Welcome to the February edition of the CSRP Newsletter. If you wish to have anything included in the newsletter, please e-mail Kelly Dwyer at kelly.dwyer@csrp.com.auor Clare Walton at clare.walton@csrp.com.au.
Following the DEST 3 rd Year Review, the Research Leadership Team and Industry Steering Committee have been replaced by the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP). The TAP consists of representatives from all Participants and a TAP working committee has been identified to carry out the functions previously assigned to the RLT and ISC. The TAP Working Committee is a subset of the TAP and consists of
The TAP Working Group members will be outlined shortly on the CSRP website
We welcome Clare Walton who has joined CSRP as the Executive Assistant and Communications Support. If you require any assistance from CSRP HQ, please contact Clare on (08) 6436 8702 or clare.walton@csrp.com.au .
Authors of the paper “Thermodynamics of Selenium and Tellurium in calcium ferrite slags” accepted for publication in the journal ‘Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B’ have received excellent peer reviews for their research on thermodynamics of minor elements in slags. Researchers include Murray Johnston (UWA PhD student based at Clayton) Sharif Jahanshahi (CSIRO) and Frank Lincoln (also from UWA). The authors were recognised not only for their excellent contribution to fundamental knowledge but for their research methodology which will significantly contribute to future critical analysis of the current findings.
We thank Murray, Sharif and Frank for their continued efforts and in raising the profile and integrity of collaborative research.
Congratulations are extended to the following students on achieving completion of their Honours and Masters theses respectively. Astrid Skender, who has completed her Honours thesis entitled “Processing of Bayer Residue Sands for Iron Production by Spirals”and Senthil Velavan Dorai who completed his Masters entitled “Newmont Energy System Analysis Project”.
Congratulations go to our Murdoch University researchers who have been awarded two Partnership Scholarships. These scholarships match (up to $10,000 per year) every dollar an industry or CRC provides for a postgraduate student researcher.
We welcome several new students, with two of our former students returning to further their qualifications. Ahmad Bilal Nasir (MSc) has returned to complete his PhD at Curtin University. His thesis is entitled “Environmental and Economic Impacts of Industrial Wastes (Fly Ash) and Its Utilization as Soil Erosion Control and Soil Conditioner” and is supervised by Dr Hamid Nikraz, Curtin University. Ross Williams (Hons) returns for his PhD, also at Curtin University. His thesis will extend his work in geopolymers and will be supervised by Prof Arie van Reissen, Curtin University. We also welcome Ian McNeilly a PhD candidate from Central Queensland University, who will be supervised by Prof David Druskovich and Dr Alexandre Deev. His thesis is entitled “Electrochemical Characterisation of the Structure and Stability of Protective Oxide Films under Intense Flow Conditions”.
2007 Fenner Conference on the Environment. Water Population and Australia’s Urban Future. Australian Academy of Science, The Shine Dome Canberra, 15-16 March 2007. Details are available at http://www.science.org.au/events/fenner2007\
International Conference on Environment and Mineral Processing & Exhibition. VŠB - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC May 31 st – June 2 nd 2007. Details are available at http://homen.vsb.cz/hgf/546/konference_en.html
If you are aware of any upcoming conferences that would be of interest to other CSRP members, please e-mail the details to Kelly Dwyer. Links to these conferences (where available) will be published in the newsletter each month.
It would be wonderful to keep our publications lists up to date. If you have anything that has been published as part of CSRP (including conference presentations), please send Kelly Dwyer a copy of or the reference for the publication. Listed below are publications received this month and a complete list can be found in the 2006 Publications and 2007 Publications sections.