March 2013 Eng-Zone: Engineers Australia Sydney Division's e-newsletter sent to you monthly with news and details of activities around Engineers Australia.
_____________________ IMPORTANT NOTICE Please note from April 2013 Engineers Australia Sydney Division will be sending out the new format EA SYDNEY e-newsletter to our members and stakeholders. EngZone March 2013 will be the last EngZone sent to you. We look forward to reach you via EA SYDNEY e-news during the 3rd week of April with improved format and content. To find out more please contact the Division via email on Sydney@engineersaustralia.org.au
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Our Engineering Heritage I recently spent an enjoyable day on the banks of the Hawkesbury River retracing the path of the original Sydney to Newcastle road, originally called “The Great North Road”. For those interested in Engineering Heritage, walking and the Australian bush it’s a fascinating and beautiful discovery. The first road to Newcastle was built between 1826 and 1836 by convict labour and there’s a ten kilometre abandoned and well preserved relict located north of the Hawkesbury River at Wisemans Ferry. It contains the oldest mainland bridge in Australia at Devines Hill built in 1830 (beating the three Lennox Bridges: Glenbrook 1833, Lansvale 1836 and Parramatta 1839). The 1820’s was a turbulent time in Engineering with revolutionary changes created from the work in England of Thomas Telford on pavement construction and drainage, and John McAdam in Scotland on pavement matrix and both these avant-garde theories were put into practice on this site for the first time in Australia. Leading the design was Major Thomas Mitchell with his assistant Lieutenant Percy Simpson as Construction Engineer, along with their construction force of 350 recalcitrant convicts (who didn’t want to be there). In the pecking order of convicts the bad were sent to the road gangs with the worst in iron chains (current employees in the road construction industry are pleased that employment conditions have since improved in New South Wales). Read more... John Nichols BE(Civil) CPEng FIEAust Engineers Australia Sydney Division President 2013
NEWS Winning Engineers Take Centrestage for Awards Launch at Powerhouse Museum Engineering Excellence Awards Sydney 2013 (EEAS) was launched at the Powerhouse Museum in February, in conjunction with the opening of an interactive exhibit of last years' award winning entries. Powerhouse Museum Director, Dr Dawn Casey launched the award program and exhibition in front of 160 representatives of the many and diverse fields of engineering. Click here to learn more about the launch event and see photos! Would you like to be part of a chartered interview panel? Do you have at least five years Professional work experience? have current financial membership at the level of CPEng and registration on the NPER or NETR or NEAR? You are invited to register as an Interviewer for those candidates seeking to become Chartered. This activity would also count towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD). For further information or to register, please contact David Zhao 02 9410 5615 or dzhao@engineersaustralia.org.au
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Discover Engineering at ANSTO The Discover Engineering Day program presents an opportunity for students to be exposed to engineering as an industry and as a profession. It is a fun and interactive day where students can learn about what a career in engineering is all about. Students will also be given the opportunity to meet with the engineering faculties from universities in Sydney and gain a great insight into what their future might hold as an ENGINEER. The next Discover Engineering Day will be held at ANSTO on Tuesday 26 March. View details here...
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Congratulations ! We would like to congratulate the following EA Sydney Division members who have been appointed with Chartered (CPEng) Status during February 2013. New Chartered Members Darren Antonelli Paree Mina Araujo Scott David Clemmett Natalia Goloborodko Andrew John Hakin John Kantouros Kerryn Nicole McCallum James Stanley Milner Boon Jin Quah Craig Anthony Scheffers Gnanakumar Shanmugarajah Woods Clare Margaret Mark Andrew Rigoni Douglas Bruce Wilson
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ATSE Nuclear Energy Conference 2013 Nuclear energy for Australia? It’s a question that is too important to ignore in any examination of Australia’s energy options, but attracts immediate questions about the implications. Are nuclear power stations safe? Conference will be held on 25-26 July at the Powerhouse Museum Coles Theatre in Sydney. View details and register here... Mining Electrical Mining Mechanical Engineering Society (MEMMES) Convention 2013 The Hunter Valley NSW 19th - 20th April 2013 Renowned for an extensive trade display, join the Mining Electrical Mining Mechanical Engineering Society (MEMMES) members for a stimulating two days of presentations on electrical and mechanical engineering in the mining industry from the 19th to 20th of April 2013 in Crowne Plaza Hotel in the Hunter Valley. Find out key dates and more Nominations for the 2013 John Connell Gold Medal are now open This award is for an eminent structural engineer. It is named after John Connell, principal and founder of John Connell and Associates. John Connell is considered to have made an outstanding contribution to the practice of structural engineering in Australia and to exporting Australian engineering skills to Asia in the 1970s and 1980s. The winner receives a specially struck gold medal bearing the insignia of Engineers Australia and likeness of John Connell. Nominations close on Friday 5th April 2013. View details on how to apply. Nominations open for 2013 D.N Foster Memorial Fellowship Award The Fellowship Fund is to encourage engineering students to pursue career opportunities in coastal and/or ocean engineering. Up to four Awards will be offered to final year undergraduate engineering students on a bi-annual basis linked to the Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference. Nominations close Friday 19th April 2013. View details here...
