📢 Exciting news! The ACIS 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is on 21st June 2024, 11 am AEST. Open to HDR candidates. Registration is free! Presenters, register by 10th June. Watchers, register before the event. $200 for best presenter! Details: acis.wildapricot.org/ACIS-3MT-Compe…

The exciting day is almost here! The ACIS 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition will be held on tomorrow (Friday, June 21st at 11 am AEST), live on Zoom. Please join us! The registration form: forms.gle/2FrUkStSsx92rY…

Our new review article on using neutron and X-ray reflectometry to study diffuse interfaces is out! Mammoth effort by Isaac Gresham Andrew Nelson Stuart Prescott #GrantWebber #EricaWanless. Supported by AINSE Ltd.. doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.…

The wait is OVER! 28k+ views later, the update has arrived. Our assessments battle against #ChatGPT-3.5, 4, 4o (quick insights), SciSpace & Wolfram|Alpha GPTs, #Copilot and #Gemini. Has capability improved? Which tech is best? How do you secure your #assessments? How do you

Very happy to share our new paper providing clear, detailed evidence of the dramatic need to redesign and reconceptualise #assessment for the #GenAI age. doi.org/10.1080/220549…

Clear evidence of how major models have improved responses to a wide range of assessments across multiple institutions, your security options, and how to integrate #GenAI into future tasks. Based in #STEM but applicable to all disciplines and levels.

The value of ‘wasting time’ on deep thinking is often overlooked in a scientific ecosystem increasingly tainted by Wall Street’s productivity mindset. nature.com/articles/d4158…

What is Chemical Product Engineering? Chemical Product Engineering involves researching, developing and improving the properties of the products that we use every day through the selection and design of the materials that are used. Find out more, lnkd.in/gqMJUcqX

A big congratulations to Dr. Peter Neal and Dr. Sarah Grundy (PhD Chemical Engineering) for winning the 2024 Best Paper Award from the European Journal of Engineering Education (#EJEE). Their paper on Generative AI and assessment quickly became #EJEE’s most-read paper of 2023.

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Could this be the fastest cold brew ever made? Find out how Dr Francisco J. Trujillo and team are cutting down the time it takes to make your brew! Watch here, tiktok.com/@unsw/video/73…

Department chair search

Our acting Head of School Stuart Prescott explores the use of AI tools to support students practicing and developing their skills in both self-assessment and providing feedback within a project team. Read more, thechemicalengineer.com/features/putti….

Come work with us!

🧪🧪Registration for the ACIS Student Conference is now open! See details here: lnkd.in/gtmQGHg8 Abstract submissions are still welcome - the due date has been extended until the 13th of December

Meetings

Colleagues, please do not refer to our Emeritus Professors as ‘The Ghosts of Christmas Past’, thank you. ^HR