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Insights from Marine Renewable Energy Scholarship Winner Jack Crawford

Congratulations to Marine Renewable Energy Scholarship Winner Jack Crawford, proudly sponsored by Aurora Offshore Engineering.

Jack is a third-year student at the Australian Maritime College. Studying OceanEngineering combines his love for the ocean and enthusiasm for problem solving. Through his studies he has developed a passion for marine renewable energy and the hydrodynamics of offshore structures. 
 
Jack’s final year thesis will focus on the performance of a hybrid wind and wave energy converter array. The project will be in relation to an Australia-China Joint Research Centre of Offshore Wind and Wave Energy grant that seeks to minimise the LCOE of wave energy converters. 

 Learn more about his studies and how this scholarship will assist with his future career in the video below.

Insights from Paula Cartwright Digital Automation in Engineering Scholarship Winner

Congratulations to Paula Cartwright who was awarded the Digital Automation in Engineering Scholarship, proudly Sponsored by Subsea Engineering Associates.

Paula is a PhD Scholar at The University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute.

She has a passion for applying new technologies to enhance the understanding of underwater environments. Paula’s post-graduate research is based in the Exmouth Gulf region where she is combining multiple technologies including satellite imagery, remotely operated video (ROV) and machine learning techniques to quantify the contribution of large-scale oceanic processes, such as ENSO, to marine habitat functioning in this ecologically significant region.

Paula aspires to bring together multiple scientific disciplines and technological advancements to achieve research outcomes beyond what would otherwise be possible. Her ‘big picture’ is communicating these outcomes to managers and decision makers for the benefit of our marine resources.

 Learn more about her studies and how this scholarship will assist with her future career in the video below.

SUT Chris Lawlor Scholarship Winner!

Congratulations Tahlia Bassett.

Tahlia is the recipient of the SUT Chis Lawlor Scholarship. Tahlia graduated from Curtin University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science (Coastal and Marine Science) and First Class Honours. She is currently undertaking post graduate studies. Learn more about her studies and how this scholarship will assist with her future career in the video below.

Perth Branch Fellowship

Congratulations to Steve Duffield, who was announced as a SUT Perth Branch Fellow on Friday 26th November 2021 at our 17th Annual Dinner.

A Fellowship is awarded through a nomination process to those who have achieved a high reputation in the field of underwater technology, have been engaged for at least three years in a senior position of responsibility in a branch of underwater technology and have identified themselves with the long-term interests of the Society and the achievement of its objectives.

Steve Duffield has been involved in SUT for several years. He became chair in 2021 and has recently been re-elected as Chair for 2022. He has had significant involvement in the SUT OSIGp committee and the Autonomous Under Water Technology Conference. 

Thank you Steve for all that you have done for Perth SUT.

Perth Branch Fellowship

Congratulations to Rex Hubbard, who was awarded an SUT Perth Branch Fellowship on Friday 26th November 2021 at our 17th Annual Dinner.

A Fellowship is awarded through a nomination process to those who have achieved a high reputation in the field of underwater technology, have been engaged for at least three years in a senior position of responsibility in a branch of underwater technology and have identified themselves with the long-term interests of the Society and the achievement of its objectives.

Rex joined the SUT Perth Branch as a committee member in 2016. He served as Vice Chair  in 2017 & 2018 and  was the Branch Chair in 2019 & 2020. He has been an instrumental leader, particularly through the challenges that Covid19 presented in 2020, and his guidance to the staff, committee and sub-committees during this time was invaluable.

Thank you Rex for all that you have done for Perth SUT.

 

Australian Maritime College Pasta Bridge Competition

Can you imagine a bridge made only out of pasta and glue holding more than 300kg? AMC’s Maritime Engineering students hold a record of 327kg. This year (2021) you could watch the annual Pasta Bridge Competition virtually as 9 teams competed for the strongest bridge.

The pasta bridge competition is problem based learning activity in Mechanics of Solids, a second year unit offered by AMC’s National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics. Each team of 4 students spends 2 months use their engineering knowledge and skills to design, build designing and constructing a bridge from pasta to see how much weight it could withstand before ultimately breaking into a thousand pieces.

The bridges are designed and constructed according to an international set of rules developed by the Okanagan College in Canada. The bridges must be exclusively made from pasta and glue, must span over a 1000 mm gap and weigh less than 1000 grams. The bridge which holds the largest weight before failure is declared the winner.

Congratulations to Team Gnocchi Balboa for being crowned 2021 AMC Pasta Bridge Competition Champions with an amazing competition load of 156.55kg at  Australian Maritime College in Tasmania.

The competition was kindly sponsored by Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) Perth Branch.