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Staff Awards

2007

• Jan Machotka, Zorica Nedic and zdemir Gl,  the Sessions Best Paper Award at the 5th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications held 12th-15th July  in Orlando, Florida, USA, for the paper entitled Collaborative learning in the remote laboratory NetLab".

   

• Zorica Nedic and Jan Machotka, the Best Paper Award including the laptop computer at the 4th International Conference on Remote Engineering & Virtual Instrumentation (REV2007) held 25th-27th June  in Porto, Portugal, for the paper entitled Remote laboratory NetLab for effective teaching of 1st year engineering students. The REV2007 Organizing Committee awarded it in recognition of its contribution to build a high-quality technical program.

   

• Steve Thatcher, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE) Silver Badge of Honour for distinguished contributions to engineering education, outstanding achievements in the globalisation of engineering education through the activities of the Centre, and in particular, for remarkable service to the UICEE, awarded on 19 June, 2007.
   
• Steve Thatcher, Platinum Award for Best Paper, for his paper Scenario-based Assessment in Aviation Education, 11^th Baltic Conference on Engineering Education, Tallinn, Estonia, 17-20 June, 2007.
   
• zdemir Gl and Andrew Nafalski, Award for distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper, for their paper Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education (which was also the Opening Address), 10^th UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 19-23 March, 2007.

 

• 2006 UniSA Scholarship of Teaching Awards ($1,000 per paper) to authors of the following refereed conference papers:
  • An Innovative Approach to Teaching EMI Using Virtual Instrumentation Techniques by K. McDermott, A. Nafalski and . Gl, published in the proceedings of 9th International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) International Conference: Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, Lima, Peru.
  • On-line quizzes with randomized parameters by Z. Nedic, J. Machotka and A. Nafalski published in the proceedings of 9th IASTED International Conference: Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, Lima, Peru.
  • Student centred learning in remote laboratory NetLab by J. Machotka and Z. Nedic, published in the proceedings of 9th IASTED International Conference: Computers and Advanced Technology in Education.
  • Pedagogical Considerations for the Design of Final Year Projects in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) by . Gl, S. Giaccio and A. Nafalski, published in the proceedings of the 10th UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE) Baltic Region Seminar on Engineering Education, Szczecin, Poland.
  • Interactive electronic tutorials and web based approach in engineering courses by Z. Nedic, J. Machotka and A. Nafalski, published in the proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Web Based Education, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
  • Students responses to remote laboratory NetLab by J. Machotka and Z. Nedic, published in the proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Web Based Education, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
  • Effective on-line self-assessment in engineering education by Z. Nedic, J. Machotka and A. Nafalski, published in the proceedings of the International Conference (ICL) Interactive Computer Aided Learning, Villach, Austria.
  • Remote experiments in engineering undergraduate programs by J. Machotka and Z. Nedic, published in the proceedings of the International Conference (ICL) Interactive Computer Aided Learning, Villach, Austria.
  • Incorporation of remote laboratories into on-campus engineering courses by J. Machotka and Z. Nedic, published in the proceedings of the UICEE 9th Annual Conference on Engineering Education, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
  • Reflections on Final Year Project Work in Engineering Programs by K. McDermott and J. Machotka, published in the proceedings of the UICEE 9th Annual Conference on Engineering Education, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
  • Refereed journal article, The Remote Laboratory NetLab for Teaching Engineering Courses by J. Machotka and Z. Nedic, published in the Global Journal on Engineering Education.

2006

• Mahfuz Aziz, 2006 UniSA Award for Teaching Excellence.
   
• Mahfuz Aziz, 2006 UniSA Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
   
• Mahfuz Aziz, Jan Machotka and Paul White, 2006 Supported Teacher Award for recognition of high performance in teaching, as determined by the 2005 Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) data, UniSA, awarded on 26 October, 2006.
   
• David Adamson, Staff Service Award for more than 40 years of Service, UniSA, awarded on 20 October, 2006.  Commenced work in the Department of Maths and Physics at the South Australian Institute of Technology in January 1963.
   
• Andrew Nafalski, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE) Silver Badge of Honour for distinguished contributions to engineering education, outstanding achievements in the globalisation of engineering education through the activities of the Centre, and, in particular, for remarkable service to the UICEE, awarded on 5 October, 2006.
   