EVENTS EEA is the education and training subsidiary of Engineers Australia. EA members get a 10% discount on course registrations. All courses are eligible for CPD.
06.03.2013 Classification for Forty-year Life of the LHDs for the RAN This presentation will introduce the LHD classification requirements and the innovative processes which have been developed to improve the cost effectiveness of the surveys and subsequent maintenance. View details...
To view course details please visit EEA web site at www.eeaust.com.au, email EEA on info@eeaust.com.au or phone on 03 9326 9888.
06.03.2013 Independent off grid power supply options in global locations as well as here at home 175th Sydney Mining Club presentation has a Nuclear Focus with Dr. Adrian Paterson, Director of ANSTO, Matt Robinson of Worley-Parsons and Nick Cerneaz of The Warren Centre. To be held at 12:30pm on Wednesday 6th March. View details at sydneyminingclub.org 12.03.2013 Barangaroo Development Forum – Sydney’s Next Global Icon YEAS is organising an exciting forum about the Barangaroo Development currently underway on Sydney Harbour's foreshore. It will be a good opportunity to hear from key stakeholders and their tasks in this mega-undertaking. Register here... 13.03.2013 Mine Subsidence Australian Geomechanics Society presentation by Olaf Stahlhut. View details... 14.03.2013 ATS 2013 Charity Golf Day Funds raised through sponsorship packages for this event will help fund medical research and life-saving discoveries at the Garvan Research Foundation. View details and register here... 14.03.2013 Measuring Face Familiarity and its Application to Face Recognition Familiarity is one of the key psychological factors that affect human face processing. In this talk we will describe the phenomenon and outline device mathematical models that allow us to measure familiarity. View details... 19.03.2013 A Lesson in Leadership - the life of Sir John Monash In this presentation, Rolfe Hartley will discuss of the life and career of Sir John Monash,with an emphasis on the lessons in leadership that we can draw from this study. Register now... 19.03.2013
Biochemical Engineering in Real Life NSW Joint Chemical Engineering Committee and Chemical & Bio molecular Engineering Foundation Technical Meeting that will look at some of the most sophisticated biochemical engineering found in Nature: in the human body. View details... 19.03.2013 Anchor Design & Construction for Shoring Systems : Fundamentals and AS4678 Civil and Structural panel Technical Presentation. Registrations opening soon at engineersaustralia.org.au/sydney/events 21.03.2013 ANSTO Site Visit & Presentation The Western Sydney Regional Group of Engineers Australia, Sydney Division is organising a site visit to ANSTO facilities and is open to interested engineers and students. Register here... 21.03.2013 Urban Waterscapes Designing for Adaptive Resilience Australian cities and towns are under increasing pressure to manage the impacts of a changing climate. Clean water is a precious resource globally and in Australia we need to accommodate the extremes of both flood and drought. View details... 21.03.2013 Democratising Mechanical Engineering: Personal design & manufacture and the rise of the Maker movement Sydney Mechanical Branch Technical Presentation by Michael Lucas. Registrations opening soon at engineersaustralia.org.au/sydney/events 27.03.2013 Liberalised Electricity Markets and Nuclear Power: the case of Australia's National Electricity Market Nuclear Engineering Panel presentation by Tony Owen, Professor of Energy Economics, UCL International Energy Policy Institute. This presentation will identify the major short-term driving forces and their longer-term consequences for additional capacity investment in Australia’s National Electricity Market, and specific options for redressing the imbalance. Registrations opening soon at engineersaustralia.org.au/sydney/events 28.03.2013 Design of Lightning Protection Systems This presentation looks at evaluating lightning risk and the methods of lightning protection that are commonly used in Australia and New Zealand. Register here... 03.04.2013 Surveyors and New Regulations Joint Meeting of Royal Institution of Naval Architects and Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology. Guest Speaker: Adam Brancher, Australian Maritime Safety Authority. 06.04.2013 WIE Family Picnic Day Fun filled day for the whole family. For more information please contact sydneywie@engineersaustralia.org.au 09.04.2013 What can go wrong in Transport Projects SESA/INCOSE Transportation Working Group (NSW) with the aim to present on some of the issues faced in Transportation Projects and how Systems Engineering can help resolve the issues. Registrations opening soon at engineersaustralia.org.au/sydney/events 18-19.04.2013 AS1720 Timber Engineering Master Class The University of Tasmania’s Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAW) has announced its latest series of Master Classes in timber design. These are two-day Master Classes in timber engineering to AS 1720 Timber structures. Register here... Other Events To view upcoming events please visit Events page on EA Sydney website at: engineersaustralia.org.au/sydney/events
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