Car competition was held this year on 5 September
with Team Fluoro winning and advancing to the Australasian finals in Newcastle, NSW to be held
on 1 October during Chemeca 2008, the Australasian Chemical Engineering Conference. Chem-
E-Car is a student competition in which teams of four must design and build a small car (it must fit
within a shoebox) that is powered by a chemical reaction. The car must be able to travel a
specified distance while carrying a specified load of water. The car that finishes closest to the
target distance is the winner. The catch is that the teams find out the distance and load to be
carried only 1 hour before the competition commences. This year the winning car was powered by
a home-made lead-acid battery. Other entries used a galvanic cell and an ethanol fuel cell.
This year the Chemical Engineering Plant Tour for undergraduate students was held from 7–11
July and included 37 students accompanied by two academic staff, Dr. Yung Ngothai and Dr.
Kristen Bremmell, and the School Business Manager, Mrs. Di Parish. Visits were arranged to
Mayne Pharma Ltd, Nyrstar, Port Augusta Power Station, OneSteel Whyalla Steelworks, BHP-
Billiton Olympic Dam, Santos at Port Bonython, National Foods and finishing at Coopers Brewery
Ltd. The students appreciated observing chemical engineering concepts on a large scale and to
meet up with some of our graduates who are now working with these companies and are very
enthusiastic about their jobs. A BBQ and quiz night were just some of the after hours activities.
Professor Keith King
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20. HYSTERESIS 2008
Head of Civil Engineering
The year 2008 has been a period of significant achievements for the School of Civil,
Environmental and Mining Engineering. The school’s staff and students have been
recognized in their fields of excellence by receiving many academic awards. Late last
year Professor Graeme Dandy was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering, placing him among Australia's leaders of
technology and engineering. Professor Dandy was one of 30 new Fellows elected to the
Academy, and one of only three from South Australia. Prof Dandy was honoured for his
international achievements in the development and commercial application of genetic
algorithms and AI techniques in water resources engineering. The Academy's President,
Professor Robin Batterham, said the new Fellows were "joining the ranks of the most
eminent scientists, engineers and technologists in Australia". "Our Fellowship is
comprised of world-class performers and all are acknowledged as leaders in their field,"
he said.
The Water Down Under Conference, held in April, was very successful, with a large number of delegates (~450),
many of whom commented that this was one of the best organised and best run conferences they had ever
attended. This is primarily due to the hard work and expertise of the organising and technical committees,
including Graeme Dandy as Committee Chair, Trevor Daniell and Martin Lambert as Co-Chairs of the Technical
Program Subcommittee, and Michael Leonard, Alex Osti and Steven Need as members of the Technical Program
Subcommittee. Martin Lambert and Angus Simpson (with Pedro Lee, Dalius Misiunas and John Vitovsky) were
recipients of the G.N. Alexander medal best paper award. This award is well-deserved recognition of Angus and
Martin's groundbreaking work on leak detection using transients, which they have taken from the conceptual stage,
to laboratory trials to contract work with SA Water. Michael Leonard received the award for best presentation by a
recent graduate. This adds to a long list of awards for our postgraduate students, the last of which was the Best
Presentation award Jakin Ravalico received at the Modsim conference in Christchurch last December. Many of our
past graduates were at the conference, one of whom Katherine Daniell, received the award for best poster
presentation.
The academic year of 2008 began with the tradition of the Engineering Challenge, a design competition for all the
School's students. The Challenge culminated with a Welcome BBQ followed by the testing session on the Barr
Smith Lawns on Friday 7th March. This year the event involved the construction of a structure, made only of
newspaper and sellotape capable of supporting a 2kg weight. The catch was that all elements of the structure had
to fit inside a standard 5 ream photocopy paper box (a 35cm cube approx.) and be assembled on the day in only 5
minutes. The event was generously sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff who provided cash prizes for the teams
based on the final height of the structure. The winning team, who took away $500, finished with a structure 2.22
metres high. Most teams worked with a fairly traditional truss type structure but there were some very innovative
designs too, showing real engineering flair.
