Wollongong scoops the pool in national mining and metallurgy awards

Apr 08, 2005

The University of Wollongong has scooped the pool in awards presented by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).

Co-ordinator of Mining Engineering, Associate Professor Ernest Baafi, from the School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering was awarded the Branch Service Award.

The award was presented to Professor Baafi for his consistent and dedicated contributions to The AusIMM Illawarra branch over 15 years, his initiating and convening coal operators' conferences and other branch conferences and for his editorial role in Australasian Coal Mining Practice-Monograph 12 revision.

In addition, research student Claire Horsley received the G.B. O'Malley Medal for the preparation and presentation of her thesis research work "Understanding Upland Swamps of the Illawarra" at the 35th Sydney Basin Symposium.

The O'Malley Medal commemorates the service to the Institute and its members of Godfrey Bernard O'Malley. It is the Institute's highest student award and is awarded annually to a student member of the Institute for the best preparation and presentation of a technical paper.

Claire’s research work was supervised by Professor Baafi and Associate Professor Michael Boyd from within the School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering.