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International recognition for “quiet achiever”

Former DMTC Director, Emeritus Professor John Norrish, has been made a Fellow of the American Welding Society in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the discipline.

The AWS is the peak body for welding and joining technology in the United States, with about 70,000 members industry, national research labs, universities and training organisations from the US and around the world.

Being elected a Fellow of the Society is a recognition of the distinguished contribution of individual members in the field of welding science and technology, in John’s case over more than 50 years.

Earlier this year John was also made a Fellow of DMTC, at which time DMTC Chair Tony Quick acknowledged John for his “unquenchable energy, vitality, willingness and ability to get involved in the detail of so many of our critical programs.”

There are more details on the University of Wollongong’s website here.

Honour for young researcher

DMTC congratulates Emily Kibble (pictured below), who won the AIDN-WA Young Achiever Award for her work on preventative measures against pathogenic bacteria. The award was presented by the Australian Industry and Defence Network Western Australia this month.

PhD candidate Emily Kibble

Emily is part of the research team at the University of Western Australia working on a DMTC project within the Medical Countermeasures program, along with research partners DST, the Peter Doherty Institute at the University of Melbourne and the University of Wurzburg. Emily is also supported under DMTC’s Education Program.

As the Western Australian Young Achiever award recipient, Emily will now be among the contenders for a national award to be announced in February 2019.

Our 2018 Annual Report is now online!

Our 2018 Annual Report is now online. Along wth a foreword from Ministers Pyne and Ciobo, this year’s report seeks to recap on the activities that were conducted across 2017-18 while also highlighting just a few of the exemplar projects across a decade of achievements.

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New DMTC project bringing medical and industrial expertise together

DMTC Limited has announced the commencement of a new project under Round Three of its Medical Countermeasures Program. The project will advance the development of a new Australian antibiotic by partnering its developer, Boulos & Cooper Pharmaceuticals, with manufacturing experts from CSIRO. (more…)