Posted 31 October 2007
Dr Anna Greve and Dr Bryce Kelly are presented with the award
A research team from UNSW was awarded the Cotton CRC Science Award for Science and Innovation at the recent science forum conducted by the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC in Narrabri, NSW.
Cotton CRC Science Award for Science and Innovation at the recent science forum conducted by the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC in Narrabri, in northern New South Wales.
Dr Anna Greve, Dr Bryce Kelly and Professor Ian Acworth accepted the award for work developing an electrical conductivity based method to monitor small scale moisture changes in soil.
The device developed as a result of this study will allow non-destructive soil moisture measurement with special resolution in undisturbed soil. Until now, moisture measuring methods have only allowed point measurements.
Accurate monitoring of moisture changes with the help of this type of device will allow irrigation farmers to improve irrigation planning and thus save water.
Professor Andy Baker features in American Water Resources Association ‘Water Resources Impact’, September 2020 edition.
The Connected Waters Initiative (CWI) is pleased to welcome Taylor Coyne to its network as a postgraduate researcher. If you’re engaged in research at a postgraduate level, and you’re interested in joining the CWI network, get in touch! The CWI network includes multidisciplinary researchers across the Schools of Engineering, Sciences, Humanities and Languages and Law.
The Grand Challenge on Rapid Urbanisation will establish Think Deep Australia, led by Dr Marilu Melo Zurita, to explore how we can use our urban underground spaces for community benefit.
On the 21 August 2020, CWI researchers made a submission to the National Water Reform Inquiry, identifying priority areas and making a number of recommendations as to how to achieve a sustainable groundwater future for Australia.
Results published from a research project between the Land Development Department (LDD) Thailand and UNSW has demonstrated how 2-dimensional mapping can be used to understand soil salinity adjacent to a earthen canal in north east Thailand (Khongnawang et al. 2020).
