Award recipients 2023

OCTAL Awards

The Vice-Chancellor’s OCTAL Award

• Associate Professor Xiaoping Gao, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.

The Vice-Chancellor's Academic Award, ASSH

• Dr Susan Duchesne.

The Vice-Chancellor's Academic Award, BAL

• Dr Erin Twyford.

The Vice-Chancellor's Academic Award, EIS

• Dr Lorna Jarrett.

The Vice-Chancellor's Early Career Academic Award, ASSH

• Dr Amanda Gigliotti

The Vice Chancellor's Early Career Academic Award, BAL

• Dr Mercedez Hinchcliff.

The Vice Chancellor's Early Career Academic Award, DVCA

• Grant Kinghorn, Academic Development and Recognition.

The Vice Chancellor's Sessional Academic Award, ASSH (joint Winners)

• Dr Emma Darragh.
• Makrita Solitei.

The Vice Chancellor's Sessional Academic Award, BAL

• Dr Pariz Lythgo-Gordon.

Vice-Chancellor’s Awards in Research Excellence

The Vice Chancellor's Award for Researcher of the Year

• Senior Professor Melanie Randle, Faculty of Business and Law & Research and Sustainable Futures.

Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award For Emerging Researcher (joint winners)

• Dr Yannan Li, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Sam Lin, Faculty of Science Medicine and Health.

Vice-Chancellor’s Award For Outstanding Achievement In Research Partnership & Impact

Project 9.74 Enhanced blast resistance Australian-made shipbuilding steels Team:

• Associate Professor Stephen van Duin, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Senior Professor Huijun Li, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Philip Commins, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Jonathan Knott, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Professor Zengxi (Stephen) Pan, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Yan Ma, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Evan Brown, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Joseph Polden, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.

Industry partners:

• DMTC (formerly known as the Defence Materials Technology Centre).
• DSTG.
• BlueScope Steel.

Vice-Chancellor’s Award For Excellence In Research Supervision, Emerging Researcher

• Dr Xun Xu, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials.

Vice-Chancellor’s Award For Research Supervision, Senior Researcher

• Professor Elizabeth Halcomb, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health.

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Community Engagement

The iAccelerate Rise Team:

• Gabby Moir, iAccelerate.
• Rhonda McGuire, iAccelerate.
• Samuel Green, iAccelerate.
• David Malins, iAccelerate.
• Chris Petersilge, iAccelerate.
• Samantha Avitaia, UOW Bega Valley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategy and Assurance) Portfolio.
• Jaimey Facchin, UOW Eurobodalla, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategy and Assurance) Portfolio.
• Stephen Lowe, UOW Southern Highlands, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategy and Assurance) Portfolio.

Vice-Chancellor’s Award For Outstanding Service for Professional Services Staff

• Nicole Mackey, Strategic Marketing Communications Division.
• Nicole Smith, Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor (Innovation, Enterprise & External Relations) Portfolio.
• Craig Youd, Facilities Management Division.
• Zheyin Yu, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials.
• The Student Digital Skills Hub Project Team:
  
  • Keith Brophy, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Academic and Student Life) Portfolio.
  • Kristy Newton, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Academic and Student Life) Portfolio.
  • Adrienne Corradini, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Academic and Student Life) Portfolio.
  • Daniel Judge, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Academic and Student Life) Portfolio.
  • Kate Schreiber, Information Management & Technology Services.
• The Safe and Respectful Communities Team:
  • Kylie McElhone, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Strategy & Assurance) Portfolio.
  • Angela Cowan, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Strategy & Assurance) Portfolio.
  • Naomi Dear, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Strategy & Assurance) Portfolio.
  • Sarah Amos, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Strategy & Assurance) Portfolio.
  • Rebekah Murray Smith, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Strategy & Assurance) Portfolio.

Rosemary Cooper Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award

The Women's Research Engineers Network (WREN) Team:

• Grace Kennedy, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences & Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Dr Emily Yap, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Marcella Bernardo-Papini, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Shiva Pedram, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Jing Jing Liu, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Maina Portella-Garcia, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.

Highly Commended

• Craig Youd, Facilities Management Division.

Kristy Adams Award for Excellence in Health and Safety

• Clare Johnson, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health.

Marie Lewis Award

• Georgina Konstanta, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Academic and Student Life) Portfolio.

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Global Strategy

• Associate Professor Jun Yan, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.

Vice-Chancellor’s Reconciliation Award

• Matt Ball, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.

25 Years Service Award

• Veselka Bralic, Financial Services Division.
• Dr Amy Chan, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Mark Haining, Facilities Management Division.
• Anji (Angela) Hall, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr David Hastie, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Dr Helen Kilpatrick, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Deirdre McGhee, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health.
• Laura Mothersdill, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health.
• Distinguished Professor Anthony Okely, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Rachael Phillips, Division of Student Life.
• Associate Professor James Reveley, Faculty of Business and Law.
• Professor Gregory Rose, Faculty of Business and Law.
• Karl Rudd, Information Management & Technology Services.
• Ritsuko Saito, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Bernadette Sampson, Information Management & Technology Services.
• Principal Fellow Stephen van Duin, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.

40 Years Service Award

• Heidi De Coster, Vice-Chancellor's Unit.
• Kym Hodcroft, UOW Pulse.
• Peter Ihnat, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Associate Professor Muttucumaru Sivakumar, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Senior Professor Kiet Tieu, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.
• Professor Peter Wypych, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences.

50 Years Service Award

• Marion Allen, Integrity Division.