January 2013
A Hitachi TM3000 tabletop scanning electron microscope (SEM) has been installed in the laboratory. This device will facilitate the rapid imaging of MEMS devices and other microstructures.
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Dr Yuen Yong awarded an Australian Research Council DECRA fellowship
November 2012
Dr Yuen Yong has been awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council DECRA fellowship for “Design, modelling and advanced control of high performance nanopositioners for atomic force microscopy”. Congratulations to Dr Yong for receiving this prestigious fellowship.
Professor Reza Moheimani awarded ARC Discovery grant
November 2012
Congratulations to Professor Reza Moheimani for being awarded a highly competitive ARC Discovery Grant for “Control, estimation and nanopositioning for high-throughput probe-storage.”
Reza Moheimani to present semi-plenary lecture
October 2012
Reza Moheimani will present a semi-plenary lecture at the 6th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, April 10-12, 2013, Hangzhou, China.
Sachin Wadikhaye wins the Award for Best Postgraduate Research Poster at IEEE Technologies of the Future (iToF 2012)
October 2012
Congratulations to Sachin Wadikhaye for winning the award for Best Postgraduate Research Poster in the topic “Towards Miniaturisation” at the IEEE Technologies of the Future (iToF 2012) Competition and Exhibition. The winning poster was titled “Design Identification and Control of Compact Serial Kinematic Nanopositioner for High Speed Atomic Force Microscopy”.
Reza Moheimani presents a keynote lecture at the 3M-NANO
August 2012
Reza Moheimani presented a keynote lecture, titled “The Art of Nanopositioning: From mechanical Design to Control” at the 2nd International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale, 29 August – 1 September 2012, Xi’an, China.
Matthew Fairbairn wins best student paper award at AIM 2012
July 2012
Congratulations to Matthew Fairbairn for winning the best student paper award at the 2012 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. The winning paper “Quality Factor Enhancement of an Atomic Force Microscope Micro-cantilever Using Piezoelectric Shunt Control” was co-authored by Matthew and Reza Moheimani.
Matthew Fairbairn’s paper wins AUCC 2011 best student paper award
November 2011
The paper “Improving the Scan Rate and Image Quality in Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy with Piezoelectric Shunt Control”, co-authored by Matthew Fairbairn, Reza Moheimani and Andrew Fleming has won the AUCC 2011 best student paper award. Congratulations to Matthew!
Yuen Yong receives University of Newcastle Postdoctoral Fellowship
October 2011
Congratulations to Dr. Yuen Yong for receiving this competitive fellowship.
Matthew Fairbairn’s paper selected as a finalist for AUCC 2011 best student paper award
October 2011
The paper “Improving the Scan Rate and Image Quality in Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy with Piezoelectric Shunt Control”, co-authored by Matthew Fairbairn, Reza Moheimani and Andrew Fleming has been selected as a finalist for AUCC 2011 best student paper award. Congratulations to Matthew!