NRE ENews
Vol 1 May 2005
Welcome to the innaugural edition of NRE News. This version is a trial electronic version NRE-ENews it is designed to give you information on the NRE Programme at the University of Canterbury including our industry connections, students, staff and research. We hope you find it interesting.
Newest Academic Joins the Team
Dr Tom Cochrane joined the Natural Resources Engineering team in February 2005. Tom is a New Zealand citizen who has had an international upbringing and education, completing his PhD at Purdue University, USA, in 1999. Tom and his family have been living in Santa Cruz, Bolivia for the last 5 years, where Tom was working as an engineering consultant.
Tom joins David Painter (Scottish heritage) and Aisling O’Sullivan (Irish) bringing further international character to the team and Department as a whole.
Limitation of Entry met for 2005
Limitation of entry [25] into the Natural Resources Engineering programme was reached very quickly this year. This is now reflected in the enthusiasm of the First Professional year students in pursuing their chosen degree. Welcome aboard folks!
First Professional NRE Students surveying the campus with GPS instruments
Natural Resources Engineers - Mataaro Ao Tuturu of 2005
Nine graduates, eight BE(Hons)(NatRes) and one BE(NatRes), officially received their degrees from the Dean of Engineering on Graduation Day, April 15th 2005. This year’s graduates received numerous job offers mid-way through their 3rd Professional Year reflecting the demand for NRE graduates at home and overseas.
Congratulations to our recent graduates and we look forward to keeping in touch with you!
- Sarah Dudson – Opus International Consultants, Christchurch
- Helen Field – Waimakariri District Council, Rangiora
- Heather Kikkert – Environmental Science Research Institute, Christchurch
- Calvin Kirk – Tonkin and Taylor Consultants, Christchurch
- Sarah Laurence - Opus International Consultants, Auckland
- Simon Leckie – Pattle Delamore Partners, Consultants, Christchurch
- Suzanne Marsh – Maunsell Consultants, Auckland
- Alistair McNabb – Duffill Watts & Tse Ltd, Wellington
- Gary Stevenson – MWH, Consultants, Whangarei
Lab Developments
The NRE Group has access to both Environmental and Fluids laboratories. Available field measurement instruments range from GPS to environmental monitoring sensors and 2006 will see further enhancements to MOLAB, the mobile NRE laboratory. We are also in the process of canvassing for an ICP-OES.
This year, we have enhanced our Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities by installing ArcGIS 9 for NRE student access in the Civil computer suite. We are also in the process of purchasing new GPS equipment that will be used for both research and teaching and have been given access to the GPS equipment in Geology.