Pre-historic mounds in north-east Thailand, x-rays, stalagmites, cell biology, air pollution, ceramics, and changes to the land are amongst the subjects for this year’s successful recipients of Postgraduate Research Awards from the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE).
Ten students were recently announced as winners of the 2001 Awards, which are designed to support research projects associated with nuclear science or its applications, and require access to the facilities at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre. All successful recipients are candidates for PhDs.
The award recipients are Till Bocking and Tristan Burg of the University of NSW, John Phair and Vicki-Ann Dimas of the University of Melbourne, Fiona Dick and Janece McDonald of the University of Newcastle, Jeremy Habberfield-Short and Jeffrey Parr of Southern Cross University, Gianluca Paglia of Curtin University of Technology, and Kia Wallwork of Flinders University.
Postgraduate awards from AINSE, worth more than $13,000 per annum, include $5,500 which can be put towards using any of more than 100 facilities at Lucas Heights. These facilities include the HIFAR research reactor, neutronand gamma ray irradiation facilities, materials testing facilities, ion and electron beam accelerators, radiopharmaceutical laboratories, supercomputing facilities and a fully equipped coastal and marine survey vessel.