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IPAS Shines at ANZOS Awards 2023
IPAS members were honoured to be awarded 3 ANZOS prizes at Old Parliament House during the ANZCOP-AIP Summer meeting on Wednesday 6th December.
High-power fibre lasers emerge as a pioneering technology
Optical scientists have found a new way to significantly increase the power of fibre lasers while maintaining their beam quality, making them a future key defence technology against low-cost drones and for use in other applications such as remote sensing.
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Advancing Asbestos Detection: Flawless Photonics and Prof Nigel Spooner Secure BRII Grant
The Regulatory Technology round of the Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII) is providing a $5 million grant to help develop new digital technologies in a bid to solve challenges faced by Australian businesses. ÌýIn conjunction with the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Prescott Environmental Luminescence Laboratory (PELL), Flawless Photonics Pty Ltd (Flawless) has been awarded $999,690 to further develop the project ‘Hand Portable, Non-contact, Real-time Fluorescence-based Asbestos Sensor’ asbestos testing technology.Ìý
ARC Centre of Excellence for Breakthrough Science
IPAS researchers , , , and , along with at UniSA are thrilled to be part of the $35m ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS) led by RMIT. The South Australian node will be the largest in the Centre of Excellence.
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A Decade of Innovation: Celebrating The Braggs Building's 10th Anniversary
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ celebrates a decade of scientific achievements with the 10th anniversary of The Braggs Building, a $100 million state-of-the-art facility named after Nobel Laureates Sir William Henry Bragg and Sir William Lawrence Bragg. A hub for groundbreaking research and innovation, The Braggs, housing the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), symbolizes the university's commitment to scientific excellence.
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Opening of the Centre of Light for Life at The ³ÉÈË´óƬ
The Centre of Light for Life opened its doors on the 21st of February, marking the beginning of a new era of advanced research and innovation. Under the leadership of ARC Laureate Fellow Prof. Kishan Dholakia, the Centre aims to pioneer cutting-edge optical imaging and sensing techniques within its dedicated laboratories located in the Engineering, Math, and Sciences building on the North Terrace Campus.
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ARC Linkage Grants underline ability to partner with industry
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been awarded $1,405,458 in linkage grants by the Australian Research Council (ARC) to undertake two projects that aim to reduce the uncertainties of capturing and storing COâ‚‚Ìýand to create a new class of optical fibre that will enable the future quantum internet.
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Manufacturing advances bring material back in vogue
One of the world’s most important artificial materials is back in vogue because scientists are harnessing its properties for new and diverse future applications such as space navigation and farming.
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IPAS Celebrates Two Outstanding Women as Superstars of STEM for 2023-24
In a remarkable acknowledgment of excellence, two distinguished members of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, Associate Professor Tara Pukala and Dr Sarah Scholten, have been named among Australia's Superstars of STEM for the 2023-24 period.
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