More Prizes! (Higher Degree by Research Achievements 2007)
In my seemingly permanent role as announcer of prizes, here are the winners of the 2007
Prizes for Higher Degree by Research Achievements. All these postgraduate students have produced innovative research in the course of their degree, and have had an influence on the international acdemic community through the publication of their research. While 13 winners are listed here, there were many other entries of an exceptionally high standard (and one of the fun parts of my new job has been seeing the range of fascinating areas that UWA students are working on!). Congratulations to the winners, and perhaps this might encourage myRS readers to submit their work for the Prize in 2009.
Mathematics, Physical
Science and Engineering
Award
Ajmal Mian (School
of Computer Science and
Software Engineering)
‘Three-dimensional model-based object recognition and
segmentation in cluttered scenes’ in IEEE
Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence
Special Commendation
Desmond Lascelles (School of Earth
and Geographical Sciences)
‘Black smokers and density currents: A uniformitarian model
for the genesis of banded iron-formations’ in Ore Geology Reviews
Timothy Hillman (School of Electrical, Electronic and
Computer Engineering)
‘Microscopic particle discrimination using
spatially-resolved Fourier-holographic light scattering angular spectroscopy’
in Optical Society of America
Biological Sciences
Award
James Underwood (School
of Animal Biology)
‘Multiple scales of genetic connectivity in a brooding coral
on isolated reefs following catastrophic bleaching’ in Molecular Ecology
Special Commendation
Vanessa Bussau (Human Movement and Exercise Science)
‘The 10-s maximal sprint: a novel approach to counter an
exercise-mediated fall in glycemia in individuals with type 1 diabetes’ in Diabetes Care
Humanities and Social
Sciences (Qualitative)
Award
Elizabeth Newnham (School of Psychology)
‘Evaluating the clinical significance responses by
psychiatric inpatients to the mental health subscales of the SF-36’ in Journal of Affective Disorders
Special Commendation
Bradley Farrant (School
of Psychology)
'Specific language impairment, theory of mind, and visual
perspective taking: evidence for simulation theory and the developmental role
of language’ in Child Development
Humanities and Social
Sciences (Qualitative)
Award
Wee Song Ernest Koh (School of Social
and Cultural Studies)
‘On the margins of the “Economic Miracle”: Non
English-literate Chinese workers in Singapore, 1980-1990’ in Tonan Aija Kenkyu
Special Commendation
Nicholas Herriman (School of Social and Cultural Studies)
‘“Sorcerer” killings in Banyuwangi: a re-examination of
state responsibility for violence’ in Asian
Studies Review
Clinical Medicine and
Dentistry
Award
Angela Ives (School
of Surgery and Pathology)
‘Pregnancy after *** cancer: population based study’ in British Medical Journal
Special Commendation
Gareth Baynam (School
of Paediatrics and Child
Health)
‘Parental smoking impairs vaccine responses in children with
atopic genotypes’ in the Journal of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Creative Works
Award
Marcella Polain for The
Edge of the World (Fremantle Arts Centre Press)
Special Commendation
Terrence Dowling for Basic
Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear (Cemetery Dance Publications)
I've recently submitted my PhD thesis, titled 'Discovering the Lost Race Story: Writing Science Fiction, Writing Temporality', for examination. In the meantime, I'm teaching in the discipline of Communication Studies at UWA and starting a new project on medievalism and media through a Whitfeld Fellowship.