STEM Cluster Seminars
STEM(M) Cluster Seminars 2020 |  |
October 2020
Friday 23rd Octoberber 2020, 09:30 Click here to register
Research Symposium: Advanced Manufacturing, Sustainable Construction and Circular Economy
Thursday 8th October 2020, 12:00 Click here to register
Health Infrastructure and Integration Scoping Session
September 2020
Friday 25th September 2020, 16:00 ZOOM:960 4224 3220
Research Seminar for the School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences.
Friday 25th September 2020, 15:00 ZOOM:682 038 5252
School of Engineering Research Seminar
A/Prof Gaetano Gargiulo at 3:00pm
Mr Alan Todhunter at 3:30pm.
Monday 21st September 2020, 11:00 ZOOM:986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Training on Australian Research Council Linkage Program schemes presented by Dr Jodie Narayan from WSU Research Services.
Tuesday 15th September 2020, 10:00 ZOOM:484 163 7742
School of Science Research Seminar: Operational Implementation of Rapid On-site Identification of Hazardous Organics at Fire Scenes
Tuesday 15th September 2020, 09:00 Click here to register
c4SMC Roundtable: Sustainability through Digitalisation
Monday 14th September 2020, 10:00 ZOOM:986 9057 6845
School of Engineering Research Seminar
Ms Ria Hamblett at 3:00pm
Mr Christophe Camille at 3:30 pm
Friday 11th September 2020, 15:00 ZOOM:6820 385 252
Monday MARCS Meeting
Dr Christopher Stanton on Affinity Bias in Human-Robot Interaction
A/Professor Jorge Serrador on obtaining funding from the US Department of Defense.
Monday 7th September 2020, 11:00 Click here to register
Building Industry Partnerships Event
Friday 4th September 2020, 20:00 ZOOM:484 163 7742
School of Science Research Seminar
Marta Vidal-Garcia, James O’Hanlon, Gavin Svenson and Kate DL Umbers: Evolution of praying mantis defensive displays.
David Harman, Craig Williams, Berwyck Poad and Stephen Blanksby: Pretty dicey chemistry: An ion trap mass spectrometry study into the reactivity of 1-cubyl radical
Thursday 3rd September 2020, 15:00 ZOOM:962 7891 2607
Caterina Brighi (USyd):Imaging and modulating the blood-brain barrier in high-grade glioma
Tuesday 1st September 2020, 22:00 ZOOM:896 1564 4863
Prof Andrew Francis(SCDMS):Mathematics of Phylogenetic Networks
August 2020
Monday 31st August 2020, 11:00 ZOOM:986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Interactive session designed with Higher Degree Researcher and Early Career Researcher career path planning in mind.
Friday 28th August 2020, 15:00 ZOOM:6820 385 252
School of Engineering Research Seminar
Dr Leo Zhang at 3:00-3:30 pm
Dr Pejman Sharafi at 3:30-4:00 pm
Monday 24th August 2020, 11:00 ZOOM:986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Student Panel Presentations which will feature talks by PhD candidates: Anita Connell, Jenny Zeng and Matt Cabanag.
Monday 24th August 2020, 10:00 ZOOM:484 163 7742
Ian Wright, Jason Reynolds, Michelle Ryan, Rani Carroll, Nakia Belmer, Katie Purdy (SoSC):Understanding the impact of urban development on Sydney basin waterways: the emerging influence of concrete materials.
Thomas Jeffrey (SoSC): Microbial Mad Max: dryland soil microbiomes in a warming world
Monday 17th August 2020, 11:00 ZOOM:986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
MARCS Institute researchers will pitch their ideas and concepts for new projects at the 2020 Research Concept Pitch event.
Tuesday 11th August 2020, 09:30 ZOOM:484 163 7742
Bruce Cornell(SoSC): Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for the characterisation of lipid membranes
Monday 10th August 2020, 11:00 ZOOM:986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
REDI's Jasbeer Musthafa Mamalipurath discusses planning research with impact that is specifically aimed at early and mid-career researchers.
Thursday 6th August 2020, 15:00 ZOOM:971 7823 3231
Paul Hurley (SCEM): Medical Imaging of Things
Wednesday 5th August 2020, 10:00 ZOOM:484 163 7742
Paul Wormell (SoSC): Small(ish)-molecule spectroscopy: an exciting field of study
Monday 3rd August 2020, 12:00ZOOM:986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting & Colloquium
Dr Anton Bogdanovych on Virtual Reality, followed by an afternoon colloquium with A/Prof Genevieve Steiner on Dementia Prevention.
