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CSIRO Medals 2007 – Research achievement – Prof Shahbaz Khan and the Irrigation Team

Shahbaz Khan and the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship – Irrigation Team (Water for a Healthy Country Flagship). For research that has significantly advanced the sustainable management of Australia’s water resources, specifically within the irrigation sector.

Sam Tartaglia and colleague from the T-Mag Team

CSIRO Medals 2007 – Business Excellence Medal – The T-Mag Team

Sam Tartaglia and colleagues (CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering). For the establishment of a CSIRO joint venture (T-Mag Pty Ltd) with an SME consortia to develop and commercialise the T-Mag technology for the global exploitation of magnesium castings to reduce vehicle weight, fuel consumption and greenhouse emissions.

CSIRO Medals 2007 – Research achievement – Dr Denis Anderson, Dr Paul De Barro and the CSIRO Bee Team

Denis Anderson and the CSIRO Bee Team (CSIRO Entomology). For raising awareness of the biosecurity threats to Australia’s pollination services and to the viability of key agricultural industries.

Wave-forms displayed on computer screen.

CSIRO Medals 2007 – Chairman’s Medal – The Gigabit Wireless Team

Ian Davis and the Gigabit Wireless Team (CSIRO ICT Centre). For their outstanding research and development of the world’s fastest and most spectrally efficient 6 gigabit per second wireless millimetre-wave communications link.

Graphic of polymer membrane being used for desalination.

Novel Polymer Membrane Mimics Nature (2007)

Fantastic plastic - new plastic membrane that mimics pores found in plants and has applications in water, energy and climate […]

Testing properties of polymer membranes in laboratory.

Fantastic Plastic to help water and gas industries (2007)

Fantastic plastic - new plastic membrane that mimics pores found in plants and has applications in water, energy and climate […]

Graphic simulation of mineral separation process within Gravity Thickener.

Parker Centre (2007)

Thickener technology for mineral processing.

CSIRO Medals 2006 – Lifetime Achievement – Dr Ron Sandland

Ron Sandland (Deputy Chief Executive). For recognition of service to CSIRO for over 37 years in science, divisional leadership and […]

CSIRO Medals 2006 – Business Excellence Medal – John Shaw and the Intellection Team

John Shaw and colleagues (CSIRO Minerals, CSIRO Corporate Commercialisation team and Intellection Pty LTd). For successfully transforming an innovative technical concept – Quantitative Evaluation of Minerals using Scanning Electron Microscopy (QEM*SEM) – into a vibrant, well capitalized, and rapidly expanding ‘born global’ company: Intellection Pty Ltd.

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