Division Research Expo 2007

Macquarie on the Move Research and postgraduate courses at Macquarie University are designed to equip future business and finance leaders  with the necessary skills to deal with issues of the 21st century. Macquarie is committed to becoming a greater research-intensive university which fosters an environment of excellence in research, leadership and research training. Our long term vision - Macquarie @50 - articulates the strategic directions of the University, and accepts the challenge to take Macquarie to a new level. At age 50 we will be among the top eight research universities in Australia and among the top 200 in the world. We aim to give students from all backgrounds a chance to achieve their potential and to make their contribution to a broader society. About the Division Research Expo This Division of EFS  event, held in 2007 on Friday 9 November, is an annual showcase of the research work of more than fifty five higher degree research students, who give a ten minute presentation on their thesis and field questions for five minutes. Program This year a record 120 staff and students attended. The abstracts demonstrate the extraordinary diversity of the research topics. We are very proud of our emerging and established research strengths. "This event allows experienced and 'beginner' researchers to come together for support, feedback and networking," says Dean, Professor Ed Davis, AM, "and I am delighted in the  confidence level of 'beginners' as well as with the development witnessed from second and third year presenters. It's an exciting time of research growth for our Division."

Presentations

Over fifty-five presentations were given including the following:


Ken Beath: Development of a respiratory illness score using multilevel item response theory mode

Bhanu Bhatia: The effect of social networks on family planning

Zhiming Cheng: Research on China’s urban poverty: methodological development

Brian Chu: A Standardised Scheme Performance Measure for Workers’ Compensation Schemes

Tony Ghazi: Central banking in Lebanon: inefficiencies and reforms

Fabien Huard: Cotranslational Protein Structure Prediction

Zhixin Liu: Patterns of radiotherapy delivery in lung cancer patients-competing risk analysis

Mohammad Bakher Naseri: Modelling consumer e-commerce adoption behavior using artificial neural networks

Marjan Nazifi: The relationship between the carbon emission allowances price and energy prices

Rebecca Reeve: Econometric Analysis of the Causes of Indigenous Poverty in Urban NSW

Prizes

EFS Merit Award

Merit Nomination Prizes awarded to:

• James Lau
• Eva Heidhues
• Zurina Kefeli

Best Presentations: Years 1, 2 and 3:

• Year 1- Lurion De Mello
• Year 2 - Brian Chu
• Year 3 - Rebecca Reeve
  

Passion in Presenting Prize:

• Zhiming Cheng

Most Improved Prizes

• Zhiming Cheng
• Teresa Swirski
• Gordon Boyce
• Marjan Nazifi

We gratefully acknowledge the tremendous support of prize donors Students at Macquarie (SAM), The Co-op Bookshop, and U@ MQ

News Flash

Woiciech Szewczyk was awarded the James Alleman Best Student Paper Prize for ‘Endogenous International Telecommunications and Computer Equipment Spillovers in the APEC Region’, International Telecommunications Society Africa-Asia-Australasia Regional Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 26-28 August 2007 

Contact: Sumi Pilkington, HDR Administrator

Phone: 9850 7839