July 2020
Wednesday 29th July, 13:00 Click here to register
Research Webinar-Online and Remote Methods for Data Collection
Monday 27th July 2020, 10:00 ZOOM: 484 163 7742
Matthew Van Leeuwen (SoSC): Final PhD seminar: predicting the digestibility of rice
Monday 20th July 2020, 11:00 ZOOM 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Dr Karen Hutchings: "Understanding the grants process", specifically aimed at HDR students and early career researchers.
Monday 20th July 2020, 12:00 Click here to register
Professor Karen Charlton (NICM): A heart healthy diet is good for the brain too
Thursday 16th July 2020, 16:30 ZOOM: 484 163 7742
Nathalie Delaunay (ESPCI Paris): Characterisation of intact proteins
Miroslav Filipovic (SoSC): W-files - everything about Aliens
Tuesday 14th July 2020, 16:00 ZOOM 917 6466 6589
Distinguished Professor David Simmons (School of Medicine): TOBOGM: an RCT of GDM diagnosis and management in early pregnancy
Monday 13th July 2020, 11:00 ZOOM 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Dr Caleb Ferguson: Wearable cardiac technologies for older adults
Dr Quang Vinh Ngyuen: Genomic data anlaytics with virtual reality.
Monday 13th July 2020, 14:00 ZOOM: 922 9657 8795
A/Prof. Sarah Zhang: Development of High Performance Nanocomposite Adhesive Materials
Thursday 9th July 2020, 16:30 ZOOM: 484 163 7742
Sunil Panchal (SoSC)
Rafael Munoz-Espi (Valencia, Spain)
Monday 6th July 2020, 11:00 ZOOM 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Sally Longmore: Overview of her research thesis and results to date, including discussion of some air quality data from the 2019-2020 bushfire season.
June 2020
Tuesday 30th June 2020, 16:00 ZOOM 917 6466 6589 Ramneek Kaur (School of Medicine): Is a low blood somatostatin (SST) concentration responsible for migraine with aura?
Monday 29th June 2020, 11:00 ZOOM 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Dr Tijl Grootswagers - 'Using rapid stimulus presentation and multivariate decoding to study information processing in the human brain
Wednesday 24th June 2020, 09:00 ZOOM: 484 163 7742
Mariam Darestani (Eng): Membrane fouling & impedance spectroscopy
Monday 22nd June 2020, 11:00 ZOOM 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
MARCS Research Impact Competition heat where four MARCS contestants will deliver a 5-minute presentation portraying the impact or potential impact of their research.
Thursday 18th June 2020, 16:30 ZOOM: 484 163 7742
Daphne Foong (School of Medicine): Gut pacemakers cells
Maud Save (Pau, France): Materials (MIPs) for pollutants’ detection
Monday 15th June 2020, 11:00 ZOOM 484 163 7742
Monday MARCS Meeting
3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition to determine the winner of the MARCS heat who will advance to represent the Institute at the University finals.
