Cochlear prize for "Improving quality of life":
Winner:
Johnson Chung
Title:
Polyurethane Nanocomposites using Dexamethasone as potential
drug delivery systems: sustained release and structural interactions
Microsoft prize for "Energy & Green Environment":
Winner:
Pasquale Aliberti
Title:
Study of Silicon Quantum Dots in a SiO2 Matrix for Energy
Selective Contacts Applications
NICTA prize for "Fast, reliable & secure":
Winner:
Mark Hiscocks
Title:
Diamond Etching at UNSW:Towards Secure Communication Technologies
Optus prize for "Towards miniaturization":
Winner:
Jarryd James Pla
Title:
Towards a quantum computer: Single shot read-out of an electron
spin in silicon
Canon prize for "Connecting & Entertaining the world":
Winner:
Adeel Razi
Title:
Sum Rates and User Scheduling for Multi-User MIMO Vector
Perturbation Precoding
CSIRO prize for "Automation & Adaptation":
Winner:
Gilbert Foo Hock Beng
Title:
Direct torque control of an IPM synchronous motor drive at very
low speed using a sliding mode stator flux observer
Additionally, only the six winners will be eligible to submit a paper for the annual IEEE NSW paper competition. The prize for the paper competition is $200 and a plaque.