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2021

June 2021

Congratulating Professor Tony Marxsen who was recognised on the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list for his professional work and contributions to the community.
Congratulations to Professor Rebekah Brown who has been appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Senior Vice-President and Professor Rob Hyndman (Head of the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics), for being elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) for his ground-breaking research and outstanding contributions to the scientific community, both within Australia and globally.
Discover the Australian Energy Transition Research Plan to reach Net Zero emissions by the Australian Council of Learned Academies.

May 2021

In this issue, we investigate EV's and AI against the climate crisis with Monash Lens articles from our Director Professor Ariel Liebman and Deputy Director Dr Roger Dargaville. Take a look at the Net Zero Momentum tracker on energy by ClimateWorks Australia. Welcome Audrey Zibelman to the Monash Energy Institute community, we are looking forward to her guidance to solve Australia's energy challenges. View the 2020 Annual Reports from Woodside Monash Energy Partnership and the Centres of Excellence ARC Graphene Hub, FLEET, ACES and ACEX.

April 2021

Monash champions global sustainability, celebrating AI for sustainable transformation in smart cities, mobility and energy, Zema Scholarship recipient, new materials discoveries, events, and opportunities.

March 2021

Showcasing the Hydrogen Tool (HEFT), Blockchain technology, Smart Grids, and Urban Planning. As well as congratulate our researchers on their achievements and link to upcoming webinars.

February 2021

Monash Energy Institute leads the National EV-Grid interaction research project. The research team, made of experts from across Australia, will review the impacts and opportunities of widespread uptake of EVs on the electricity grid.

January 2021

We hope that you have been able to find time to pause and recharge after a challenging 2020. We are looking forward to working with our energy community in what is already shaping up to be an exciting year.

2020

May - June 2020

We present our Energy Profile - a showcase of Monash's major energy programs. We congratulate Dr Julie Karel who is now a FLEET Chief Investigator, Dr Alexandr Simonov, Prof Douglas MacFarlane and team who published a Roadmapto the Ammonia Economy and Prof Huanting Wang for receiving an ARC LaureateFellowship for his work in renewable energy and clean water. We also promote the Digital Energy Futures Report by the Emerging Technologies Research Lab.

April - May 2020

We celebrated our 7th position in energy in the world impact rankings, highlight developments in solar research, and congratulate our student team for winning the Solar Decathlon Design Challenge. This newsletter includes profiles of Professor Andrew Dyer, Dr Larissa Nicholls, Dr Christoph Bergmeir and Ms Rakshitha Godahewa. We also shared the 2019 Annual Reports from the ARC Graphene Hub, FLEET and ACEX.

March - April 2020

Monash University will play a major role in RACE2030 by leading the networks research program, one of the four research pillars of the CRC program. Congratulations to A/Prof Akshat Tanksale for becoming an IChemE Fellow, Scott Ferraro for being appointed on the Board of the Energy Efficiency Council, Bridget Ryan for receiving the Monash 2020 Your Leadership Voice award, and Dr Chang Wei Tan for receiving the Mollie Holman Medal 2019. We also profiled Ali Meghdadi and Dr Semini Wijekoon.

February - March 2020

The 2019-2020 bushfire season in Australia has raised questions about fire management and impacts of fires on essential services; our researchers commented. Congratulations to Dr Mahdokht Shaibani, Prof Mainak Majumder and A/Prof Matthew Hill for developing the world’s most efficient lithium-sulphur battery. We introduced Vanya Kumar, and profiled Dr Mahdokht Shaibani and Shalini Kandasamy.

2019

December 2019

The Monash University's COP25 delegation led by Dr Diana Krall and Dr Susie Ho commented on their experience of the COP. We announced the launch of our new website, which was designed to reflect the vibrant, inclusive and impactful Monash Energy community. We introduced Kane Thornton and profiled Dr Sarah Goodwin, A/Prof Akshat Tanksale and Colin Kang.

November 2019

In this newsletter we provide a summary of the Monash Energy Conference. We announced the renaming of MEMSI to the Monash Energy Institute. We celebrated the $5.45m partnership between GE Digital and Monash, congratulated Prof Huanting Wang and Prof Ranjith Pathegama Gamage elected as a Fellow to the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and Prof Douglas MacFarlane appointed as a Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor.