Governance
Centre governance and operations team
A Centre governance and operations team will ensure all objectives of the Centre are met within the proposed budget and timeframe, as well as delivering effective outcomes. It covers the management of both training and research components and their interactions, as well as communications. The structure laid out will enable meaningful engagement between investigators, industry, industrial growth centres and government agencies. These groups will be brought together through the following:
1) Strategic Advisory Committee
2) Executive Management Committee – including the Centre leadership team
3) Research Advisory Committee
4) Training Committee
5) Communications Adoption & Translation Committee
6) Annual Symposium Organising Committee
Strategic Advisory Committee
PURPOSE:
Strategic direction, initiatives and alliances. Review of the business environment and ensuring the Centre’s strategic objectives, outcomes and outputs are met.
MEMBERSHIP:
Dr Barry McGookin – Chair
Professor Ian Pepper
Professor Stephen Smith
Dr Simone Warner
Professor Ravi Naidu
Mr John Webster
Dr Virginia Brenton
Executive Management Committee
Dist. Prof Andy Ball
Centre Director
RMIT University
A/Prof Kalpit Shah
Centre Deputy Director (Academic)
RMIT University
Dr Aravind Surapaneni
Centre Deputy Director (Industry)
South East Water
Research Advisory Committee
PURPOSE:
Align Centre with industry priorities; evaluate Research Plans and project progress, and provide commentary on whether industry issues are being addressed.
MEMBERSHIP:
Dr Judy Blackbeard – Chair
Dr Alex Keegan
Mr Elliot Lee/Ms Amy Curnow
Mr Joe Taylor
Dr Bede Mickan
Mr Philip McLean
Professor Damien Batstone
Professor Megan Ryan
Professor Richard Stuetz
Ms Elissa McElroy
Training Committee
PURPOSE:
Oversee equity in student and researcher recruitment processes, their training program and industry placements. Assess training needs and development of new industry training tools to ensure the Centre provides industry-ready post graduates.
MEMBERSHIP:
Dr David Bergmann – Chair
Mr Jason Cotton
Mr Carlos Moreno
Mr Naren Narenthiran
Mr Bill Richmond
Mr Peter Olah
Mr Grahame Simpson
Mr Tim Gubbin
Associate Professor Michael Burton
Professor Susanne Schmidt
Professor Thomas Wiedmann
Professor Stuart Khan
Dr Aravind Surapaneni
Ms Karen Rouse
Ms Elissa McElroy
Communications Adoption & Translation Committee
PURPOSE:
Connect research activities with translation; engage champions, articulate and identify vehicles for translation and drive identification of impacts the Centre and industry partners want to achieve. Create capacity-building opportunities and transform the way researchers think about their research.
MEMBERSHIP:
Professor Anas Ghadouani – Chair
Professor Lauren Rickards
Professor Denis O’Carroll
Dr Jason Dwyer
Dr Aravind Surapaneni
Ms Elissa McElroy
Annual Symposium Organising Committee
PURPOSE:
Plan for a 2-day Annual Symposium; align the program with Centre KPIs, ensure diversity of presenters, finalise a program and ensure it delivers both scientific and training modules.
MEMBERSHIP:
Dr Aravind Surapaneni – Chair
Dr Ruth Fisher
Dr Sarvesh Soni/ Dr Leadin Khudur
Ms Elissa McElroy