Ashley Kingsborough, who graduated from the school in 2004, has been awarded a 2008/09 British Chevening
Scholarship. He will undertake a Masters in Science (Environmental Change and Management) at the University
of Oxford beginning in October 2008. Since graduating Ashley has been employed as an environmental engineer
in KBR's Natural Resource Management group in Adelaide, gaining experience in environmental management and
hydrology. In 2006-2007, Ashley completed a 15-month placement with the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Hanoi, Vietnam as an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development,
where he managed the cultural heritage component of a feasibility study to upgrade the water system within the
Hue World Heritage Area. In addition, he worked with the Halong Bay Management Board to improve their
management capacity and the Hoi An Centre for Monuments Conservation to improve their disaster preparedness
planning. The Chevening Scholarships programme is funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(FCO) and administered by the British Council of Australia.
2008 was a year where the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering welcomed numerous new staff.
Dr Ki-Bok Min and Associate Professor Hamid Sheikh joined the academic staff whilst Adam Ryntjes, Gary
Bowman, Jon Ayoub and Anita Hannaford joined the laboratory and workshop staff. Recent PhD graduates from
the School include Dr Mark Stephens, Dr Young-il Kim, Dr Matt Gibbs and Dr Raizal Rashid. The School of Civil,
Environmental and Mining Engineering would like to congratulate Holger Maier, the Deputy Head of the School,
who last year was promoted to the academic position of Professor. Thankyou to all the members of the School of
Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering for making 2008 another successful year. Congratulations to all final
year students for completing your studies we hope to maintain communications with you throughout your
professional careers.
Professor Michael Griffith.
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21. HYSTERESIS 2008
Head of Electrical Engineering
I am grateful for this opportunity to report on what has been a very
dynamic year in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
From an undergraduate perspective, the most significant change
was the introduction of our new Level 1 courses, Electrical and
Electronic Engineering 1A and 1B. This the first stage of the
introduction of new curricula, based solely on 3 unit courses. We
will be introducing new level 2 courses next year.
Another major development in the undergraduate curriculum has
been the introduction this year of two new degrees, in Sustainable
Energy and Avionics and Electronic Systems. The Sustainable
Energy degree is a joint program taught by Chemical Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering and this School. It provides a broad
coverage of the increasingly important sustainable energy
technologies, with opportunities to specialise in Electrical,
Mechanical or Chemical streams. The Avionics and Electronic Systems degree covers a range of
electronic technologies relevant to communications, sensors, control and embedded computing,
with a major focus on the engineering and integration of complex electronic systems.
In connection with the Avionics degree I’m pleased to report that this year the University signed an
agreement with Qantas Engineering for collaboration on engineering teaching and research.
Under this agreement Qantas will provide advice on curriculum content of the Avionics degree and
other relevant degrees offered by the Faculty, as well as guest lectures in some courses. We are
discussing with Qantas other forms of engagement with the Faculty and its students.
In terms of research the School continues to be successful, with high rates of publication and grant
success. This year our staff have been successful in winning grants from the Premier’s Science
and Research Fund and the Australian Research Council and in obtaining funding from the
Department of Defence’s Concept Technology Demonstrator program, though collaboration with
industry. At the end of last year we saw a record 12 candidates graduate from this School with
PhD’s and this year looks like being nearly as successful. This is a reflection not only of several
years of very hard work by the graduates but also of the strong research groups within the School.
In line with the University’s Strategic Plan and the Faculty’s Research Strategy we continue to build
upon our research groups and focus in the areas of Power Engineering and Sensors and Signal
Processing, in which we have world-leading expertise.
By way of staff achievements I am pleased to report that Dr Tamath Rainsford recently won the SA
Young Tall Poppy of the Year award, in recognition of her research in electromagnetics and
biomedical engineering. This adds to her earlier recent achievements in winning the Faculty,
Executive Dean’s and University Stephen Cole prizes for excellence in teaching in 2007.
Congratulations Tamath.