Friday 12 June 2020 12:30pm ZOOM: 484 163 7742
Eileen McLaughlin (SoSC): Hiding in plain sight-chlamydial infection in the male
Tuesday 9 June 4.00 pm ZOOM: 917 6466 6589
Stefan Guerra (SoM): The behavioural effect of cage systems on the Superoxide Dismutase 1 mouse model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Friday 5 June 2020 4.30 pm ZOOM: 6820385252
Inaugural School of Engineering Research Seminar
Pan Hu: Geotechnical solution for safer offshore drilling in layered seabed
Friday 5 June 2020 2.00pm ZOOM: 973 0830 4653
Nanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Group
Ann Kwan (USyd): Using a multi-pronged approach to developing antimicrobials
Tuesday 2 June 2020 9.00am ZOOM: 91764666589
School of Medicine
Joshua Mezrich - University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health: When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
Monday 1 June 2020 12.00-2.00pm ZOOM: 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting & Colloquium
Ria Hamblett & Karen Sheehy: Open Access publishing and Journal metrics
Justin Marshall & Samuell Powell, Queensland Brain Institute: Animal Vision Underwater: from shrimps in space to prawn proctology
May 2020
Tuesday 26 May 2020 4.00pm ZOOM: 917 6466 6589
School of Medicine Research Seminar
Tara Roberts: Personalising treatment for lung cancer patients
Monday 25 May 2020 10:00am ZOOM: 484 163 7742
School of Science Research Seminar
Graham Jones & Ms Raisa Hasan: Controlling gene expression from within: a search for intragenic enhancers
Adam T. Sutton et al: Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents as alternative solvents in Chromatography
Monday 25 May 11.00am 2020 ZOOM: 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Kylie Steel: Eye Movement Behaviours of Australian Rules Football Players
Stephen Malloch & Peter Keller: The analysis of human movement: Communicative Musicality & OpenPose
Monday 25 May 1.00pm 2020 ZOOM: 917 2430 9766
School of Built Environment, Architecture Program, Guest Lecture
Felicity Stewart: Designing Public
Tuesday 19 May 2020 2.00pm ZOOM: 958 0070 1772
eHealth Research Group Seminar
Russell Thomson: Calculating Sample Size and Statistical Power for Quantitative Research Projects
Tuesday 19 May 2020 4.00pm ZOOM: 917 6466 6589
School of Medicine Research Seminar
Sualiha Afzal: Identification of novel and potent Nrf2 activators from medicinal plants
Monday 18 May 2020 11.00am ZOOM: 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Patti Nijhuis: Neuro-muscular Dynamics of sensorimotor synchronisation
Matt Cabanag: Trust in Human-Autonomy Teaming
Irena Lovcevic: Acoustic features of infant-directed speech to infants with HL
Titus Jayarathna: Continuous heart rate and respiratory rate estimation using fabric sensors
Thursday 14 May 2020 8.00pm ZOOM: 997 1526 0928
Centre for Research in Mathematics and Data Science Abend Seminars
Toke Carlsen (Faroe Islands): Graph algebras, groupoids, and symbolic dynamics
Wednesday 13 May 2020 4:30pm ZOOM: 484 163 7742
School of Science Research Seminar
Jean-Daniel Marty (Toulouse, France): Polyion complexes (PICs)
Monday 11 May 2020 11.00am ZOOM: 986 9057 6845
Monday MARCS Meeting
Ria Hamblett & Karen Sheehy, WSU Library: #GetNOTICED: Researcher profiles and online identity management
Wednesday 6 May 2020 10:00am ZOOM: 484 163 7742
Li Li (SoSC): Diet and gut microbiome
Ray Norris (SoSC): Tracing the evolution of the Universe
Tuesday 5 May 2020 3.00pm ZOOM: 917 6466 6589
School of Medicine Research Seminar
Laureate Professor Peter Doherty (Patron of the Doherty Institute, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology): COVID-19: Q&A on current status
April 2020
Thursday 30 April 2020 10:00am ZOOM: 484 163 7742
Christa Beckman (SoSC): Birds: nests and predation
Thursday, 30 April 2020 13:00-14:30pm ZOOM: 927 776 17289
School of Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering Discipline Seminar
13:00-13:40 Ataur Rahman: Incorporation of Sustainability Aspects in Teaching of Fluid Mechanics in Western Sydney University
13:40-14:10 Jen Dollin: Why Sustainability? Hybrid capabilities for uncertain times
14:10-14:30 Sarah Zhang: Curriculum Innovation of Undergraduate Engineering Courses: A Practice on Sustainability Embedment
Wednesday 29 April 2020 8.30pm (Sydney time) ZOOM: 987 7259 1499
James East (School of Computer, Data, & Mathematical Sciences, WSU): York Semigroup: Presentations for tensor categories
Tuesday 28 April 2020 10.00am ZOOM: 644 844 8129
Machine Learning in Astronomy Meeting
Cris Sabiu (Yonsei University): Analysing the cosmic large scale structure with higher order statistics and machine learning
Tuesday 28 April 2020 3.00pm ZOOM: 960 298 37142
Simon Tierney (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment): Nocturnal bees, blind beetles & pollen vectors: a journey through ecologically inspired genetics
Tuesday 28 April 2020 4.00pm ZOOM: 917 6466 6589
Mohammed Almusleh (SoMedicine)i: Testing the Inside-Out Theory of Multiple Sclerosis Aetiology Using the Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination Model
Monday MARCS Meeting
Wednesday 22 April 2020 10:00am (recording available)
Janice Aldrich-Wright (SoSC): Multicomponent Platinum(IV) Prodrugs for Cancer Combination Therapy
