Eureka Prizes - 2004
Research
Sherman
Eureka Prize for Environmental Research
Geoff
Rigby, Alan Taylor and Gustaaf Hallegraeff,
for "More 'marine rabbits' on every ship" - treating ships'
ballast-water
Alan Williams and
Ivor Stuart,
for
"Carp
jump into a trap as native fish swim by" - protecting the Murray River
Australian
Catholic University Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics.
Justin Oakley and
Steve Clarke
for "How good is
your surgeon?"
British
Council Eureka Prize for Inspiring Science
Peter Abolfathi of
the Quadriplegic Hand Research Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital
for "Touch me,
feel me - with a bionic glove"
Royal
Societies of Australia Eureka Prize for Interdisciplinary Scientific
Research
Vision Cooperative
Research Centre (Vision CRC)
for "The world's
first implantable contact lens"
Botanic
Gardens Trust Eureka Prize for Biodiversity Research
Great Barrier Reef
Marine Park Authority
for "The
systematic protection of marine biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef"
University
of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research
Dr
Sabina Belli,veterinary parasitologist at the Institute for the
Biotechnology of
Infectious Diseases at the University of Technology, Sydney,
for "Achilles heel found in the world's toughest parasites"
Industry &
Innovation
Australian
Museum Eureka Prize for Industry
Plantic
Technologies Limited
for "From plastic to compost" - a fully biodegradable cornstarch-based
plastic
Australian
Computer Society Eureka Prize for Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) Innovation
Optical
Fibre Technology Centre at the University of Sydney
for "From butterfly wings to optical fibres and the instant internet"
Education
Australian
Skeptics Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking
Cheryl Capra, science
coordinator at Albany Hills State Primary School,
for "Teaching
students healthy skepticism"
Department
of Environment and Conservation Allen Strom Eureka Prize for
Sustainability Education
Living
Smart
community education program in Western Australia
for "Teaching
sustainable living"
University
of Sydney Faculty of Science Eureka Prize for Biological Sciences
First prize, $5 000
to David Llewellyn of Great Lakes
College, Tuncurry NSW
for finding that
introduced weeds on the banks of
rivers and ponds in New South Wales have a detrimental effect on the
waterbugs that live in the stream.
Remaining prize
moneys of $6 000 shared between :
Jessica Walsh, a Year
12 student from Pimlico State High School
for her survey
of Townsville hermit crabs
Joanne Mackson,
a Year 12 student from Kingaroy State High School
for the
effect of salinity on the growth rate of two common
crops in the Kingaroy district - sorghum and navy beans
Andrew Stewart,
a Year 11 student from Karabar Distance Education
Centre in Queanbeyan, NSW
for a more
efficient artificial
wetland system to combat eutrophication. His project focussed on the
ability of a native drought tolerant grass, Carex Appressa, to take up
ammonium and nitrate.
Macquarie
University Eureka Schools Prize for Earth, Environmental &
Planetary Sciences
Second prize to
Tiffany Klippel-Cooperand (Year 12) and James Klippel-Cooper (Year 11),
of Glenunga International High School, SA
for "Shellfish
extract calcium carbonate from seawater to make their shells.
Could we do the same using sunlight to power the production of
sea-crete to make and protect seaside structures?"
http://www.gihs.sa.edu.au/eureka2/index.htm
Fourth prize to
Ryan Bose, a Year 10 student of Keebra
Park State High School, Queensland
for research
into the efficiency, power, torque and rpm output of a scaled
down model Stirling engine
http://www.keebparkshs.eq.edu.au/Eureka/stirlingweb/home/homeall.htm
Adam Spencer
/University of Sydney Eureka Schools Prize for Lateral Thinking
First prize of $4 000
to a group of Year 12 students from Murwillumbah High School in NSW
for a proposed
'SafeT' car that would use new technology to monitor and
respond to the environment making the road trip safer
Second prize to
Catherine Mah, Year 9, Lynwood Senior High School, Perth
for a four-point
plan to address Australia's salinity problem that
is threatening native flora, fauna, waterways and infrastructure
Third prize to
Year 11 students Vicki Xie, Christine Cheung, Mark Wong, Amy Kong and
James You of Baulkham Hills High School
for electrically
coded cards toaddress compulsive
gambling problems
Fourth prize to
Adam Kiolle, Jon Clair, Beth Thompson and Jonathan Sri, Year 11s at
Queensland's Craigslea State High School
"Instead
of invading countries whose choice of headdress we don't approve, who
have economies rivalling the West's, or by twist of fate have more oil,
we can simply challenge them to a game of lawn bowls."
Holmes à
Court Eureka Prize for Science Teaching
Ann Burke, teacher
at Marist Regional College, Tasmania
for "Teaching
science by creating scientists?"
Science Communication
Australian
Government Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science
Ken
Baldwin
for initiating the annual Science Meets Parliament through FASTS,
the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
Reed
New Holland Eureka Science Book Prize
David
Ellyard
for "Who Found What When, a
book about scientific
ideas. It chronicles the accumulation over 500 years of the insights
and concepts that make up our modern understanding of how the natural
world around us and within us works"
Science
Communication - Media
Australian
Government Eureka Prize for Science Journalism.
Sonya
Pemberton,writer/producer
Genius
of Junk,
a half-hour ABC Catalyst special documentary, exploring
the linked stories of junk DNA and Malcolm Simons
Australian
Government Peter Hunt Eureka Prize for Environmental Journalism
Ticky Fullerton
(reporter), Linda Carroll, Anne Connolly and Jo Puccini
(producers) and Peter Cronau and Sarah Curnow (researchers) of the
ABC's Four Corners team
for three
thought provoking investigations into environmental issues of
national significance, explaining the unresolved tensions between the
environment, consumers, policy makers, and powerful corporate
stakeholders.
Pfizer
Australia Eureka Prize for Health and Medical Research Journalism
Sophie Scott, the
national medical reporter for ABC TV News,
for
balanced, fair, scientifically accurate and creative stories over the
last five years
Engineers
Australia Eureka Prize for Engineering Journalism.
David Salt of
Materials Monthly, a newsletter produced for
the ANU Centre for Science and Engineering of Materials.
for stories
illustrate the challenge of materials science as well as the social and
economic benefits
