Bionic eye project on 7.30 Report
Watch the story about Bionic Vision Australia's work on developing a first and second generation bionic eye device, which aired on ABC's 7.30 Report on Monday January 23, 2012. |
Representation of input signals in recurrently connected neuronal networks
Dr Matthieu Gilson from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute will present the first Melbourne School of Engineering Visiting Scholar Lecture in 2012 on Wednesday 18 January, at the Centre for Neural Engineering, 203 Bouverie Street, Carlton. |
Engaging diamonds in the quantum age
Professor David Awschalom will be presenting a Miegunyah Public Lecture for the Melbourne Materials Institute, entitled “Engaging diamonds in the quantum age” on Wednesday 18th January 2012, 6.30 – 7.30 pm in the Hercus Theatre at the University of Melbourne. |
MSE academics secure large events
Professor Rod Tucker and Professor David Wood have been awarded for securing major international business events in 2011. |
MSE people shine in The Age Melbourne Magazine Top 100
Melbourne School of Engineering people have featured prominently in The Age Melbourne Magazine's annual list of Melbourne's 100 most influential, inspirational, provocative and creative people. |
Free Seminar – Learning to guide the behaviour of cells
Leading international expert in theoretical systems biology, Professor Michael Stumpf will present a seminar on 21 December, hosted by NICTA and The Melbourne School of Engineering, along with the Faculties of Science and Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. |
Liang Chen wins Victoria Fellowship
Congratulations to Engineering PhD student Liang Chen who has received a 2011 Victoria Fellowship for his research on network efficiency. |
Designing broadband applications to tackle pressing problems
Researchers from The Melbourne School of Engineering are working with colleagues from across the university to take broadband applications out of the lab and into homes, offices and classrooms across Victoria. |
Congratulations
Dragan Nesic, Future Fellow
Voice, vol 6, no 1, Jan 11 – Feb 8 2010
Professor Dragan Nesic, recent Melbourne Future Fellowship recipient, is one of 25 outstanding early and mid-career academics who will conduct research into an area of national priority to advance Australia’s standing in research and innovation. Dragan’s research into control engineering features in this month’s edition of the Voice
Dr Darryl Veitch has been recognised by the IEEE for for contributions to measurement, estimation, and characterization of internet traffic and performance. Dr Veitch is elevated to IEEE Fellow effective 1 January 2009
More about Dr Darryl Veitch
Nanoelectronics
Professor Stan Skafidas leads the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering's research in nanoelectronics, as well as being the course coordinator for the Master of Nanoelectronic Engineering program.
Students benefit from having access to an electronics test and design facility unique in the South East Asian region, which provides hands on experience with testing and design of micro- and nano- electronic systems.
Nanoelectronic systems are a new and exciting area of technology and the next step in the progression of micro-electronic systems. New nanoelectronic systems distinguish themselves from their micro-electronic counterparts in that they: are smaller; more integrated; operate at higher frequencies; and use less power.
Nano-electronic systems are critical in many areas including medicine, the environment, aerospace, wireless and photonic communication systems, and automotive applications. Read more ...
Research Spotlight
Managing Australia’s Water Resources: Automated Demand Scheduling and Supply Control Systems for Large Scale Irrigation Networks
Staff: Erik Weyer, Michael Cantoni, Peter Dower, Iven Mareels, Yuping Li, Nadia Bedjaoui
Sponsors: Rubicon Systems, Australian Research Council
Email Contact: ewey@unimelb.edu.au
Key Phrases: modeling and control; distributed control; hierarchical control systems; irrigation networks;
Water is an increasingly precious resource and as such, it is important to manage it well. Large-scale networks of irrigation channels supply farmers with water from rivers and reservoirs, and in Victoria alone there are several thousand kilometres of irrigation networks. The water losses in these channels are large, and it is estimated that as much as the equivalent of Melbourne's total water consumption is lost in irrigation channels in Victoria. In most cases, the losses are due to the tendency to oversupply resulting in the release of more water than is necessary from rivers and reservoirs. In this project we have developed automatic control systems which command automated gates along the channels to regulate the flows and water levels on the basis of on-line measurements.