Innovation Awards 2006
The 3rd Macquarie University Innovation Awards were presented to winners at a special awards dinner held on campus on 29th November 2006.
The awards consist of a trophy plus a cash prize. The trophy is a unique bronze sculpture specially created for the Awards by renowned sculptor Linda Klarfeld. Each winner receives a cash prize of $2,000 for an individual winner and $3,000 for a team. The prize can be taken as a non-taxable cash payment or paid into a research account.
The Judges have asked that all applicants be congratulated on the high quality of their submissions.
The winners were:
INNOVATION IN RESEARCH AWARD
Time-gated luminescence fluorophores and instrumentation - Dr Russell Connally, Mr Dayong Jin, Dr Peter Dekker, Hamish Ogilvy and John Funnell.
INVENTION DISCLOSURE AWARD
Low-cost, portable and accurate flow cytometer - Mr Dayong Jin and Dr Russell Connally.
POSTGRADUATE INNOVATION AWARD
Time-gated luminescence flow cytometer - Mr Dayong Jin, Dr Russell Connally and Professor Jim Piper.
INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP AWARD
Best practice HR benchmarks for not-for-profit sector - Dr Peter Langford, Dr Louise Parkes, Ms Louise Metcalfe, Ms Sarah Locke, Ms Victoria Smith, Mr Nick Vrisakis, Mr Frank Basile (Macquarie University) and partner institutions and representatives.
COMMERCIAL INNOVATION AWARD
BluGlass Limited - Dr Scott Butcher, Dr Marie Wintrebert-Fouquet, Mr Patrick Chen (Macquarie University); Mr David Jordan, Dr Michael Taverner, Mr Greg Cornelsen, Mr Chandra Kantamneni (BluGlass Ltd); Mr Tony Crimmins and Mr George Sim (Winning Corporate Services Pty Ltd); Mr Warren Bailey and team (Access Macquarie Ltd).
Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended applicants.
For more information visit the Innovation Awards website at
» http://www.mq.edu.au/innovationawards/