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Six jordanian students who were awarded PhD scholarships by the University of Jordan have been appointed into the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, the聽School of Biomedical Engineering,听迟丑别听School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the聽School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The group is gender-balanced with three males and three females. This initiative was driven by the President of the University of Jordan Dr. Natheer Obeidat who is an alumnist of the University of Sydney.
To welcome the new cohort, the Ambassador of Jordan, His Excellency Mr Janti Kalajoqa visited the University of Sydney on Tuesday 3 December 2024 and welcomed the new students wishing them success in their research. His Excellency was greeted by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Hesham El-Gamal who thanked Mr Janti and the University of Jordan for this generous initiative hoping that this marks the beginning of a long and productive collaboration with other institutions within Jordan.
His Excellency Ambassador of Jordan Mr Janti Kalajoqa (6th from right) with Dean Hesham El Gamal (7th from right) greeting the new students: Hebah Al-Fayyad, Raghad Emran, Mohammad Elfauri, Wlla Abbad, Ahmad Kattan, Faisal Al Matar.
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LinkInitiatives have included visits from leaders of聽Ho Chi Minh City鈥檚 People鈥檚 Committee to the Faculty in 2024, a MOU signing between the Net Zero Institute and HCMC Institute for Development Studies, as well as a聽Sydney Vietnam Innovation Symposium organised in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi as part of the SVI official launch in June 2024.
For partnership opportunities, please contact the Institute Director, Professor Thu-Anh Nguyen, at聽thuanh.nguyen@sydneyvietnaminstitute.org.
Led by Professor Hala Zreiqat, this inaugural competition will see high school students from Vietnam engineer solutions to address current problems in healthcare and the environment.
罢丑别听School of Computer Science聽led a delegation in Hanoi to develop relationships with key academic partners, including Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam National University, FPT University, VinUniversity and Post and Telecommunications Institute of Technology. They discussed collaborative research opportunities and revitalising industry connections, leveraging government funding and industry support.听
The delegation also reviewed leadership and training models in leading companies from the Viettel Group, FPT Corporation, Vingroup and Vietnam-based Australian company Orlar, founded by alum Dr Lyndal Hugo, to explore PhD industry scholarships such as the聽USYD Vingroup scholarships. They also explored enhancing student experiences and learning by collaborating in competitions like the annual聽Coding Fest聽and course mapping for computer science degrees.听聽聽
In collaboration with VinUniversity, we held the Cyber Security and AI Summit that brought together key academics and industry leaders to explore cutting advancements in cyber security, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Our representing academics at the event, include聽Professor Ken Tye Yong,听Professor Philip Heng Wai Leong,听Dr Suranga Seneviratne,听Associate Professor Zhiyong Wang听补苍诲听Associate Professor Nguyen Tran.听
In partnership with the Net Zero Institute, we've engaged Linfox for industry collaboration opportunities and Hanoi University of Science and Technology to submit a joint grant. Further, we are helping lead the Ho Chi Minh City People鈥檚 Committee's 2050 net zero strategy.听
In January 2024,听 the Associate Dean, External Engagement, Prof.听Ken-Tye Yong; Head of聽School of Electrical and Computer Engineering聽Prof.听Sri Parameswaran, Dr聽Anusha Withana听蹿谤辞尘听School of Computer Sciences聽and Head External Relations, Sandra Margon visited Japan for participation in the 2024 RISC-V Day Tokyo conference.
RISC-V is an聽 open standard instruction set architecture based on established reduced instruction set computer principles. RISC-V is the largest event in Japan bringing together RISC鈥擵 related technologies and products as well as key stakeholders such as industry and academia to exchange information and key advancements.听
Prof. Yong was the Master of Ceremony for the academic stream of the conference, Prof. Parameswaran delivered a keynote paper and the Faculty hosted an information booth to provide information on our education and research capabilities and offerings.
The team also met with a business leaders from Takenaka Corporation (construction), NTT Semiconductor Device team; Woven by Toyota; from academia with Tokyo Institute of Technology, UEC University of Electro-Communications, Keio University, AIST, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 鈥 AI Research Centre.
They also presented to METI, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on the NZI and learnt more about the Japanese government 鈥淕X strategy鈥 (green transformation). We aim to build these partnerships with aligned groups in Japan over 2024 via online workshops and targeted joint funding applications.