I’m also happy to welcome two new members of staff to the School this year. Associate Professor
Christophe Fumeaux is an electromagnetics expert who joins us from ETH, the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Zurich. Mr Michael Teague has joined as a Technical Assistant in the
Workshop. We are very pleased to have both Christophe and Michael join the School.
There are many ongoing developments within the School, University and Faculty and they all point
to busy and exciting times ahead. As the end of the year draws into sight I would like to thank
everyone associated with the School – students, staff and colleagues around the University – for
their hard work and support during the year. I would also like to congratulate those of you who will
be graduating at the end of this year and offer my best wishes for your professional careers.
Associate Professor Michael Liebelt
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22. HYSTERESIS 2008
Head of Mechanical Engineering
This past year has been one of immense growth and continued excellence in
research and teaching for the School of Mechanical Engineering. We saw the
introduction of two new programs, Sustainable Energy Engineering and Sports
Engineering in 2008. Our school has 960 students and employs 25 academic
staff and 15 general staff members. Our research activities have also increased,
covering wider areas of interest.
The School has secured new staff appointments of senior and junior academics
all of whom have varied interests and specialist areas of expertise. Professor
John Cheung, who joined our school in February, will head the Wind activities in
our School. Dr Gerald Schneider retired early this year from his position. Dr
Schneider helped establish the Aerospace program in our School and has
contributed a great deal to this and other programs over the years. Dr Schneider
will be missed by our staff and students and we wish him all the best in his retirement. Dr Vincent Wheatley
is our new Aerospace lecturer. Assoc Prof Franz (Tino) Fuss was appointed to our School to lead the Sports
Engineering program. Assoc Prof Farid Christo also joined our staff from DSTO in April of this year.
In other news, Prof Colin Hansen was appointed Head of School for an additional two years, extending his
tenure until December 2009. Prof. Hansen is currently in New Zealand where he is on sabbatical. He returns
to the School as Head in February 2009. We would like to congratulate Dr Tien-Fu Lu and Dr Con Doolan
who where promoted to Senior Lecturer early in 2008.
Since our last Hysteresis report we’ve had the 2007 Final Year Project Exhibition which was held on Friday,
th
October 26 . The exhibition was a big success! The 42 projects were judged by the School’s academic staff
and 18 voluntary industry representatives. A record number of general members of the public attend,
including many high school students, friends and family of the students, and important figures in industry and
from within the university. A total of 15 awards were supported by Industry and were to the value of $500 -
$1000. The Final Year Project Exhibition in 2008 looks to be even bigger and better than the last one. It’s
grown from strength to strength over the years, so much so that we’ve had to move it off campus. It will be
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held at Adelaide Showgrounds in Ridley Centre on Friday, October 24 . With 44 interesting and varied
projects on display and 25 judges it should make for a full and exciting day!
The annual Design and Build competition is a great way for new students to integrate with existing students
and familiarise themselves with basic concepts in Engineering. This year students designed and built
autonomous robots capable of collecting a golf ball and transporting it through an obstacle course. First prize
was awarded to Team Kamelion ($750) and Second Prize awarded to Team Brassneck. There was also a
Best Engineered Prize for $250 won by Team Max404, a Best Report Prize of $250 won by Team R2D2 and
the Best Referenced Prize of $50 won by Team Kryten.
This competition is for teams of second-year Mechanical-Engineering students from Universities in Australia
and New Zealand. A local competition is organised on a University campus and winners attend a final
competition in Sydney. This year’s task was to provide a single, all terrain, autonomous device to deal with
rapid transportation and accurate deployment of a relief payload. The project was called ‘READY’ –
Responsible Emergency Aid for Disaster, Year-round. This year’s competition was an especially successful
event with many interesting, high quality devices achieving high scores. The members of the winning team;
Bryn Crawford, Shane Fitzgerald, Tristan Goss and Eric Parsonage, produced a high quality, reliable device
using positioning feedback system which enabled their device to achieve consistently high scores. Based on
available results from other Universities our team has a realistic chance of winning a prize in the Sydney
finals at the end of September 2008.
