Researchers win UniQuest's 2009 Trailblazer Awards

Andrew Clulow and Muhsen Aljada have won prestigious Trailblazer Awards. The Trailblazer Awards, run by UniQuest Pty Ltd (www.uniquest.com.au), are recognition of cutting-edge thinking and innovations with the potential to benefit industry and the community.

Andrew Clulow accepts his Trailblazer Award


In the Open Category Dr Muhsen Aljada (Australian National Fabrication Facility, QLD Node) working with Associate Professor Paul Meredith (QLD State Smart Fellow) and Professor Paul Burn (ARC Federation Fellow) at COPE, won a $7,500 award for developing futuristic technology for use in flat screen television displays, which enables transparent and flexible screens to be produced with low power consumption and manufacturing costs.
Also in the Open Category, post-graduate student Andrew Clulow working with Professor Justin Cooper-White of the AIBN and Professor Paul Burn, won a $7500 award for a sensing technology that can accurately detect explosives from the odours they release.

Muhsen Aljada is congratulated on receiving his Award