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New Education

  • Local Observatory fuels Science Career

    Local Observatory fuels Science Career

    Marriatville High School(SA) Observatory was only 150 m from home
    I attended most observing nights and spent hours being educated by Astrophysicists and amateur astronomers.
  • Building Jet Engines at School

    Building Jet Engines at School

    Community and University Support allows me to build jet engines and gearing systems in Year 11
  • Period: to

    Austalian Army Reserve Training Command

    Infantry Training NCO
    Battalion Signals
    Learn man management / strategy
  • Molecules: Prof Geoffrey Opat

    Molecules: Prof Geoffrey Opat

    Fantasic Honours Year with Prof Opat
    Great friends during the year, unbelievably supportive
    Fired my interest in Molecules
    Found out afterwards he was great friends in 1960's with my father
  • World's Smallest Molecule at ANU

    World's Smallest Molecule at ANU

    Great Friends with atomic and molecular Physicist Prof. Ian Ross. His encouragement was vital for the discovery of the new He2+ molecule
  • UV Lasers with Prof Peter Herman

    UV Lasers with Prof Peter Herman

    Great Post Doc with Prof Peter Herman where we built the most powerful VUV lasers and I uncovered work on Cooperative Stimulated Emmision and Vibronic Cooling
  • Goo Gratings with Ben Eggleton

    Goo Gratings with Ben Eggleton

  • First Generation Robots

    First Generation Robots

    Working with Dr Steven Frisken, Peter Hill first automated the production process, introducing labview and autometed processes
  • Period: to

    MBA training at AGESI (USYD)

  • Letter from Brendan Nelson

    Letter from Brendan Nelson

    A personal letter was received from the Education Minister thanking Peter Hill for contribution of innovation and leadership for assistance in getting technology into primary schools
  • New Robot

    New Robot

    FembotsDeveloped a new breed of robots that could converse and solve problems
  • Work with Dr Kate Crawford

    Work with Dr Kate Crawford

    Eviva
    Kate ran an Education Research company and assisted in my training and development of Family Maths community programs for Western Sydney
  • School Robotics with Prof Michael Heimlich

    School Robotics with Prof Michael Heimlich

    Helped Michael by getting school motivated
    Now a major force in Robotics
  • Planetarium Visit candidate for Business innovation

    Planetarium Visit candidate for Business innovation

    Visiting Planetarium showed that technology had outgrown current business model, Contact with US showed VR googles along with Kinect could massively expand student experience
  • Moon Walk

    Moon Walk

    Evaluate Moon Walk and VR technology
    Classroom dead end unless major capital
    Planetarium needs to be innovated
  • Join Carmel Codie's team (UWS) as Adjunct Fellow

    Join Carmel Codie's team (UWS) as Adjunct Fellow

    QS in Science
    Carmel provides leadership around for the dissemination of curriculum models and frameworks for academic change, particularly utilising project findings in the up-coming UWS BSc review
  • Gell-Mann Innovation Expansion

    Gell-Mann Innovation Expansion

    Gell-Mann technique of looking at all permutations of innovation throughs up need theatre and live links with political hot spots as fruitful avenues to persue
  • Seek help from Rush

    Seek help from Rush

    Seek assistance From Geoffrey Rush
    for new theatre aspects of camera
    will call again after 30 June
  • Meet with David Bradbury MP

    Meet with David Bradbury MP

    Basic Pitch for "Educational Camera on Floor of Parliament"
    1. Will give submission to Speaker
    2. Advise contact Australian Parliament Education Office