We would like to congratulate the 110 students who were presented with prizes at our Annual Awards Dinner
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on December 18 , 2007 at the Strathmore Hotel. The sold out dinner was a huge success and for many was
a celebration to commemorate the completion of their studies with Mechanical Engineering. This year, our
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Awards Dinner is being held at the Stamford Plaza on Thursday 11 December. We would like to encourage
all of our students to attend to help us celebrate the achievements of our award winners throughout 2008
and to commemorate the end of another successful year of study with the School of Mechanical Engineering.
Associate Professor Bassam Dally
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23. HYSTERESIS 2008
Head of Australian School of Petroleum
The last year has been an exciting period for the Australian School of
Petroleum, with much growth and achievement for both staff and students.
We have seen the arrival of several new teaching and research staff to
ASP. On the research side we welcomed Dr Kathryn Amos, Dr Simon
Holford, Dr Rachel Nanson, Dr Mark Bunch, Dr Sandrine Vidal-Gilbert, Dr
Saju Menacherry and Dr Themis Carageorgos. In early 2008, we
welcomed two new Petroleum Engineering teaching and research staff
Prof Pavel Bedrikovetsky and Dr Motiur Rahman.
Our academic staff has continued to engage in significant and high quality research projects.
Assoc Prof Bruce Ainsworth and Dr Boyan Vakarelov are two of the principle investigators in the
WAVE Consortium which focuses on reservoir heterogeneities in mixed process (wave/fluvial/tidal)
sand-bodies.
The ASP Seminar Series has flourished with a diverse and interesting range of presentations from
staff, students and guest speakers. The fortnightly Seminar Series which runs on alternate
Thursday lunch times has been further enhanced with the recent introduction of monthly social
seminar events on Friday afternoons.
In 2008 ASP has experienced improved success with the mentoring program for engineering
students. Early in Semester 1, mentors held introductory meetings for 1st and 2nd year students in
conjunction with Petroleum courses. Mentors have continued to meet informally with students
throughout the year, including some off-campus meetings at industry functions.
To enhance the learning experience of our undergraduates we took our 1st year class on a
weekend field camp to the Fleurieu Peninsula in May. The trip achieved both its goals of helping
the geological education of our petroleum engineers and the equally important goal of building ASP
camaraderie.
The last 12 months has seen numerous prizes and awards presented to a range of students and
staff. Final year student, Chris Treziak, has been awarded the 2008 JF Kennedy Memorial
Petroleum Engineering Entrepreneurial Scholarship of $20,000 and field work with Extreme
Machining Australia; for demonstrating entrepreneurship, community involvement, innovation and
academic merit.
In August 2008, Prof Hemanta Sarma was one of eight staff from the University of Adelaide to be
recognised as among the best educators in Australia and he received an Australian Learning and
Teaching Council Citations award for excellence in teaching and learning, worth $10,000 each.
Hemanta’s award acknowledges his work ‘initiating students into the profession of Petroleum
Engineering while interacting with them to secure their welfare as individuals and success as
scholars.’
Congratulations to final year student Siti Zulkipli, who was selected to participate in the
International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) to be held in Kuala Lumpar in December
2008. Siti is among 50 students selected from universities worldwide who will attend the
conference and exhibition.
In 2007 ASP had 43 graduating students: 16 with combined degrees, 11 in our Masters of
Petroleum Engineering program, 6 in other Masters programs, 6 in our Honours Petroleum
Geoscience program and 4 PhD students. We are pleased to report that our graduate employment
rate remains at almost 100%, with most of our 2008 graduate class already securing positions in
companies both locally and globally.
Professor Richard Hillis
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24. HYSTERESIS 2008
Report from EEESAU
EEESAU – Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society of Adelaide University – is the IEEE
student branch at the University of Adelaide. The Committee represents a wide cross-section of
the people in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering: postgraduate students,
undergraduate students, and staff. We cater to both the social and academic aspects of the EEE
experience.
