QUT News & Events Wrap - February 6 edition

NEWS

Birdseye hyperspectral science: Ningaloo (pictured) as you’ve never seen it before: Meet the new face of environmental monitoring – a combination of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and a highly specialised camera that was once so big and expensive only satellites and airplanes could carry them. 

Our taste for global fast fashion contributes to Australian retailer woes: Australia’s fashion conscious consumers don’t want to wait an entire season to access new designs, a trend exploited by global brands like Zara and H&M that threatens homegrown fashion houses.

QUT research project offers joyful, moving glimpse into aged care: A deeply personal photographic exhibition showcasing the lives of 20 Brisbane aged care facility residents who were the subject of a QUT research project is now on at the State Library of Queensland.

High-speed running increase puts hamstrings at risk: AFL players who quickly increase the amount they run at high-speed are at greater risk of hamstring injuries, QUT research has found.

Powerful change: QUT profiles today’s solar consumer: People with higher incomes and better education no longer dominate demand for the domestic solar market in Queensland with a new QUT study revealing the highest uptake in solar PV systems comes from families on medium to lower incomes.

EVENTS

Now - Feb 12: 2017 High School Research Internships program (free) @ QUT
Now - Feb 23: To Sir with Love: an exhibition of the Dr Wilton WR Love album (free) @ Old Government House
Now - March 1: Living in Aged Care: A photographic exhibition (pictured) @ State Library Qld
Now - March 5: GLASS: art design architecture (free) @ QUT Art Museum
Now - June 18: William Robinson: Genesis (free) @ William Robinson Gallery
Now - Sept 13: Season 2017 @ Gardens Theatre: Stories that connect  @ Gardens Theatre
Now - Nov 24: STEM for Schools: What's on in  2017 @ QUT
March 10-12: Startup Weekend Brisbane | Creative Tech  @ QUT Creative Industries Precinct
March 26-31: MIT Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp @ QUT
March 28: Queensland's Chief Entrepreneur at the LPF Breakfast @ QUT
March 31 - April 5: Stones in His Pockets @ Gardens Theatre
April 5-7: 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) Young Universities Summit @ Gardens Point
 

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS



- Research from PhD researcher Steve Duhig and Dr Tony Shield (both pictured) into hamstring injuries in AFL players was covered nationally by 7 News.

- ABC News Online and ABC TV across the country reported on Associate Professor Felipe Gonzalez and Dr Dmitry Bratanov’s research using a hyperspectral camera and drone to survey Ningaloo Reef. The story was also covered by Sky News, Dronewatchdogs, Dronepreneur, UAS Vision, and News Corp websites including The Australian.

- 7 Sunrise spoke to Dr Anjali Jaiprakash about how robotics will change healthcare in the future.

- Associate Professor Gary Mortimer was interviewed by 9 News about the announcement from David Jones it is looking to its food business to grow revenue. He also spoke to 9 News about the supermarket wars heating up and told Smart Company Australian retailers shouldn’t panic about the impending arrival of Amazon.

- Smart Company also sought Professor Mortimer’s views for a story about Australian fashion closures and the impact of global brands spreading into suburban shopping centres.

- Research by Dr Jeff Sommerfeld revealing the highest uptake in solar PV systems now comes from families on medium to lower incomes received widespread media coverage including Brisbane Times and other Fairfax sites, Gizmodo, The Fifth Estate and EnvironmentGuru.com.

- Associate Professor Evonne Miller (pictured) and Sarah Holland-Batt were interviewed for ABC RN Breakfast about their research and associated SLQ exhibition featuring residents from BallyCara aged care retirement village. The story was replayed across the ABC Radio network and covered by the Redcliffe and Bayside Herald along with other Quest Newspapers and Aged Care Guide.



- Brett Lewis told 9 News we’ll see more jellyfish washing up on Queensland beaches as the ocean warms.

- 7 News spoke with Adjunct Professor Phil Heywood about the future development plans for the Brisbane River.

- Professor Ken Ostrikov partnered in a CSIRO-led study that found high-quality graphene could be made from soybeans, which was covered by BBC News, Australian Food News, Seed Quest, Food & Beverage Industry News, The Latin American Herald Tribune, Architect Magazine, ZD Net and the CSIRO blog.

- Dr Amanda Mergler’s comments about restrictive girls’ school uniforms were mentioned in a Weekend Australian magazine article.

- Pro Agri spoke to Professor Peter Corke about the use of robots in agriculture.

- QUT law lecturer and Chairman of the Sentencing Advisory Council James Morton spoke to 4BC Drive about the council’s role.

- News that QUT was ranked 18^th in the world and number one in Australia by the 2017 edition of the Ranking Web of Repositories was reported by Campus Morning Mail.

- Bmag reported Andy McConnell from the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow will run a mini-roadshow on glass at QUT Art Museum.

- Professor Gerard Ledwich told The New Daily the Australian Government’s proposal to fund so-called ‘clean coal’ power stations was a backward step, especially if it was at the expense of investment in renewables like wind and solar.

- Associate Professor Beryl Exley told ABC Radio Brisbane plans to test Year One students on phonetics was an expensive way to confirm what teachers already know.

- Sixteen-Nine.Net reported its next podcast will be about “massive, two-level immersive learning wall”, The Cube (pictured) at QUT.



- Study International News highlighted QUT’s Science and Engineering Faculty as one of the Asia-Pacific region’s most innovative engineering faculties.

- News that Audience Republic, a start-up ticketing agency, had raised funds from investors including QUT Creative Enterprise Australia was reported by the Australian Financial Review, StartUpSmart, Dynamic Business and Australian Anthill.  

- Dean Biron wrote about the relationship between music and activism for Overland.

- Campus Morning Mail reported there would be a QUT representative on the advisory board for the Australasia arm of the UK-based Higher Education Academy.

- Content+Technology and Inside Film reported on the ABC partnering with QUT to air student short films Oddbots and Same as it Ever Was.

- Susan Hetherington discussed a range of family matters during her regular segment with ABC Capricornia.

- QUT graduate Olivia Ramsay’s performance in the play The Nursery Web in Melbourne was discussed by BroadwayWorld.com.

- QUT students Jack Milne and  Shannon Lewis are finalists in the prestigious iD International Emerging Designer Awards, reported by Scoop, Foreign Affairs, and Livenews.co.nz.

- Professor Marilyn Campbell spoke to ABC Radio Darwin about how children cope differently with the stress of going back to school.

- Fairfax asked Professor Matthew Rimmer (pictured) to comment on the illegal streaming of a pay-per-view boxing match on Facebook.



- isNews Italy and Metro News reported on Professor Richard Brown and Farhad Hossain’s research on reclaiming oil from old tyres.

- Dr Mary Crawford discussed Queensland Rail and state politics on her regular ‘party games’ segment on ABC Radio Brisbane.

- Nurhastuty Wardhani ’s piece in The Conversation was republished by The Huffington Post and Channel News Asia.

- The Deccan Herald covered Associate Professor Jim Hogan’s appearance as guest of honour at the Green Banking: Perceptions and Challenges conference.

- Dr Matthew Dunbabin and Dr Feras Dayoub’s crown-of-thorns starfish controlling robot was featured on FM4.ORF.at.

Release date: Monday, February 6, 2017
Media contact: media@qut.edu.au

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