Technion MURPA
Technion MURPA 2011
MURPA has progressed steadily since commencing in 2008 and the 2011 program again offers great research project opportunities abroad, backed by a high quality seminar series. Conditions of Entry to the program are generally similar to previous years.
However, a major change in 2011 is the partnership with Technion University in Haifa Israel and the involvement of Monash Engineering in a new HD seminar series and disciplines related to materials engineering, especially aeronautical engineering. The first seminar in June launched the new collaboration between the Technion and Monash University which is supported by the Victorian Technion Society and Monash. Over coming months we will transmit seminars by experts at the Technion and Monash on a range of topics of mutual interest, with the goal of fostering closer research ties and collaboration.
Student Guide to MURPA
General information document for students
Technion MURPA Seminar Program
A program of seminars to be conducted by high definition video link has been developed for semester 2 with Technion and Monash Engineering. A lead up to this series was the inaugural seminar in June which was a big success:
| 23 June 2011, 4-5pm , Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Prof E. Rabkin Department of Materials Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology | Nanomechanics of gold microcrystals: a combined experimental and atomistic simulation study | Abstract | Video | Slides |
| Monday 24 October 2011, 5-6pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Prof Dov Dori, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Technion | Managing Systems Complexity via Refinement in OPM Models | Abstract | Video | Slides |
| Tuesday 1 November 2011, 7-8pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | No seminar | Abstract | Video | Slides | |
| Monday 7 November 2011, 5-6pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Prof Haim Abramovich, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion | Buckling and postbuckling behavior of laminated stiffened stringered curved panels | Abstract | Video | Slides |
| Tuesday 15 November 2011, 7-8pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Prof Rhys Jones, Head, DSTO Centre of Expertise in Structural Mechanics Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monash University | Fatigue Crack Growth In Combat And Military Transport Aircraft Under Operational Load Spectra | Abstract | Video | Slides |
| Monday 21 November 2011, 5-6pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Technion Speaker | Abstract | Video | Slides | |
| Tuesday 22 November 2011, 6:30-7:30pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Prof Brian Falzon, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University | Advanced Composite Aerostructures Research at Monash University | Abstract | Video | Slides |
| Tuesday 29 November2011, 7-8pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Prof George Simon, Head, Department of Materials Engineering, Monash | Material Science Research at Monash: An overview | Abstract | Video | Slides |
| Monday 5 December 2011, 5-6pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Dr Avner Rothschild, Department of Materials Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Metal-oxide photoelectrodes for solar-induced water splitting: turning rust to gold | Abstract | Video | Slides |
| Tuesday 13 December 2011, 7-8pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Prof Yuri Estrin, Department of Materials Engineering, Monash | Properties of ultrafine-grained and nanostructured materials produced by severe plastic deformation | Abstract | Video | Slides |
| 19 December 2011, 5-6pm, Rm 135/Bldg 26 Clayton | Prof. Dov Sherman, Department of Materials Engineering, Technion | Dynamics of crack propagation in brittle materials | Abstract | Video | Slides |

