Advertising students take out third place

A team of ECU Advertising students have come third place in the national "Big Idea" Marketing Communications Competition, organised by the International Advertising Association.

Team Boomerang comprised of seven students: James Broadhurst, Tobie Rhodes, Christian Lindman, Rebecca Farley, Suzy Kooy, Joe Ann Teh, Sidi Katunga and Caroline Paulsson.

Teams were given a brief to develop an integrated marketing communications campaign for Habitat for Humanity.

Team Boomerang was commended by the judging panel for their enthusiasm and professionalism.

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Serious Games for Serious Business - free conference

Join ECU's Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts, Technology, Education and Communications (CREATEC) for a one-day mini conference and find out how computer games can give you the competitive edge.

This industry focused event explores how emergent technologies in visualisation, simulation and games are driving new ways of creating end-user experiences.

When: Friday 16 November 2007, 10am-5pm (Registrations open at 9.30am)
Where: ECU Mount Lawley Campus, Building 3, Room 3.201
Register by 5 November: Phone Raelene Carrr on 9370 6334 or email r.carr@ecu.edu.au
Further Information: createc.ea.ecu.edu.au/conferences/nov_2007

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Motorsports team develop formula for success

ECU Motorsports students celebrated recently after driver Cade Bell steered the University’s Formula Ford to victory taking out the WA Formula Ford State Championship at Barbagallo Raceway.

Second-year Motorsports student Tom Toovey is crew chief and race engineer while fellow students Pete Lambrides, Nathan Turrell and Ed Viska make up the pit crew responsible for preparing the ECU Formula Ford for competition. “We are a highly motivated and enthusiastic group with a strong involvement in the local scene,” says student Ed Viska.

The Bachelor of Technology (Motorsports) is the only course of its kind in Australia and has attracted students from all over Australia since its inception in 2006. The course equips students for careers in motor racing, automotive design and development, manufacturing technologies, project management and sport marketing.

Photo courtesy of Mathew Oswald - circlework.com.au

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Aviation shark patrol

ECU Aviation has been awarded the Shark Patrol for the summer of 2007/08. From October to March, ECU Aviation students who have earned their Commercial Pilot Licence will be utilising this unique opportunity to fly commercial operations in their patrol of Perth beaches each morning looking for sharks.

The main purpose of the patrol is to warn the public of the presence of sharks through the Surf-Life Savers and the Water Police. So if you are out swimming and a light aircraft flies over with a siren sounding, that means there is a shark in the vicinity and you should swiftly swim to shore. Pilots and observers also collect valuable data about coastal marine life in the Perth vicinity and around Rottnest Island.

The data has been used by the WA Fisheries Department during the seven seasons that ECU has operated the patrol to build up a significant store of information about local marine life. The flights take off at 6:30 each morning so our volunteer pilots and observers put in considerable efforts to making the West Australian community safer during the summer.

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ECU's Professor Kamal Alameh wins WA Inventor of the Year (Early Stage Category)

ECU’s Professor Kamal Alameh has won the Early Stage Category of the WA Inventor of the Year awards for his High-Speed Inter-Chip Optical Interconnects technology.

This invention uses micro-lenses in a novel way to substantially increase the speed and performance of home and office computers. It facilitates higher rates of data transfer at lower cost and reduced energy consumption.

The innovative low-cost device will enable computer speeds to exceed 10 gigabytes per second, making computers more than 100 times faster than current electrically-interconnected computers. This technology also has the potential to be used in the world’s largest radio astronomy project, the $1.8 billion Square Kilometre Array.

Professor Alameh was presented the award by the Premier and Minister for Science and Innovation, Alan Carpenter. This award is an outstanding achievement by Professor Alameh and his team and is evidence of the high-quality, ground-breaking research that is being carried out at ECU.

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“Security science moves pretty fast, so learning from people who are leading it is crucial. ” "Security Science offered me everything I wanted from an Honours course: the flexibility to pursue my own area of interest, lecturing staff that were at the cutting edge of their industry, and the prospect of a fascinating career at WA Police at the end of it all. I also feel like I’m in a position to make a difference in some of the most pressing issues of our time, namely terrorism and organised crime.” ECU Security Science graduate, Maggie Plumb.

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