Celebrating resilience and creativity
The Vice-Chancellor’s awards 2020 saw members of the Swinburne community come together to celebrate the creativity and resilience of our community.
In summary
- The 2020 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards was held virtually this year
- Members of the Swinburne community across the university came together to celebrate our achievements, as well as the resilience and creativity of our community
The Swinburne University of Technology’s Vice-Chancellor Awards 2020 has recognised a range of achievements amid challenges and disruptions during the year. Under the theme ‘Celebrating resilience and creativity’, the awards ceremony was held virtually for the first time.
In her opening remarks, Swinburne’s Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Pascale Quester said she has been impressed by the way the Swinburne community showed resilience and strength during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In what was a challenging year for students and staff alike, I have been impressed to see that these disruptions did not overcome our will and drive to succeed,” says Professor Quester.
“Today’s acknowledgements are to recognise the great work that took place throughout the year, as well as celebrate some lifetime achievements. While the future looks very different for many sectors, including higher education, post COVID-19, it is clear that the Swinburne community has the resilience and innovative drive to embrace a new and exciting future,” she adds.
The 2020 winners and highly commended nominees are:
Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award (Higher Education)
Individual: Jessica Balanzategui (Authentic industry-engaged screen curriculum)
Team: Georgina Willetts, Laurina Schmidt, Loretta Garvey, Michael Olasoji (Establishing nursing excellence through innovation in pedagogy and best practice)
Highly commended: Aaron Down, Anita Kocsis, Christine Thong, Pauliina Mattila, Tiina Tuulos (Design Factory Melbourne: Inspiring and motivating interdisciplinary collaboration experiences through design-led innovation)
Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award (Vocational Education)
Individual: Carin Grant (Laboratory Technology, School of Health, Science and Community)
Team: Andrew Cookson, Anita Mahoney, Karen Hall, Nadine Hantke (Online mental health simulation: education change in response to COVID19)
Highly commended: Anagha Karandikar, Craig Voltz, David Jarratt, David Noordhoff, George Naguib, Jane Clancy, Jean-Claude Emmanuel, Jennifer McNish, John Harrington, Mark Howard, Vanessa Langdon, Will Joske (Advanced Construction Technology Department, Hawthorn)
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award
Individual: Karl Glazebrook (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing)
Team: Derui Ding, Qing-Long Han, Xian-Ming Zhang, Xiaohua Ge (Distributed control and estimation of networked systems)
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award (Early Career)
Individual: Justin Trounson (Building resilience and wellbeing throughout our communities, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science)
Individual: Amie Hayley (Effects of methamphetamine and alcohol on neurocognition and driving performance, Centre for Human Psychopharmacology)
Vice-Chancellor’s Engagement Award – Industry Engagement
Individual: Unlocking the power of digital inclusion and social data - Anthony McCosker
Team: Co-creating with enterprise to drive a global innovation community - Aaron Down, Amelia Iverson, Angela Pye, Anita Kocsis, Christine Thong, Clementine Thurgood, Esther Wilding, Jon Callander, Pauliina Mattila, Tiina Tuulos
Vice-Chancellor’s Engagement Award – Community Engagement
Individual: Taking global learning to Melbourne's isolated female Islamic community - Ashir Ahmed
Team: National telehealth counselling and support services for residential aged care communities - Aida Brydon, Deborah Koder, Jenny Linossier, Mark Silver, Rebecca Collins, Sunil Bhar