• Amihud Hari, Joseph Kasser and M.P. Weiss, Best Paper Award, Lessons Learnt from the Applications of QFD to the Definition of Complex Systems, Proceedings of the 16^th International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering INCOSE, Orlando, Florida, 2006.
   
• Andrew Nafalski (Team Leader), Zorica Nedic, Jan Machotka, zdemir Gl and Kevin McDermott, 2006 Carrick Australian Award for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning:  For sustained and successful innovation in active and relevant student-centred learning and a marked contribution to the scholarship of education (an inaugural award).  Prize money:  $10,000
   
• Shark Watch Patrol Team for their Aerial Shark Watch Patrol Service, 2005 UniSA Chancellor's Award for Community Engagement. Team Members:  Steven Thatcher, Graham Mitchell, Chris Jones, Andrew Miegel, Paul Feliszek, Tim Heading, Daniel Stone, Bonnie Smith, Jason Forrest, Glen Erskine, Tom Faunt, Brad Wild, Steven Cesco, Tom Glasson, Troy Lozo, Dane Holthouse, Patrick Gibson, Frank Pellas. Community Partners:  South Australian Government including the State Emergency Service Volunteer Marine Rescue.
   
• Kevin McDermott and Jan Machotka, Gold Award, awarded by peer vote of conference participants for outstanding contribution to engineering education, for their paper Reflections on Final Year Project Work in Engineering Programmes, 9^th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education under the theme International Quality in Engineering Education, Muscat, Oman, 11-15 February, 2006.
   
• Jan Machotka and Zorica Nedic, Bronze Award, awarded by peer vote of conference participants for outstanding contribution to engineering education, for their paper The Incorporation of Remote Laboratories into On-campus Engineering Courses, 9^th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering Education under the theme International Quality in Engineering Education, Muscat, Oman, 11-15 February, 2006.

• UniSA Scholarship of Teaching Awards ($1,000 per paper) to authors of the following refereed conference papers, published in the Proceedings of the 4^th UICEE Asia-Pacific Forum on Engineering and Technology Education, Bangkok, 2005:

• A. Nafalski, . Gl, J. Interasirapong, International Experiences with the UMAP Programme

• . Gl, A. Nafalski, K. McDermott, S. Sathasilvam and D. Chan, A Liberal Approach to Teaching Advanced Engineering Courses

• A. Sprok, B. Dansie, Z. Nedic, . Gl and A. Nafalski, The Robotic Peer Mentoring (RPM) Programme in High Schools

• K. Dogancay, A Unified Approach to Teaching Bandpass Sampling and Signal Recovery in a Digital Signal Processing Course
   

2005

• Nick Mermelengas, 25 Year Staff Service Award, UniSA.
   
• David Harris, 10 Year Staff Service Award, UniSA.
   
• David Adamson, Tea Tree Gully Council 25 year service award for service in its Road Safety Program which includes giving road safety instruction and practical skills to children.  The presentation was made at the annual Mayoral Buffet Tea held on 30th November, 2005 to celebrate the contribution of volunteers.
   
• Aviation Academy Systems Re-engineering Team, 2005 UniSA Vice Chancellors Award for General Staff Excellence, for their creation of a reliable, efficient and flexible system to provide accurate and better information for management of the Aviation Academy.  Recipients: Heather Ryland, Frank Pellas, Janice Ortolan (EIE), Jo-Anne Holmes and Chris Jones (EIE).
   
• Paul Bunnik and Michael Harris, Best T&E Paper Award at the Systems Engineering and Test and Evaluation Conference 2005, for their paper Early Operational Assessment of Home Audio Systems.
   
• 2005 UniSA Supported Teacher Award for teaching in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Civil Aviation) program: Terry Keen and Albie Fyfe.
   
• 2005 UniSA Supported Teacher Awards for teaching in engineering: Sam Ali, David Cropley,  Jan Machotka and Zorica Nedic.
   
