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Full title: TERBo - Department of Telecommunications, Electrical, Robotics and Biomedical Engineering. Dr Tony Cricenti is the current Chair of the Department of Telecommunications, Electrical, Robotics and Biomedical Engineering. He received his BEng(Elec)(Hons) from the University of Melbourne, Grad Dip(Ed) from Melbourne College of Advanced Education, MEng (Elec) and PhD degrees from Swinburne Univerity of Technology. His teaching and research interests include: Teletraffic Engineering, Software Defined Networks, RF Electronics, and Engineering Education. Before joining Swinburne, he worked as a design Engineer at General Motors Holden and at Bechtel Paci. Recorded on 10 March 2017.

Full title: TERBo - Department of Telecommunications, Electrical, Robotics and Biomedical Engineering. Dr Tony Cricenti is the current Chair of the Department of Telecommunications, Electrical, Robotics and Biomedical Engineering. He received his BEng(Elec)(Hons) from the University of Melbourne, Grad Dip(Ed) from Melbourne College of Advanced Education, MEng (Elec) and PhD degrees from Swinburne Univerity of Technology. His teaching and research interests include: Teletraffic Engineering, Software Defined Networks, RF Electronics, and Engineering Education. Before joining Swinburne, he worked as a design Engineer at General Motors Holden and at Bechtel Paci. Recorded on 10 March 2017.

Full title: In search of the oldest animals on Earth - Saudi Arabia, Russia, Namibia - The Wanderings of a Bedu (STEM Blitz February 2017). Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich is interested in biotic, environmental/climatic change, with emphasis on the late Neoproterozoic (600-540 mybp) and late Mesozoic and Cainozoic (150 mybp to present day). Her research and that of her students investigates the appearance of multicelled organisms and hard skeletons/shells in the late Neoproterozoic with field work in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Argentina, Namibia and the White Sea of Russia. She leads the UNESCO International Geosciences Program IGCP 587 with 120 participants from 20 countries and has organized many exhibitions that travel globally including The Rise of Animals, Wildlife of Gondwana, The Artist and the Scientists, Dinosaurs of Darkness), bringing research science to the public, visited by millions of people around the world. She holds an Order of Australia for her research work and science communication efforts, especially with primary and pre-primary age groups and is the Director of PrimeSCI! based at Swinburne (Wantirna) – a group that brings the public and youth especially together with research scientists around the world. Recorded on 10 March 2017.

Full title: In search of the oldest animals on Earth - Saudi Arabia, Russia, Namibia - The Wanderings of a Bedu (STEM Blitz February 2017). Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich is interested in biotic, environmental/climatic change, with emphasis on the late Neoproterozoic (600-540 mybp) and late Mesozoic and Cainozoic (150 mybp to present day). Her research and that of her students investigates the appearance of multicelled organisms and hard skeletons/shells in the late Neoproterozoic with field work in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Argentina, Namibia and the White Sea of Russia. She leads the UNESCO International Geosciences Program IGCP 587 with 120 participants from 20 countries and has organized many exhibitions that travel globally including The Rise of Animals, Wildlife of Gondwana, The Artist and the Scientists, Dinosaurs of Darkness), bringing research science to the public, visited by millions of people around the world. She holds an Order of Australia for her research work and science communication efforts, especially with primary and pre-primary age groups and is the Director of PrimeSCI! based at Swinburne (Wantirna) – a group that brings the public and youth especially together with research scientists around the world. Recorded on 10 March 2017.

Ryan-Weber leads the intergalactic medium research group at Swinburne. Her science focuses on detecting elements heavier than Helium in absorption at very high redshifts (12 billion years ago). To achieve this we use near-infrared spectroscopy towards high redshift quasars on the world's largest telescopes including Keck (Hawaii) and the VLT (Chile). She received her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2004, spent 5 years at the University of Cambridge and commenced her position at Swinburne in 2009. Ryan-Weber is one of three Swinburne CIs for the CAASTRO-3D Centre of Excellence. Recorded on 10 February 2017.

Ryan-Weber leads the intergalactic medium research group at Swinburne. Her science focuses on detecting elements heavier than Helium in absorption at very high redshifts (12 billion years ago). To achieve this we use near-infrared spectroscopy towards high redshift quasars on the world's largest telescopes including Keck (Hawaii) and the VLT (Chile). She received her PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2004, spent 5 years at the University of Cambridge and commenced her position at Swinburne in 2009. Ryan-Weber is one of three Swinburne CIs for the CAASTRO-3D Centre of Excellence. Recorded on 10 February 2017.

Dr Grainne Oates, Dr Jeremy Nguyen and Professor Dan Hunter discuss the gamification of learning by using an in-house developed mobile app called Quitch. Presented on 13 May 2016.

Dr Grainne Oates, Dr Jeremy Nguyen and Professor Dan Hunter discuss the gamification of learning by using an in-house developed mobile app called Quitch. Presented on 13 May 2016.

The overt goal of the ARC Training Centre in Biodevices is to assist Australian biodevice and diagnostics companies to develop the next generation of innovative and profitable products that address important healthcare needs in our communities. However, in order to achieve that goal, the structure of the funding scheme has encouraged a somewhat unconventional approach that challenges each of our stakeholders (i.e. students, academics and industry partners). The students are enrolled in the PhD (Technology Innovation) degree, which has components relating to industry employability, in addition to the standard PhD requirements. The research projects themselves are unusual in that they have the characteristics of "radical innovation", rather than the "incremental innovation" that normally defines industry research. The approach also has interesting implications for academics who are interested in industry engagement, not least in terms of how we recognise impact. The Training Centre is just over a year old now and appears to be well on track. This presentation will provide an update on progress to date. Recorded on 4 May 2016.

The overt goal of the ARC Training Centre in Biodevices is to assist Australian biodevice and diagnostics companies to develop the next generation of innovative and profitable products that address important healthcare needs in our communities. However, in order to achieve that goal, the structure of the funding scheme has encouraged a somewhat unconventional approach that challenges each of our stakeholders (i.e. students, academics and industry partners). The students are enrolled in the PhD (Technology Innovation) degree, which has components relating to industry employability, in addition to the standard PhD requirements. The research projects themselves are unusual in that they have the characteristics of "radical innovation", rather than the "incremental innovation" that normally defines industry research. The approach also has interesting implications for academics who are interested in industry engagement, not least in terms of how we recognise impact. The Training Centre is just over a year old now and appears to be well on track. This presentation will provide an update on progress to date. Recorded on 4 May 2016.