October 2011
Congratulations to Dr. Yuen Yong for receiving this competitive fellowship.
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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!
Reza Moheimani elected Fellow of IFAC
May 2011
Reza Moheimani has been elected as a Fellow of International Federation of Automatic Control (FIFAC) by the IFAC Fellow Selection Committee and approved by the IFAC Council in a vote taken in May 2011.
Dr. Iskandar Mahmood wins University of Newcastle’s Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence
March 2011
The award recognizes excellence in research and aims to encourage, reward and celebrate outstanding achievement in research by candidates in any area of research at University of Newcastle. Dr. Mahmood’s recognition was due to the research included in his thesis, “Vibration and position control of piezoelectric tube scanners for fast atomic force microscopy”.
Reza Moheimani elected Fellow of the IEEE.
December 2010
Each year the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients for one of the Association’s most prestigious honors, elevation to IEEE Fellow. The IEEE Board of Directors at its November 2010 meeting, elevated Reza Moheimani to IEEE Fellow, effective 1 January 2011, with the following citation: “for contributions to control of nanopositioning systems”
Dr Mehmet Yuce wins the 2010 Pro Vice-Chancellors Award for Research Excellence.
August 2010
These Awards aim to encourage and recognise the achievements of early and mid-career researchers. Research excellence is judged relative to career opportunity and candidates are judged by several criteria including: The originality of the research, the quality of the research output, the impact of research, success in attracting research funds, success in research higher degree supervision, peer recognition, and track record relative to opportunity.
Mr Anthony Fowler starts his Ph.D
July 2010
Anthony Fowler has commenced working toward his Ph.D with LDCNS. He is working on energy scavenging systems at the MEMS scale.
Dr Bharath Bhikkaji visits LDCNS.
June 2010
Dr. Bharath Bhikkaji visits LDCNS for 3 months of collaborative research.
Mr Aaron Hammond commences his Ph.D
March 2010
Aaron Hammond has commenced working toward his Ph.D with LDCNS after graduating from the University of Newcastle in 2009. His research will be in the areas of MEMS and nanopositioning.