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ISI Activities
2009
15 May
Dr Jun-De Li gave a talk on “Biofuels from Algae” on 15 May at the Werribee Campus.
8 May
Mr Noel Dow gave a talk on “Accreditation of MF and UF membranes” on 8 May 2009.
5 May
The Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) launch held on 5 May 2009 at VU Flinders Campus was a huge success with 55 attendees from the industry, research and academia sectors. The event was sponsored by Siemens Water Technologies.
The launch was facilitated by A/ Prof Mikel Duke (Chair of the Inaugural Board, Membrane Society of Australasia) followed by brief talks from the following distinguished MSA supporters:
- Bruce Biltoft (Managing Director)/Dr Andrew Groth (Director Chemistry and Membrane Development): Siemens Water Technologies.
- Professor Tony Fane, the patron of the MSA.
5 May
A/Prof Mikel Duke and the team at the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation went on to ABC Radio National Current Affairs program AM on 5 May 2009 to promote the launch of the Membrane Society of Australasia. Click on link to read article.
May
Professor John Cary recently participated as a member of a two person review team of the Social Research Program in the federally funded Landscape Logic Project. Landscape Logic is a research hub funded under the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF) scheme administered by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Landscape Logic is concerned with linking land and water management with resource condition targets. It is a partnership between six regional resource management agencies, five research institutions and state land management agencies in Tasmania and Victoria. Landscape Logic is based at the University of Tasmania and the Social Research Program is led by Charles Sturt University.
24 April
Guest Speaker: Mr Poh Ban Eng from CC Technologies gave a talk on “Silver Ion Technology” on 24 April at the Werribee Campus.
17 April
Dr Nicholas Milne gave a talk on “Electrochemically Formed Titanate Films in Lithium Batteries”, 17 April, Werribee Campus.
7 April
Guest Speakers: Dr Michele Akeroyd and Dr David Halliwell from Water Quality Australia (WQRA) gave a talk on “Overview of WQRA” at the Werribee Campus. They also met with some staff members and were given a tour of the labs at Werribee Campus.
3 April
Guest Speakers: Dr Craige Trenerry and Dr Robyn Warner from Department of Primary Industries gave a talk on “Research Activities at DPI”, 3 April, Werribee Campus.
20 March
Dr Eric Peterson gave a talk on “Green Powered Desalination”, 20 March, Footscray Park Campus
10 March
Professor Nagendra Shah was awarded the William C. Haines Dairy Science Award by the California Diary Research Foundation on March 10 in recognition of his contribution to the field of dairy science at the 11th Cal Poly Dairy Ingredients Symposium in San Francisco.
Paul Boon hosted the second meeting of the Project Reference Group for his NHT-funded project on 'Conserving Victoria's Coastal Saltmarsh'. The meeting was held at VU's Flinders Street campus and attracted representatives from key natural-resource management agencies across Victoria.
Paul Boon had joined the Friends of Kurth Kiln Waterwatch project as its technical advisor. Kurth Kiln is a site valued for its industrial archaeology, as kilns were established there in the 1940s to provide charcoal from the surrounding forests to run cars during petrol rationing
of World War 2. The site is on Tomahawk Creek, near Gembrook; the Friends group had received support from Melbourne Water to undertake water-quality monitoring on the creek and its weir pools created during WW2.
3-5 April
Paul presented at the 'Coastal Ecology & Management' workshop at Inverloch, 3-5 April. He talked on coastal saltmarsh on the Saturday and lead a field trip on Sunday around the coastal wetlands of Anderson Inlet, South Gippsland.
6 March
Dr Huanting Wang (Monash University) gave a seminar on "Zeolite nanocrystals and zeolite-polymer nancomposite membranes" at the Werribee Campus.
17 February
A/Professor Mikel Duke’s student Tom’O Reilly presented his work “Demonstration of Industry Water Recovery using Membranes and Waste Heat” at the WQRA Summer Research Scholarship Reporting Seminar on 17 February and received first prize for his presentatation.
