The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards aim to encourage and recognise exceptional performance from University staff members who demonstrate outstanding achievement in activities that are aligned to the University’s vision and strategic goals. Congratulations to the award recipients for 2019.
Award recipients 2019
The Vice-Chancellor’s OCTAL Award (Individual)
- Dr Anura De Zoysa
Faculty of Business
The Vice-Chancellor’s OCTAL Award (Team)
Data for QA Program
- Associate Professor Rodney Vickers
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Emma Purdy
Academic Quality & Standards - Jan Sullivan
Academic Quality & Standards - Dr Peter McLean
Faculty of Business - David Fulcher
Learning, Teaching & Curriculum - Robert Sim
Student Services Division - Christopher Torrens
Information Management & Technology Sciences - Tracey Wilson
Student Services Division - Dr Alison Freeman
Learning, Teaching & Curriculum - Venessa Andari
UOW Global Enterprises - Joice Priya
UOW Global Enterprises - Professor Dominique Parrish, Associate Professor Simon Bedford and Marc Conboy
Faculty OCTAL Award
- Dr Alfredo Paloyo
Faculty of Business - Dr Le Chung Tran
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Dr Michelle Eady (Shared Award)
Faculty of Social Sciences - Dr Kellie Buckley-Walker (Shared Award)
Faculty of Social Sciences - Meredith Kennedy
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Annie Werner
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Dr Flevy Lasrado
UOW Global Enterprises
Sessional Staff OCTAL Award
- Quynh Xuan Nguyen (Shared Award)
Faculty of Business - Xinru (Sarah) Wang (Shared Award)
Faculty of Business - Yvonne Apolo
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Zein Saleh
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences
OCTAL Early Career Faculty Teaching Award
- Dr Tingru Cui
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Dr Elizabeth Neale
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
Program OCTAL Award
- UOWx Team (DVCA/PVCS)
- Kylie Austin, Amy Thompson, Jenna Thorn, Samantha Stiff and Jade Andrews
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
OCTAL For Professional Services Staff Award
- Susan Leppan
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
Vice-Chancellor's Research Awards
Vice-Chancellor’s Award For Outstanding Achievement In Research Partnership & Impact
Fostering Effective Early Learning (Project FEEL)
- Dr Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett
Faculty of Social Sciences - Associate Professor Steven Howard
Faculty of Social Sciences - Professor Marc de Rosnay
Faculty of Social Sciences - Professor Iram Siraj
- Professor Edward Melhuish
Research Partnership with China BAOWU Steel Group (Highly Commended)
- Senior Professor Zhengyi Jiang
Faculty of Engineering & information Sciences - Professor Huijun Li
Faculty of Engineering & information Sciences - Senior Professor Kiet Tieu
Faculty of Engineering & information Sciences - Professor Cheng Lu
Faculty of Engineering & information Sciences - Dr Hongtao Zhu
Faculty of Engineering & information Sciences - Haibo Xie
Faculty of Engineering & information Sciences - Dr Dominic Phelan
Faculty of Engineering & information Sciences - Professor Jingwei Zhao
Faculty of Engineering & information Sciences - Distinguished Professor Shi Xue Dou
AIIM Research Facility - Distinguished Professor Hua Liu
AIIM Research Facility
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award For Researcher Of The Year
- Distinguished Professor Zaiping Guo
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Senior Professor Sharon Robinson
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award For Emerging Researcher
- Dr Briony Larance
Faculty of Social Sciences - Dr Katrina Green (Highly Commended)
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
Vice-Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Research Excellence Award
Project Dare
- Dr Michelle Eady
Faculty of Social Sciences - Dr Pippa Burns
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Dr Penny Harris
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Professor Victoria Traynor
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Corinne Green & Carinya Barkley
- Jess Baker & Jennine Primmer
Vice-Chancellor’s Award For Research Supervision
- Senior Professor Willy Susilo
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Dr Anura De Zoysa (Highly Commended)
Faculty of Business - Professor Grace McCarthy (Highly Commended)
Faculty of Business - Professor Elizabeth Halcomb (Highly Commended)
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Associate Professor Jane Herbert (Highly Commended)
Faculty of Social Sciences
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Global Strategy
- Jie Sun
International Engagement and Coordination
Vice-Chancellor's Award For Outstanding Professional Services Staff
- Carlee Mottley
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Sarah Smith
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
- Siobhan Christian
Governance & Legal - Catherine Lancaster
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health
- Nik Milosevski
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Nhan Nguyen
Student Services Division
Vice-Chancellor’s Special Award
- Heidi De Coster
Government Relations
Marie Lewis Award
- Bethany Just
Student Services Division
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Community Engagement
Stronger Cultures Koori Kids
- Dr Rebecca Stanley
Faculty of Social Sciences - Anthony McKnight
Faculty of Social Sciences - Dr Yasmine Probst
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Senior Professor Anthony Okely
Faculty of Social Sciences - Sarah Ryan
Faculty of Social Sciences
Pathways Team – ANCORS
- Professor Neil Andrew
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Dr Thomas Brewer
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Brooke Campbell
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Ruth Davis
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Dr Aurelie Delisle
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Dr Owen Li
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Dirk Steenbergen
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Dr Astrid Vachette
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Lisa Wraith
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts
UOW Southern Highlands (Highly Commended)
- Stephen Lowe
Regional and Metropolitan Campuses - Erin Acton
Regional and Metropolitan Campuses - Tania Goodman
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students)
25 years service awards
- Manuela Abrantes
Faculty of Social Sciences - Tina Booth
Academic Quality & Standards - Afrodita Brbevski
Library - Professor Peter Caputi
Faculty of Social Sciences - Distinguished Professor Shi Dou
AIIM Research Facility - Lara Duggan
Library - Associate Professor Richard Dwight
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Donna Edwards
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Dr Maureen Edwards
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Professor Paul Else
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Helen Fletcher
Library - Dr Kerry Gilmore
AIIM Research Facility
- Senior Professor Brin Grenyer
Faculty of Social Sciences - Associate Professor Muhammad Hadi
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Associate Professor Joseph Horvat
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Marie Johnson
Faculty of Social Sciences - Professor Paul Keller
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Shelley King
Governance & Legal Division - Catherine Lancaster
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Toni Lanyon
Library - Dr Zheng Li
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Karen Lunt
Library - Karin Maxwell
Faculty Science, Medicine & Health - Paula McGregor
Learning, Teaching & Curriculum
- Leonie Mcintyre
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Dr Thomas Musgrave
Faculty of Law, Humanities & the Arts - Dr Frank Neri
Faculty of Business - Kim Noble
Science Space - Stuart Parker
Research and Innovation Division - Deborah Porter
Student Services Division - Professor Marie Ranson
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health - Associate Professor Steven Roodenrys
Faculty of Social Sciences - Steven Selby
Faculty of Engineering & Information Sciences - Sharon Twyford
Learning, Teaching & Curriculum - Senior Professor Mark Wilson
Faculty of Science, Medicine & Health