Curtin University has appointed former Director of the Australian Sustainable Development Institute (ASDI), Charlie Thorn, to the position of Director Research and Development.
Minister for Agriculture and Food, the Hon Terry Redman MLA, attended a Curtin University workshop yesterday to discuss some of the biggest food security issues facing Western Australians.
Curtin University bio-energy researcher, Professor Chun-Zhu Li, has been awarded a $50,000 Commercialisation Australia Skills and Knowledge Grant to develop a business model for Curtin’s state-of-the-art low-rank fuel gasification technology.
Curtin University meteorologists have developed sophisticated modelling techniques able to aid the prediction of extreme weather events as a result of natural and human-induced climate change on the Earth.
Curtin Department of Electrical Engineering academic, Professor Chem Nayar, was recently honoured at the Sustainable Energy Awards for his long-standing contribution and commitment to excellence in sustainability research.
The Governor of Western Australia, His Excellency Dr Ken Michael AC, has agreed to become the inaugural patron of Curtin University of Technology’s Australian Sustainable Development Institute (ASDI).