<>An agreement to establish a dual-award PhD program has been signed by the VC's of Monash  and Lulea.  The program is a progression of the PhD Polis program (see below).  It seeks to provide a unique experience for research students in an overseas environment and to strengthen research cooperation between the two institutions.  Anyone interested in the program can find more information in Monash-Lulea Dual-award PhD Program
and/or contact Prof Paul Webley (Paul.Webley@eng.monash.edu.au) or Kim Ng (kim.c.ng@eng.monash.edu.au).

• Scholarship for Space Science and Engineering studies.  The Erasmus Mundus Space Masters program, run since March 2005 by Lulea in partnership with five other European universities has been taken up  by several Monash graduates. The two-year Masters course in Space technology is supported by scholarships (worth  Euro 20k per year).  For further information see http://www.ltu.se/spacemaster/.  
One graduate has completed the program and two students are currently in the second year of the course.

• The PhD Polis Program has been very succesful since its start in September 2005 with five projects, four from Engineering and one from IT.  Each project has a PhD student enrolled in each university with joint supervision working collaboratively on an area of mutual and complementary interest, capitalising on the expertise of the researchers in both universities.  For details of the projects see PhD Polis Projects
  
• ProcessIT Project: The A/P Kim C Ng and his PhD graduate Dr Matthew Thurley have started collaborative work in a joint project with Lulea and Swedish mining companies LKAB and Boliden using their research results in image processing of rock piles.  The PhD graduate has had his appointment extended to August 2008.

• Sven Molin, from 10 March to 4 April
  

Maintained by: A/P Kim Chew Ng