Highly commended: Embracing STEM: Shaping future of young generations in rural community – Sarawak - Esther John Perry, Irine Runnie Ginjom, Shella Georgina Beatrice, Ling Chui Ching, Su Sueh Ing, Tan Vie Ming, Yii Kwang Jing
Vice-Chancellor’s Global Initiatives Award
Team: Strategic global partnership with FPT Vietnam - Carolyn Chong, Jessica Morales-Morin
Team: Swinburne X LinkedIn international program - Alicia Pridgeon, Goran Gambiroza, Janine Shearer, Jogvan Klein
Vice Chancellor’s Service Excellence Award
Individual: Contact tracing for COVID-19 - Leanne Aldous
Team: Supporting our student community with the Swinburne Student Emergency Fund - Hansi Balasuriya, Luisa Tamayo Cuesta, Adalina Coelho, Alison Evans, Anna Gigliotti, Annie Peake, Belinda Collins, Bruce McDonald, Cheong Koo, Cindy Nitsos, Courtney Agate, Damian Tyson, Danielle Rush, Desma Smith, Drianne Deang, Ellie Lawler, Geri Skillicorn, Jamey McIntyre, Jeff Siow, Jessica Power, Joanne Choong-Liew, Jonny Lontayao, Justine Knapp, Katherine Goldman, Kirsty Richards, Lea Williams, Lily Taylor, Louise McCarthy, Marcus Lim, Marie Quetel, Marketa Fillingerova, Marybel Schwartz Parra, May Dang, Michelle Gillespie, Michelle Setiawan, Neil Lamborn, Pratik Shah, Sandra Kozelj, Sarah Ireland, Sharon Chan, Susan Smith, Sutha Nadarajah, Victoria Jenkins-Dubois
Highly commended: Creatively adapting and supporting teaching under a global pandemic “cloud” - Antoinette Mukendwa, Barbara Kompe, Carol Aeschliman, Charlotte Brack, Clare Dyson, David Yammouni, Effie Koutsis, Ekaterina Pechenkina, Gerard Rayner, Gertie Brunner, Jack Williams, Juliet Buchanan, Juliet Eardley, Kerina Pereira, Kim Flowers, Linda Corrin, Min-Hui Law, Rafael Rodriguez Penaranda, Rebecca Goodway, Sarah Jellie, Senni D'Intini, Tash Hobbs
Vice-Chancellor’s Leadership Excellence Award
Individual: Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing - Glenn Kacprzak
Vice-Chancellor’s Reconciliation Award
Team: NAIDOC student artwork competition - Cecilia Distefano, Cyan Earnshaw, Damian Davitt, Jenn Sheehan
Vice-Chancellor’s Culture and Values Award
Individual: Jonathan Lang
Team: PP&C COVID-19 team: Creating a safe and informed community - Adriana Karavidas, Bekki Davis, Camille Bergman, Cherish Philip George, Christie Byrne, Helene Hofman, Jane Sewell, Jessica Dennis, Jonny Lontayao, Karina Ibbetson, Kate Romaniotis, Katherine Moody, Lea Kivivali, May Dang, Miles Reay, Nick Adams, Nicola Smyth, Paul Kozina, Sarah Byrne, Scott Saunders, Tayla Botelho, Vida Ivan
Highly commended: Jason Rogers
Vice-Chancellor’s Inclusion and Diversity Award
Individual: Mob Matters Network - connecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff - Angie Martin
Team: The preferred student name project - Nicola Howard, Michelle Gillespie, Vivian Allard, Julia Prendergast, Deanne Fisher, Tom Evershed
Highly commended: Swinburne Accessibility Careers Hub - Chardee McEwan, David Eckstein, Edward Osano, Genevieve Smith, Grace Mackley, Jonathan Wood, Rebecca Riley, Rob Vague
Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation Award
Team: Swintopia (the event formerly known as Open Day) - Amy Whitehead, Carolyn Bendall, John Sinistaj, Jordan Capp, Laura Iakovidis, Lisa Bugg, Matt Kingerlee, May Ling Yong, Nishan Bandaranayake, Rachel Bennett
Team: PAVE Collaboration project – Together we are stronger - Amy Lindner, Eddie Cheung, Jane Clancy, Joshua Reitano, Karen Ward, Kathleen Estoesta, Mathew Jakobi, Nashata Yoosuf, Vanessa Langdon, Verges Chan, Vicky Peters, Wednesday Dessauer
Vice-Chancellor’s Sustainability Award
Team: Cross-functional team delivering 100 per cent renewable electricity - Matthew Parnell, Mhairi Donohoe, Oliver Moritz, Suzanne Jackson
Lifetime Achievement Award
Individual: Professor Matthew Bailes
Individual: Mr Chris Goetze
Individual: Ms Isabella Chor
Individual: Professor Syed Masood
Individual: Associate Professor Mary Elizabeth Dunkley
Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended nominees of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2020.
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