A/Professor Nalin Sharda’s student Jack Toke presented his work “Modelling a Digital Ecosystem for Maximising the Utilisation of Harvested Rainwater” at the WQRA Summer Research Scholarship Reporting Seminar. His presentation was well received and Jodieann Dawe, CEO of WQRA expressed interest in further joint research in this area.
2008
19 February
The Victorian Minister for Water, The Hon Tim Holding, MP launched the funding for the establishment of THE WERRIBEE CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER USE on the 19th of February 2008 at the Werribee Campus. The funding comes via the Victorian Water Trust and is $1 million over 5 years.
11 March
Stephen Gray chaired the Sunbury Rotary Water Summit at VU's Sunbury campus on Tuesday evening, 11/3/08. The event was strongly supported by Western Water, Hume City Council and VU, and there was lively discussion following presentations from Robert Franklin (Western Water), Michael Smit (Savewater Alliance), Cheyne McKee (Smart Water), John Robinson (Port Philip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority) and Vasili Kanidiadis from Vasili's Garden on SBS.
9 May
Stephen Gray chaired the ACF Urban Water Management Seminar which was held on 9th of May at the Wyndham Leisure Centre. This is part of the current “Vision for Werribee Plains” program that is run
by DSE.
14 May
Stephen Gray presented at the Point of Entry/Point of Use workshop at York Conference Room, Sovereign Park , Ballarat on Wednesday 14th May 2008.
27–28 May
John Orbell sat on the EPA Panel for the Appointment of Environmental Auditors (Contaminated Sites) on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th May.
30 May
Stephen Gray attended the Water Wise Showcase “Wyndham’s Water Future” which was hosted by The Honourable Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister on Friday, 30th May at the Italian Sports Club, Werribee.
13 June
Professor Il-Shik Moon from Sunchon National University, Korea visited ISI.
20 June
ISI was a finalist in The Wyndham Business Awards 2008. The event was held at the Wyndham Leisure Centre on 20th June, 2008.
30 June
Mr. Hao Ju, Visiting Scientist from University of Texas at Austin (supervisor: Prof Benny Freeman) gave a seminar on “Crosslinked poly(ethylene oxide) fouling resistant coating materials for oil/water separation”, Werribee Campus.
2 July
Mr Andrew Speers previously from CSIRO and currently working on water policy project with the Australian Water Association (AWA) gave a talk about “International Trends in Water Policy and Regulations” on the 2nd of July, Flinders Street Campus.
August
Stephen Gray was appointed an Associate Editor of the “Water Research” journal.
12 September
Dr Saman Buddhadasa and Mr Shyam Kumaran, guest speakers from National Measurement Institute Australia gave a presentation on “Introduction to the National Measurement Institute Australia".
15 September
ISI conducted the first “Management of Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae) in Inland Waters” workshop at Ballarat.
26 September
Mikel Duke was the Chair of the Inaugural Membrane Society of Australasia. The society provided a forum for membrane science and technology in Australia and New Zealand. It is currently involving VU, UQ, UNSW, Melbourne Uni, Monash, Deakin and CSIRO. Jianhua Zhang and Stephen Gray were also involved.
6 October 2008
ISI conducted the second “Management of Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae) in Inland Waters” workshop at Wangaratta.
2007
The advanced Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment Research Cluster was launched at Victoria University's City Flinders Campus. The Membrane Technologies for Water Research Cluster brings together some of Australia's leading scientists and institutions, with the goal of placing Australia at the forefront of innovative membrane development. There were presentations by Dr Tom Hatton, CSIRO, Professor Linda Rosenman, Victoria University, Dr. Michael Barber, CSIRO, Mr Alan Gregory, CSIRO and Professor Stephen Gray, Victoria University.
