About the Speaker Professor Federico Rosie Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre (EMT), Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) Montreal, Canada, on behalf of IEEE Photonics Society  Federico Rosei received MSc (1996) and PhD (2001) degrees from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He held the Canada Research Chair (Junior) in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials (2003–2013) and since May 2016 he holds the Canada Research Chair (Senior) in Nanostructured Materials. He is Professor at the Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (QC) Canada, where he served as Director from July 2011 to March 2019. Since January 2014 he holds the UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage. Dr Rosei’s research interests focus on the properties of nanostructured materials, and on how to control their size, shape, composition, stability and positioning when grown on suitable substrates. He has extensive experience in fabricating, processing and characterizing inorganic, organic and biocompatible nanomaterials. His research has been supported by multiple funding sources from the Province of Quebec, the Federal Government of Canada as well as international agencies, for a total in excess of M$ 17. He has worked in partnership with over twenty Canadian R&D companies. He is co-inventor of three patents and has published over 375 articles in prestigious international journals (including Science, Nature Photonics, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Func. Mater., Adv. En. Mat., Nanolett., ACS Nano, Biomaterials, Small, Phys. Rev. Lett., Nanoscale, Chem. Comm., Appl. Phys. Lett., Phys. Rev. B, etc.), has been invited to speak at over 330 international conferences and has given over 240 seminars and colloquia, over 60 professional development lectures and 40 public lectures in 48 countries on all inhabited continents. His publications have been cited over 16,000 times and his H index is 68. He is a Fellow of numerous prestigious national and international societies and academies, including the Royal Society of Canada, the European Academy of Science, the African Academy of Sciences, the World Academy of Art and Science, the World Academy of Ceramics, the Academia Europaea, the American Physical Society, AAAS, the Optical Society of America, SPIE, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, ASM International, the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the Institute of Physics, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institute of Materials, Metallurgy and Mining, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Australian Institute of Physics, Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society, Foreign Member of the Mexican Academy of Engineering, Foreign Member of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Senior Member of IEEE, Alumnus of the Global Young Academy and Member of the Sigma Xi Society. He has received several awards and honours, including the FQRNT Strategic Professorship (2002–2007), the Tan Chin Tuan visiting Fellowship (NTU 2008), the Senior Gledden Visiting Fellowship (UWA 2009), Professor at Large at UWA (2010–2012), a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the European Union (2001), a junior Canada Research Chair (2003–2013), a senior Canada Research Chair (2016–2023) a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award (von Humboldt foundation 2011), the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry (Royal Society of Canada 2011), the Herzberg Medal (Canadian Association of Physics 2013), the Brian Ives lectureship award (ASM international 2013), the Award for Excellence in Materials Chemistry (Canadian Society for Chemistry 2014), the NSERC EWR Steacie Memorial Fellowship (2014), the José Vasconcelos Award for Education (World Cultural Council 2014), the IEEE NTC Distinguished Lectureship 2015–2016, the Lash Miller Award (Electrochemical Society 2015), the Chang Jiang Scholar Award (China), the Khwarizmi International Award (Iran), the Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship (American Vacuum Society 2015), the Selby Fellowship (Australian Academy of Sciences 2016), the John C. Polanyi Award (Canadian Society for Chemistry 2016), the Outstanding Engineer Award (IEEE Canada 2017), the President’s Visiting Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists (Chinese Academy of Sciences 2017), the Sigma Xi Distinguished Lectureship (2018–2020), the Sichuan 1000 talent (short term) award, the Lee Hsun Lecture Award (2018), the Changbai Mountain Friendship Award (2018), the IEEE Montreal Gold Medal (2018), the APS John Wheatley Award (2019), the Blaise Pascal Medal (European Academy of Science 2019), the IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lectureship (2020–2021), the Guangxi Golden Silkball Friendship Award and the TMS Brimacombe Medal (2021). Registration is Required Register at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/263308 Organized by IEEE Photonics Society