• zdemir Gl, Andrew Nafalski, Kevin McDermott, Shivvaan Sathasilvam and David Chan, Platinum Award, awarded by peer vote of conference participants for the most significant contribution to the field of engineering education, for their paper A Liberal Project-based Approach to Teaching of Advanced Engineering Courses, 47^th UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education Asia-Pacific Forum on Engineering and Technology Education, Bangkok, Thailand, 26-29 September, 2005.
   
• Kutluyil Dogancay, 2005-2006 South Australian Tall Poppy Science Award, one of 8 state winners of this award which is to recognise the achievements of outstanding young researchers in the sciences including physical, biomedial and applied sciences and biotechnology, and their community engagement in promoting science.
   
• Stephen Cook, Eric Honour and Timothy Ferris, Best Paper Award, Towards a Framework for Systems Engineering Research, International Conference on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Rochester, USA.
   

2004

• Zorica Nedic with 4 other participants, 2004 Australian Awards for University Teaching for Provision of Educational Services to the Community Raising the Educational Aspirations of Students in the Northern Regions of Adelaide.
   
• zdemir Gl, Andrew Nafalski, Zorica Nedic, Kevin McDermott and Jan Machotka, Diamond Award for best conference paper, awarded by peer vote of conference participants for the most outstanding contribution to engineering education, for their paper Peer Tutoring in High Schools to Increase Engineering Awareness, 7^th UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education Annual Conference on Engineering Education, Mumbai, India, 9-13 February, 2004.
   
• Kevin McDermott, Andrew Nafalski and zdemir Gl, Gold Award, awarded by peer vote of conference participants for the most significant contribution to the field of engineering education, for their lead paper Quality Assurance of Engineering Programs at the University of South Australia, 7^th UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education Annual Conference on Engineering Education, Mumbai, India, 9-13 February, 2004.
   
• zdemir Gl, Andrew Nafalski, Quang Tran and T. Nguyen, 2004 UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education Gold Award for a distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper to the 4^th Global Congress on Engineering Education, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-9 July, 2004.
   
• Derek Rogers, Inaugural IREE Neville Thiele Award medal. Dereks contributions to mobile communications and software and systems engineering were noted at the award presentation
   
• zdemir Gl, 2004 UniSA Scholarly Teaching Awards for consistent maintenance of the quality of scholarship of teaching.
   
• Jan Machotka, 2004 UniSA Scholarly Teaching Awards for consistent maintenance of the quality of scholarship of teaching.
   
• Andrew Nafalski, 2004 UniSA Scholarly Teaching Awards for consistent maintenance of the quality of scholarship of teaching.
   
• Steven Thatcher, Best Paper Presentation, Theoretical Framework for a Knowledge-based Intelligent Enhancement to an Aircraft Ground Proximity Warning System, AISAT-2004 Conference, Hobart.
   
• Somsak Vanit-Anunchai (PhD student) and Jonathan Billington, Highly Commended Paper Award for second best conference paper at the International Network Conference 2004, sponsored by Emerald Publishing and the Internet Research Journal.  The paper was entitled Initial Result of a Formal Analysis of DCCP Connection Management, in Proc. Fourth International Network Conference, Plymouth, UK, 6-9 July 2004, pp 63-70.

2003

• Andrew Nafalski, Jan Machotka and Zorica Nedic, 2003 UniSA Excellence in Teaching Award in recognition of sustained teaching excellence in Electrical and Information Engineering, innovative use of technology and scholarship in teaching.
   
• Andrew Nafalski, 2003 UniSA Scholarly Teaching Award for demonstrated scholarly achievements in teaching.
   
• Jan Machotka 2003 UniSA Scholarly Teaching Award for demonstrated scholarly achievements in teaching.
   
• Engineering Awareness Raising through CoreChart Robotic High School Mentoring, 2003 Australian Engineering Excellence Award AusIndustry Innovation Award. The decisive contribution to the Program was from the School, Brenton Dansie Dean: Teaching and Learning of the Division and Philip Stump from SA Department for Business, Manufacturing and Trade. Program was conducted jointly with industry partner eLabtronics.
   
• Mahinda Pathegama and zdemir Gl, Best Paper in the research category of AI and Medical Applications, An Artificial Neural Process for Edge Segmentation in Biological Cell Image Analysis, 3rd International Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence, Minsk, November 2003.
   
