New Staff Members at MCN
At the start of November, MCN welcomed two new process engineers to the team, John Paul Teodosio and Dr Vahid Reza Adineh.
John Paul (JP) will be primarily responsible for for the Centre’s mask aligners, steppers, spin coaters, and sputtering/ etching equipment. View his profile here.
Vahid has joined MCN’s thin film deposition team and is responsible for the diamond deposition and atomic layer deposition tools as well as Ellipsometry and Dicing equipment. View his profile here.
ANFF-VIC success at Research Showcase
A note from the ANFF-VIC Director:
Thank you to all users and staff that made their way to Sydney for the ANFF and AMMRF 2017 Research Showcase on 22-23 November.
The show was a resounding success for all of ANFF, but I want to highlight the particular achievements of the ANFF Victoria community.
Particular congratulations must go to Stella Aslanoglou from Monash University and Raghuram Dharmavarapu from Swinburne University of Technology on their posters titled Orchestrating cellular processes by engineering silicon nanowire architectures and Flat micro-optical elements for control of axial intensity distribution respectively. Both posters were fantastic displays of thoroughly interesting research, and both were recognised with a $500 prize. You’ll soon be able to see both at MCN soon.
ANFF-VIC staff were recognised for outstanding contributions to the ANFF network through the Frater Awards. Named after ANFF’s first chairman, Dr Robert Frater AO, Frater Awards are a professional development award given to ANFF staff for outstanding achievement. The award funds local or international travel aimed at fostering technical and professional growth.
Of four winners in 2017, two were ANFF-VIC engineers. I’d like to formally congratulate Dr Karyn Jarvis from ANFF-VIC’s Biointerface Engineering Hub at Swinburne, and Dr Abu Sadek based at MCN. Karyn will head to the USA to visit two suppliers of large-scale plasma polymerisation reactors, participate in a short course in advanced ellipsometry data processing and visit Medtronic, a global medical technology company. Abu is also going to America, where he will visit the Berkeley NanoLab and the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility to gain further training on furnace processes and advanced characterisation techniques for doped semiconductors. Both will be presenting their findings on their return, so keep your eyes peeled for dates.
If our Node may share in Karyn and Abu’s success momentarily, this is an amazing feat for our team. It’s a testament to the calibre of people within ANFF-VIC and recognition for our experts is becoming a trend – the 2016 Frater Awards also saw ANFF-VIC take home two certificates, won by Dr Hemayet Uddin and Dr Yang Lim.
There was also a number of users that spoke and presented posters, and all stood out as well-communicated and promising science. The two-day event in Sydney saw 64 scientific talks given in total, with speakers selected by a scientific committee to represent work conducted with ANFF and AMMRF across the country. I’m therefore thrilled to see that at least 15 of these talks were highlighting research carried out at the ANFF-VIC node. A similar proportion of the 50 posters that were on display acknowledged ANFF-VIC facilities, including our poster prize winners.
On a personal note – to have so many early career researchers presenting cutting-edge research was very exciting, there’s no doubt we will be seeing a lot more of those faces in the future.
Thanks again to all that came and made this show such a success for us – I hope to see you all at next year’s event and for ANFF-VIC to excel yet again.
Professor Nico Voelcker
ANFF-VIC Director, MCN Scientific Director.
MCN Industry Engagement Program
The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) is now seeking expressions of interest from industry partners and potential interns for participation in the 2018 MCN Industry Engagement Program.
The program provides industry clients with a cost-effective avenue to carry out critical short-term R&D via an intern placed at the MCN.
Key program features:
◦ MCN to cover the cost of internship labour for duration of project;
◦ MCN to provide 50% top-ups on pre-paid project funds (e.g. deposit $10k, MCN adds $5K);
◦ Industry partners retain all IP and outputs from project activity;
◦ Access to a pool of highly capable Bachelors and Masters engineering/physics interns; and
◦ Interns gain project leadership experience and develop skills through direct technical and operational support from both MCN staff and industrial partners.
Interested industry partners should submit an Expressions of Interest form.
Intern applications should be submitted to internship@nanomelbourne.com with a current resume and cover letter outlining the applicant’s subject of interest.
MCN 2017/2018 holiday closure
MCN will be closed to users from 20 December 2017 to 7 January 2018. Access during this period will be granted by special application only.
If you have any questions about the holiday shutdown or would like to apply for access during this period, please contact Paul Spizzirri.
The first MCN General Induction day for 2018 is Monday, 22 January at 10 am. There will be no Dangerous Goods and Waste Training on this day. From February 2018, the inductions will resume the regular schedule.
ANFF National will be closed from Wednesday, 20 December 2017 and reopens on Tuesday, 2 January 2018.
Enjoy the holiday season, see you in 2018!
The MCN Team
MCN Satisfaction Survey
The MCN Client Satisfaction Survey is approaching its closing date of 10 December.
As a service provider, MCN strives to provide high-quality services and asks its users to take 5 mins to complete the MCN Client Satisfaction survey available through this link.
Please note that all responses are anonymous.
Attention: December induction date has changed
MCN General Induction day for Dec 2017 will be moved from 4 December to 11 December. This will be the last MCN General Induction for 2017. Any queries, please contact MCN staff.
Annual Maintenance
The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication will be closed to all users for its annual maintenance and cleaning week from Monday 6 November – Friday 10 November (inclusive).
Access during this period will be available by special arrangement only. Please contact Paul Spizzirri (Paul.Spizzirri@nanomelbourne.com) if you have any questions.
The inductions on Monday 6 November has been cancelled.
ANFF-VIC Tech Ambassador wins 2017 Eureka Prize
Professor Saulius Juodkazis, a ANFF-VIC Technology Ambassador, has been announced as the winner of a 2017 Eureka Prize.
Working with Professor Elena Ivanova, the pair’s work at Swinburne University of Technology has shown that by replicating the nanostructure of insect wings can be used to prevent bacterial colonisation.
Saulius and Elena were announced as the winners of the 2017 UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research on 30 August 2017.
View all of the 2017 Eureka Prize winners here.
ANFF-VIC would like to congratulate Saulius and Elena, and the other recipients, on winning this prestigious award.
Come and join the MCN Team, we’re hiring!
MCN is looking for a new full-time Process Engineer to join our team of experts.
The ideal candidate will hold a relevant qualification in Physics/Materials or Science/Engineering and significant experience in the application of micro/nanotechnology and micro/nanofabrication in a product development role. Your high-level stakeholder engagement will stand you in good stead for this role.
It’s the MCN Process Engineers that enable the Centre to offer such a high quality of service to our users. The successful applicant will be working daily with academic and industry researchers, ensuring that their projects run smoothly, and be involved in a range of research topics from Medical Technologies to Advanced Materials.
For more information visit the application page.
Congratulations to MCN’s new Senior Process Engineers
Three of MCN’s staff have been made Senior Process Engineers, joining Dr Fatima Eftekhari here at the central facility of the Australian National Fabrication Facility’s Victorian Node.
After a tough selection process, Dr Yang Lim, Dr Gediminas Gervinskas and Dr Lachlan Hyde have been announced as the successful applicants and will soon assume a variety of new responsibilities.
Yang and Gediminas will each be providing leadership and technical direction to a team of MCN Process Engineers, while Lachlan’s new duties will include driving business development activities within the node.
ANFF-VIC and MCN would like to congratulate Yang, Gediminas and Lachlan and look forward to them continuing to make their mark on the facility’s future.
