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College of Science, Engineering and Health
Higher Degree by Research Student Conference 2011 - 'Vision To Reality'

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About the conference

The College of Science, Engineering and Health (SEH) will host the next Higher Degrees by Research Student Conference – Vision To Reality, at RMIT University on Friday 21 October, 2011.

The main aims of this conference are to provide HDR candidates an opportunity to present their research work to their supervisors, staff and invited guests from affiliated organizations, receive critical feedback and most importantly to interact and network within a conference environment. It is also a great opportunity for candidates to gain experience and practice at presenting to a diverse audience in a formal setting.

This year’s conference will be held at the new lecture theatre in Building 224, Bundoora West campus. We are expecting our usual high numbers of students to present their research work and a large audience of interested staff, students and invited guests. It promises to be an exciting and rewarding day. It is always wonderful to listen to the varied presentations, reflect on the diversity of our students and their topics and celebrate the progress they have made with their research.

The day will end on a high with the closing celebration and the awarding of prizes for the best presentations and posters.

View the conference program (PDF 11KB).

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Photo gallery

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Submission of abstracts

Submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentation is now CLOSED.

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Posters

Guidelines for posters: Posters must be no larger than A0 size.

Students are encouraged to discuss the format, layout and presentation of their posters with their academic supervisors.

Students may choose to put up their own posters on Thursday 20 October between 3:30pm – 5:00pm or on Friday 21 October before 8:30am. Poster boards will be set up and numbered accordingly. You will need to put up your poster against the allocated number on the board. Loop dots and blue tack will be available at the venue.

View the poster allocation document (PDF 20KB 3p).

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Presentations

Presentations will be divided into three streams, Heath, Science & Engineering. Oral presentations will be of 15 minutes duration with 5 minutes available for questions. Speakers will be kept strictly to time.

View the timetable for presentations (PDF 73KB 3p).

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Venue

RMIT new lecture theatre, Bldg 224, Bundoora West campus, Plenty Road, Bundoora.

• The opening address will be held in the new Lecture Theatre, Bldg 224
• Oral presentations will be held in Bldg 207 Lecture theatres 01, 02 and 06
• The poster session will be held in the foyer area of Bldg 224
• Morning, afternoon tea and lunch will be in the foyer area of Bldg 224
• Closing Celebration event will be held in the new Lecture theatre and foyer area of Bldg 224.

View campus map (PDF 322KB 2p)

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Attendance

Attendance is open to all RMIT College of Science, Engineering & Health HDR candidates and staff. Other guests are welcome only by invitation of the Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation. Please contact the College Research and Innovation team if you would like a special guest to be invited to attend the Conference (this includes industry supervisors, collaborators from other Universities or industry, sponsors, or partners).

Attendance for all postgraduate research students is highly recommended. Please note that the College will arrange busses to take attendees from the city campus to Bundoora between 8am and 9 am. Details will be announced later.

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Registration

Registration has now closed.

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Transport

Registrants who have indicated use of transport please note:

Moonee Valley coaches will leave from the City campus for Bundoora at 8.15 am sharp.
Location: Outside RMIT Security Office, Franklin Street

Moonee Valley coaches will return to the City campus from Bundoora campus at 6.30 pm
Location: RMIT Clements Drive roundabout, opposite Building 202

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Prizes

Prizes will be awarded in each stream to:

• Best oral presentation ($600)
• Best poster ($350)
• People’s choice best poster (gift voucher)

Certificates of acknowledgement will be awarded to all presenters

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Sponsors

• Blamey & Saunders Hearing Pty Ltd
• FB Rice
• HUAWEI
• Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Intellectual Property
• Telstra Corporation
• Corporate Express Australia Pty Limited
• Cisco Networking Academy

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Winners

Sponsor	Prize	Winners	Commendation (All commendations will receive a certificate)
Huawei Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd.	Best Oral Prize - Health stream $600	Chen Huei Leo - SMS Title - 3',4'-Dihydroxyflavonol reduces superoxide and improves nitric oxide function in diabetic rat mesenteric arteries	"Scott Ruddock - SHS Title - Developmental changes in children’s online motor control: An analysis of task demands on an arm reaching task."
FB Rice	Best Oral Prize - Engineering stream $600	Matthew Marino - SAMME Title - Dynamic pressure measurement on micro air vehicle wings for active turbulence mitigation systems
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick	Best Oral Prize - Science stream $600	William Raffe - SCS&IT Title - Towards Tailoring Game Maps to Player Preferences and Skill	"Reece Nixon-Luke - SAS Title -Differential Dynamic Microscopy and Dynamic Light Scattering studies of Bacterial Motility. David Scerri - SCS&IT Title - Modular Agent-based Modelling and Simulation."
Blamey & Saunders Hearing Pty Ltd	Best Poster Prize - Health stream $350	Stephanie Romagnano - SHS Title - Creating a Profile of Adolescent Females with Anorexia Nervosa	"Kate Jenkinson - SMS Title - Physical education teachers’ knowledge, implementation of policy and barriers associated with physical education and physical activity"
Telstra Corporation	Best Poster Prize - Engineering stream $350	Partha Halder - SCECE Title - Use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to assess microtopography of the submerged surfaces for the solution of marine biofouling	"Saidatul Nori Yana Binti Azemi - SECE Title - An Analysis of 3D Cylindrical Frequency Selective Surface (FSS)"
CISCO Networking Academy	Best poster prize -Science stream $350	Matthias Petri - SCS&IT Title - Novel approaches to searching genomic sequences	"Hemant Daima - SAS - Metal/Polyoxometallate/Amino acid as functional nanoconjugates for potential antibacterial activity. Fatemeh Poodat - SM&GS Title - An alternative approach to establishing ecological connectivity in an urban environment."
College of Science, Engineering & Health	People's choice best poster award Health stream $120	Kerry Arrow - SHS Title - The efficacy of an online group therapy treatment for Australian adults with depression: A usability study
College of Science, Engineering & Health	People's choice best poster award Engineering stream $120	Siew Cheng Low - SCECE Title - Improving the mixing efficiency of anaerobic digester
College of Science, Engineering & Health	People's choice best poster award Science stream $120	Fatemeh Poodat - SM&GS Title - An alternative approach to establishing ecological connectivity in an urban environment

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Past conferences

• 2010 Higher Degree by Research Student Conference
• 2009 Higher Degree by Research Student Conference

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