Most undergraduate students would know us from the beginning of their academic career as the
seller of EEE course notes. Following much collaboration with the EEE staff, we managed to
provide notes from a wide variety of courses for both semesters this year. Once again, the turnout
this year was most pleasing, if not overwhelming at times. It must be said that we made
improvements to our database that led to a more efficient sale in the second semester.
In first semester, we ran two short courses for final year project students. The first was on Seminar
Presentation Skills and we developed it in conjunction with the Centre for Learning and
Professional Development here at the University of Adelaide. The other was a course on LaTeX, a
document processing language that is similar in concept to HTML and is what the Maths
departments use to create their equations.
Also during the first semester, we organised the School
of EEE Research Expo which carried the basic aim of
letting everyone know what sort of research the
postgraduates and the EEE lecturers get up to. It
featured seminars and poster sessions, a lunch, and a
cocktail party at the end. Now with three years of
experience, there were fewer organisational issues and
more awareness. As a result, there was a healthy
attendance at all of the sessions and events.
Encouraged, we have plans for another Expo next
year, so stay tuned!
Of course, what would a student club be if there were no social events? Eschewing the endless
mess of a barbecue, we made the decision last year to serve pizza instead. However, despite our
planning, the 2008 semester one pizza lunch was
still one to remember. There was the unexpected
decision from the Faculty to review its alcohol
policy. There was also the sudden move indoors
because of the unseasonably cold and wet weather.
Even so, it was quite pleasant and much more
convenient indoors, and we managed to attract a
large number of attendees. We held the second
semester pizza lunch indoors with similar success.
This year, in an effort to invigorate interest and
involvement, the Clubs Association organised the
UniBar Clubs Cup, which is a series of competitions
that determines an overall winner. Although we congratulate all EEESAU members who
represented us in the competitions, we must say a big thank you to those who brought us to victory
in the Bungee Run!
It has been a wonderful year and a pleasure to be the EEESAU President
for 2008. Many thanks go to everyone who came and supported our
events. I also thank all of the EEESAU Committee members for their
efforts throughout the year. I wish the 2009 Committee all the best
success.
Zhining Lim, 2008 President
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25. HYSTERESIS 2008
Report from AIAA
The University of
American Institute of Adelaide
Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Branch
AEROSPACE CAREERS EVENING 2008
The Aerospace Careers Evening run by the Student Branch of American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has been developed to educate students on the
opportunities available to them once they have graduated and are working in the
aerospace/defence industry in South Australia. It is one of the best opportunities on
campus for students enrolled in a mechanically based to degree to gain advice on future
opportunities. This year the Careers Evening followed a slightly different format with doors
opening at 5.30pm to allow extra time for students to chat with industry representatives.
Over twenty aerospace professional representing eight different companies were present.
The focus of the evening was the three presentations. Brad Gibson from The University
of Adelaide spoke about “The Post Graduate experience”, Dustin Edwards and Lucas
Martin from Australian Aerospace spoke about “Starting in the Workforce” and Stephen
Camporeale from Nova Defence – “Engineering and where it can take you”. All speakers
gave great presentations and students were most appreciative of their advice. After the
last presentation free pizza and soft drinks were provided for all members. Students were
encouraged to stay and speak with the industry representatives.
The evening was a terrific success with over 130 students attending. The committee
received many positive comments, such as “impeccable organisation”, “intense student
interaction” and “the ability to really see what the industry is all about and can offer” from
students and professionals alike. The committee would like to thank the Department of
Mechanical Engineering for their financial support of the careers night. For more
information about the activities of student branch of AIAA at the University of Adelaide
please email aiaa_exec@mecheng.adelaide.edu.au
Kevin Chan
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26. HYSTERESIS 2008
Dirty Words in Engineering
• Jacked pile • Screwed pile
• Snug tight nut condition • Incomplete penetration butt weld
• Pumping head • Double skinned thickened column
• Increased rate-of-penetration • Diamond-hard drill bits
• Double Radius flaps • Funnel type lubrication nipple
• Increased shaft work • My jet impact force is greater than
• Burst pressure yours
• Shaft friction • FAG - Central lubrication adapter fro
• Complete penetration butt weld stud type track rollers
• Spurt length - about 8 inches • Member (Can be braced or unbraced
• We are able to drill in any direction as well as subject to bending,
• High bottom-hole pressure compression or tension forces)
• Lubrication assists the penetration of • The relubrication interval can only be
the drill pipe into the unconsolidated determined precisely by means of
formation! tests carried out under the relevant
• Anyone game for contaminating operating conditions.
