Impact at UTS

In this episode of Impact at UTS, you’ll hear about technology that changes the way we detect traces of criminals at crime scenes, discover how robots are revolutionising the Sydney Harbour Bridge and learn about UTS research that’s providing safe drinking water to hundreds of children in Vietnam.

Three Distinguished Professors at UTS, each from a different area in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), discuss their game changing technology that was only made possible through end-user engagement and collaboration with communities and industry partners.

Guests for the episode include:

• Distinguished Professor Claude Roux, Director of the Centre for Forensic Science
• Distinguished Professor Gamini Dissanayake, of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and
• Distinguished Professor Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and IT

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Featured in episode three of Impact at UTS:

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Distinguished Professor Claude Roux, Director of the Centre for Forensic Science

Distinguished Professor Gamini Dissanayake, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

Distinguished Professor Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and IT

Dr Paul Scully Power, Australia’s first astronaut and co-founder of The Ripper Group

Michele Rumsey, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development

Dr Xanthe Spindler, Core Member, Centre for Forensic Science

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research.

The journey to creating research with impact starts with engagement. And the key to beginning any research journey is to seek to listen and work with those who want, need and will use your research. But what’s the best way to go about this?

In the second episode of Impact at UTS, you’ll hear from two researchers at the top of their game who are carving out their own unique impact pathways through engagement with communities outside of the academy.

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt shares how her team’s research has been central to fostering Indigenous empowerment through deep engagement with the Bowraville community in the Mid North Coast hinterland of New South Wales.

And Associate Professor David Suggett, a marine biologist with the Climate Change Cluster, discusses how he and his team have found a small solution to a big problem facing the world’s largest reef. This solution came about by engaging with those whose life and livelihoods are tied to the health of the Great Barrier Reef.

*Please be aware. If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, this episode contains names of deceased persons.*

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Featured in episode two of Impact at UTS

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Julian Zipparo, Executive Manager of Research Engagement at the UTS Research Office

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Associate Professor David Suggett, Climate Change Cluster

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research.

Research can change lives, solve real world problems and inform us. But how do we as researchers make sure we’re doing research with impact, that has an effect beyond the academy?

Increasingly the outcome of academic research is not solely being judged on the basis of publications, citations or research grants alone. Instead, research outcomes include consideration of the broader benefits and value to society that it can provide.

Now more than ever, we need to rethink what research we do, how it’s done and the impact we want it to have.

How do we plan for impact from the very beginning of our academic careers? And how do we address complex problems that we’re interested in, and that society needs practical solutions for?

Join Associate Professor Martin Bliemel from the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation, along with some of the top thinkers at UTS, to learn how to deliver excellent research with impact.

To find out more visit reshub.uts.edu.au

Featured in episode one of Impact at UTS

Host and Associate Professor Martin Bliemel, the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Julian Zipparo, Executive Manager of Research Engagement at the UTS Research Office

Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research

Associate Professor David Suggett, Climate Change Cluster

Impact Studios producer/journalist Cassandra Steeth

The Impact at UTS podcast is made by Impact Studios at the University of Technology Sydney, an audio production house funded by the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research.