23 January
CONTRIBUTIONS OF NOTE
John Cary on EPA review
The EPA recently released an environmental audit of the historical contamination in the lower Maribyrnong River in the area of industrial precinct of Whitehall St, Yarraville, which found levels of contaminations for a range of metals, including arsenic, in sediment samples consistent with those expected in a highly urbanised catchment. A concurrent fish study looked at a large range of contaminants in fish and eels, including heavy metals, dioxins and other compounds. While it is found that none of the contaminants were above the relevant safety standards, people were advised to limit their consumption of fish taken from the River. The audit resulted from a campaign by The Age in 2005 and the audit findings were reported in The Age of 24 January. Professor John Cary chaired the Audit Reference Group.
2-6 July
Associate Professor Chris Perera held two REALM Workshops, one Basic and the other Advanced, for the Australian Water Industry during 2-6 July 2007. Twenty two participants attended the workshops. REALM workshops have become an annual event at Victoria University, since 1997. REALM (REsource ALlocation Model) is a public domain computer software tool, which is used by all water authorities in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, and by some authorities in other states of Australia, for water resource planning and management. Victoria University supports REALM and provides training programs.
9 August
Talk by Dr. Tim Carroll from Fonterra R&D, New Zealand who gave a seminar on his research in the water and food industries. Tim is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from Cornell, USA, who has experience in developing a fundamental understanding of new process technologies as well as implementing these systems into processing plants.
4 September
MIEX Membrane Seminar conducted by Orica Australia Pty Ltd. Presentations by Beryn J. Adams and Thomas Dahlke at Werribee Campus.
24 September
Dr. Pierre Le Clech from the University of New South Wales, Sydney gave a seminar on his research in membrane technology for water and wastewater treatment. Pierre has a PhD in Treatment of domestic wastewater with MBRs.
25 September
Dr. Mikel Duke from the University of Queensland and currently an Australian Research Council International Fellow at Arizona State University, USA. gave a seminar on his research on the production of inorganic molecular sieve membranes for desalination and gas separation.
12 November
Dr Jochen Meier-Haack from Institut für Polymerforschung (Polymer Research Institute) Dresden, Germany gave a seminar on his research into membrane synthesis and modification.
30th November 2007
A Beijing Delegation visited VU to discuss and consider matters related to their interests and potential collaboration (mainly among researchers and universities in Victoria State and Beijing City) in energy, renewable (including solar wind, geothermal and bio-mills) energy, water, sustainable building, emission reduction, city planning and public facilities (energy efficient areas). In addition, the Delegation also wish to discuss the possibility with Deakin University and Victoria University or other suitable organizations to establish an Australia-China (or Victoria-Beijing) Technology Centre on clean energy and environment technologies.
30 November
A Beijing Delegation visited VU to discuss and consider matters related to their interests and potential collaboration (mainly among researchers and universities in Victoria State and Beijing City) in energy, renewable (including solar wind, geothermal and bio-mills) energy, water, sustainable building, emission reduction, city planning and public facilities (energy efficient areas). In addition, the Delegation also wish to discuss the possibility with Deakin University and Victoria University or other suitable organizations to establish an Australia-China (or Victoria-Beijing) Technology Centre on clean energy and environment technologies.
2006
August
Professor Rafi Semiat presented his work on membrane and nano technology and water research done at the Technion to Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water and Victoria University.
30 October
Sustainable Buildings Workshop, participants from VU and Industry at Cityscape Restaurant, Footscray Park.
17 November
Professor Enrico Drioli an international expert in membrane technology gave a presentation on his work in membranes and water treatment. He is the director of the Institute of Membrane Technology of CMR and the Director of the Institute of Membranes & Chemical Reactors of the National Research Council (Calabria, Italy).
1 December
Victoria University sponsored a workshop on membrane applications in Sydney, The workshop was co-sponsored with IWA and UNSW.
13 December
Professor Yoram Cohen an international expert in membrane technology gave a presentation on his work membranes and water treatment. He is a professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA. He is also the Director for the Water Technologies Research Centre and Centre for Environmental Risk Reduction.
Last Updated: May 14, 2009
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