virgin reservoirs? • Relubrication quantities for a flowable
• Plot me a graph of impact force grease central lubrication system and
against annular fluid velocity its conversion to the number of
• We use logging to work out where relubrication impulses for generally
your fluids are available metering nipple sizes.
Women in Technology Challenge
The woman in technology challenge was held on the 15th and 16th of July 2008. This
programme was created to encourage more females to undertake degrees in engineering,
mathematics and science. It demonstrates what engineers do and the variety of work they
can become involved in, especially now that there are so many different engineering
disciplines offered at University. Girls in years 10, 11 and 12 from various schools around
the sate were showed around the university where they attended various workshops.
These included tours of the mechanical Labs (I don’t think the Holden Labs has ever seen
so many females before), petroleum building, CATS, and a session in which there was an
attempt at making maths exciting and interesting (I thought it failed miserably, but the girls
loved it!). The activities included making an electric motor and silly putty. The best session
by far was by computer science where the girls played with animation programs. I think
this is required as out of all the faculties, computer science needs to encourage females to
enrol; and several of the males need lessons in what a female is and how to talk to one.
Over all, the event was well run and the girls enjoyed themselves, which was
demonstrated in the glowing surveys that they returned. I hope at least a few of them will
come back and study at Adelaide in order to increase the female to male ratio as I am sure
the guys would love more girls and so would us females. I just wish that something similar
was run when I was at school as even half way through year 12 I didn’t know what an
engineer was and I had no idea of the diversity of jobs that they are involved in.
Rebecca Tennant
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27. HYSTERESIS 2008
AUES in Numbers
This page is traditionally a quick commentary on the AUES in 2008. It usually describes
how much beer we drank, how many pub-crawl shirts we sold and anything else that we
can put a number to. And this year it is no different!
42 kegs
BBQs
4 Fantastic BBQs
728 Members
of the AUES
2465 litres of
FREE beerbeer
1478 Pub-crawl shirts
Over 1500 people in
14 pubs wearing bright
yellow
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28. HYSTERESIS 2008
The Maths Building – Before, In-between and After
As most engies will know; as doubtless you would
have been inconvenienced by it; the former maths
building was knocked down to make way for a
newer and bigger maths building. The
construction was started in early December 2007
and even now as I write this, all that is there now
is a huge hole in the ground that as the months go
on just continues to get bigger and bigger, with no
notable progress occurring.
The maths staff was obviously misplaced
and have been relegated to 10 Pulteney
Street across the road until the new
building is completed, showing their
relative unimportance to the faculty and
the university in general.
We don’t know when they plan on
completing this project, but it probably
won’t occur until after anyone who can remember
the old maths building has completed their degrees!
The predicted completion date is 2010 sometime.
We find it difficult to believe that such a large project
can be completed in the remaining one and a half
years of allotted time when the foundation required
for such a feat of engineering has only just been
started. The new building is expected to cost
What we’re expecting the new maths approximately $100million, so if multiplied by three
building to look like since they asked the and then squared, it might be close to what this
civil engineering students to design it! project will actually cost! The government has
generously donated $4million to this project in its
efforts to try and keep its election promises along the lines of doing good for education –
thank you Kevin Rudd for your outstanding contribution to this project – cos picking up 4%
of the expected total cost is an effort to be commended.