• Team SMS@UniSA, 2003 UniSA Chancellors Award for Community Service for their Year 12 Chemistry and Physics for students in northern suburbs project.  EIE Staff Recipients: Bruce Wedding, David Adamson and Anthony Duffy.  Community Partners: Valley View Secondary School, Para Hills High School, Windsor Gardens Vocational School and Enfield High School.
   
• UniSA and eLabtronics Team for Engineering Awareness Raising through High School Mentoring, 2003 Commendation in Engineering Education Category, The Institution of Engineers, SA Division. EIE Student and Staff Team Members: Sahar Ardalan, zdemir Gl, Ben Mercorella, Andrew Nafalski, Zorica Nedic, Patrick OSullivan, Jarrod Pitt, Priyamvada Ravindra, Andrew Sprok and John Wilson.
   
• Robotics Peer Mentoring Program Team, Special Commendation 2003 UniSA Chancellor's Awards for Community Service. EIE Staff and Student Team Members: Zorica Nedic, Andrew Nafalski, zdemir Gl, Patrick OSullivan, Andrew Sprok, Ryan Jones, Andrei Lloyd, Marina Milosvski, Matthew Olsen, Richard Petty, Zsolt Temesi, Wynard Marais, Purushottam Rao Yadlapalli, Graham Gower, Belinda Martin, Sam England, Simon Keating, Peter Drennan, Michael Barron, Ben Loud, Kerry Dunn, Zhi Wei Zhang, Wai Seng Luy, Sahar Ardalan, Priyamvada Ravindra.  Community Partners: 13 high schools, DBMT, CIBM, Playford Partnerships, eLabtronics, EIA, Codan Ltd, Holden Ltd, Tenix Defence, Entech Group of Companies, Autotherm Pty Ltd, Microchip Technology Inc, SASTAR.
   
• Jag Mazumdar (Adjunct Professor), Successful Indian of the Month, Australia Information Services, Sydney.
   

2002

• Andrew Nafalski, Jan Machotka and Zorica Nedic, 2002 UniSA High Commendation for the Quality of Teaching at UniSA, for the development of innovative teaching and student-directed learning methodologies in engineering degree studies.
   
• Andrew Nafalski, Honorary Membership of the University of South Australias Chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society for significant achievements and service to the students of the University of South Australia.
   
• Science and Technology Awareness Team of EIE in partnership with high schools, predominantly from the northern Adelaide area, and industry partners including eLabtronics, ITEK and the Electronics Industry Association (EIA), 2002 UniSA Chancellors Award for Community Service. Team Members: Zorica Nedic, Andrew Nafalski, zdemir Gl, Graham Mitchell, Paul White, John Wilson, Jarrod Pitt (student), Ben Mercorella (student), Sahar Ardalan (student) and Priyamvada Ravindra (student).
   
• Sun Microsystems Real-Time Laboratory team, Commendation awarded in the scheme of UniSA 2002 Vice Chancellors Awards for General Staff Excellence for the establishment and maintenance of the Laboratory that has brought the School to the forefront of industry standards. Team Members: Patrick OSullivan, Kon Joukovski and Daria Roszkowski.
   
• Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Team, Commendation awarded in the scheme of UniSAs 2002 Vice Chancellors Awards for General Staff Excellence for working in an innovative and creative way that created a shared commitment of the School to organisational objectives of the University in the area of Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare. Team Members: David Adamson, Anthony Duffy, Tony Gelonese, Patrick OSullivan and Paul White.
   
• Lyn Bussenschutt, Commendation awarded in the scheme of 2002 UniSA Vice Chancellors Awards for General Staff Excellence for exemplary customer service. Awarded for her position of Secretary in Systems Engineering and Evaluation Centre.
   
• Jagannath (Jag) Mazumdar (Adjunct Professor), United Cultural Conventions 2002 Noble Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Contributions to Humanity.
   
• Maria Siciliano, 25 Year Staff Service Award, UniSA.
   
• Alex Hariz, Ten Year Staff Service Award, UniSA.
   

2001

• Kevin McDermott, zdemir Gl and Andrew Nafalski, Silver Award for a distinguished contribution in delivering an outstanding paper, UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education 4th Annual Conference, Bangkok, 7-10 February, 2001.
   

