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ICRAR NewsThe ICRAR eNewsletter needs your help: Is there someone you know would enjoy reading about what ICRAR is up to and the latest developments with the SKA and related projects? Then please forward this eNewsletter to a friend! ICRAR welcomes new staffICRAR has welcomed three new staff members since the last edition of our eNewsletter. Dr Minh Huynh joins us as the Deputy SKA Project Scientist, Dr Tobias Westmeier who will be working on science and software tools, and Dr Jan Geralt Bij de Vaat, a visiting senior research fellow who will be with us for twelve months. If you would like to be one of our next new staff members, ICRAR has six positions currently open for application. To apply, visit our employment page. Wireless internet inventor honouredCurtin University has recognised Dr John O’Sullivan’s ground breaking work in astronomy and wireless technologies by bestowing him with an Honorary Doctorate of Science. Dr John O'Sullivan is Ajunct Professor of Radio Astronomy Engineering at Curtin and is involved in ICRAR's engineering activities. Australia-China Astronomy RoundtableAstronomers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) joined an historic Australia-China Commonwealth Roundtable on Astronomy at the Shanghai Expo on Monday 2 August 2010. Electromagnetic Compatibility NewsNews on EMC at ICRAR:
Crafty ASKAP Survey Science with CRAFTCRAFT is a major member of the ASKAP Survey Science Projects, aimed at studying the fast-transients Universe. Principal Investigator ICRAR's Professor Peter Hall reports on CRAFT's plans and activities. ICRAR TravelSince our last eNewsletter many ICRAR staff and students have been traveling the world to meet up with collaborators, present at conferences and learn from the international research community. Dr Alan Duffy recently spoke at the Institute of Astronomy,Cambridge Summer Conference, this year themed 'Darkness Visible', focusing on Dark Matter from every angle. National SKA NewsLatest anzSKA newsletterSKA news from around Australia and New Zealand, including:
International SKA NewsNews from the SKA Program Development Office (SPDO):
ICRAR Education UpdateTuning In to Radio AstronomyThroughout National Science Week in August this year, astronomers and science communicators from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) hit the road to help the public of Western Australia ‘Tune In’ to radio astronomy. WA students have SPIRITA new remote access internet telescope was launched by State Education Minister Hon. Dr Elizabeth Constable at The University of Western Australia on Friday the 24th of September. Andy Thomas lands in PerthNASA Astronaut Dr Andy Thomas, born and bred in Adelaide, South Australia, visited Perth for a whirlwind trip full of presentations, talks and events. What do Year 4s think about space?ICRAR Researcher Kevin Vinsen visited the Year 4 students at All Saints' College in Bull Creek, WA. Read what they had to say about space before Kevin introduced them further to the wonders of astronomy! Explore the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory without travelling to remote WAICRAR Researcher Dr Martin Meyer has created a Google Earth map of the MRO, including ASKAP antenna and Murchison Widefield Array locations. Download the file and explore the MRO. |
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