Bruce Judd has been invited to take part in a
technology exchange workshop in China
Bruce Judd,
former Engineer of the year, is interested in technology exchange with China
as a way of combining Chinese clean coal technology with Greenhouse Gas mitigation focusing on the ocean. He will visit China
in December together with Professor Shying Zhang, a frequent Visiting Scholar
in the School, to arrange a second
technology exchange workshop following an earlier workshop held at the
University in 2005.
Memories of The Bulletin -
Blown to Blazes and Other Works of J.B. Blair
David Blair,
of the Ocean Technology Group, has published a book, Blown to Blazes and Other
Works of J.B. Blair. It is a collection
of 57 short stories, mostly humorous, written by his father and originally
published in The Bulletin in the 1930s to 1950s. The Bulletin, from its 1880 founding to its
closure as recently as January 2008, was Australia’s most significant
weekly magazine. J.B. (Jim) Blair was
its political editor, 1948–60. The
book includes 100 drawings by acclaimed illustrators and much commentary,
including related Bulletin history.
Further information is available on the website http://www.jimblairfiction.com.
OCEAN ‘08
Prof. Ian
S.F. Jones was invited to give a seminar on the topic of “Increasing
carbon storage in the ocean” in the OTO ’08 Tutorial Committee
programs. The event will be held on 8 April 2008 in Kobe International Exhibition Hall, Japan. Prof. Ian S.F. Jones
together with Dr Takashi Ohsumi will joint present
the seminar on that day. For detailed information, please visit the conference webs
The search for a way to save the planet is on in earnest
- By Tanya Ryan-Segger
Associate
Professor Phil Mulhearn has examined some advanced
underwater imaging systems for use in the search for remains of Zheng He's chinese
ships that travelled to the region near present day Oman.
The BBC News
and Current Affairs filmed part of a documentary about Ocean Nourishment in
January, 2007. Watch this space for airtime on BBC World.
David Blair
and Bruce Pease of the Fisheries Research Institute, NSW Fisheries are
collaborating and research into acoustic fish images. David has extensive
experience in Underwater Acoustic Imaging, UAI, while Bruce has a background in
fish identification and behavior.
The program
of underwater investigation in search of artifacts from Zheng
He’s voyages from China to the middle
East were advanced by the visit of Associate Professor PJ Mulhearn
to Oman in May 2006. Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences are to
carry out a preliminary survey in 2007 and the team will return the following
year to investigate promising sites with the latest acoustic imaging equipment.
Professor Ian
S F Jones presented a seminar at Stanford University in September, 2006
pointing out how study the pulse of nutrient introduced into the sea by the
Herbert river provided insights for Ocean Nourishment,
the purposeful introduction of urea to increase ocean productivity and to
sequester carbon in the ocean. Sydney University has been collaborating with
James Cook University to observe the increase in phytoplankton when there is a
flood of the Herbert River.
ECOR
Symposium 2006 will be held on 23 March 2006 at Excel Centre, London, UK in
conjunction with Ocean International 2006. Professor Jones will present a paper
on climate change.
Ocean
Technology Group is organized a conference in November, 2005 in Sydney and
Canberra to increase collaboration between Australian and Chinese scientists
and engineers working in the area of Ocean Technology. A second meeting in this
new series is planned for November 2006 in Beijing - ffi
A/Prof PJ Mulhearn.
There will be
a workshop for EASy during early November 2005.This
Environmental Analysis System is being used by the group to depict the marine
resources in the waters adjacent to Morocco.
Professor
Jones has been appointed to the Engineering Committee on Oceanic Resource
Council. ECOR a member of ICSU, support expert panels and working groups to
investigate topical issues about the ocean.
John Buck, Fullbright Fellow in the Ocean Technology Group is in
Queensland acoustically tracking migrating whales.
Lioudmila Ametistova was selected to
attend the Lindau Foundation Nobel Laureate meeting
at Lake Constance, Germany. The group were in Lindau
from 26 June to 1 July 2005, to meet with some 50 Nobel Laureates and 600
students from around the globe. The group participated in plenary sessions,
roundtable debates and small group discussion within and beyond their
respective disciplines.
Nurhidayah "Nellie" A Razak
won the CSIRO's MFR Prize for Best Interdisplinary
Presentation during Australian Marine Sciences Association Annual Conference
(AMSA 2005) in Darwin.
Two students
are spending semester 2, 2003 in the Ocean Technology Group as exchange
students under the Sydney-Tokyo exchange agreement. They will study greenhouse
gas mitigation.
Ian Jones has
been appointed a research associate of the Earth Engineering Center, Columbia
University, NY. The EEC is part of the Columbia Earth Institute which aims to
integrate the study of the Earth, its environment and society. Through global
partnership it mobilizes source and technology to advance sustainable
development, while placing special emphasis on the needs of the world's poor.
Phil Mulhearn is serving on the scientific committee of the
Shallow Survey 2003 Conference, in Sydney. The conference aims to compare
different methods of mapping and sea bed classification in Nov. 2003.
Recently,
Professor Ian S.F. Jones has finished the second edition of his book about
ocean exploration. The book has also been translated into Chinese. A Chinese website is up and running.