• Noel Martin (Adjunct Professor with the Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems Centre), Distinguished Service Award, SA Section of IEEE.

• Krishnan Ananthakrishnan was part of South Australian team comprising tertiary institutions and TAFEs which won Concentric Asia-Pacifics Inaugural National Engineering Innovation Competition and prize of $100,000 for their Formula-Vee racing car design which focused on safety.
   

• Four academics were awarded Supported Academic Teacher Awards for the best School result in UniSA:

• Mahfuz Aziz, 2001 UniSA Supported Academic Teacher Award, for his efforts to incorporate industry perspectives in his curriculum.

• Michael Harris, 2001 UniSA Supported Academic Teacher Award, for his efforts to incorporate information literacy into student learning.

• Jan Machotka, 2001 UniSA Supported Academic Teacher Award, for his efforts to incorporate online teaching strategies.

• Nick Mermelengas, 2001 UniSA Supported Academic Teacher Award, for his readiness to make use of Learning Connection materials in support of student learning, and by the range of teaching and learning methodologies he employs to introduce students to a complex area of content.
   

• Jan Machotka, Zorica Nedic, Lakhmi Jain and David Cropley, UniSA University Teaching Grant.
   
• Zahid Qureshi (DSTO), Lars Kristensen and Jonathan Billington, Best Paper of Session Award, Modelling Military Airborne Mission Systems for Functional Analysis, 20^th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Daytona Beach, USA, 14-18 October 2001.
   
• David Cropley, 2001 Program Director of the Year, Postgraduate Excellence Awards of UniSA Student Association.
  Anthony Duffy, 2001 General Staff Person of the Year, Postgraduate Excellence Awards of UniSA Student Association.
   
• David Adamson (38 years of service), John Pattison (34 years of service), Tony Gelonese (28 years of service) and John Wilson (25 years of service to UniSA and its predecessor), 25 Year Staff Service Award, UniSA.
   

2000

• Mahfuz Aziz, 2000 UniSA Supported Academic Teacher Award for innovation in Computer Hardware Design, UniSA.
   
• Andrew Nafalski, 2000 UniSA Supported Academic Teacher Award for innovation in Peer Assisted Learning Scheme, UniSA.
   
• 15 academics and adjuncts were awarded 2000 Supported Researchers Award for best School result in the Division and a shared third place in UniSA.
   
• David Adamson, Senior Tea Tree Gully Citizen of the Year 2000, Tea Tree Gully Council.
   

Postgraduate Student Awards

2007

• Kent Gregory (PhD student), 1^st place in 2007 Best Paper Awards for the best journal paper in the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA, for the paper:  Gregory, K.J., Pattison, J.E. and Bibbo, G., Uncertainties of Exposure-related Quantities in Mammographic X-ray Unit Quality Control, Medical Physics, 33(3): 687-698, March 2006.

• Vivek Bannore (PhD student), 3^rd place in 2007 Best Paper Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA, for a paper An Iterative Approach to Image Super-Resolution.
   
• Muhammad Azeem Ashraf (PhD student), commendation in 2007 Best Paper Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA, for a paper Surface-Surface Contact Wear Prediction Using FEA.
   
• Somsak Vanit-Anunchai (PhD student), commendation in 2007 Best Paper Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA for a paper Sweep-line Analysis of DCCP Connection Management.
   

2006

• Aaron Mohtar (PhD Student), Best UniSA Student Paper Award by Peer Student Voting, for the paper:  A. Mohtar, Z. Nedic and J. Machotka, Digitally Controlled Variable Resistors for NetLab, Asia-Pacific Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (APSAEM2006), University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 19-21 July, 2006.
   