This new facility is a great development for the Faculty of Engineering, Computer &
Mathematical Sciences, which will now have an additional 14,000
square metres of building. Don’t ask me why this is important,
because I just copied this figure straight off the uni construction
website. I wonder what they will decide to do with all this new
space. It seems like such a perfect place to hold commerce
classes!
If you want to know more about the new maths building, visit these links: An artist’s impression of
• http://www.adelaide.edu.au/space/emcs/construction/ the new maths building
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=91mYAvnE35U
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29. HYSTERESIS 2008
New Engineering Degrees - What the?
This year several new (and only slightly funny) engineering degrees were added to the
courses already offered at by the Engineering, Mathematical, and Computer Sciences
Faculty of Adelaide Uni and they are:
Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering) B.E(SoftE)
Bachelor of Engineering in Architectural Engineering B.E(ArEng)
Bachelor of Engineering in Computational Engineering B.Eng(CE)
Bachelor of Engineering in Sports Engineering B.E(SpEng)
Bachelor of Engineering in Sustainable Energy Engineering BE(SustEE)
Some of these degrees are a bit ‘WHAT THE?’ I mean, really? Sports engineering? Okay,
you can design my new sneakers. Have fun with that! On a more serious note, we would
like to congratulate the faculty on the initiation of these new types of engineering, and
welcome all those students undertaking these degrees to EMCS.
The Facebook Group
For the first time ever the AUES even has its own Facebook group so all of you members
who ignore emails that get sent to your uni accounts can no longer claim ignorance of our
events because we now also spam the Facebook group. For those of you who would like
to join just search Adelaide University Engineering Society and hit the join group button.
It’s all pretty simple.
For us, this is a big deal otherwise I wouldn’t be blabbing on about in the yearbook, but it is
representative of the AUES moving into the 21st century and embracing technology. The
AUES only got its own laptop this year, so you could probably quite correctly state that we
may have been lagging a little behind in the technology department, but not anymore.
I’d just like to thank all of you wonderful Facebook users who have put up multitudes of
pictures of pub-crawl and our barbies because it helps a poor unfortunate soul (myself)
many hours of pain by supplying me with an easy source of copying and pasting pictures
of so many people who would otherwise have never made it into our magazine. Thanks!
Currently, our Facebook group has 278 members and there are 129 very interesting
photos also posted, so check it out. The many benefits of joining include event invitations,
reminders about all our events plus keeping in contact with other members.
Yas
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30. HYSTERESIS 2008
The Must Do List for Every Engie
1. Have a beer at an AUES BBQ
2. Go on Engie pub-crawl with a shirt
3. Know people on the committee so you can push in the beer line
4. Participate in white fear in O’Week
5. Fall in the Torrens at the tug-o-war Engie BBQ and live to tell the tale
6. Attend a random lecture in Union Hall just so you can get kicked out
7. Run for a position in a club and actually get elected
8. Spend an all-nighter in CATS
9. Fail something really easy because you partied the night before
10. Attend a theme party at the Unibar, where you actually dress to the theme
11. Win a boat race against another engie, ‘cos we all know that no-one else really knows
how to drink
12. Get ID’d at the UniBar even though you are 21
13. Run up the down escalator just ‘cos you’re too old to be doing it (see graph below)
14. Get your logon account frozen ‘cos you got caught eating or drinking by that Nazi up at
CATS
15. Run up the stairs really fast while your friends are in the lift, press the button at every
floor, and then try your best not to huff and puff whilst you stand at the lift exit when the
doors open and say “geez you guys took ages!”
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16. Hook up with someone in your year
in your course so that forever after its
always awkward for both of you to
make eye-contact
17. Purposely avoid student pollies in
election week
18. Win the Leader’s Guernsey on Engie
Pub-crawl
19. Leave an exam within the first 10
minutes ‘cos you don’t have a clue,
then sit a supp.
20. Skip a lecture so you can go to engie
BBQ – you know that it will be worth
it
21. Win a keg toss at an engie BBQ – it’s
much harder than it looks
22. Skip lectures because they are
before noon, then come into uni and
go straight to the bar
Getting an Engineering Degree is
Optional!
Yas
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