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FLEET Satellite Meeting / FLEET annual workshop These are FLEET’s first major ‘in person’ events since the pandemic. If you’re feeling anxious being around so many people for the first time in 2 years, we hear you. We’ll be doing what we can to make everyone as safe as possible. RATs / shaking hands / masks / distancing / if …

Sights and sounds about 5-15 minutes walk from the Novotel/Conference Venue. By David Cortie (local) Further suggestions welcome! Email to David or Errol Wollongong small boat harbour: Leaving Novotel, head straight to the Ocean, then strong South along the beachfront cycling track past coffee shops etc, after ~ 10 minutes will reach the scenic small boat harbour which has safe …

FLEET has a number of members from Ukraine and neighbouring countries, and our thoughts are with all of them right now. Our own Oleh Klochan grew up in Ukraine, and his family are there now. We asked Oleh about his family. “Regarding what I have told you over the phone, I am directly affected by this war as all my …

Who would be interested in / benefit from my research? How can I pursue high-impact research? FLEET put nine Centre members through a research-impact training program in 2021 on Cruxes Innovation’s Base program, also gaining a wider appreciation of research translation, how to kick off the industry-engagement process, and how to most effectively ‘sell’ the value of their research, whether …

Qualitative and quantitative surveying confirm the impact of FLEET outreach efforts FLEET’s public and schools outreach seek to promote public awareness and literacy of FLEET science, contributing to public scientific literacy, raising and understanding of FLEET science among students and teachers, and improving public awareness of FLEET (and adjacent) areas of research. But how do we know if we are …

Evaluating student knowledge and learnings on electricity A cooperative FLEET project with Ashburton Primary School in SE Melbourne is teaching students to think about atoms, electricity, conductors and insulators. A pilot workshop with eighty-five students tested success in developing year-5 and 6s’ understanding of these areas, enabling critical thinking about applications of electricity and the value of research such as …

A comprehensive FLEET membership survey was conducted between 15 Feb and 3 Mar 2021 to gather feedback from FLEET students, postdocs, investigators as well as FLEET alums. Responses from 55% of membership has offered us strong insights into what works and what doesn’t in six different areas of Centre operations and initiatives. Huge thanks to everyone participated for your time …

A new series of explainer videos produced by the FLEET’s team at UNSW introduces some of the most-useful tools in novel materials synthesis and study. The series of videos, produced by FLEET and UNSW scientists, briefly introduces key tools and techniques used to create materials used in the search for a new generation of future, low-energy electronics. “Our researchers at …

“Bring your physics to the AIP Summer Meeting!” That’s the message from FLEET’s Iolanda Di Bernardo (Monash) and Dongchen Qi (QUT), who are on the organising committee for this year’s event. Abstract submissions are now open, with the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) Summer Meeting running 6–9 December 2021 at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane. The AIP Summer …

http://anbug.net/aanss2020 This conference covers a range of topics, and there is plenty of overlap with FLEET research, particularly in the session on Magnetism and Condensed Matter. FLEET is sponsoring the gold package which includes six complimentary student registrations – contact David Cortie for details. A few highlights from the program, including some FLEET members: Oleg Shushkov (UNSW): Infrared catastrophe in …

Whether the FLEET event is in-person or online, it is always important that we conduct ourselves professionally, with due respect to our colleagues. All attendees and speakers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe environment …

An international FLEET collaboration publishing a review of atomically-thin ‘high temperature’ superconductors finds that each has a common driving mechanism: interfaces. The team, including researchers from the University of Wollongong, Monash University and Tsinghua University (Beijing), found that interfaces between materials were the key to superconductivity in all systems examined. The enhancement of superconductivity at interfaces (interface superconductivity enhancement effect) …

Nominations are open for the Australian Academy of Science 2020-21 awards, including the following awards of interest to FLEET researchers and networks: David Craig Medal and Lecture – chemical research (career) Le Fèvre Medal – chemical research <10 years post-PhD Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture – physical science, nominations via Academy Fellows (career) Nancy Millis Medal – women, physical science, 8-15 years …

All attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at our conference are required to agree with the following code of conduct. Organisers will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all participants to help ensure a safe environment for everybody. We will provide a respectful and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender-identity, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical …

FLEET is a collaboration of over 100 universities at seven Australian universities and 18 Australian and international scientific institutions. FLEET’s seven participating Australian university nodes are in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Wollongong and Brisbane.: Australian National University, Canberra Monash University, Melbourne RMIT University, Melbourne Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne UNSW, Sydney University of Wollongong University of Queensland, Brisbane Australian National University …

Spintronic devices use a quantum property known as ‘spin’, in addition to the electronic ‘charge‘ used in conventional electronics. This vastly increases the computing power of a device, via a deceptively simple piece of maths… A single ‘bit’ of a conventional device can take two states: represented as 0 and 1. The computing power of conventional electronics thus increases by …