• Asit Saha (PhD Student), 2^nd place in 2006 Best Paper Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   
• Guy Gallasch (PhD Student), 3^rd place in 2006 Best Paper Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   
• Quoc Do (PhD Student), commendation in 2006 Best Paper Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   
• Reuven Greenberg (PhD Student), commendation in 2006 Best Paper Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   
• Hong Ji (PhD Student), 1^st place in 2006 Best Poster Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   
• Beulah Moses (PhD Student), 2^nd place in 2006 Best Poster Awards for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   

• Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team, University of South Australia, National Winner of 2006 SIFE Competition. The team presented the following new and existing projects: Robotics Peer Mentoring, Indigenous Theatre Company (New), and Financial Literacy Website and Seminars (New). SIFE Presenters: Aaron Mohtar and Shivvaan Sathasilvam, postgraduate students from the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, and Leila Seith (SIFE President), Tim Martin and Kate Pepper from the Division of Business.  Faculty SIFE Adviser: Zorica Nedic.  The team competed against students from 26 universities on 6-8 July, 2006 in Brisbane and represent Australia in the SIFE World Cup on 11-14 September in Paris, France where they competed against 45 National Champions from all over the world.
   

2005

• Nimrod Lilith (PhD Student), Best Student Paper Award at IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2005), 21-24 November 2005, Melbourne, Australia, for the paper: Nimrod Lilith and Kutluyil Dogancay, Using Reinforcement Learning for Call Admission Control in Cellular Environments Featuring Self-similar Traffic.
   
• Patricia Curtis (PhD student), Australian Institute of Energy Encouragement Award for PhD project proposal, Optical Enhancements of Silicon Solar Cells. The $500 prize was awarded at the Institutes 2005 Postgraduate Student Energy Awards Forum and Dinner at the Hyatt Regency on 3 November.
   
• Suresh Sankaranarayanan (PhD student), IEEE Travel Fund Prize of $300 towards registration in the 11^th Asia Pacific Communication Conference sponsored by the IEEE Communication Society, South Australian Section.
   

2004

• Mahinda Pathegama, Award of Early Career Symposium Fellowship, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).
   
• Mahinda Pathegama, UniSA 2004 Runner-up Research Student of the Year, Postgraduate Department of the Students Association (USASA).
   
• Asit Saha (PhD Student), 2004 Best Refereed Journal Paper Award for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   
• Bing Han (PhD Student), 2004 Best Refereed Conference Paper Award for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   

2003

• Chun Ouyang (PhD student), 2003 Best Postgraduate Student in the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA Student Association.
   
• Chun Ouyang (PhD Student), 2003 Best Conference Paper Award for the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, UniSA.
   

Undergraduate Student Awards
 

2007

• Shobhan Shingadia, Sie King Tiong and You Yun Lim (final year LBIF students), 2006 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society of Australia Student Paper Competition (national winners), for their presentation, Motorised Clamp Mechanism for EMC Testing.  Supervisors:  Andrew Nafalski, Chris Preece (Wood Dale EMC Testing) and zdemir Gl.  Prize:  $1000, diplomas and inclusion in the Australian EMC Society newsletter.
   

2006

• Nicholas Cox (LBGT student), third prize jointly with student from Flinders University, 2006 Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Student Paper Presentation, 24 October, 2006.  Project:  Co-channel Speaker Separation and its Integration with Transcription Services within a Military Planning Environment.  Project Partners:  Christopher Page and Florian Razvan.  Supervisor:  Mahfuz Aziz.
   

2005

• Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team of EIE, University of South Australia, consisting of four final year engineering students presenting the Robotics Peer Mentoring Program, National Winner of 2005 SIFE Competition.  SIFE President and Presenter: Andrei Lloyd, and Presenters: Simon Lane, Aaron Mohtar and Nathan Potter.  Faculty SIFE Adviser: Andrew Sprok. The competition was judged by 39 senior executives of the Australian business community. Students from 22 universities competed on 9-10 July, 2005 in Sydney. The team was joined by Shivvaan Sathasilvam and Sam England from the School, and Leila Seith and Esther Holland from the Division of Business and Enterprise, to represent the University in the SIFE World Cup on 5-7 October in Toronto, Canada and compete with 45 national teams. The team was first runner-up in their group. The Cup was attended by 1600 participants.
   

2004

• Aaron Mohtar (LBIF student), Golden Key International Honour Society scholarship, $500. The award is bestowed for outstanding commitment to scholastic achievement and excellence that distinguishes the recipient within the university community.
   
• Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team from Mawson Lakes Campus, University of South Australia, Runner-up in the Opening Round of 2004 SIFE Competition (beaten by the overall final winner to compete in global competition).  SIFE President: Andrei Lloyd, and team members: Kerry Dunn, Marina Milosevsk, Richard Petty, Faculty SIFE adviser: Jan Machotka. Students from 34 universities competed in the Pacific Brand League of SIFE, 9-13 July, 2004, Melbourne.
   
• Richard Petty (LBIF student), 2nd place for presentation of the project Implementation of a Mems-Based Pressure Sensor for Biomedical Application, undergraduate IEE Student Paper Night, October 2004. Project Partners: Kerry Dunn and Darrel Wah.  Supervisor: Alex Hariz.
   
• Scott Carr and Andrew Sprok (LBIF students), 2004 ITEK Science and Engineering Innovation Award, awarded to the students with the most commercial potential final year engineering project within the Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment. Prize: $500.  Project Supervisors: Jan Machotka and Zorica Nedic.
   
• Mohammed Khazab (third year of Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Microengineering) student), team member of the University Orientation Program Project awarded 2004 UniSA Chancellors Award for Community Service. In collaboration with community partners: Fremont-Elizabeth City High School, Salisbury East High School, Smithfield Plains High School, Craigmore High School, St Columba College, Endeavour College, Paralowie High School and Salisbury High School, the team has developed a program to facilitate the transition of high school students to the University.
   

2003

• Paul Calabro (LBGT student), 3^rd place, undergraduate IEE Student Paper Night, October 2003.
   

2002

• Zhen-Dan Bao (final year Computer Systems Engineering student), Best Technical Paper 2002 in SA and NT, Younger Members Section of Institution of Electrical Engineers.
   

2001

• Vitaly Ogulev (Computer Systems Engineering student) represented Australia (one of 300 Australian athletes) in East Asian Games, 17-29 May 2001 in Osaka, Japan and took fifth place in classical wrestling. He is current Australian Champion in 76 kg category and took second prize in the National Australian Championships on 8 June in Roman-Greek wrestling, 76 kg category.
   
• Mark Ford (LBIA student), Chia Hui Lee (LBIF student) and Jayaram Selvaraju (LBIF student), 2001 UniSA Chancellors Award for Community Service for their involvement in SA Solar Car Consortium.
   

2000

• Paul Kay (final year Electronic Engineering student), SA State winner (to compete in National Finals), 2000 Siemens Prize for Innovation ($5000), for final year project Investigation into RF Propagation Variation (Supervisor: A Nafalski). Awarded for the most innovative and creative approach to the final year project, combined with the ability to present clearly and persuasively to an audience.
   
• The Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Student Branch, UniSA awarded Student Branch Centre of Excellence status and won a grant of $6000 to establish technical library, computing facility and video conferencing capabilities.
   
• David Culpin (graduating Electronic Engineering student), third prize, Joint IEAust/IEE/IEEE Student Paper Night, October 2000. Awarded for his presentation on Supersonic Camera Pod. DSTO sponsored the project.
   

Graduate Awards
 

2004

• Purushottam Rao Yadlapalli (MEng (Information Technology and Telecommunications) graduate), 2004 UniSA Chancellors Award for Community Service. Supervisor of a project which is a community outreach program where participants in a work for dole activity are trained to refurbish computer hardware and software, to be donated to community groups and disadvantaged people in need.  The project was conducted in ACS Community Computers (a non-profit organisation of the Australian Computer Society) and supported by the Salvation Army Employment Plus.
   
• Andrew Skinner, Engineering Director of Measurement Engineering Australia (MEA) and graduate of SA Institute of Technology (UniSA predecessor) in 1987 was honoured at the official opening of the Starfish Hill Wind Farm in regard to his postgraduate work in investigating optimum sites for wind energy.

2003

• Wayne Piekarski (1999 Computer Systems Engineering graduate) and Bruce Thomas (School of Computer and Information Science), 2003 UniSA Innovation Award for Augmented Reality Project.

2000

• Justin McDonald, (1995 Civil Aviation graduate), Olympic Torch Bearer in Adelaide on 15 July, 2000. Justin was the Captain of the Australian Bobsleigh Team which competed in the Winter Olympics in 1994 where he received the Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophy.

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