peaker: Dr Sam John, Senior Lecturer - University of Melbourne Registration: https://forms.gle/afMsRLVEtuWfki3f8    (Zoom link to be emailed upon registration) Abstract: A Brain‐Computer Interface (BCI) is a device that can enable users to interact with computers or machines using their thoughts. This technology can be used to restore lost function such as movement and speech or to treat people with neurological and psychological conditions. However, reports to date have had a limited clinical translation. This talk will focus on the concept of a BCI, outline some challenges in the present implementation, the work needed for the standardisation of BCI research and the progress made in overcoming these challenges. Event Flyer: Download (PDF)   This talk is jointly organized by the IEEE University of Melbourne Student Branch and Victorian Section.     

IEEE WIE Unimelb affinity group is organising their first panel discussion event of the year 2021 on 22nd March 2021, Monday. The event will have two professional guest speakers from the Engineering & IT industries, who will discuss career prospects, skill development process, their own experiences in landing professional jobs and so on. It will be an online event using Zoom and will be an interesting ground to have open discussions on the first steps of getting into a professional career. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4666522163

We already use photonic technologies every day, our smartphones, the LED lights in our houses and particularly the internet are all powered by photonics. However, photonics is also crucial for precision sensing ranging from helping satellites to tell us where we are to detecting traces of chemical contamination in seawater and biomarkers in our blood. My team is working on all of these applications and particularly exploring how really complex and high precision optical systems can be integrated onto a micro-chip size of your fingernail with the potential cost of only a few dollars. This presentation will particularly focus on our work in biomedical applications.  I will particularly talk about work with the start-up company Nirtek to create optical fibre sensors to detect heart-attacks before they happen, our microfluidics work with the Australian Centre for Blood Diseases to detect how new drugs may impact blood clot formation and our work on ultra-sensitive photonic chip biosensors that can help diagnose heart attacks in minutes.   Speaker: Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell, RMIT University Node Director, ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre (InPAC) This technical event is hosted Victorian IEEE Section Electron Devices and Photonics Society Joint Chapter & Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter. Registration: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/266755 Registration is open till 29 March 6.20pm, please kindly register. The Zoom link will be sent closer to the date and also to all registered participants.

This presentation discusses some important energy problems facing India and  Australia and presents the current electric generation scenario in most of the developing countries with facts and figures in respect of India. It is hoped that, with systematic, advance planning, through measures like co-generation, energy management, and energy conservation, the electric energy supply scenario of AD 2025 will be free of the perennial problems of power shortages, voltage fluctuations etc.  Speaker Dr D. P. Kothari obtained his BE (Electrical) in 1967, ME (Power Systems) in 1969 and PhD in 1975 from BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan. From 1969 to 1977, he was involved in the teaching and development of several courses at BITS Pilani. Earlier Dr Kothari served as Vice-Chancellor, VIT, Vellore, Director in-charge and Deputy Director (Administration) as well as Head in the Centre of Energy Studies at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and as Principal, VRCE, Nagpur. He was visiting professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, during 1982-83 and 1989, for two years. He was also NSF Fellow at Perdue University, the USA in 1992. He also taught at Melbourne University Australia for one semester in 1989. Dr Kothari, who is a recipient of the most Active Researcher Award, has published and presented 812 research papers in various national and international journals, conferences, guided 50 PhD scholars and 68 M. Tech students, and authored  65  books in various allied areas. He has delivered several keynote addresses and invited lectures at both national and international conferences. He has delivered 42 video lectures on YouTube with a maximum of 40,000 hits! Currently, Dr Kothari is with S.B Jain Institute of Management, Research and Technology Nagpur, serving as Director Research and Professor. He is chairman of the board of governors of THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology, Tehri. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81794134234?pwd=cStEd2hMWUJCODQvWCtOem9xeXpBdz09 Meeting ID: 817 9413 4234 Passcode: 696905 Enquiries Alan Harvey Education chair. [email protected].   Download Event Flyer: Energy & Environmental Problems Facing India and Australia (PDF)